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Roland Maurice
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Art, food, farming, climate, localism, collapse aware, spiritual curiosity, all wrapped up in one aging queer package.
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Untitled (By Night series) by David Ancelin, 2010 (acrylic on paper)
#davidancelin #painting #art #cinematic
A mostly black painting with a few blurry grey-toned markings in the bottom right quadrant that create the impression of light seen while driving on a very dark night.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Details from the installation Sirsasana by Babeth Rambault, circa 2020 (installation, sculpture)
#babethrambault #installationart #sculpture #contemporaryart #art
The sculpture is a composite of different materials and images, including a photograph of scaffolding on a building and an image of nuclear power plant stacks. Detail with the image of nuclear power plant stacks.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Le Baiser (The Kiss) by Pablo Picasso, 1967 (pencil on paper)
#picasso #art #drawing #worksonpaper #kiss #abstractart
Two figures are depicted in an intense embrace and kiss. The human forms are highly abstracted and distorted.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny by Claude Monet, circa 1885
#remembranceday #claudemonet #poppies
The painting depicts a vibrant landscape with the following features a field of red poppies is painted with thick, visible brushstrokes, creating a sense of texture and movement. A lush, green valley with trees and a small cluster of buildings is nestled between the poppy field and the hills. And gently rolling hills covered in green and yellow foliage lead up to a bright blue sky filled with fluffy white clouds.
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#martinlutherking #martinlutherkingjr #quotes #climatecrisis #metacrisis #fightoligarchy
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Martin Luther King Jr.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Psilocybe Cubensis Field (installation view) by Roxy Paine, 1997 (2200 replicas in epoxy polymer)
#roxypaine #sculpture #installationart #psilocybecubensis #art #contemporaryart
This installation is a meticulous, hand-fabricated replica of a natural environment, featuring over 2,200 individually molded and hand-painted mushrooms of various shapes and sizes. They are arranged in clusters, appearing to sprout from the wooden floor of the gallery space.
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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C.F.A.O. by Martin Puryear, 2006-07 (painted and unpainted pine and found wheelbarrow)
#martinpuryear #sculpture #art #contemporaryart #postminimalism
The sculpture, created in 2006-07, is made from painted and unpainted pine and is mounted on a found wheelbarrow. The central element is a large, white, mask-like form that is surrounded by a dense, cage-like structure of wooden sticks. The title "C.F.A.O." stands for "Compagnie Française de l'Afrique Occidentale," a French trading company that operated in West Africa.
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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B17-04 by Hiroyuki Hamada, 2017 (piezography on archival cotton rag paper)
#HiroyukiHamada #piezography #abstractart #contemporaryart #printmaking
A black and white image of an abstract, rounded form.
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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#a.a.milne #winniethepooh #hanschristianandersen #wisdom #metacrisis
The image is a drawing of a boy and Winnie the Pooh with a quote attributed to Hans Christian Andersen. The quote is: "The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things." The illustration is by E.H. Shepard, who illustrated the original Winnie-the-Pooh books by A.A. Milne.
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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#funny #playonwords
The image shows graffiti on a wall with two conflicting messages. The top message, written in red, says "SPREAD ANARCHY" but is crossed out. The bottom message, written in blue, says "Don't Tell me What To Do!!"
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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A tree glorified by lightning stars, posted by Nikon India on August 14, 2016 (long exposure photography)
#art #photography #longexposure
The image is a long-exposure photograph of a dramatic night sky over a grassy field. A large, solitary tree stands in the center of the frame. On the left side of the sky, a lightning bolt illuminates dark storm clouds. On the right, the sky is clear, revealing the bright band of the Milky Way galaxy.
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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A Box of Ku #43, by Masao Yamamoto, 1992 (gelatin silver print)

#masaoyamamoto #photography #art
The image is a small-format, black and white fine art photograph featuring a simple still life: a few small, delicate white flowers on a stem are placed in a clear drinking glass filled with water against a black background.
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Untitled (Robert E. Lee Monument Graffiti for George Floyd; Richmond, Virginia, 2020) by Robert Longo, 2021 (charcoal on mounted paper)
#robertlongo #drawing #charcoalonpaper #politicalart #activistart #BLM #contemporaryart
The image is a photograph of the graffiti-covered base of the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Virginia, taken in 2020 during the George Floyd protests. This photograph was the source material for a charcoal drawing by artist Robert Longo.
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Smoke & Mirrors by Annabel Daou, 2007 (ink, graphite and tape on paper)
#AnnabelDaou #art #contemporaryart #wordsasart #graphiteonpaper #conceptualart
The words Smoke and Mirrors written on a square paper forming the shape of a plume of smoke.
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Transplanted by Tara Donovan, 2001 (installation views, ripped & stacked tarpaper)
#taradonovan #installationart #contemporaryart #art #processart
View 1: The sculpture is an aggregation of hundreds of thousands of brown tar paper strips, stacked at varying heights and widths to suggest an undulating landscape or ocean waves. View 2, detail: The sculpture is an aggregation of hundreds of thousands of brown tar paper strips, stacked at varying heights and widths to suggest an undulating landscape or ocean waves.
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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@GunnelsWarren
#oligarchy #fightoligarchy #obscene #hospicingmodernity
Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren Elon Musk Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2025: $486 billion Larry Ellison Wealth 2009: $23 billion 2025: $370 billion Mark Zuckerberg Wealth 2008: $1.5 billion 2025: $245 billion Jeff Bezos Wealth 1998: $1.6 billion 2025: $233 billion Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 2025: $7.25 Obscene
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Des lanternes grign' dints Wallons
#GrignDints #halloween #turnips
Traditional Belgian carved turnips or fodder beets.
October 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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#anniefinch #samhain #halloween
I feel the nights stretching away thousands long behind the days til they reach the darkness where all of me is ancestor. - Annie Finch, from "Samhain"
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Jack-Be-Nimble by Andrew Wyeth, 1976 (watercolour on paper)
#AndrewWyeth #art #watercolour #Halloween #jackolantern
Watercolour painting which depicts a stack of carved pumpkins glowing against a dark, cloudy, twilight sky.
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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In Time of Lilacs by Lisa Kellner, circa 2020 (raw pigment, ink and ink drawing on mylar)
#lisakellner #art #drawing #contemporaryart #abstract
On a field of white, a square of abstract complex colour blobs that have escaped from the bottom left corner into a kind of spill.
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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untitled work (with details) by Myeongbeom Kim,2018 (mixed media sculpture)
#myeongbeomkim #sculpture #art #conceptualart
An arrow hanging horizontally on a wall but instead of an arrowhead it is the tip of a fountain pen.
October 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Desert by Vija Celmins, 1975 (lithograph on paper)
#vijacelmins #lithography #art #minimalism #photorealism
The work is part of a series where Celmins meticulously renders natural phenomena with photorealism, including oceans, night skies, and desert floors. It is a monochrome, grayscale piece that captures the intricate details of the desert ground.
October 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Blick durchs Tor in die weite Landschaft (View through the gate into the wide landscape) by Victor Surbek, 1925 (oil paint on wood)
#victorsurbek #painting #oilpainting #expressionism
The painting depicts a view through a stone gateway. A dirt path leads from the foreground towards a distant landscape with trees and a prominent blue mountain under a gray sky.
October 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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#funnybuttrue #outdoorliving
"Sometimes I look up at the stars and think... Dawn! I love pissing outside"
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Promenade on the Bridge (Spaziergang auf der Brücke) by August Macke, 1913 (charcoal on transparentized paper)
#augustmacke #drawing #art #charcoalonpaper #expressionism
The drawing depicts several figures in a wooded or park-like setting. In the foreground, a man in a suit and bowler hat stands prominently, while another man and a woman in a white dress are to his right, looking down. A fourth figure, a woman in a hat, is partially obscured in the background. The style is characterized by dynamic, angular lines and a strong use of light and shadow, typical of the Expressionist movement.
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM