by Sandy | May 24, 2008 | Art, Artist, Blogroll, Film, Movies, Museums
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954) * American artist who painted New York City life.
I love the “movement” of his paintings. You can feel the wind, hear the music…terrific.
Some of Marsh’s paintings are not quite so colorful as you see here, he gravitated toward regular people in the streets, at the burlesque, on the subway. His concentration for everyday scenes are reflective of his concerns for the common man and woman.
(Couple Dancing at the Savoy – 1934, Oil)
(The Normandie – 1953, water color on paper)
BTW : I never heard of Reginald Marsh until I saw the “Paint What You Know” post of 5/20/08. Great discovery. Thx Bob!
by Sandy | May 22, 2008 | Actors, Art, Artist, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
“Los
Angelenos/Chicano Painters of L.A.: Selections
from the Cheech Marin Collection”
6/15/08 to 11/2/08
Do you remember those “Cheech & Chong” movies from the 70’s? (The 2 main characters would spend most of their time in a comic fog due to some mind altering plants they ingested.) Well, Cheech Marin, along with his movies and TV career – he played a cop on the “Nash Bridges” show – bought artwork from the Mexican, Mexican –American artists that he met in his travels.
His collection includes paintings from artists such as, Carlos Almaraz, Chaz Bojorquez, Diane Gamboa and others. On display are examples of the type of art that just exploded in Los Angeles, CA during the 80’s /90’s.
LACMA/ Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA – 323-857-6000
(Image – “Chino Latino”, acrylic on canvas Chaz Bojorquez , 2000)
http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibMarin.aspx“
by Bob Martin | May 20, 2008 | Art, Artist, Creativity, Learning
Here are three artists who have inspired and influenced me. I occasionally will see something in my paintings that reminds me of the many artists that I admire.
by Sandy | Apr 23, 2008 | Actors, Art, Artist, Directors, Live Performance, Museums
So, I’m still living on the fumes of my April in New York City adventure.
Went to MOMA on 53rd St and saw the usual suspects – Cezanne, Picasso, Gauguin, Rothko, etc. But, then I went into a little room with the Van Gogh’s. I’ve always liked his work, but I had never seen them in person. They are all beautiful in an intense way.
Of course I’ve seen “Starry Night” in books, magazines, but, when looking close up, I noticed the coiled energy. The whirling stars look as it they are flying thru the air and about to explode. Just amazing.
“Starry Night”, Vincent Van Gogh, 1899
Museum of Modern Art, http://www.moma.org/
* I enjoyed seeing “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”. Unfortunately, James Earl Jones was absent from his role as “Big Daddy” (made famous by Burl Ives in the 50’s movie of the same name), but the rest of the cast, directed by the talented Debbie Allen – Terrence Howard, Phylicia Rashad and Giancarlo Esposito – do a great job with this Tennessee Williams play about a southern family with lots of secrets and lots of lies.
Tony award winner Anika Noni Rose, the “cat” on the heated roof, is terrific as she fights with and for her man – from the opening curtain to the final scene, she radiates and sparkles. She is a star!
Big Daddy: “What’s that smell in this room? Didn’t you notice it, Brick? Didn’t you notice the powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room?”
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, Broadhurst Theater, NYC
*And, I saw the marvelous Laurence Fishburne in “Thurgood”. Only 90 minutes, the play takes the audience thru personal and historic events of the life of the first African American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall.
Written by George Stevens and directed by Leonard Foglia, “Thurgood” highlights how the man called “Mister Civil Rights” in the 1950’s, used the law to effect change.
The play follows him from childhood, thru his dangerous and stubborn excursions into the South to register black voters, to his successes with anti segregation legislation and then thru his 20 years on the court.
Fishburne delivers, not just an historic figure but, an accomplished, complex man. Great stories, great events some human and funny, others just make you proud.
“Thurgood”, Booth Theatre, NYC
by Cybel Martin | Feb 2, 2008 | Art, Art Travel, Artist, Concerts, Culture, Events, Film, Galleries, Live Performance, Movies
I have to say a glimpse because I was in Belize for only one week and wasn’t even aware of the trip until two days before (not much time for researching). So, this past week, I had the pleasure and honor of working on Nyasha Liang’s documentary “Punta Rock”, about the musical culture in Belize. We went down this week because one of the musical greats of this gorgeous country, Andy Palacio had passed away. He was a young 47 and at the cusp of major international stardom. Funerals and memorials in Belize reminded me of New Orleans: lingering sadness but HUGE celebration. There was lots and lots of music. Happy, joyous music.
Although my introduction to Garifuna culture, Belizean Art and Andy is still so recent and limited, I did want to share its splendor with my readers. If you are like me and have a serious addiction to Samba, Calypso or Roots Reggae, then you’ll enjoy Andy’s music. Some other artists to look into (remember this is a glimpse, so very far from complete, just what I’ve heard so far and adored) are Garifuna Collective, Aurelio Martinez (he has charisma for days), Mr Peters & Lela Vernon.
For context: The New York Times Obituary for Andy Palacio.
Nyasha’s blog and also her website on producing “Punta Rock” (check out the trailer).
And this site I found online: “Watina: A Look Behind the Music of Andy Palacio”
Enjoy!
Side note: I also had a chance to check out some local artists. Two of my favorites were Michael Gordon and Gilvano Swasey. A definite place to go in Belize City is Image Factory.
by Bob Martin | Jan 22, 2008 | Art, Artist, Creativity, Writers
Following my advice given to others “freely” I have just completed and published a book of my paintings. The paintings are of people, most created in my studio with conversation I imagined them having. This has been a fun project and intend on doing another (larger) book shortly. I used the Internet publishing tool “Blurb” which has a simple to use program that will get you up and running quickly. There are many other tools out there which means that all of us can be published.
If you would like to take a look – see the preview here, or purchase
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