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 Sandy | Dec 24, 2009 | Art, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums
One of the exhibits at the Dallas Museum of Art is “The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs”. “Charles Rohlfs (1853–1936) called his unprecedented designs “artistic furniture.” His unusually inventive forms and imaginative carving combined many different influences, from the abstract naturalism of art nouveau styling to boldly direct forms characteristic of the Arts and Crafts movement.”
“The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs”- Until January 3, 2010
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas
BTW: The “Arts and Crafts Movement” blossomed in the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century – 1880 to 1910. “It began primarily as a search for authentic and meaningful styles for the 19th century and as a reaction to the eclectic revival of historic styles of the Victorian era and to “soulless” machine-made production aided by the Industrial Revolution.” (from Wikipedia)
(Image: Oak Tall-Back chair, 1899)
by Bob Martin | Dec 22, 2009 | Art, Culture, Movies, Museums
Fellini is seen as a puppeteer, a sort of Jim Henson, who demanded complete control
Federico Fellini
over his actors and anything else that had to do with his movies was truly an artist with a canvas that was in motion. What I take away from watching his movies was his honesty. Although movies like “8 &1/2” and “Juliet of the Spirits” are filled with dream or mystical sequences, it is impossible to escape Fellini’s truthfulness.
Fellini contributed to an unnamed movement that had us all thinking about film differently. He stoked up our imagination a bit.
An exhibit at the Jeu de Paume “Fellini, la Grande Parade” ends January 17th 2010 and for those of us who celebrate the coming of the New Year in Paris, seeing this exhibit might be a great way to bring in the year.
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by Sandy | Dec 18, 2009 | Art, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums
There is a great exhibit that has been traveling around the country, museums, churches, community houses, for the past several years – “The Quilts of Gee’s Bend”. In 2010 it will visit the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno.
The quilts were sewn by the women of a small Alabama community. Beginning more than 60 years ago, they created works of art out of worn dresses, old jeans, and scraps of cloth. They may have been made for warmth, but their beauty couldn’t help but be noticed and appreciated.
Some have described them as primitive, but when the quilts are lined up on a wall, it becomes apparent that the women pored so much of themselves into the work and took such pride in their craft, the art is stunning. The use of color, shapes and a loving attention to pattern and design, make these quilts very sophisticated in their simplicity.
Go see them if you get the chance.
“A Survey of Gee’s Bend Quilts” – February 06, 2010 – April 11, 2010
Nevada Museum of Art
Donald W. Reynolds Center for the Visual Arts
160 West Liberty Street, Reno NV
(Images: “Medallion”, Flora Moore, 1970 and quilt by Loretta Pettaway, 1960)
by Bob Martin | Dec 8, 2009 | Art, Culture, Education, Museums
Having visited Haiti many times and learning a little bit of it’s history,
The Capture by Jacob Lawrence
particularly that of Toussaint L’Ouerture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who accomplished something in scale as heroic as the 13 colonies’ victory in our war of independence. Haiti’s history is obscured by it’s poverty. It is as if the Haiti’s proximity to the United State make it easy to overlook.
The Dallas Museum of Art is helping to peak our curiosity with a showing of silk prints by Jacob Lawrence about Toussaint L’Ouerture who was a leader in the Haitian revolution. Born a slave, he became commander in chief of the revolutionary army in 1800. In 1804, Haiti became the first black Western republic.
Jacob Lawrence: The Life of Toussaint L’Ouverture
December 6, 2009–May 23, 2010
Focus Gallery II
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by Sandy | Dec 3, 2009 | Art, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums, sculptor
“Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius”
“This first exhibition to showcase Leonardo’s interest in and influence on sculpture will include works from his teachers and students, in addition to numerous sketches and studies for his own sculptural work.”
Over 20 sketches and studies, some seen in the U.S. for the first time, are part of the presentation that may give some insight on how Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, planned and executed his magnificent statues.
Leonardo da Vinci through February 21, 2010
High Museum of Art * Atlanta
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA
