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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Renato Guttuso & The Godfathers of Art
In looking back in a rear-view mirror, the stature of some painters may appear larger than is actually warranted. Renato Guttuso (1911-1987) was an Italian expressionist painter who was admired and revered in Italy but had little resonance or visibility … Continue reading
Artistic Submission To Irrational Phenomenon
The eccentricity of Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali is unquestionable. However Dali’s articualtion of what he termed ”The Paranoiac Critical Method” was a coherent theory and discovery of an artistic sensitivity not previously elucidated. Surrealists like Dali effectively challenged the mechanistic … Continue reading
The Rhino Horn: Violent Aesthetic Power
Salvador Dali on Vermeer’s ”The Lacemaker”: ”Up until now The Lacemaker has always been considered a very peaceful, very calm painting, but for me it is possessed by the most violent aesthetic power, to which only the recently discovered antiproton … Continue reading
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Counterfeiting A Visual World
Johannes Vermeer, is a Dutch master, whose mystique is enhanced by the near inexistant , obscure and fragmentary knowledge available. He is an invisible artist who remains unseen. Vermeer (1632-1675) was a baroque Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior … Continue reading
An Artistic Gesture To Think For Yourself
The idea behind gesture drawing is to suggest the essential feeling of a subject . You skirt the issue to arrive at an interpretation. The person is drawing not what the object under study actually looks like, but what the … Continue reading
Family Snapshot by an Accidental Tourist.
”Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima” is one of the most reproduced photos of all time. It is is a perfect photo partly because it touches so many people and leaves few indifferent towards it. It was taken by an … Continue reading
An Age of Innocence, Beauty & Crime
Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, landscape Architect and Interior designer who lived from 1862-1937. She is the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature for her novel ”The Age of Innocence” in 1920. Wharton … Continue reading
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Tagged Edith Wharton, Henrik Ibsen, Henry James, Mark Jenkins, The Age of Innocence
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So Long & Thanks For All The Fins
Symbolically and historically , fish have held similar interpretations to different cultures. Its watery domain is sometimes understood to be a symbol of the subconscious and depths of knowledge in addition to a feminine mystery and the unknown. In the … Continue reading
''The Natural'' Celebrates The Ugly & Grotesque
Cal Schenkel is a designer and artist who first came to attention as the creator of Frank Zappa’s record album covers in the late 1960’s. He is referred to as Frank Zappa’s art engineer and was given responsibility to develop … Continue reading
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