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artists, daily fix, exhibitions
fadhel al dabbagh
WILMINGTON, DE - The Delaware Art Museum presents Bridge of Hope: Iraqi/U.S. Art Initiative, an exhibition featuring approximately two-dozen works, mostly abstract, by nine Iraqi and nine American artists, on view March 29 – May 4, 2008. This exhibition is part of the Museum’s new Outlooks Exhibition Series and is guest curated by Rosemary Lane […]
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artists
lines and squigglies
Brice Marden, Cold Mountain Painting, 1989/91 Oil on linen, 108 x 144 inches
Today seems to be a day of heavy hitters in 20th century American abstract painting. Check out this interview with Brice Marden in which he discusses the book Cold Mountain, abstract expressionism, chinese calligraphy, and chinese landscape painting. [Read more…] -
daily fix, the masters
Interviewing the soul
Hans Hofmann, The Golden Wall, 1961
Today Bob in Philly writes a short little bit on Hans Hofmann at his Art Blog by Bob. I’ll have much more to say about Hofmann and push-pull in the future, as this is a daily topic of conversation in the studio. In the meantime, check out what Bob has […] -
artists, daily fix
Loving Art
“Scenes of Lovemaking” by Sugimura Jihei
Today’s New York Times on-line posted this lovely image in its highlights of Asian Art Week…how can you not love this!
At Sebastian Izzard (17 East 76th Street) “Early Images From the Floating World: Japanese Paintings, Prints and Illustrated Books, 1660-1720” focuses on early guides, how-to sex manuals (for brides […] -
abstraction, the masters
But where’s the bicycle?
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Woman and Bicycle, 1952-53, Oil on canvas, 76 1/2 x 49 in. (194.3 x 124.5 cm)
© 2000 Willem de Kooning Revocable Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
www.whitney.org
I’ve been thinking about Woman and Bicycle by Willem De Kooning for the past couple of days know, specifically about abstract painting prodding us as […] -
exhibitions
The Adventure of Abstraction
Milton Resnick (1917 - 2004), AS.2, 1959, Oil on canvas, 82 x 80 inches, 208.3 x 203.2 centimeters. www.cheimread.com
David Cohen writes in the NY Sun….
Maybe it is because of the much-awaited Philip Guston drawing survey at the Morgan Library & Museum this spring, but there seems to be revived interest this season in Abstract Expressionism: […] -
artists, daily fix
warm and fuzzy
lisa call
Structures #33
46″ x 49″
www.lisacall.comI came across lisa’s work by chance as she just exhibited a CU-Boulder where I spent some time about 10 years ago. Working with fabric, lisa creates these wonderful abstract quilts. I never paid much attention to quilts as an art form, preferring rather to just snuggle up under them […]
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abstraction
webs of influence
03.18.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsPosted by leonardo bonanni on his blog hyperexperience
Alfred H Barr Jr’s book cover for Cubism and Abstract Art depicts the evolution of modernism through an evolutionary tree, using red text to separate influences external to the art world.
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exhibitions
Sprawl in New Jersey
Valeri Larko, Convergence, 2007, 48 x 96 in., Courtesy of the artist
SPRAWL
Main Galleries
March 20 – August 24, 2008
www.jerseycitymuseum.org
Jersey City Museum is pleased to announce that the following artists were selected by the panel of jurors for the museum’s upcoming Arts Annual exhibition, SPRAWL:
Mauro Altamura, Aileen Bassis, Jason Burch, Hector Canonge, Lisa Dahl, Michael Dal […] -
artists, daily fix
Fiona Rae
03.17.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsUntitled (grey and brown) 1991
Fiona Rae (born 1963) is a British artist and one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). She is a painter.
She was born in Hong Kong and moved to England in 1970. She attended Croydon College of Art (1983-84) and Goldsmiths College (1984-1987).
She was one of the artists in […]
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