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Featured Artists

Taher Jaoui

Jaoui’s process involves employing his body which can be perceived through the flurry of motion on the surface of his paintings. He perpetually rotates the canvas, coming at it from all angles. Upon viewing A New Circus in Town, one will notice the enormous scale of the painting along with the utilization of many media. Jaoui uses spray paint, charcoal, oils, and acrylic paint on raw canvas to build densely layered surfaces. He activates the composition with biomorphic shapes that are reminiscent of invented creatures. More

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Hunt Slonem

Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art. More

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Interview with Beautiful Bizarre Magazine

October 29, 2025

Elizabeth Porritt Carrington: Rebuilding Our Relationship With Nature

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Seth Haverkamp: A Clockwork Orange

September 1, 2025

Beautiful Bizarre Issue 50

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Rob Lorenson interviewed for the Boston Globe

October 21, 2024

The Middleboro metal sculptor who wants his pieces to ‘look as luscious as possible’

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