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//Toyin Ojih Odutula, Picnic on the Grounds, 2018. ⁣ ⁣ Toyin Ojih Odutola (@toyinojihodutola) has an amazingly complex way of mark-making and her images seem to undulate with movement. I particularly admire the way she captured the movement of the grass in the piece above and the tenderness and magic of this quiet moment between mother and child. She has such a unique way of drawing people and I love her sense of color too - it’s quite different from mine but I appreciate it when artists challenge me to see and think about color in a different way.⁣ ⁣ Beautiful Bizarre Guest Curator: Kristen Lui-Wong (@kliuwong) ⁣ ...⁣ posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CIzM6_-I831/

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// Nobuyoshi Araki, Untitled from Tokyo Comedy, 1997 ⁣ ⁣ Araki is one of the few artists who can create an image that I find personally arousing. His work plays with the line between beauty and decay, pleasure and pain, horror and delight, tenderness and debauchery. His erotic works are of course his best known, but I also find his still-life photographs and his images of his beloved cat and wife deeply moving. ⁣ ⁣ Beautiful Bizarre Guest Curator: Kristen Lui-Wong (@kliuwong) ⁣ ...⁣ posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CIyxaidjyRI/

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// Peter Brugel the Elder, The Triumph of Death, 1562.⁣ ⁣ I was lucky enough to be able to see this painting in real life at the Prado and it’s one of those pieces that gives you a lump in your throat when you finally get to experience it. His attention to detail and ability to depict incredibly complex scenes loaded with figures is so humbling. He made such a powerful and frightening image of death running rampant. In the people’s little faces of terror and despair, you see your own mortality reflected right back at you and you realize how ultimately unavoidable your own demise is.⁣ ⁣ Huge thanks to today's Guest Curator Kristen Lui-Wong (@kliuwong) for sharing some of her favourite artists with us today.⁣ ... ⁣ posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CI0D0KLHDgu/

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// Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Tajima Seitaro Murders His Young Wife When She Refuses to Return to Him, 1875.⁣ ⁣ Yoshitoshi’s work has energy, creativity and boldness that can’t be matched. He can make scenes of the utmost brutality still have an innate grace and intoxicating drama that makes the work come alive. I love the way his figures are drawn so expressively- toes splay in fear, lips curl in disgust, eyes become hooded with death. Yoshitoshi’s work is so much more complex than simple violence for violence’s sake too- he was working through the horrors that surrounded him and using this (comparatively small) period of his work to exorcise the demons that he and his country were experiencing at that time. I also suggest looking at his “One Hundred Aspects of the Moon”- he had an exceptionally beautiful way of seeing. ⁣ ⁣ Beautiful Bizarre Guest Curator: Kristen Lui-Wong (@kliuwong) ⁣ ... ⁣ posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CIzamvWITIX/

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// Nicole Eisenman, Tea Party, 2012.⁣ ⁣ I remember the first time I saw one of @nicoleeisenman's works in real life, it literally left me breathless. Her images always manage to feel epic and they contain such complex narratives that you’re forced to digest them on a deeper level. I love this piece for so many reasons - the perfect bunker lighting that she’s managed to capture, the sallow, slumping figures, the rich textures on the boxes, the giant spider web peeking out from behind the shelf, the lumpy dog curled in front of the boxes... Her work often centers around questions of gender, sexuality, and identity in the modern world but with a satirical edge that makes it especially fun to explore.⁣ ⁣ Beautiful Bizarre Guest Curator: Kristen Lui-Wong (@kliuwong) ⁣ ... ⁣ painting posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CIzoVjUIuT-/

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//John Hilling, Burning of the Old South Church, Bath, Maine (1854)⁣ ⁣ This painting is one of my favorite folk paintings and I’ve used it directly as the inspiration for some of my work. The gigantic flames engulfing the church gives it heightened drama that makes it stand out as an image. I love the way he painted the fire and I’ve studied and tried to emulate it so many times. ⁣ ⁣ Folk and outsider art is a constant source of inspiration for me. I admire how artists working in that genre weren’t overly concerned with making “great art”. Instead, their work often came from a pure creative impulse and a need to capture or record a moment in that person’s world.⁣ ⁣ Beautiful Bizarre Guest Curator: Kristen Lui-Wong (@kliuwong) ⁣ ... ⁣ posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CIz2CnAjeaY/

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// Jonas Wood, Inglewood Listing, 2019.⁣ ⁣ Jonas Wood (@jonasbrwood) is a true contemporary master. I love the way he composes his images and breaks them up into different planes, using multiple viewpoints to create work that is both visually challenging and just plain fun to look at. He’s so good at layering patterns and making extremely complex images that simultaneously manage to have a refreshing simplicity. Wood has a great eye for details and interiors that I really admire and try to emulate in my own work.⁣ ⁣ Beautiful Bizarre Guest Curator: Kristen Lui-Wong (@kliuwong)⁣ ... ⁣ posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CIy_JbUlUmm/

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// Every month, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine chooses one of our favourite creatives to TAKE OVER our social media for the day. This month, we have chosen brilliant artist ⁣ My name is Kristen Liu-Wong and I’m a painter and illustrator based in Los Angeles. I’m originally from San Francisco and I graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Illustration in 2013. Since I moved to LA in 2015, I’ve been working full-time in art and when I’m not making art, I love reading, watching trashy reality tv shows, and playing with my pug, Rooster. ⁣ ⁣ I had a ridiculously difficult time picking which artists, and then which piece by each artist, I should choose to share with you all today. It’s silly but I almost felt guilty for cutting certain artists because their work has been so foundational to my own. I’m sure there are still new artists and works to discover in my lifetime, but right now - in this moment - these are the 7 artists whose works I am most inspired by and who I hope will inspire some of you today.⁣ ⁣ Beautiful Bizarre Guest Curator: Kristen Lui-Wong @kliuwong⁣ ... ⁣ posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CIyjuMGD-RM/