Fascinating collages by Ukrainian artist Grycja Erde…

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Photographer David A. Reeves makes awesome images by cutting out pieces of paper and creating scenes inspired by popular action films.

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La Familia, a photo series by Mexican artist Ciler:

“La Familia is a photo album from 1875 that the artist Carlos Aguirre gave me as a gift.
Nowadays in Mexico, there is a really big drug cartel called “La Familia” (The Family). This cartel controls everything around them using fear and violence, their cruel and ruthless ways have become one of the biggest problems of México in recent years.When i began to work on the intervention of the album, I imagined all those people in the pictures, I imagined that it was almost impossible for anyone to be alive, while imagine the similarities of all of those who died in hands on the “Familia” cartel.
La Familia” is part of the “Huele a Muerto” series that where exposed last November in Mexico City, Mexico.”

Cadere innocens is a series of drawings (ink and watercolor) by Mexican artist Kikyz1313:

“The exposed work is based, mainly, in the study of abjection.
Most specifically in the corpse, wich alludes to illness, dirt and waste. It threatens the integrity and stability of the viewer, attracted by the drawings developed from traditional techniques and obsessively intricate in detail, which results in an evocative imaginary, thus being stimulating and pleasant when contemplating, but when assimilated, provokes rejection due to the moral barrier of our social context.
This is done almost exclusively in order to violate the moral basis of the viewer, leading him to dissolve the inconvenience of morality and turning him into an accomplice of the enjoyableness of death.”

Digital paintings by Chris Von Steiner, a french artist based in Brussels…

Mexico City based artist Pedro Reyes acquired some 6,700 weapons that were scheduled to be buried and instead collaborated with six musicians to create 50 working instruments as part of a statement regarding increased gun violence in Mexico.

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