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Jan Gatewood: Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Jan Gatewood has only been making artwork in a dedicated fashion for the last three years. Amassing any decent body of work in that time would be impressive on its own, but it’s his refined sense of relationship to the work that gives it an alloyed quality.

Brook Power: A True Island Girl

Beyond her beautiful face, sun-kissed skin and undeniable sex appeal (which earned her Playmate of the Year in 2017), Brook Power is a true island girl, unfazed by fame, materialism and superficiality.

Cut and Paste: A Conversation With Artist Jay Riggio

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Artist Jay Riggio’s craft is that of the early cut-and-paste model: the physical detachment of subject from circumstance. Permanent and formulated, Riggio’s alterations take the form of curious analog collages mixing personal relief with published depictions.

The Visual Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: A Conversation With Artist Tyler Spangler

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What's an image worth without context? A work of art altered in colors, purpose or form. Do these artifacts continue to hold their inherent meaning, or are they stripped of that in transformation? Thriving on the "rawness of chaos," California native and digital artist Tyler Spangler pushes both concepts—of continuity and the artistic license of visual evolution—collaging had-been permanence with new-age digital alterations.