by Sandy | Aug 26, 2013 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
Riding Tall: The Cowboy in Art at the Phoenix Art Museum. 
The image of the lone man on horseback has intrigued us for decades. “Few characters personify a region in quite the same way the cowboy atop his trusted horse represents the American West. Long a standard subject in popular culture, the cowboy has come to symbolize everything from the hard-working, chivalric individualist to the heavy-drinking, thieving gunslinger. Whether wearing the symbolic white hat of the good guy or the villain’s black hat, the cowboy is recognized world-wide, instantly identified by his unique style of clothing. From the 19th century to today, artists have played to and against the stereotypes, helping to further the collective fascination with this Western American icon.”
Riding Tall: The Cowboy in Art
Phoenix Art Museum / Lyon Gallery Until 9/15/2013
Phoenix, Arizona
by Sandy | Aug 19, 2013 | Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits
The De Young Museum in San Francisco presents Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966
“During his years in Berkeley, Diebenkorn was deeply engaged with the unique setting of the Bay Area, saturating his works with color, light, and atmosphere. More than 130 paintings and drawings, beginning with the artist’s earlier abstract works and moving through his subsequent figurative phase, display his profound influence on postwar American art.”
Richard Diebenkorn: The Berkeley Years, 1953–1966
Until September 29, 2013
De Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, S.F.
by Sandy | Aug 12, 2013 | Art, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums, Photograhy
The Art Institute of Chicago / AIC offers “Abelardo Morell: The Universe Next Door”: 
“Over the course of the past 25 years, Cuban-born American artist Abelardo Morell has become internationally renowned for works that employ the language of photography to explore visual surprise and wonder. This exhibition of over 100 works made from 1986 to the present is the first retrospective of Morell’s photographs in 15 years. Showing a range of works and series—including many newer color photographs never exhibited before—the exhibition reveals how this persistently creative artist has returned to a photographic vocabulary as a source of great inspiration.”
Abelardo Morell: The Universe Next Door
Until September 2, 2013
The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
(Image: Abelardo Morell. Motion Study of Falling Pitchers, 2004)
by Sandy | Aug 9, 2013 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
With Intersecting Modernities, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston offers a look at their collection of Latin American art. “…more than 100 masterworks created by artists at the height of their careers—including Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, and Joaquín Torres-García—from The Brillembourg Capriles Collection of Latin American Art.”
“…This extraordinary exhibition brings together artists who were influential in avant-garde movements in Europe, Latin America, and the United States and whose contributions to art bridge aspects of Modernism from both sides of the Atlantic.”
Intersecting Modernities until September 2, 2013
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX
(Image: El Reto (The Challenge), 1954, David Alfaro Siqueiros)
by Sandy | Aug 5, 2013 | Blogroll, Books, Culture, Education, Events, Exhibits, Learning
LABBX, the Los Angeles Black Book Expo, returns on Saturday August 17, 2013. This free event, at the L.A. Convention Center, will have “authors, storytellers, spoken word and poetry performances, musicians, exhibitors, children’s book authors, emerging writers, publishers, booksellers, panel discussions, editors, book reviewers…” all in support of having a glorious reading experience.
LABBX 2013
L.A. Convention Center – Saturday August 17, 2013
by Bob Martin | Aug 1, 2013 | Art, Exhibits
First Annual
RIP WOODS STUDIO PROJECT
Exhibit
80th Birthday Celebration
OF THE LATE RIP WOODS
@ 934
934 E. Southern, Phoenix AZ 85040
Saturday, August 17th, 2013
7:00PM-11:00PM
Live Music/DJ 1Period
RSVP by, August 10th, 2013
@ 602.486.4272 •
Dee Dee Woods, Collection Curator
Satellite Show
Bill’s Custom Frames – Gallery 11-14
910 S. Hohokam Drive, Suite 105 Tempe, AZ 85281
July 22nd – September 15th, 2013
