Visions Archives - Ex-Plain

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The Bulldozer Exhibition: When the Soviets Tried (and Failed) to Literally Crush an Art Show

In 1974, Soviet authorities used bulldozers, arrests, and violence to destroy an unsanctioned outdoor art exhibition, only to ignite an…

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Willingly spending two months in a Mexican prison and collaborating with the inmates, artist Scott Campbell built tattoo machines out…

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In which we rediscover the overlooked trend of ASCII art hidden inside fan-made video game guides from decades ago, created…

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We're doing a new regular feature where we collect all of the strange and wonderful things we find thanks to…

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To the left of the main entrance of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City stands a controversial bronze door that…

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In the postwar era, pharmaceutical print advertising, especially for psychiatric drugs, was blunt, graphic, and often disturbing, using fear and…

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Moving to West Berlin, David Bowie and Iggy Pop found unexpected inspiration in German Expressionism, most notably in the form…

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The version of romanticism truly unique to the 21st century experience may have already come from a lesser-known Swedish artist…

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In the summer of 1981, Japanese photographer Joji Hashiguchi left Tokyo on a self-directed journey through Liverpool, London, Nuremberg, West…

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Founded in 2018, COMRADE Gallery has grown into one of the most compelling new archives of Eastern Bloc visual design.…