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Lite Loins

Abstract, American regional painting, Dark, Deconstructive, Dystopic, Egalitarian, Figurative, Political pop, Pop/surrealism/anti-design, Repetition, Social protest, Social revolution

Roadsworth began painting the streets of Montreal in the fall of 2001. Initially motivated by a desire for more bike paths in the city and a questioning of "car culture" in general, he continued to develop a language around street markings and other elements of the urban landscape using a primarily s

Charming, Clever, Conceptual, Egalitarian, Playful, Rebel, Urban, Witty

When Jacob A. Riis, a police reporter in New York, began his personal campaign to expose the misery of the underprivileged living in the crime-infested slums of the lower East side, he soon found that the printed word was not sufficiently convincing, and so he turned to photography by flashlight.

19th century photography, Dark, Depressive, Documentary photography, Egalitarian, Grotesque, In-your-face, Monochromatic, Political, Social realism, Social revolution, Urban