by Sandy | Dec 11, 2014 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Galleries, Museums
For the 400th anniversary of his death, the Met presents the work of the Spanish renaissance painter and sculptor El Greco. 
“The Metropolitan Museum and the Hispanic Society of America are pooling their collections of the work of this great painter to provide a panorama of his art unrivaled outside the Museo del Prado in Madrid.”
“El Greco in New York” – Until February 1, 2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
BTW/FYI: “El Greco, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 1614), was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. “El Greco” (The Greek) was a nickname…a reference to his national Greek origin” (per WikiPedia)
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by Sandy | Oct 29, 2014 | Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Galleries, Museums
“Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is considered one of the twentieth century’s most important artists. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele is celebrated for his singular style of draftsmanship, unusual use of color, and physically raw, often sexually provocative depictions of his sitters. Schiele’s expressive style and controversial subject matter played an important role in the advancement of modernism in Europe.“ This is the first exhibition, approximately 125 paintings, drawings, at an American museum to focus exclusively on portraiture in Schiele’s work.
“Egon Schiele: Portraits” – Until January 19, 2015
Neue Galerie Museum for German and Austrian Art
104 E 86th St, at 5th Ave, NYC
(Image: Self Portrait, 1910)
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by Bob Martin | Sep 14, 2012 | Art, Artist, Galleries
The beautiful and extraordinary work of Lisa Call is on at exhibit at the Art Quilt Gallery in New York, a gallery committed to contemporary art quilts.
Structures #143 by Lisa Call
* copyrighted by the artist
Lisa Call’s is imaginative, edgy, bold, and comforting. Comforting in that the forms she uses to construct her work are patterns that we experience in our minds, like the things we want to say and do but never do. Another way of saying this is that Lisa says in her art what we (me) wish I had said.
“Lisa Call creates bold geometric contemporary textile paintings where color is of primary importance and is combined intuitively, often in unexpected ways, employing a unique palette of cotton fabrics she hand dyes. Her work is abstract but draws elements from many places: her love of the colors and geological forms of the southwest, repetition, pattern, and an attraction to human-made structures for containment such as fences and stone walls. Extensive stitching on the surface adds rich texture to her finished work.”… The Art Quilt Gallery.
Lisa’s work is bold in that she is not looking to trick or confuse the viewer. Each piece, says what needs to be said, simply and beautiful. The Show will be up until Oct 20th.
The Art Quilt Gallery
September 11 – October 20, 2012
by Sandy | Jun 5, 2012 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Galleries
91 year old American artist Wayne Thiebaud has really glorified / delectafied sugary delights on both canvas and paper over his 7 decade plus career. Many of those sweet images are included in the retrospective at the John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, CA.
“Wayne Thiebaud: Paintings and Pastels” Until July 7, 2012
Berggruen Gallery, 228 Grant Ave., San Francisco, CA
(“delectafied” – as in delectable – yes, I made it up)
by Bob Martin | Jan 30, 2012 | Art, Exhibits, Galleries
The Consortium of Black Organizations and Others for the Arts, present Three Legacies February 3rd, “First Friday” at the Carver Museum Phoenix, 6 to 8PM, Featuring, works by J. Eugene Grisgby Jr., Clendolyn Corbin and Roosevelt “Rip” Woods
Dr. J. Eugene Grigsby Jr.
Dr. J. Eugene Grigsby Jr.:
Celebrated artist, writer and educator Jefferson Eugene Grigsby was born on October 17, 1918 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Grigsby first discovered his love for art after his family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina when he was nine years old. Grigsby went on to obtain his B.A. degree from Morehouse College, his M.A. degree in art from Ohio State University and his Ph.D. from New York University.
Clendolyn Corbin:
Clendolyn Corbin
Clendolyn Corbin, one of the original members of COBA and ABC/Az has exhibited with the group in various locations. She has a Masters Degree in Art Education from Arizona State University and State Supervisory Credentials in Art. Years have been spent introducing the world of art production and art appreciation to children in the classroom. She served as a Phoenix Art Museum docent for twelve years. “I create oil paintings and linoeum block prints. Subject matter have been groups of people
performing together in religious, political and social settings. ”
“Rip” Woods:
"Rip" Woods
The late Rip Woods, Co-founder of ABC/AZ, wrote: My work represents a wide array of personal choices, all of which are attitudes by their own definitions. I do not know what they mean but I know where they come from. They speak in part of being Black in America, and particularly in art, where opportunities for inclusion in the mainstream are limited and somewhat polarized. I have tried to address these issues with both humor and guilt. While my images are generally satirical some may find them offensive, by the way I’m having fun.
by Bob Martin | Oct 25, 2011 | Art, Exhibits, Galleries
Until February 12, 2012, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC presents an exhibit of 76 works of art by 31 artists (“The truth is, because we do collect right up to the last minute before a show, there are actually 31 artists in “30 Americans.” —Rubell Family, November, 2008”) who may or may not be African-Americans. I am not understanding the spin on the show and don’t think it is worth trying to figure it out.
Let the work speak for itself and let us know what you experienced.
Mickalene Thomas, Baby I Am Ready Now
