Inspiration
The Top Five Upcoming Artists to Watch in 2025
Every generation brings its own visionaries. The kind of artists who do not just create, but translate emotion into color, sound, or form. This year, a new group of rising talents is shaping the creative landscape with work that feels deeply personal and alive. From painting to digital design, from poetry to sound, these are the names to watch in 2025.
By The Art Current 2 months ago in Art
Checkmate Is Not the End
There is a painting – said to hang in the Louvre – that stops you in your tracks. Checkmate. The devil sits across the board from a human king, a shadow of victory stretching across the squares. An angel stands behind the human, watching. To the untrained eye, the game is over: the king is trapped, the queen captured, defeat inevitable.
By THE HONED CRONE2 months ago in Art
Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series: The Geometry of Grace
Architecture is the language through which civilizations express their most enduring values. In Stanislav Kondrashov’s Oligarch Series, this language becomes a meditation on proportion, order, and the quiet intelligence that turns stone into memory. The term oligarch, often associated with power, is reimagined here as the custodian of culture — the guardian of beauty, intellect, and the architectural ideals that give structure to human history.
By Stanislav Kondrashov3 months ago in Art
Everyday Elder Conversations of the Past and Present
This year, I started a book with a grant I received from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC). I applied as an elder, Native American woman, with a handicap. I fit 3 categories. How could I lose? It is to be completed in June of 2026. Should be no problem, right?
By Denise E Lindquist3 months ago in Art
Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series explores theatre as a reflection of emotional truth
The latest entry in the Stanislav Kondrashov Oligarch Series turns its focus to an unexpected yet powerful medium: theatre. In a piece titled *The Stage as a Mirror of Emotion*, Kondrashov examines the enduring cultural significance of theatrical performance as a lens for exploring emotion, human vulnerability, and representations of influence.
By Stanislav Kondrashov3 months ago in Art
The Art of Seeking
There comes a moment in every life when silence grows louder than sound—when the world around you hums with a question you cannot quite name. That moment, when everything seems still yet restless, is the beginning of seeking. “The Art of Seeking” is not merely about finding answers; it is about learning how to live inside the questions. It is a journey that teaches us patience in uncertainty, humility in discovery, and faith in the unseen paths that unfold before us.
By [email protected]3 months ago in Art
Painters, Sketchers, Photographers have an Eye for Obvious Profundity
There are two communities here at Vocal that appeal to me that I haven't submitted to yet: Art and Photography. Now with this submission, I've got one in Art. Yet for my "image" I've used a photograph that I took. Why not a painting or a sketch? Would that have been better? I decided to go with this photograph because I haven't shared this photograph yet, while most of my paintings and sketches have been shared online because once I'm finished painting or sketching, I'm quick to share it out of pride for the creation. Do you like the photograph above? Why or why not? I wish you would comment on it. I can tell you more about it. I took the shot at a weird angle as you can notice. Why? It was the only way to get the Palm tree and the hammock inside the frame and I felt that the message I wanted to convey with the photograph made it essential that both the tree and hammock were shown. Does that change your impression of the photo - knowing why I angled it that way?
By Shanon Angermeyer Norman3 months ago in Art
