Radness Roundup: Eleven is Heaven

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Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Hide ya kids, hide ya wife/husband/spouse/partner/companion/friend/bae/boo/pet/plant: We've got comics with an edge, surrealist waifs, sumptuous dragon-lands, tender toughies, and a God we'd love to pray to. It's the 11th Radness Roundup.

Wasted Rita
Wasted Rita (AKA Rita Gomes) doesn’t give a shit and why should she? Life is meaningless. She creates her art--illustrations and comics with a deeply sarcastic and sardonic edge--from that place. And we. are. here. for. it:

Screaming into the void:
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Mab Graves

Mab Graves draws inspiration from all sorts of places (science, dolls, sci-fi, the 1960’s) to make her pastel-hued, surreal illustrations. Ever wanted a dose of the bizarre along with your cute? Mab’s your go-to.

Surreality:
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Pontus Ullbors

Pontus Ullbors transports his viewers to a different world entirely--his sense of color and space creates immersive environments that bring the audience along for the ride. Check out this piece, “Stones of Binding,” to see what we mean:

Get Out There:
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Lotte Vanns

With bold lines and minimal shapes, the illustrations of Lotte Vanns are striking, spare and impactful. Featured prominently are broken amphorae, modified human bodies, and hungry yet vacant-eyed wolves--showing tender vulnerability alongside determined strength.

Be Tender:
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Amber Vittoria

Amber Vittoria seems to take inspiration from fauvism, paper cut-outs and Ellsworth Kelly’s sense of precision to create fun pieces that make statements about femininity and the female body. Very Cool: