For the last 50 years, the work themes of artist, scholar and educator David C. Driskell, (1931 – 4/2/20), were based primarily on the African Diaspora. He also celebrated the vision and work of other African American artists by being a curator of several museum shows highlighting their art around the country.
I liked Mr Driskell’s vivid imagination and magical use of color.
R.I.P.
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My generosity has nothing to do with my religion or politics. I want to spend time with people and learn about myself. This is not selfishness, it is a gift for all of us.
Bus Stop (c) by B.Martin
Imagining that you can change the world does not mean that you have. Someone needs to tell you that something changed. That is their generosity. Our generosity comes from our listening and our sincerely wanting to understand what is going on with that person you are sitting next to. Everything else is fantasy. From the beginning of time. SS/DB
(Original post 12/04/12)
The Thannhauser Collection is a permanent installation at the Guggenheim. The vast art collection of Justin Thannhauser, son of an art dealer, was acquired by the museum in the last century.
The collection features “Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern French masterpieces including works by Degas, Cezanne, Gauguin, Kandinsky, Picasso, Renoir and more.”
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Avenue (at 89th Street ), NYC
Born in the Bronx (so was I), parents of Caribbean descent (Antigua, so am I) educated at Cooper Union, (no, not I). But, more importantly, Mr Bryan’s use of color immediately caught my eye.
Love it!
“Painter and Poet: the Art of Ashley Bryan is the first major art museum exhibition in Maine for the award-winning 95-year-old artist and Little Cranberry Island resident, a pioneer of African and African American representation in the children’s book medium, who has published more than 50 titles since his first collection of poems in 1967.”
Painter and Poet: the Art of Ashley Bryan
Until November 25, 2018
PMA / Portland Museum of Art
Seven Congress Square in Portland, ME
(Image: “The birds’ colors were mirrored in the waters,” circa 2002, from “Beautiful Blackbird,” collage of cut colored paper on paper)
(Above: “Falling down stairs saves time”)
Last night, I was googling for images regarding “falling down” and accidentally came across this artist’s site called Exploding Dog. I loved it. I loved his images. They are so simple yet convey so much. I suppose it could be easy to dismiss them for their simplicity. Many of us artists have that insecurity/drive to prove in every single painting that we indeed know how to draw, use color theory etc. Just look at the popularity of Dad’s post on “Learning How To Resolve a Painting”. On a similar note, I finally saw the “Glitter and Doom” exhibit at the Met. Its a very full exhibit on German portraits in the 1920s (Otto Dix, Max Beckmann etc). The paintings are phenomenal and many border on caricatures (so simple yet convey so much.)
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(Post first appeared in 2011)
American artist Leon Golub (1922–2004) “occupies a singular position in the history of mid- to late 20th-century art. His devotion to the figure, his embrace of expressionism, his fusion of modern and classical sources, and his commitment to social justice distinguish his practice as an artist.
“The artist’s work has much to teach us in the 21st century, as does his belief in the ethical responsibility of artists.”
The Met Breuer
Until May 27, 2018
(Image: Gigantomachy II, 1966)