by Sandy | Nov 28, 2021 | Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Museums
The work of Jasper Johns is being presented concurrently at the Whitney Museum of American Art in NYC & the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror is the most comprehensive retrospective ever… Featuring his most iconic works along with many others shown for the first time, it comprises a broad range of paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures from 1954 to today across two sites…The artist “helped spark movements including Pop art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism, among others, and has inspired successive generations of artists to this day.”
“Conceived as a whole but displayed in two distinct parts, the exhibition appears simultaneously here at the Whitney and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, two institutions with which Johns has had long-standing relationships.”
Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror
Until Feb 13, 2022
*Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort Street, NYC
*Philadelphia Museum of Art
2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA
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by Sandy | Sep 9, 2021 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll
The Seattle Museum of Art, presents the first major Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976) retrospective in the United States in more than 35 years. She was a “seminal photographer with a far-ranging vision, creating a diverse and innovative range of work over her seven-decade-long career.”
Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective
Seattle Art Museum – SAM
1300 First Avenue, Seattle, WA
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by Sandy | Jul 13, 2021 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Books, Culture, Writers
~The below text was originally posted in 2009. With the popularity of Mr Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” last year, (film still available on Netflix) I wanted to list his other work again.
The ambitious intentions of a playwright resulted in the impressive, and enjoyable, “August Wilson Century Cycle”. It consists of a play for every decade of the 20th century that would chronicle some part of the black experience in America.
Through the use of his great ear for dialogue, Wilson (1945 – 2005) was able to give us some insight into the daily life – both struggles and triumphs – of an assortment of universal characters that his audience could easily recognize.
An ambitious undertaking, but, his huge vision was realized and, btw, it resulted in 2 Pulitzers and a Tony award. He accomplished a lot doing what he loved to do and perhaps more importantly, August Wilson left a powerful body of work that will be read and performed for years to come. Dreaming big has rewards of all kinds.
All 10 of August Wilson’s plays are collected in hard cover with a nice presentation box. Each has an introduction by an actor, director or writer familiar with his work.
In 2005, August Wilson completed the ten-play cycle:
by Sandy | Jul 7, 2021 | Artist, Blogroll
“I paint to try to reveal the struggle, tragedy and joy of life.”
— Neel quoted in the New York Times (1976)
Alice Neel: People Come First is the first museum retrospective in New York of American artist Alice Neel (1900–1984) in twenty years.” “…The exhibition consists of “approximately one hundred paintings, drawings, and watercolors “.
“There’s never been one New York. Alice Neel’s portraits and street scapes show us her version: a vibrant city made up of ugliness, struggle, and brutality, but also strength, resilience, and beauty—the constant hustle. Every corner has a story.
Alice Neel: People Come First
At The Met Fifth Avenue
Until August 1, 2021
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by Sandy | May 4, 2021 | Art, Artist, Blogroll
For the last 50 years, the work themes of artist, scholar and educator David C. Driskell, (1931 – 4/2/20), were based primarily on the African Diaspora. He also celebrated the vision and work of other African American artists by being a curator of several museum shows highlighting their art around the country.
I liked Mr Driskell’s vivid imagination and magical use of color.
R.I.P.
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by Bob Martin | Jan 17, 2021 | Art, Artist
My generosity has nothing to do with my religion or politics. I want to spend time with people and learn about myself. This is not selfishness, it is a gift for all of us.
Bus Stop (c) by B.Martin
Imagining that you can change the world does not mean that you have. Someone needs to tell you that something changed. That is their generosity. Our generosity comes from our listening and our sincerely wanting to understand what is going on with that person you are sitting next to. Everything else is fantasy. From the beginning of time. SS/DB
(Original post 12/04/12)***
by Sandy | Jan 11, 2021 | Art, Blogroll, Museums
The Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving presentation, at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, “…features Kahlo’s photographs, jewelry, clothing, and much more, uncovered at the artist’s Mexico City home 50 years after her death.”
“… Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954) is today an iconic figure, known as much for her path-breaking artwork as for her striking appearance.”
The Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving
Until February 7, 2021
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Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
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by Sandy | Dec 17, 2020 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Exhibits, Learning, Museums
“P.S. Art is an annual celebration of achievement in the arts in New York City public schools. This juried exhibition of work created during the 2019–20 school year by talented young artists showcases the creativity of 122 prekindergarten through grade 12 students from all five boroughs, including students from District 75, a citywide district serving students with disabilities. The exhibition consists of paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs, mixed-media works, collages, and drawings…”
Click here for online Catalog info
P.S. Art 2020:
Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
by Sandy | Nov 18, 2020 | Art, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Museums
In celebration of female artists: “Women Take the Floor” challenges the dominant history of 20th-century American art by focusing on the overlooked and underrepresented work and stories of women artists. This reinstallation—or “takeover”—of Level 3 of the Art of the Americas Wing advocates for diversity, inclusion, and gender equity in museums, the art world, and beyond….”
“The exhibition features well-known artists like Georgia O’Keeffe, Ruth Reeves, Loïs Mailou Jones, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel, Helen Frankenthaler and Elaine de Kooning.”
Women Take the Floor
Until May 3, 2021
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Avenue of the Arts
465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
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by Sandy | Oct 7, 2020 | Art, Blogroll
Originally posted 2/12/18
I really miss them and I still like the portraits!
Official portraits of President Barack Obama and former first lady, Michelle Obama, installed in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on February 12, 2018.
Artists: Kehinde Wiley (Mr O.) and Amy Sherald (Mrs. O.) They became the first black artists commissioned by the Smithsonian to produce presidential portraits.
Images courtesy of Rolling Stone Magazine
