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Innovations in the Artful Vaping Scene

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Vaping has come a long way since bulky early devices. Now a highly innovative industry fusing technology and art, vaping entered the mainstream market in the late 2000s as compact, powerful devices emerged. Beyond the endless variety in pens, mods, tanks and e-juice, vaping has sparked an artistic subculture with competitions, custom mods and coil builds. Vaping continues rapidly evolving through new innovations while regulations seek balance. This young industry creatively integrates tech and art, paving an intriguing path forward. 

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Modern Art Monday Presents: Miriam Cahn, The Beautiful Blue

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Swiss artist Miriam Cahn’s enigmatic painting The Beautiful Blue (Das Schone Blau, 200817) depicts two figures sinking underwater. The figures are painted loosely, blending with the tones of the water and evoking the vulnerability of the body.
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Modern Art Monday Presents: Albert Gleizes, Tableau

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The abstract paintings of artist Albert Gleizes (18811953) often keep strong links with subject matter that inspired them. In Tableau  (1921) the image may be based on a female head, possibly that of his wife. Gleizes was a pacifist, but was conscripted into the French army in the First World War. Deeply affected by this experience, he became gravely concerned with the future of society. He thought that artists could help create a better world, not just by making beautiful things, but by offering new ways of seeing.

Photographed in the Tape Modern Museum in London.

Modern Art Monday Presents: Hervé Télémaque, The Weathervane

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Hervé Télémaque (19372022), moved from Haiti to the US in 1957 to work as an artist. He described his time there as a struggle against the dominance of both abstract expressionist painting and racism in wider society. After moving to Paris in 1961 Télémaque curated the Mythologies Quotidiennes exhibition. He also cofounded the narrative figuration movement, which incorporated elements of pop art and surrealism. La Girouette (The Weathervane, 1969) is typical of this approach – Télémaque ‘narrates’ the painting with objects and imagery from his personal life. Everyday items like a clothes hanger and beach chair are combined in surprising and ambiguous ways.

Photographed in the Tate Modern Museum in London.

Modern Art Monday Presents: Piet Mondrian, Evolution

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Speaking about Evolution (1911), Piet Mondrian wrote, “it’s not so bad, but I’m not there yet.” The three figures here represent the stages of evolution from the physical to the spiritual realm, as promoted in Theosophy. The triangular-shaped nipples and navels of the women, which point upwards and downwards, symbolize their spiritual and earthly orientation. The central figure embodies the fulfillment of the evolutionary process, to the spiritual realm. The flowers on the left panel are symbols of purity, while those on the right symbolize tragic suffering.

Photographed in the Tate Modern Museum in London.