What current artists (painters/photographers/sculpters) do you fancy?

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I was at the Art Institute of Chicago and saw the Tokihiro Sato exhibit of “Photo Respiration”. The pictures were backlit gellatin (IIRC) and really created such a magic that it’s hard to transcent to clips on the internet. But they really got me.

Another artist, Isabel Samaras, has created some interesting twists on pop culture with mores and mythos intertwined. Here’s Gomez and Morticia Addams in the Garden of Eden (animated boobie warning). Another is titled “Besame Mucho” which has Captain Kirk and Spock dressed up as the Lone Ranger and Tonto.

Elizabeth McGrath does some funky and quasi-gothic, somewhat Carnivale, dioramas.

What else is out there that’s captivated you?

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I guess you’d label me a traditionalist, but I absolutely love Steve Hanks watercolors.

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I like Walton Ford, though I haven’t yet seen any of his stuff in person. Here’s one link, and here’s another.