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artists, daily fix, the masters
Arshile Gorky video
04.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

A vivid biomorphic style and uniquely tragic personal history define Arshile Gorky as a major figure in twentieth-century modernism. While often classified as late Surrealism or as a precursor of Abstract Expressionism, his emotionally charged abstract style holds a distinct place among the explorations of the avant-garde.
Born in Armenia, Gorky emigrated to the United […]
artists, daily fix, the masters
that mellow pad
04.08.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Stuart Davis (American, 1894–1964) / The Mellow Pad / 1945–51 / Oil on canvas / 26 1/4 x 42 1/8 in. (66.7 x 107 cm) / Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Edith and Milton Lowenthal, 1992.11.6 / www.brooklynmuseum.org
This morning I was reading Hans Hofmann’s essay, ”The Color Problem in Pure Painting-Its Creative Origin,” which I can […]
art bloggers, the masters
cezanne and the speedo
03.26.08 | Permalink | Comment?

What’s a swimming hole without Cezanne’s Bathers? Tyler Green at Modern Art Notes discusses his recent excursion to the Barnes Foundation and Cezanne’s iconic images of the male bathers. [Read more…]
Cezanne’s paintings of solitary male bathers have that quality the separates great art from legendary art: They are richly mysterious. We can discuss them for […]
daily fix, the masters
Interviewing the soul
03.21.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

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 […]
abstraction, the masters
But where’s the bicycle?
03.21.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

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 […]
Texts and Sources, abstraction, artist writings, the masters
the origins of the blind swimmer
02.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

So a lot of readers have been asking me about the origin of name the blind swimmer. The first part of the answer is pretty straight forward - I used to be a competitive swimmer. Then, I was reading The Writings of Robert Motherwell while I was trying to come up with a name for […]
art bloggers, reviews, the masters
The Phillips’ two 1971 Diebenkorns
02.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Excerpted From Tyler Green’s Modern Art Notes - February 21, 2008
When I left off yesterday, I was writing about Richard Diebenkorn’s Ocean Park No. 38. More specifically I was trying to perform some kind of archeology on it in an effort to ’solve’ the painting, particularly its dominant diagonal.No. 38 isn’t the only 1971 Diebenkorn […]