Mami Kato’s Quiet Power
Mami Kato’s Quiet Power It’s instructive that the the introduction* to the 2019 exhibit of Mami Kato and her husband Michael Hurwitz …
Featured Artists
Eric N. Mack, “Painter”
Eric N. Mack, “Painter” Tensile is a physics term you can understand when viewing many of Eric N. Mack’s artworks. If only …
Kehinde Wiley Paints Black
Kehinde Wiley Paints Black Kehinde Wiley is realer than his canvases. He’s a profoundly adept painter, but I see more here. …
Looking Up
TED Talk by Janet Eschelman, 9.5 minutes Looking Up I notice a strange kinship between the works of Janet Eschelman and Nancy Baker …
Michael Hansmeyer and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Michael Hansmeyer, Subdivided Cube 4, Computational Architecture 2009. (Note from blogger: watch the pores change.) Michael Hansmeyer and the Fourth Industrial Revolution The …
13, or 2, Ways of Seeing
Buddha, by Nam June Paik TV Buddha by Nam June Paik via paikstudios TV Buddha by Nam June Paik via thefaketory Buddha …
Distortion As a Skill
Panning Peripheral Portrait of Linda by Andrew Davidhazy via his website Look at this photograph and ask yourself, Could Picasso visualize such distortions in …
The High Art of Silliness
John Cleese’s immortal Ministry of Silly Walks, Monty Python skit via flipperdeflap Should you decide to practice your silly walks, this would …
Levitated – but Elevating?
Levitated Mass by Michael Heizer via Wikipedia [Nature abhors a vacuum, your bifurcated blogger abhors an absolute. Be advised that I patrol both sides …
In New York: The Myriad Beauty of Dots and Splots
Dots Obsession – Infinity Mirrored Room by Yayoi Kusama via Artnet I saw two artists Friday that held a kinship. …
Art in Sacred Spaces
Dilston Grove by Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey via cubeme Dilston Grove by Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey (2003) via cubeme Think …
When Art Pulls an Artist in Different Directions
All photography in this post by JanLeonardo via his website Here is a …
Painted In? or Painted Out?
Note: This is the reworking of a June 21 post that was lost (with some others) in a server glitch. _________________________________________ Cecilia Paredes …
Drawing and Writing with Light
This is the reconstruction of a June 19 blog post that suffered digital destruction. Comments evaporated, updates have been made. __________________________________ Lucid line, a line …
The Art of Painting with Light, Part 2: the Poets
I want to look today at a very different form of light painting than we did in the last post. Here the artists carry their …
The Art of Painting with Light, Part 1: the Gonzo Sector
Light Tartans Fountain Park #4 by Vicki DaSilva via Whitehot Magazine I wasn’t long out of high school when I saw a painting of light — …
Allegory
Allegory by Maskull Lasserre (steel, wood, textile, industrial sewing machine) via his website This arresting work by Canadian artist Maskull Lasserre is titled Allegory. …
Spirits Put in Places
They’re poles apart yet somehow kindred. Eyvind Earle and Charles Burchfield both created landscapes that could speak philosophy. Earle’s serigraphs speak of the still-point, the intoned …
Catching a Wave — with a Camera
Storm waves. Think of the power — to pulverize, shove, snap to pieces. There are photographers who face these seas. The images they return with …
Wood
Maybe I was unduly influenced by JRR Tolkien’s Ents in childhood. Huge trees seem like powers, nearly personalities. You put your hand on a trunk and …