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Lola Loves… James Springall’s Charming Fortune Cookie Artwork

James Springall is a London-based artist who likes to combine things to create ambiguous and unsettling images. In the series “"In The End All Things Will Be Known," Springall juxtaposes fortune cookie messages to vintage images in a way that will make you laugh, smile, cry, think deeply or scratch your head in confusion. So is happiness a fortune cookie? In spite…

Lola Loves… Julian Landini’s Coloured Pencil Art

Argentinian Artist, Julian Landini can transform an art piece into something possible with only colored pencils, a couple of pens and watercolor. You can see his transformation and his many subjects that are either controversial or very thrill seeking. His illustrations are an actual representation of beauty. His subjects are never objectified but rather glorified as independent and different. This…

Lola Loves… Matthieu Bourel’s Travel Book

"Be worried. Be very worried," says the last page of Matthieu Bourel's travel book, a journal of scanned collages. It sums up the general vibe you get flicking through the digital pages of the cover's promised sabbatical. His book takes the viewer on a journey to distant countries, fully displaying the anxieties and difficulties that come with traveling to places…

Lola Loves… Drew Young Glitch Paintings

Drew Young presents a tipsy, tumbling world of youth in moments of both chaos and repose with his moody paintings. They sometimes contain elements of glitch art that feel incredibly natural and necessary to understand the scenes he portrays, like the viewer is meant to be watching the paused revelry through a broken window. These visual stories are carved out…

Women, Sex, and Tapestry: A Talk With Textile Artist Erin M. Riley

Erin M. Riley is an artist who's truly committed to portraying women's sexuality and issues. Born in 1985 in Brooklyn, where she still resides, Erin specializes in tapestry, the art of weaving. But she doesn’t weave classical, dull motives - she weaves sexts, porn-screenshots, sexual themes. Her artworks are intimate, exciting, extraordinary and trivial (in a good way) all at…

Lola Loves… Laura Callaghan’s Badass Girls

Irish-born, London-based illustrator Laura Callaghan creates characters. Using eye-popping colour and minute detail, she depicts women who command attention. Her female subjects never smile, holding serious, steady expressions as they sit, stand, or sprawl in rooms bursting with pop culture and literary references. Full of energy and details, her illustrations give the impression of a retro comic strip—or vintage fashion…

Lola Loves… Rachel Moseley’s Hyper-Realistic Paintings

A topless woman with cat-like shades and a half-smoked fag sits posed and proud. A man with an impressive beard, arms crossed and covered in tattoos gazes candidly back at the viewer. A blond girl dressed in fur appears as though she’'s ready to cause some trouble. The images you see may appear as photography but take a closer look.…

Lola Loves… Wayne White’s Humorous Paintings

Emmy-award winning artist, Wayne White, may not be a household name, but his remarkable talent has been seen by millions around the world.  One of his most notable contributions to the world of art was designing the set for Pee Wee’s Playhouse, a hit television sitcom of the late 1980’s.  Some of his most recent works of art involve humor,…

Interview with the French Feminist Collective “La Rage”

The French collective "La Rage" has created a non-profit project that aims to give visibility to international feminists. By collecting posters created by women, queer, and trans people from around the world, La Rage wants to give visibility to the vibrant work of these activists and explore the graphic side of this ongoing crusade. Their first exhibition took place in…