How Toy Photography Made Me a Better Creative
A few years ago I embraced a new twist on an old hobby, which unexpectedly impacted my creative process a thousand times over.
Sketching the Future
Vision? Check. Direction? Check. Concept? Check. Artist? Check.
So what’s next?
Artistic Character
Using artwork has a number of benefits, the biggest being the ability to create a future reality.
Collision of Culture
I distinctly remember when the idea first popped into my mind.
Local Indigenous Artist Showcases the Racism of Redskin
Those who think the continuing movement to change the name of the local pro football team is a waste of time and trivial were clearly not at the recent Art All Night event here in the District. Secreted in one corner of the venue was local Indigenous artist Gregg Deal. His project, “Redskin,” took on the racial overtones of the team moniker and projected it at his audience.
De-skinning the Washington Football Team
The name change debate continues to rage in the area. Every day, it seems, someone else stands up and says the obvious – the name is racist, needs to go. And every day, the Washington football team’s PR generator tries to deflect the issue, spouting words of “honor” and “respect” without realizing what those actually mean. In the wings, however, are those who have already resolved the debate in their minds and are moving forward into the next step. People like Brian Thurber, founder of DskinDC.org.
The Strange Comfort of Brian Jungen
The use of every-day objects to create Indian cultural icons is something very different, born from Native ingenuity of crafting one object out of another, a common practice with many First Nation people. Jungen commented that he grew up watching his Dunne-za relatives recycle everything from car parts to shoe boxes. “It was a kind of salvaging born out of practical and economic necessity, and it greatly influenced how I see the world as an artist.”