Venus By Holly Lay Back To All Artwork Latch hooking, or rug hooking, has a rich history of craft that is relegated to the domains of the domestic and the decorative. Laced with a feminist practice of reclaiming materials and processes deemed craft, low-culture, and kitsch, Las Vegas-based artist Holly Lay elevates the medium and blurs the line between house hobby and contemporary art. She playfully parodies art history and digital culture, transforming the famous torso of the Venus de Milo and flowers from video games into physical emojis and kitsch novelties that double as comebacks to the often male-dominated cultures. Purchased by Spiegelworld for Superfrico’s Artery collection. Location The Artery, Superfrico Las Vegas, The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Date 2021 Media Latch hook yarn on canvas More ArtWork Brian Duffy Anarchist, painter, atheist, fashion illustrator, film producer, advertising director, photographer – Brian Duffy (1933-2010) was a blizzard of talent and contradictions. Fast-talking and controversial, he was also something of an enigma. Those involved in the media during the 1960s and 70s remember him as a cutting-edge fashion photographer, equal in stature to Terence Donovan and […] Read More Moshpit Sam Ganados uses vibrant color palettes and intimate compositions to explore themes of gender, sexuality, and nonconformity. Their practice often has a feminine perspective and reflects on personal experiences, distorted memories, and inner conflicts. Working mainly with painting, their subjects are rendered with bright gradients connecting colors with fluidity and transitional states of being. Read More