From My Pillow
Artist Statement: Once you learn to ride a bicycle, you never forget the place where you learned how. At least, that’s the way it worked for my father. When I was a child, he would
Najib Joe Hakim
Artist Statement: Once you learn to ride a bicycle, you never forget the place where you learned how. At least, that’s the way it worked for my father. When I was a child, he would
*Editor’s Note: All paintings are acrylic on canvas and were completed from 2024-2025 Since April 2023, a civil war has been raging in Sudan between two rival factions of the country’s military government: the Sudanese
Buying and Selling The work of Ojo Olaniyi reflects a richly decorated narrative style depicting everyday scenes in the kaleidoscope of Nigerian life. Olaniyi’s art comprises vignettes of social and commercial life in a technique known
Years ago, as a visual artist who was deeply disturbed by the Gulf War, I began creating a series of ink drawings and collages as a way of expressing my thoughts and feelings about war. I
Editor’s Note: While most of the stories we receive and publish are between one thousand and five thousand words, today’s online feature presents four flash stories ranging from 844 to just 266 words. Inhabiting the rich
Kabul Airport, 2024 | Mixed media on canvas Artist Statement I am Ali Rahimi, an Afghan artist working in the field of painting. In my works, particularly in my recent paintings, I utilize a
Consistency is the hallmark of a well-developed body of work and this is precisely what we see from Chris Hero. While he is adept at many mediums, including watercolors, oils, and acrylics, he views the
Kathryn Pannepacker and Tieshka Smith | Northeast Times We chat with Tieshka K. Smith about how community engagement informs her practice as a social documentarian. We also focus on photography she made as part of the Stand With Ukraine
Consequence Visual Art Editor, April Sunami: How do you grapple with themes of conflict, violence, and/or war in your work? Are there any specific historical events or themes that inspire you? Marcus Blackwell: I think
These photos show northern Afghanistan, especially the area around Mazar-e-Sharif, from the years 2008–2010 when American and ISAF troops were in force and the war in Afghanistan was ongoing. Mazar is an ancient city, one which
How do we depict the lives of migrants? As they appear in news broadcasts, magazine covers, and documentary subjects, refugees express the vivid precarity of their movement. Sprawled across territories, standing together in camps, or
At the tip of my tongue: Belarus. I was born there in 1986. I left it as many times as I returned, but since 2021 there is no coming back. I come from an artistic