Monthly Archives: June 2009

Rube Goldberg: Suds and Pubs

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Dave

A pertinent example of Rube Goldberg ideas and its reinvention in popular culture is the Guinness Beer ”Tipping Point” television commercial aired in Europe in November 2007. The ideas of Goldberg are realized to perfection by Danish producer Nicolai Fugslig … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Advertising, Coc Cola, Guinness Beer, Mark Jenkins, Nicolai Fugslig, Rube Goldberg | 1 Comment

James Von Brunn : Shooting An Absent Soul

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Dave

A striking feature of Holocaust Museum gunman James Von Brunn is his occupation as a painter. Von Brunn is apparently a member of Mensa, the elite IQ club, and a decorated World War Two veteran. A biography states he obtained … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged James Von Brunn, James W. Von Brunn, Mark Jenkins | 2 Comments

Goldberg Variations: Little Statues Interacting In Harmony

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Dave

Rube Goldberg( 1883-1970) was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, inventor and winner of the 1948 Pultzer prize for Political Cartoon. He is best known for his own initmitable drawing style of aburdist mechanical machines linked together to perform irrelevent … Continue reading →

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Artistic Identity In Exile

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Dave

Armenia is a land-locked nation in the region of Eurasia southwest of the Caspian Sea. Their history has been marked by innumerable invasions, with Armenia having only intermittent degrees of sovereignty from the full and fledging to all shades,variations and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Armenia, Armenian Art, Arshile Gorky, Franz Werfel, Gary Kasparov, Leon Tutundjian, Mark Jenkins, MartirosSaryan, Modern Armenian Art, William Saroyan | Leave a comment

George Bellows: An Authentic Anti-Romantic

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Dave

The life of George Wesley Bellows(1882-1925) was marked by a substantial body of work encompassing oil paintings, lithographs, sketches and illustrations reflecting bold depictions of Americans and their lives.He is considered to be an icon of early American modernist painting … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged American Modern Painting, Ash Can, George Bellows, Goya, Group of Eight, Lithography, Mark Jenkins, New York School of Art, Robert Henri | 2 Comments

Flabbergasted by a Wonder Woman

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Dave

Ruth Vansickle Ford was a multi-talented visual artist, educator, and businesswoman. She is best known as a pioneer of art education in addition to being an acclaimed watercolorist and oil painter. She was also a calculated risk taker, … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Art Education, Bruce Goff, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, George Bellows, Mark Jenkins, Ruth Vansickle Ford | 1 Comment

Poetic Explorations: Imagination, Identity and Continuity

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Dave

”Musings” is a Montreal written art blog meriting critical mention due of the quality of the artist’s work combined with her knack of expressing impressions about visual art with great clarity. Talleen Hacikyan’s Art Blog delivers a variety of literate and … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Illustration, Mark Jenkins, Printmaking, Relief Woodcut, Talleen Hacikyan, Woodcut Art | Leave a comment

Bill Mauldin: Live Art Under Enemy Fire

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Dave

Bill Mauldin is best remembered as an American cartoonist who at age 23 became the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartoon. His talent in the use of inks and charcoal was enhanced by texts and captions in … Continue reading →