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Pop art can seem rather artificial at times but Mitchell McGee gives the genre an organic foundation with oil on birch pieces. McGee’s work is unlike anything we’ve seen before. His solo exhibition, All About Pop, will be opening up at 1st Dibs at New York Design Center on December 2nd and will run through January 6th 2014. Akeem K. Duncan.Akeem …

Cool designs that appear on shirts often have a more substantial start than just being cool to enough adorn a shirt. Often times these design have a meaningful origin and concept that was thoughtfully conceived by the artist. “My work reflects the issues of natural surroundings and also social issues. What happens to the world today affects my emotions and …

Artist Robert Longo catches the eye with his twisted series, Men in the Cities, 1979. The works feature Mad Men-esque subjects in convulsing poses that thrash about in the most vivid way. Despite them being purely stationary, the audience is goaded into predicting and faintly imagining their next movements. Men in the Cities is the series that made the Brooklyn native a star. …

Photographer Col. K. captures the essence of loneliness with his recent series Alone. Human beings, like many other mammals, rely heavily on companionship. But ever so often, companionship renders itself hard to come by. For some, loneliness spurs heartbreak. For others, it births an internal culture of acceptance. Either way, the lonely all have one thing in common, and that is …

Painter Karen Ann Myers‘ work features a brilliant array of patterns and colors that seemingly leap off of the canvas. Depicting women lounging in bed amidst vividly decorated sheets, blankets, comforters, and rugs, the decor and their patterns steal the show. Myers captures these patterns with such rich accuracy that the medium starts to come into question and spur statements …

Never give your business card to cartoonist, Hugh MacLeod. He will draw quirky and subtly melancholic illustrations on the back of them, making critical works of art that give the audience an unique window into the human psyche. Now that we’re thinking about it, maybe you should give Macleod your business card after all. He may make a masterpiece out of …

The following portraits by Jasper Smith possess a pointillistic allure that is beyond memorable. Confined within a quaint circle, Smith’s portraits are a collection of down-to-earth, around-the-way girls, astronauts, and Golden Age rappers. The intentional graininess of the portraits give them a warm, old-timey quality. It is this charming outdatedness, combined with the modern nuances of the subjects, that make …

It’s been a few years since Candy Chang first debuted her project, Before I Die, and it has since grown into a therapeutic phenomenon–a universal bucket list, if you will. First beginning on the side of an abandoned building in her New Orleans neighborhood, there are now over 300 Before I Die walls in over 50 countries and over 20 languages. Chang is even releasing a book this …

French artist Reynald Drouhin‘s Landscape Monolith is a brilliant example of contrast within contrast. Using stunning photos found on the internet, Drouhin creates polarizing portraits by simply reversing a portion of the photographs. Akeem K. Duncan.Akeem is our founder. A writer, poet, curator and profuse sweater, he is responsible for the curatorial direction and overall voice of Quiet Lunch. The Bronx …

Brooklyn born, Gregory Siff is an artist with a universal approach that allows him to create a brilliant but palpable body of work. What is this universal approach, you ask? It’s simple: “Have fun.” It seems like a cliche thing to say, but if you were to see the way Gregory Siff’s eyes light up when he’s creating a piece, …

Erik Ravelo goes straight for the jugular in his series, Los Intocables (The Untouchables). Depicting children in one the most vulnerable poses of all time, Ravelo attempts to speak for those who cannot properly articulate their pain. The sick, twisted games that adults play can come at a cost to future generations and Ravelo’s series gives a voice to those …

These groovy maps by Jazzberry Blue make you wish that all maps were this cool looking. You can get the prints → here. ←   Akeem K. Duncan.Akeem is our founder. A writer, poet, curator and profuse sweater, he is responsible for the curatorial direction and overall voice of Quiet Lunch. The Bronx native has read at venues such as the Nuyorican …

Paying homage to the work of Chuck Close, Kang Kang-hoon‘s photorealistic masterpieces are almost too good to be true once you find out Kang Kang-hoon’s method. Achieving a look of uncanny realism, Kang Kang-hoon’s work is airbrushed. Amazing, isn’t it? Up close, the paint is apparent. But a few steps back and technique quickly imitates the authenticity of a photograph. Capturing …

Explosive design and blazing colors illuminate the canvas in artist Lauren Coulson’s new body of work. With furious energy and dazzling form, her work contains imagery from nature and the physical world. From the dirt under our feet to the depths of the cosmos, Lauren Coulson wants us to take a step back and reexamine the natural world. As a …

Juan Miguel Palacios is a visionary. He doesn’t just paint paintings, he constructs them–better yet, he brings them to life. The spanish painter creates work that literally leaps from the canvas. By layering sheets of glass, each painted with a subsequent layer, Palacios achieves an eerie 3D effect that blurs the line between art and reality. Intrigued by his process …

Joan Casaramona possesses such a raw allure that it almost harkens back to an innovation soul named Pablo Picasso–perhaps you’ve heard of him? Far from an imitator, Casaramona is very much an innovator. Casaramona has picked up where  Picasso has left off. Her work is a delicate balance of both sheer simplicity and intimate intricacy, a regaling waltz between the …

Remember our coverage of Die Wunderkammer at The Lodge? Well, there was a brilliant talk between artists Hayley McCulloch and Paul Brainard. Unfortunately we didn’t get a chance to film the talk, but we did get our hands on a transcribed version of the talk via a shady, trench coat wearing stranger who threatened to kill us if we ever …