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Somewhere between mythology and contemporaneity, childlike expression and meticulous execution, Kenny Scharf's art takes form. As a key figure of the legendary street art movement of the 1980s, Scharf hasn't missed a beat since and continues to create with the same energetic pace — whether on cars or surfboards, prints and canvases, to the white walls of his latest exhibition at Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York. The exhibition is four years in the making and features a universe of characters airbrushed across large-scale canvases and the gallery walls. From some of his most iconic characters to entirely new creations, Scharf taps into the spontaneity that has shown to be a hallmark of his practice over the past 40 years. View this post on InstagramA post shared by HypeArt (@...

Most artists use paint, others prefer light, even coffee and bananas have been used as a tool of choice for creative expression. For Italian land artist Dario Gambarin, his tractor has become his go-to 'brush' in a number of monumental portraits across fields in Northern Italy. For his latest piece, Gambarin created a massive portrait of Pablo Picasso.Unofficially a part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the legendary Spanish artist's death, Gambarin created the portrait across 25,000 square meters on a plot of land owned by his parents and was notably inspired by a 1907 self-portrait of Picasso. “I wanted to dedicate this colossal portrait to Picasso because he is one of those masters from whom you never stop learning,” he told The Straits Times.Gambarin has previously created land a...