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The Artist?s Mother ~ Haring, Hockney, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Picasso ?
2008-05-11 02:27:00 For this special day, honoring Motherhood, I thought to look at how some artists have depicted their own mother or an archetypal mother. Who’s Mom? The artists’ real mothers are displayed as persons with their own life. She is an individual with a personal life and character as is witnessed by her child, the ... More About: Artist , Artists , Collage , Gogh
Barbara Kruger
2008-05-10 07:37:00 Barbara Kruger juxtaposes mass media photographs with biting slogans. Her art both questions and condemns mass media’s ways of control self-identity, desire, and public opinion. In their trademark black letters against red background, her slogans are instantly recognizable. Much of her often razor-sharp text questions the viewer about feminism, classicism, consumerism, and individual autonomy and ... More About: Photography , Fine Art , Barbara , Collage
Graffiti Party Art Piece
2008-05-08 22:08:00 Ever found some money behind the wall paper? It happens to some people. Developers of a run-down loft business discovered they had more than the spaciousness they had hoped for in their New York City’s SoHo building. They found a large, genuine collaborative artwork by Jean Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Fab 5 Freddy, Futura 2000 ... More About: Party , Graffiti , Piece
History of Surreal Photography
2008-05-05 19:19:00 By Domen Lombergar Surreal ism in photography was one of the major revolutionary changes in the evolution of photography. Rather than art, photography was reviewed as a copying effort. Surrealism is the introduction of the ?more than real’ images to the art forms. Surrealism was a movement in the art and intellectual activities, emerged after World War I. ... More About: History , Photography
Famous Vogel Collection of 2500 artworks to be gifted in 2008/2009
2008-05-02 08:28:00 A dream is coming through for 50 art institutions around the nation, as the renowned Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection of 2500 works of contemporary art is gifted and distributed among America’s 50 states, art museums around the country are getting excited. The Dorothy & Herbert Vogel Collection’s focus of the collection is ... More About: Famous , Artworks , 2008
How to Get Your Photography Noticed, Gain Recognition and Start Making Mone
2008-04-30 23:10:00 From time to time we post articles that are written with the artists in mind. Usually, we choose articles that offer a glimpse behind the scene for art collectors and art market observers, to gain understanding of the input that goes into art making. I hope this is an educational art article in that ... More About: Photography , Start , Photographs , Recognition
Robert Rauschenberg - video
2008-04-28 23:36:00 This video is an excerpt of Robert Rauschenberg’s orginal footage ‘Linoleum’ It is part of his 1966 art ‘Happening’. Black/white, silent film. More About: Video
How Is A Bronze Sculpture Made?
2008-04-23 23:02:00 I’m sure I can safely assume you’re not wondering how one carves or molds a sculpture. Although the carving and modeling methods require great skill, the techniques used are fairly simple- you basically use tools and your bare hands to “add” or “subtract” material until you get your desired product. Once you have carved away from a stone or other hard surface, you can sand it and polish it. If you were carving from clay the last step would be to fire it in a kiln or heat it in an oven. But how are bronze and other cast sculptures made? It’s not like there’s a chunk of metal and the sculptor chisels away at it. Casting is a little more complicated than the other two types of sculpture. It takes a team of several people, a foundry, and a 10 step process that has been around since 3000 B.C. When completed, you will have a work of art that will be around for that same amount of time into the future. In a nutshell founders reproduce in bron... More About: Bronze , Made , Sculpture
Klimt: video on ?The Kiss? & his love for Women
2008-04-20 00:24:00 This is a short informational video lecture about the classic impressionist painting ‘The Kiss ’ by Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt (1862 ? 1918). The video pulls together strands of his background, his passion, his travels, and shows you how these inputs translate into his painting. It comes as no surprise that Klimt’s ... More About: Video , Women , For Women , Love
Art Education @ Art Schools in the US
2008-04-18 05:48:00 By Astrid Lee I’m often asked what in my opinion the best art schools are in the United States. So, I researched the topic before making my careful selection. Of course, some schools are better for film and others for fine art/paintings, and others again for art history. And this list is no more ... More About: Education , Schools , Art education , Art School
Graffiti Art Lingo & Artwork Type
2008-04-16 04:52:00 In his article ‘Type s of Graffiti Art’, Benedict Hunter links graffiti to modern culture, and by doing so explains the various types of graffiti artworks. “Modern day Graffiti art is closely associated with the Hip Hop Culture. It started out with names like TAKI 183 and JULIO 204 who wrote their tag names all ... More About: Artwork , Paintings
Communication through Visual Art
2008-04-13 22:59:00 In his article ‘Visual Arts as Communication ’, Quentin Engles explains how images give people food for thought. Fine art hold messages in its own language. Art says something to us and helps us see things in different ways. “Most of us are used to regular conversational words that we may use in day-to-day life. ...
National Gallery Vision 2100
2008-04-07 10:44:00 For today’s audiences, 20th-century art is old and 19th-century art - ancient. Can galleries overcome this challenge? questioned Michael Archer in ‘How modern art became history’, an article published in The Guardian on March 28. He applauds the policy of Nicholas Penny, the newly appointed director of the National Gallery in London, UK, to move ... More About: Vision , National Gallery , Art Gallery
Vincent Van Gogh - A Depth of Passion Transformed - II
2008-04-04 07:46:00 By John Keaton Continuation of part I of his article: Arles : A New Hope Turns Tragic Arriving in Arles on February 20, 1888, Vincent had most certainly hoped that the light of provence would inspire his work and raise his artistic abilities to a new, creative plateau. By this point, the plein-air painting he had explored along with the influence of impressionism and the japonaisse elements he utilized were fused and became, certainly without his own realization, the style that would become distinctly “Vincent “ The Sower, painted in June of 1888, displays a return to one of Van Gogh ’s favorite motifs, and his lifelong fascination with the work of Millet. At one point, Vincent painted seven copies of the Sower in one week. Here in Arles, the Sower takes on a majestic quality with the brilliant sun blazing across the fields with a divine intensity. It is a well know fact that Vincent could not afford to hire models for his paintings and very often painted himself. No fewer than... More About: Passion , Vincent van Gogh , Depth
Vincent Van Gogh - A Depth of Passion Transformed - I
2008-04-02 07:45:00 By John Keaton “And my aim in my life is to make pictures and drawings, as many and as well as I can; then, at the end of my life, I hope to pass away, looking back with love and tender regret, and thinking, ‘Oh, the pictures I might have made!’” -Vincent Van Gogh , Letter 338, 9 November 1883 In the annals of art history, there is no comparison to the enduringly tragic and passionate life of Vincent Van Gogh. His works have been embraced and are treasured by a world which once scarcely understood or accepted this tragic and tortured genius. The beauty of his remarkably prolific career lies in the intensity and conviction of heart, which he placed in his images. His works remain etched and embossed within our subconscious and still linger in our minds long after this tormented soul’s dramatic departure from this life. Born March 30, 1853, Vincent Wilhelm Van Gogh’s young life was overshadowed by the death of a brother exactly one year prior to Vincentâ... More About: Passion , Vincent van Gogh , Depth
No Name For Art - # 1
2008-04-01 05:04:00 Welcome to the March 31, 2008 premiere edition of the fine art blog carnival ‘No Name For Art‘. It is our objective to showcase the best current blog articles on fine art that would be of use and interest to collectors of fine art. We’ll work with our submissions, reviewing what comes up. The submissions for this unmarketed first issue were interestingly coherent: The clear and overwriting theme across all submissions for this issue is :What makes art art and kitsch kitsch? Art Collecting As I have ‘no name’ for this carnival yet, I certainly have ‘no words’ for Kinkade. Unlike Margaret here, who makes an indisputable stance to what is art and what is kitsch. Well written and actually not too snobbish. Right on. Margaret Mary presents Bad Art and the Rise of Thomas Kinkade saying, “Why are people so drawn to the art of Thomas Kinkade? This article examines the motivations of Kinkade collectors and questions why his “bad&rdq...
History of Mosaics
2008-03-30 10:59:00 Being one of the most beautiful and oldest forms of art in the history of man, one couldn't help but wonder about how such art has evolved and survived through all these centuries. This type of ornamental arts where small tiles of stones and marbles are used to develop patterns and pictures appeared randomly in totally different cultures and locations. That is why; mosaics can't be rooted to a particular people or culture. More About: History , Art History
Leonardo Da Vinci - excellent video
2008-03-28 22:22:00 A close examination of Leonardo ’s famous works provides a basis for appreciating his particular style and the beauty of his art. Reflecting his position as one of the foremost figures of the Renaissance, Leonardo’s versatility is revealed as an artist, anatomist, mathematician and architect. More About: Video , Leonardo da Vinci , Da Vinci , Vinci
A Glimpse of the real life of Frida KAHLO - 2 Videos
2008-03-27 05:37:00 Frida Kahlo painted her own life. This is one of the inputs of her art being so unique and intriging. Therefore, I am showing a double video in this article on Frida Kahlo, whereby one video complements the other. The first video features Frida in person, portraying her in her relationships, fame ... More About: Videos , Life , Real , Frida , Real Life
The Era of The Emerging Artist
2008-03-24 18:01:00 Assume for a moment that emerging artists are akin to value stocks. Like any true value stock, the work of emerging artists is often overlooked, and their worth and prospects underestimated. However, just as Warren Buffet will search out quality companies with distinctive attributes, art lovers can unearth emerging artists whose work is thoughtful, topical and passionately committed to a sense of relevance to modern life. More About: Artist
Opinion, Value, & Taste in Art From Botticelli to Goya - Artistic Variatio
2008-03-22 17:34:00 It is fair to say that many observers of art, professional or otherwise, are hampered by preconceived ideas of what represents good art. The uninitiated might consider Botticelli?s ?Venus? the epitome of female beauty and use it as an unswerving benchmark. Many of the images and concepts that have so outraged the gallery going public ... More About: Opinion , Taste , Artistic
How We Live with Art - Banksy video
2008-03-19 09:57:00 This is an interesting video of how people interact with a work of art. It shows the mix of appreciation of the art itself aestetically, of its whimsy and fun, of its serious message and and a ‘trying it on for size’ - identification with the art. Banksy This fine art video shows graffiti artist Banksy’s ... More About: Video , Live
Tiffany And His Stained Glass
2008-03-17 21:59:00 By Tracy Crowe When I think of stained glass windows, or stained glass lampshades, I think of Louis Comfort Tiffany . What is his story? How did he come to create such magnificent pieces of art? Louis Comfort Tiffany lived from 1848 to 1933. His father was the founder and main owner of a highly successful New York City jewelry and fancy goods store. This business provided Tiffany with both “know-how” and financial backing. Although he was a competent painter and a skilled colorist, Tiffany turned most of his attention and creative energies to the design, manufacture and retail of decorative arts objects. His first business became the premiere “artistic” interior decoration business in New York in the 1880s. He was especially interested in glass, and began experimenting with it to give his sophisticated clientele the living environments that they expected from him. At that time artists applied tints and painted on glass, which Tiffany considered &ldqu... More About: Glass
Analysis of The Sunflowers - Vincent van Gogh
2008-03-15 07:48:00 Vincent’s Sunflowers “The sunflower is mine in a way.” ?Vincent van Gogh Van Gogh ’s “Sunflowers” are among his most famous paintings, but few people realize he did many sunflower pictures, not just the most famous “Vase with Twelve Sunflowers” and “Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers.” These were canvases he made to decorate the Yellow House in Arles in ... More About: Analysis , Vincent
No Name For Art - Blog Carnival
2008-03-14 06:59:00 OK. I’m doing it: filling the art gap… So, here it is: the ART BLOG CARNIVAL #1. Theme Fine Content Articles that collectors need Schedule March 31 (first edition) Interval Every 6-8 weeks Questions? Drop me an email, or a comment below. Best: submit really good articles on fine art and chances are: I’ll publish it. Just before you go, enjoy this fine art drawing from ... More About: Carnival , Blog , Blog Carnival
David Hockney - Art BMW - Video
2008-03-13 08:00:00 By Astrid Lee World-famous artist David Hockney was born in Bradford, UK. He lived in both London and Los Angeles. As important contributor of the British Pop art movement of the ’60s, Hockney is one of the most influential, 20th century artists. Despite his fame for Pop Art, David’s earlier works show Expressionist marks and ... More About: Video , David Hockney
Meet Banksy - video
2008-03-09 09:36:00 Bristol graffiti artist Banksy to me is an interesting artist of our time: with heart & humor, fast and efficient, and largely anonymous. Here is an absolutely excellent informative video on Banksy with something as close to an interview with this graffiti artist as you’ll ever get. Wanna know who Banksy is, how is thinks, what ... More About: Video , Meet
Abstract Painting - Art Without Meaning
2008-03-07 06:42:00 Abstract Painting has meaning, not the borrowed meaning of depicted objects. Rather the important and different meaning of high art from the most creative of pursuits. More About: Abstract Art , Meaning , Abstract
Photography as a Fine Art
2008-03-05 22:52:00 By Matthew Smeal Compared to most art forms, photography is a relative newcomer. Having been around for less than 200 years its place in the art world is still being established. Interestingly, there have been many arguments against photography being considered art, one of which is that the camera is a ?machine?. However, one must ask ... More About: Photography , Fine Art , Photographs , Fine
Correctly Displaying Fine Art Photography
More articles from this author:2008-03-05 07:20:00 Though most quality prints are printed on Archival papers, such as Fuji Crystal Archive Papers or Kodak Endura Professional Papers, it is essential to consider a few important aspects to maximize the life of any print you are planning to display. More About: Photography , Fine Art , Fine 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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