Word: artiste
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When French-Khmer graphic artist Ing Phouséra - or Séra, to use his pen name - first started drawing comics about life under the Khmer Rouge, he didn't have a lot to go on. He had fled Cambodia as a teen in April 1975, when Phnom Penh fell to Pol Pot's forces, and had lived in Paris his whole adult life. Visual arts - except in the service of propaganda - were banned during the four years of Khmer Rouge oppression, leaving scant images of a period in which nearly 20% of Séra's compatriots died...
...have terminal cancer. I wanted to be an artist but ended up in IT. Do I keep working till I die? Do I quit and go to art school? Do I travel the world? What the hell am I supposed to do? -Terry Asdell, IndianapolisEverybody's situation is unique. From your description, I'd bet on art school...
...place where a butler might be on standby to hold a drink for a member as he takes a shot in the billiards room, the restaurant La Terraza del Casino in central Madrid reeked of stuffy formality. So it seemed like a daring choice to put the eclectic Spanish artist Jaime Hayon, known for reimagining Lladró's porcelain collectibles, in charge of the redesign. But chef Paco Roncero, who worked at the famed El Bulli, was a fan and wanted Hayon to match the restaurant's décor with the creativity of his dishes, like razor clams with coconut foam...
Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn (Metropolis Books) Los Angeles--based architect and artist Fritz Haeg turns front-lawn landscapes into edible and environmentally friendly gardens while tackling larger themes such as global food production and energy conservation...
...beautiful. He explained many of his ideas for the production at our first meeting. He had a lot of imaginative associations and instinctual reasons for his choices. He had a very strong vision and we trusted him with it. We were excited; he’s a very intelligent artist, and he knows how to use the stage.THC: What about the little dance number at the end of the play? I found that to be a bit unusual for Shakespeare.JTF: Well, it’s certainly unexpected. However, there are records of a German traveler who had visited the Globe...