Whereabouts unknown. Handwritten description back: Heerseres over kwade geesten. "Rangda is the demon queen of the leyaks in Bali, according to traditional Balinese mythology. [...] She is depicted as a mostly nude old woman, with long and unkempt hair, pendulous breasts, and claws. Her face is traditionally a horrifying fanged and goggle-eyed mask, with a long, protruding tongue. [...] Terrifying to behold, the child-eating Rangda leads an army of evil witches against the leader of the forces of good — Barong. [...] The battle between Barong and Rangda is featured in Barong dance to represent the eternal battle between good and evil." [Wikipedia (unknown date). Rangda.]
_c0lette / Instagram Armed with a pair of hot pants and a Cheshire Cat grin, Miss Lady Kier became the lighting rod of '80s and '90s electro-pop. As the front woman for Deee-Lite, her intensity turned songs like "Groove Is in the Heart" into pure eardrum candy in the midst of a time when grunge w
Synchrodogs is an artist duo from Ukraine, Roman Noven and Tania Shcheglova, collaborating since 2008. Together they pursue questions of environmental mindfulness and education via art, investigating the complex relationship of human and nature and the new ways the Earth begins to look like as a result of their fragile codependence, highlighting juxtaposition of natural and artificial, real and surreal via multidisciplinary artistic approach.
French sculptress whose colourful bulbous female figures included an 80ft long installation with a milk bar in its breast
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Artist Niki de Saint Phalle photographed in one of her sculptures by Franco Fontana for American Vogue, December 1987.
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The epic ESSENCE Festival 2017 shows kick off tonight and none other than the icon that is Diana Ross is set to hit the stage! In honor of her gracing the mainstage with her prescence, we're taking a look at her most iconic looks ever.
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About Signed and dated 1971 The sculpture utilizes Pedro Friedebergs' most iconic imagery.
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Solange Knowles landed the Digital Edition Fall 2020 cover of Harper’s Bazaar US. Photographed by Naima Green, she wore a LaQuan Smith top and a Super Yaya skirt
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“The studio is my garden, here I am alone and happy” – Constantin Brancusi
Learn more about Niki de Saint Phalle, who is known for sculptures of nanas and whose work is featured in the NMWA collection.
