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Artists Return to New Age Strategies for Empowerment

It makes sense that artists would return to New Age strategies in the age we live in. Still, I’m not sure these methods provide much more than temporary soothing.

by Coco Picard August 5, 2019

New Age, New Age: Strategies for Survival continues at the DePaul Art Museum (935 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago) through August 11.

Coco Picard

Coco Picard is a cartoonist, writer, and curator living in Oxford, England. She is the author of The Healing Circle (Red Hen Press, 2022), The Chronicles of Fortune (Radiator Comics, 2017), and The Strangers... More by Coco Picard

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petahgeiger says:

August 6, 2019 at 12:54 pm

I like the translation into comics; nice use of line and negative space. Thanks.

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