by Sandy | Jan 8, 2010 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective“ is on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art until January 10, 2010 . The Armenian-born American Abstract Expressionist painter, 1904-1948, is considered “a seminal figure in the movement toward abstraction that transformed American art.”
“Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective” * Ends 1/10/10
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA
(Images: “Dark Green Painting”, 1948 and “Golden Brown”, 1943)
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by Bob Martin | Dec 28, 2009 | Artist, Culture, Theater
Le pont / Bamako / Mali / 2008 by Joel Andrianomearisoa
The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art opening reception January 9th of “A Collective Diary:
An African Contemporary Journey”, featuring the work of 12 African contemporary artists.
Art always captures the truth, as it is witnessed by the artist. There is no attempt to conceal. This exhibit is a part of a group show that has been traveling the world and displays Africa’s cultural diversity in its art and thinking.
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by Bob Martin | Dec 21, 2009 | Art, Artist, Museums
The importance of Picasso’s contribution to modern art can’t be overstated but I feel that some of the larger Museums fail in their effort to create mega exhibits when they fall back on the big names, much like how some movie producers will only green light a production if there is a star.
This coming spring The Met, Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art April 27, 2010–August 1, 2010, will have on display it’s own collection of Picasso’s work, many of which can be seen on display just about any day. So I question (for myself) how major and different will this show be.
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by Sandy | Dec 21, 2009 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Galleries
2 artists, Carol Mead and Terri Hill, created the water colors for the show, “Cruz’n- Scenes of Santa Cruz” at the bay area Viewpoints Gallery in Los Altos, CA.
Beautiful, saturated colors enhance their images of summer – beaches, amusement parks, and boardwalks.
Lovely and fun.
“Cruz’n – Scenes of Santa Cruz”–
Viewpoints Gallery
315 State Street, Los Altos, CA
(Images: “Pleasure Point”, Carol Mead and “Babes at the Beach”, Terri Hill)
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by Sandy | Dec 16, 2009 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Museums
“Small but Sublime: Intimate Views by Durand, Bierstadt and Inness” at the Newark Museum until February 2010.
This exhibition features mostly diminutive oil paintings by artists from the Hudson River School and the Tonalist movements.
“The Newark Museum has a superb collection of modestly sized, beautifully painted landscapes from the second half of the nineteenth century. Presented collectively these works provide a compelling overview of the different approaches to landscape painting while underscoring shifts in artistic and social attitudes towards nature.”
BTW – from Wikipedia:
Tonalism (1880 to 1915) is an artistic style that emerged in the 1880s when American artists began to paint landscape forms with an overall tone of colored atmosphere or mist. Dark, neutral hues, such as gray, brown or blue, would usually dominate such compositions. During the late 1890s American art critics began to use the term “tonal” to describe these works. Two of the leading painters associated with this style are George Inness and James McNeill Whistler.
The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by romanticism. Their paintings depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, including the Catskill, Adirondack, and the White Mountains.
The Newark Museum, 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ
Image: “Delaware Valley Before the Storm”, George Inness, 1865 oil on canvas
by Sandy | Dec 10, 2009 | Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Drawing, Exhibits, Galleries
Bay area artist, Arthur Okamura, 1932 – 2009, did screen printing, painting and drawing. His first exhibition was with Braunstein/Quay Gallery in 1981, showing works from his travels to Indonesia. “A tireless and gifted artist, Okamura had recently completed a body of Zen influenced paintings and drawings. This exhibition will include early as well as new paintings and other works.”
“Arthur Okamura | Now, Then and Beyond” until December 24, 2009
Braunstein/Quay Gallery
430 Clementina, San Francisco, CA
(Images: “Dove Sound”, 2007 and “Somewhere In A Stream”, 2007 – both acrylic on canvas)
