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The Birth of Venus (Pixel Sorted)

The Wonderful Color Wheel: Part 1 

How many ways can you reshuffle the rainbow? Three, as a matter of fact, if modern color theory is to be believed: Pantone numbers for print designers and brand managers; hex, RGB, and CMYK values for web designers; and CIELAB and CIECAM02 color models for the scientific community. But while the science of color models is largely settled, all that rigorous theory still doesn’t quite squeeze out the sense of fallible humanity underpinning the history of the color wheel. 

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French artist Kiandjan draws his inspiration from music album artworks, optic art, and Mœbius comics.

As he selects consistent color mixes, Kiandjan aims to create illusion of motion and space. His challenge consists in gathering simple shapes within complicated blendings.

He crosses shadow and light effects with eclectic shades and patterns. This way, he shakes things up a little in the realm of optic art.

Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou. Untitled (Vodou Series), 2011.

Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou’s photographs of the people of Porto-Novo, Benin (formerly Republic of Dahomey) are drawn from street life, his friends, family and studio customers. Benin is all about colour – Porto Novo is like a visual assault.In Leonce’s impressive portraits, wild combinations of locally designed Dutch imported textiles create extreme gradations between background, foreground, person and clothing. Leonce is part of a generation experiencing rapid change and his photographs capture the energy and unfettered zest for life of a people caught between tradition and progress.