→ September 11, 2009
Sydney artist Phillip George poses among his surfboard exhibition at Casula Powerhouse Art Gallery on December 15, 2008 in Sydney, Australia. George designed the range of 30 ‘Inshallah’ or ‘God Willing’ boards in response to his trips to the Middle East, and to the Cronulla Race Riots in 2005, in an effort to create a [...]
→ September 5, 2009
Bryan Nash Gill displays and sells his work on the website Ashes & Milk - so do a whole slew of artists. (I also love the work of Helen Beard – but that’s for another post.) “Ashes & Milk is an online gallery space founded on the principle that a lot can be created from very little. We [...]
→ July 31, 2009
Featuring Brian Smith, his photography and his contribution to the book Friendship Family Love & Laughter. Inspired by the 1950’s landmark photographic exhibition, “The Family of Man”, M.I.L.K. began as an epic global search to find unique and geographically diverse images on the themes of friendship, family and love. It was not only the richest in [...]
→ June 23, 2009
Cool article – passed on to you from National Geographic Traveler. Ok, so maybe sleeping in a zoo isn’t your thing. Want to camp out in a museum instead? Then head to Copenhagen. The Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum of contemporary art just opened a new exhibit this weekend featuring a work by artists Bosch & Fjord that is, [...]
→ June 8, 2009
Jim Denevan is a chef from California, but not all of his handy work fits easily onto a plate. Denevan also creates huge freehand sand drawings using a combination of tools and a truck. Recently one of his pieces has been dubbed the ‘largest freehand drawing in the world’ and it certainly is big at 3 [...]
→ April 6, 2009
Art Projects for Kids is a blog by Kathy Barbro geared to teaching art to young people. Kathy has a passion for encouraging creative thinking. Her blog rocks. In California, Visual Art Standards recommend that 3rd graders learn how to shade to add dimension to their drawing. Following the work of Georgia O’Keefe have your child draw [...]
→ April 2, 2009
Phew. I just got back from the Baja. Happened really fast and didn’t have time to get posts organized for my departure. My friend Sandra, boutique hotel owner, photographer and flyfisher women (more about her trip to Argentina later) gave me two bundles of her foliage photography and they are bee-ou-tee-ful. If you would like to see more [...]
→ March 4, 2009
“Doodling is the brooding of the hand” – Saul Steinberg. His wordless pen and ink drawings prove he was a wry critic of the pretensions of the design world. If you’re after a synopsis of life in the 20th century study the complete work of Steinberg. Well known in the US, Steinberg is a cult figure in [...]
→ February 21, 2009
THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2009 6:30–8:00PM SMALL TALK NO. 6: MAIRA KALMAN Not Thinking (and the Pursuit of Happiness) Painter, essayist, observer, dreamer, embroiderer, accordionist, silent walker, author, fan of petit fours, teacher, student of the oboe and clarinet, illustrator, fez collector, opera maker, receipt-saver, list-maker and inventor of the percussion instrument “the Canundrum,” Maira Kalman is having an open [...]
Boomertography – Cindy Sherman’s Post-Modern ‘Paintings’ (VIDEO)(TREND HUNTER) Cindy Sherman is one of the best known contemporary artists, and this exhibition is her first in four years. The series of portraits show the full range of beauty and aging in women. Cindy Sherman shoots… [More]
→ February 11, 2009
Peter Schlesinger photographer – Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava is included in the book Checkered Past. Schlesinger was able to address his ‘portraits’ in the natural surroundings of his ‘models’, both in England and on the European Continent. The results are casual portraits of such luminaries as Hockney himself, W. H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, Paloma [...]
Elegant Corruptions – an art show in Toronto(and because I like deer) The huge ten by fifteen foot tapestry uses the traditional image of the stag and blows it to new proportions. Made with fabric scraps sewn together creating a pixelized image that alters. Grant Heaps designed and created the work from an exisiting cross stitch pattern [...]
→ January 29, 2009
Whitney Museum of American Art Alexander Calder: The Paris Years 1926-1933 Closes on February 15th. TITLE: Untitled (Man on a Tightrope) ARTIST: Alexander Calder WORK DATE: 1932 CATEGORY: Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.) MATERIALS: Ink on paper MARKINGS: Signed and dated lower right: Calder 1932 SIZE: h: 22 x w: 30 in / h: 55.9 x w: 76.2 cm PRICE*: Contact Gallery [...]
→ January 28, 2009
Make Your Own Path Douglas Wilson Each of these stunning prints have been hand letterpressed by Doug, directly onto part of his antique map collection. The diversity of these maps and the printing method combined means that each print is truly unique. Contact the Keep Calm Gallery to order. It’s a carpe diem kind of thing…
→ January 27, 2009
Alastair Heseltine Canadian – makes things out of wood and twigs. Lives on Hornby Island, British Columbia alastair@alastairheseltine.com
→ January 27, 2009
Arte Povera Italian for “Poor Art”) Common materials included sticks, rocks, slate, rope and iron. The term “Poor Art” was not an attack on the artists, but rather a reference to the fact that any poor man or woman could get involved in the movement. Land art Also known as Earth art. Land artists began working directly in the [...]
