portraits | designboom.com https://www.designboom.com/tag/portraits/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:19:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 david hockney unveils harry styles painting for national portrait gallery exhibition in london https://www.designboom.com/art/david-hockney-harry-styles-national-portrait-gallery-london-08-03-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/david-hockney-harry-styles-national-portrait-gallery-london-08-03-2023/#respond Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:50:15 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1008551

the artwork was completed in hockney's studio in normandy, and depicts the 29-year-old singer wearing a red and yellow striped cardigan, and a string of pearls around his neck. 

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volker hermes’ hidden portraits explore historical fashion through modified antique paintings https://www.designboom.com/art/volker-hermes-hidden-portraits-historical-fashion-modified-antique-paintings-james-freeman-gallery-06-28-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/volker-hermes-hidden-portraits-historical-fashion-modified-antique-paintings-james-freeman-gallery-06-28-2023/#respond Wed, 28 Jun 2023 02:05:03 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1001223

volker hermes digitally modifies historical portraits by incorporating textures and patterns from the original images.

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‘people are strange’ by george condo opens at hauser & wirth west hollywood https://www.designboom.com/art/george-condo-people-are-strange-hauser-wirth-west-hollywood-los-angeles-02-17-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/george-condo-people-are-strange-hauser-wirth-west-hollywood-los-angeles-02-17-2023/#respond Fri, 17 Feb 2023 07:45:18 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=967311

with layered and abstracted portraits, george condo depicts the passage of time at hauser & wirth's west hollywood gallery.

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federico babina’s ambiguous portraits reconstruct cultural icons’ identities with wires & voids https://www.designboom.com/art/federico-babina-ambiguous-portraits-reconstruct-cultural-icons-identities-wire-voids-daniel-giordano-11-22-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/art/federico-babina-ambiguous-portraits-reconstruct-cultural-icons-identities-wire-voids-daniel-giordano-11-22-2022/#respond Tue, 22 Nov 2022 03:05:05 +0000 federicobabina https://www.designboom.com/?p=945938

the abstracted renders capture the essence of their iconic human counterparts with the most basic elements, shadows, and voids.

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human hair, gelatin capsules & insect pins form uncanny dismantled portraits by michael mapes https://www.designboom.com/art/human-hair-gelatin-capsules-insect-pins-uncanny-dismantled-portraits-michael-mapes-08-30-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/art/human-hair-gelatin-capsules-insect-pins-uncanny-dismantled-portraits-michael-mapes-08-30-2022/#respond Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:30:35 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=925191

for his collages, michael deconstructs photos of actual paintings, and then he collects and piles materials — the 'DNA'— that will be inserted into specimen boxes.

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can art change war? JR marches through lviv, ukraine with 100 local volunteers https://www.designboom.com/art/jr-lviv-ukraine-valeriia-refugee-mural-nft-100-local-volunteers-03-22-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/art/jr-lviv-ukraine-valeriia-refugee-mural-nft-100-local-volunteers-03-22-2022/#respond Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:01:14 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=886015

100 locals march with JR through lviv with a 150-foot mural of five year-old refugee valeriia.

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nigerian artist covers the color of dark-skinned figures with a white hue https://www.designboom.com/art/artist-color-dark-skinned-figures-white-hue-ekene-stanley-emecheta-02-15-2022/ https://www.designboom.com/art/artist-color-dark-skinned-figures-white-hue-ekene-stanley-emecheta-02-15-2022/#respond Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:30:42 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=876541

with his vibrant portraits, ekene stanley emecheta seeks to shift the attention away from the skin color, drawing viewers' focus to the figure itself.

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interview with the creator of Ai-Da, the life-size humanoid robot artist making self-portraits without a self https://www.designboom.com/art/interview-creator-ai-da-humanoid-robot-artist-self-portraits-05-24-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/art/interview-creator-ai-da-humanoid-robot-artist-self-portraits-05-24-2021/#respond Mon, 24 May 2021 18:15:41 +0000 nina azzarello I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=803769

'by her continuing ability to stimulate conversation in audiences about our future, she questions how we can manage the uses/abuses of the enormous power new technologies are giving people,' aidan meller, Ai-Da's creator tells designboom

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paint drips powerfully + poignantly evoke the human experience through the lens of tim tadder https://www.designboom.com/art/paint-drips-human-experience-tim-tadder-photography-04-08-2021/ https://www.designboom.com/art/paint-drips-human-experience-tim-tadder-photography-04-08-2021/#respond Sat, 10 Apr 2021 10:30:08 +0000 nina azzarello I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=788849

designboom spoke with tadder about how his striking images seek to compel viewers to reflect on social and political currents with fresh eyes.

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leonardo da vinci’s salvator mundi sees a digital transformation and is selling as an NFT https://www.designboom.com/art/leonardo-da-vincis-salvator-mundi-sees-a-digital-transformation-and-is-selling-as-an-nft/ https://www.designboom.com/art/leonardo-da-vincis-salvator-mundi-sees-a-digital-transformation-and-is-selling-as-an-nft/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2021 21:14:54 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=788347

ben lewis introduces his 'salvator metaversi' as an NFT which he is currently selling -- splitting any profit with the hendry family.

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