Artists perform as people watch from the safety of their cars, during the Art Parking drive-in festival in Prague, Czech Republic, Sunday, April 26, 2020. Artists in Czech Republic are finding different ways to perform as regular theaters remain closed in an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus. (Photo by Petr David Josek/AP Photo)

An LGBTQ member prepares before a streamed performance of “Pride at Home”, at the National Theatre in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, July 4, 2020. To celebrate 20 years of gay pride in Venezuela, LGBTQ members organized a presentation of different artistic shows via live streaming amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AP Photo)

Indian Muslim devotees travel in an auto rickshaw during the Urs festival in Ajmer, India, Thursday, April 23, 2015. Thousands of devotees from different parts of India travel to the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisht for the annual festival marking the saint's death anniversary. (Photo by Deepak Sharma/AP Photo)

Ceremonial skulls La Paz, Bolivia on November 6, 2020. Toads are in Bolivia symbols of the soil and of luck. They complement the Ñatitas, skulls of deceased people that are believed to have special powers. People ask them for different favours. The tradition is related to All Saints´ Day. (Photo by Radoslaw Czajkowski/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Hindu holy men display their yoga skills before media on International Day of Yoga at the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Assam, India, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The holy men from different parts of this northeastern state arrived at the temple to attend the Ambubachi festival that starts on Thursday. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

American media personality Kim Kardashian and her mom Kris Jenner have debuted totally different looks in a new photoshoot in the last decade of June 2025. Kim, 44, shows off her curves for the pictures, which reveal her new Skims collaboration with Italian fashion brand Roberto Cavalli. (Photo by Instagram)

Karl Bang's paintings are unique because he combines totally different styles of painting within the same format. It is very difficult to design a balanced composition with realistic elements that are juxtaposed with flat colors and patterns. The faces of his subjects are painted realistically in the Western tradition with subtle gradations of color; while, his figures and costumes vignette into abstracted shapes, lines, flat colors and patterns that reflect Karl's background in China. It is as though there are different visual languages being spoken within his paintings.

An Estonian competitor cheers during the “World Medieval Fighting Championship – the Israeli Challenge” in Rishon Letzion near Tel Aviv January 22, 2015. Israel hosted the tournament on Thursday, which includes 14 competitors from seven different countries – France, Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Russia, Ukraine and Israel. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)