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In our agricultural policy, we fail to consider issues like nutrition and food security, climate change, and the significant but often unrecognized fact that 70% of the world’s farmers are women. Women produce 90% of the staple food crops, such as rice and maize—the crops that feed the world.
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[+] Andy Revkin
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[+] NASA
[+] Nicholas Kristof
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[+] Slate
[+] SXSW
[+] TED
[+] The Huff. Post
[+] The NY Times
[+] The Onion
[+] TechCrunch
[+] Wired


Misc.Arts.Etc.

[+] 21st C.Burles.
[+] Artoyz (fr)
[+] Blue Note Rec.
[+] Burlesque Mag.
[+] Cool Hunting
[+] Fecal Face
[+] Getty Museum
[+] Juxtapoz
[+] Kidrobot
[+] Kitsune Noir
[+] Kotaku
[+] LACMA
[+] MOCA L.A
[+] MOMA NY
[+] Roger Ebert
[+] Sundance Fest.
Organizations

[+] Amnesty Intl.
[+] CARE
[+] CIVICUS
[+] Doc. w/o B (MSF)
[+] Enough Project
[+] HRW
[+] Join(RED)
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[+] R. Hope 4 Congo
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[+] Save Darfur
[+] Save the Childr.
[+] Solar Sister
[+] The Elders
[+] TransFair USA
[+] UNHCR
[+] UNICEF
[+] UN (News)
[+] Water.org
[+] Water for Africa
[+] Wom. for Wom.
[+] WWF


Creative Ppl.

[+] Ben Harper
[+] Daft Punk
[+] David Lynch
[+] Dita Von Teese
[+] Gary Baseman
[+] Jessica Louise
[+] Jon Burgerman
[+] Karl Lagerfeld
[+] Keren Ann
[+] Lady Gaga
[+] Moby
[+] Pete Fowler
[+] Shepard Fairey
[+] Smok. Robinson
[+] Tom Hanks
[+] Wendy Brandes


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The World of Sama


Not so naive and aimed to show what we don’t see at first sight; the World of Sama is way more complex than it appears. There are partially and carefully hidden details, guiding the glance and allowing a very personal interpretation of these figurative representations.


Both from Asian and Oriental inspiration, influenced by Art Nouveau era and exclusively in black and white, Max Dana’s graphics can take very different styles and shapes, they’re timeless and carry some sort of universality.


The World of Sama is often where we don’t expect it, and its meaning goes far beyond its simple graphic expression. On the walls of the main European cities to those of small villages in the countryside, printed on limited editions of t shirts, on paper and canvas, in the form of small 3D figures or monumental sculptures, for exterior and interior design as well as furniture… The idea and the concept behind the World of Sama are an endless source of creative inspiration for Max Dana.


Always active, Max Dana wants to keep her freedom to create art without restraint nor limitation. But as numerous as opportunities and requests may be, all of them do not correspond to the artistic vision Max Dana has of her work, that’s why she scrupulously chooses each of her projects and commitments.


Experiencing various and different places for her shows (an abandoned house in countryside, a cozy apartment near the Eiffel Tower in Paris…), using any kind of materials or mediums to express her art, sharing the World of Sama for collaborations with other artists, and absorbing the world around with an open mind driven by sheer curiosity; all that takes an important part of Max Dana‘s artistic vision, which she wants to keep free, fresh, true and to remain consistent with her true  inspiration.


This is The World of Sama.


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