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The Genius of Japanese Lacquer: Masterworks by Shibata Zeshin
SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807–1891) Grasshopper and Flowering Vine (about 1880), hanging scroll; colored lacquers and gold wash on prepared paper. 13 3/8 x 18 in.
In Japan, flowering gourds and grasshoppers are traditional harbingers of fall, and here the autumnal mood is emphasized by an overall brown-and-yellow palette. Zeshin’s keen powers of observation are demonstrated in the […] -
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A Silken Mountain of Forgery
A Silken Mountain of Forgery
By MILES UNGER [link to story]
IN 1957 the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, snagged what appeared to be a rare masterpiece by the 10th-century Chinese painter Guan Tong. Not only was “Drinking and Singing at the Foot of a Precipitous Mountain” a spectacular example of the monumental landscape tradition — a […] -
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A Kingdom in the Mountains Shares Its Secrets
A Kingdom in the Mountains Shares Its Secrets
By SUSAN EMERLING
Published: February 24, 2008
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WHEN American curators arrived one spring morning at Norbugang Yu Lhakang, a Buddhist temple in a remote village in western Bhutan, they found a group of monks sitting on the floor in bright robes, chanting. They had been there since 6 […] -
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A Watercolorist Who Turned His Hand to Oils of Heroic Vision
Excerpted from The New York Times
A Watercolorist Who Turned His Hand to Oils of Heroic Vision
By KEN JOHNSON
Search the history of American art, and you will discover few watercolors more beautiful than those of Charles Demuth. Combining exacting botanical observation and loosely Cubist abstraction, his watercolors of flowers, fruit and vegetables have a magical liveliness […] -
artist writings
Notes on Drawing
Drawing for a visual artist is like practicing scales or arpeggios for a musician. It’s how I grow as an artist. Where I develop ideas, resolve compositional problems. It helps me clear my mind and focus before I start painting. It’s a playground. I can use graphite, I can use charcoal, scissors, ink, brush, a […]
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Bruce Dorfman
You May (Timshel)
by Bruce Dorfman
Assemblage painting 5′x4′
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artists, daily fix
Jenny Saville
Torso 2
2004
Oil on canvas
360 x 294 cm
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Larry Poons
Larry Poons is acclaimed for his inventive, quirky color work and his zeal for paint and surface. In this exhibition we present all new work by Poons. In these new pieces, Poons relies entirely on brushwork where before his process involved a range of technique from pouring paint to collage.
The results are dense, vibrant surfaces […] -
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The Abstract Desert
02.25.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsInspired by Albuquerque: Diebenkorn’s Untitled, 1950
Richard Diebenkorn/Grey Art Gallery NYU
Excerpted from the Village Voice
The Abstract Desert
Recommendations
by R.C. Baker
February 19th, 2008 12:00 AM
For pure aesthetic pleasure, it’d be tough to top the 40 paintings and drawings that California artist Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993) completed during a stint in New Mexico from 1950 to 1952. Already a skilled […]
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