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Metro Times // How Detroit artist Keto Green found purpose in discarded objects

The painter persevered through homelessness and suicide to shine with ‘Against It All’ at Playground Detroit Keto Green will paint on anything he can find. Doors from abandoned houses, pieces of plywood, and broken windows become canvases for his brightly colored paintings. “I find stuff that you would never think would be a piece of […]

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Metro Times // Zoe Beaudry wants to open your chakras in latest exhibit ‘And And And And’

The Detroit-based painter’s photorealistic work is a safe haven for vulnerability By Randiah Camille Green on Fri, Mar 31, 2023 Artist of the week: Zoe Beaudry Zoe Beaudry is deeply dissatisfied with the lack of connection between human beings in our conscious state. “On every level — an interpersonal level but also a systemic level — the […]

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MetroTimes // Bakpak Durden, BLKOUT Walls, and Black figurative art in Detroit

By Steven Panton Published on November 17, 2021. It is common knowledge that body language can say a lot about our day-to-day emotional state. But the body is also an archive; it stores scars and trauma and talks about the life we have lived to this point. In I Feel Like I’ve Been Here Before, a solo […]

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Metro Times // Detroit artist Sydney James is set to debut her first solo show

By Lee DeVito  For her first solo exhibition, Detroit-based fine artist Sydney James has been trying her best to keep things under wraps — no easy task in the age of social media. “That’s what Tylonn did last year for his solo show,” she says of her friend, the fellow Detroit fine artist Tylonn Sawyer. “We […]

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BLOWOUT MUSIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATES ITS 15TH YEAR: LINE-UP RELEASED

  Metro Times BLOWOUT Festival is celebrating its 15th year featuring top local musical talent in Detroit. The festival is spread throughout twelve venues in the city.  Check out the complete list of artists performing below. PLAYGROUND favorites include K.I.D.S, Child Bite, Phantasmagoria,  Lord Scrummage, and Danny Brown. BUY TICKETS HERE.

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