by Bob Martin | Jan 27, 2024 | Art, Creativity, Drawing, Education
(Originally posted 8/13/09)
This week I participated in another sketch class and struck up a conversation with a couple of the artists about how different artists have a philosophy about or an approach to life drawing, painting, music etc and that it is important, regardless of what artistic discipline you are involved with, that you find and be comfortable with your own “voice”. In many aspects of our daily lives, we compromise ourselves so that we can fit in at work, school and maybe even family, however being creative is about not fitting in. The term self expression is not meant to mean “our expression”.
Tony Ryder
Egon Schiele
So I’ve always cautioned artists (myself included) in avoiding mimicking or embeding
themselves totally in the philosophy of other artists. Here are some drawings from artists who’s work I admire – yet they are very different from each other and from my own drawings.
The keywords are “Self Expression”
Bob Martin
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by Sandy | Jan 10, 2024 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll
The Portland Art Museum has the work of 69 Black artists on view until March 17, 2024.
“Through the narrative flow of the exhibition, visitors will experience work by Black artists across decades and generations. Particular attention is given to the works of Black artists who were producing work during the Black Arts Movement of the late 1960s, ’70s, and early ’80s…”
Some of the 69 artists included in the presentation:
manuel arturo abreu (b. 1991)
damali ayo (b. 1972)
Natalie Ball (b. 1980)
J.S. Bell (1882-1925)
Harrison Branch (b. 1947)
Nikesha Breeze (b. 1979)
Grafton Tyler Brown (1841-1918)
Richard Brown (b. 1939)
Black Artists of Oregon
Portland Art Museum
Until Mar 17, 2024
1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR
(Image: Isaka Shamsud-Din, “Rock of Ages”, 1976)
by Sandy | Jan 1, 2024 | Art
“Abraham Ángel: Between Wonder and Seduction introduces U.S. audiences to this legendary artist with the first major survey of his work in over 35 years. During his brief three-year career, Ángel developed a unique artistic style that successfully captured the rapidly changing society and culture of Mexico in the early 20th century.”
Abraham Ángel: Between Wonder and Seduction
Dallas Museum of Art / DMA ~ 9/10/23 until 1/28/24
(Image: Abraham Ángel, Self-portrait (1923), oil on cardboard)
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by Sandy | Dec 23, 2023 | Art
“…Henri Matisse and Andre Derain embarked on a partnership that led to a wholly new, radical artistic language later known as Fauvism. Their daring, energetic experiments with color, form, structure, and perspective changed the course of French painting; it marked an introduction to early modernism…”
“At the Salon d’Automne in 1905, when Matisse and Derain unveiled their controversial canvases, a prominent French journalist labeled them “les Fauves,” or wild beasts.”
Vertigo of Color: Matisse, Derain, and the Origins of Fauvism
Until January 21, 2024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
by Sandy | Dec 2, 2023 | Artist, Exhibits
I love this so much. Color!
“Bisa Butler’s portrait quilts vividly capture personal and historical narratives of Black life…Her quilts present an expansive view of history through their engagement with themes such as family, community, migration, the promise of youth, and artistic and intellectual legacies. ”
Bisa Butler: Portraits
(Image: The Safety Patrol, 2018, Bisa Butler)
*From the AIC exhibit
by Sandy | Nov 18, 2023 | Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll
“For more than thirty years, the Los Angeles–based artist Henry Taylor (b. 1958) has portrayed people from widely different backgrounds—family members, friends, neighbors, celebrities, politicians, and strangers—with a mixture of raw immediacy and tenderness. His improvisational approach to artmaking is hinted at in this exhibition’s title, Henry Taylor: B Side, which refers to the side of a record album that often contains lesser-known, more experimental songs. “
Henry Taylor: B Side
Oct 4, 2023–Jan 28, 2024
Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street, NYC
