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L. Kimberly Leung

Lola Loves… The Delicate Illustrations of Babeth Lafon

Babeth Lafon's illustrations feel French. The pastel blues are reminiscent of the periwinkle shade found all over the south of France. The still lifes, accoutrements of women impossibly glamorous; leave it to the French to give even drafting paper their je ne sais quoi. Even her branded perfume bottles, already works of art in their original form, are infused with…

Lola Loves… The Secret History of Plants

Have you ever felt like your vegetables were not to be trusted? Cast a baleful eye at your pile of peas and wondered if you saw them glare back? If so, you might see something strangely sinister about the Angolan born (now London based) artist Alida Rodrigues' produce themed portraits. These hapless Victorian men and women find themselves with onion…

Lola Loves… Clare Celeste Börsch’s Whimsical Floral Collage

Flowers go with everything. This appears to be Clare Celeste Börsch's motto when it comes to her collages, and you'd be hard-pressed to disagree. Börsch delightfully incorporates both the ordinary (birds, branches, and butterflies) and the unusual (water-skiers, hot-tubbers, stray hands) in her offbeat compilations. Born in Thailand, Börsch has lived in 5 different countries before finally settling in her…

Lola Loves… Jose Romussi “Dance”

In celebration of International Dance Day, we ask: if dance is an artform, then is dance as a subject in visual art self-referential? Born in Chile but based in Berlin, Jose Romussi grew up with an artistic mother, but didn't seriously pursue art until his early thirties. In his "Dance" series, Romussi emphasizes the lines and movement of his ballerina…

Lola Loves… Rad American Women A-Z

A is for apple, B is for ball, C is for cat... When was the last time you actually learned something from an alphabet book? Well, writer Kate Schatz and illustrator Miriam Klein Stahl want to change that. Rad American Women A-Z published by City Lights contains the names and biographies of 25 world-changers, that, yes, happen to be female.…

Lola Loves… Eli Craven “Screen Lovers”

Remember fold-ins? Popularized by Mad Magazine, a richly illustrated cartoon of one thing would ostensibly turn into something entirely different after folding the page left and back so that "A meets B." Eli Craven employs a similar technique with his project "Screen Lovers," to R-rated effect. The images are taken from a book with the same name—with stills of old Hollywood love scenes. In original form, the pictures might be sensual, but Craven magnifies the sexual undertones of the image by melding different photographs together.

Lola Loves… Anthony Samaniego’s Dreamscapes

Twilight. Before it had the misfortune of sharing a name with a certain pop culture phenomenon, it was just a term for a time of day. One dictionary defines it as "the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the refraction and scattering of the sun's rays from the atmosphere." Anthony Samaniego incorporates that pinkish glow to full effect in his nature photo compositions of Los Angeles. Some feature shifting clouds, ominously making their way over an otherwise static landscape.