In trying to make sense of what is going on around me and inside of me, I forget that the world doesn’t owe me an explanation nor does it owe me an outcome that I will be satisfied with. Artist live in a realm of make believe where anything is possible and nothing needs to be explained or justified. William Kentridge provides a reminder that it is not necessary for us to know and understand everything. It’s all make believe and we should enjoy what can be enjoyed.
With all the viewing media options available to us, It is my wish that we don’t lose sight of PBS and there continued efforts to help educate us. Thanks PBS.
A personal observation and not a critique of these two performers. They seem similar to me, except Lady Gaga scares me a bit and I find Katy Perry fun. I am not their target market and I am fascinated by their performances. They remind me of high wire or trapeze artists, it looks dangerous (and it is) and they have it under control, for now.
I love textiles. Texture and color just spurs imagination. Remember “Tie Dye”? It did not begin and end in the 60’s – the dyeing continues and the San Francisco de Young Museum’s presentation called “To Dye For: A World Saturated in Color“, explores the past and also brings us up to date.
“To Dye For features over 50 textiles and costumes from the Fine Arts Museums’ comprehensive collection of textiles from Africa, Asia and the Americas. A truly cross-cultural presentation, the exhibition showcases objects from diverse cultures… historical pieces are contrasted with artworks from contemporary Bay Area artists. The exhibition highlights several recent acquisitions, including important gifts such as a pair of ikat-woven, early-20th-century women’s skirts from the Iban people of Sarawak, Malaysia and two exquisite hand-painted and mordant-dyed Indian trade cloths used as heirloom cloths by the Toraja peoples of Sulawesi, Indonesia.”
The Seaport Museum of New York City has gathered a series of photographs by Alfred Stieglitz that he took from his apartment window during the 1890’s – 1930’s.
“Forty original prints borrowed from major art museums and private collections throughout the United States illustrate the two major periods during which the photographer created his scenes of New York City. “
Attending 3rd Friday in Phoenix this past Friday we noticed a delightful and joyous smile inside the Five 15 Galley . It was fellow artist and friend Joan Waters who introduced me to artist Catherine Ruane, her drawings and her family. Catherine’s “Out West” exhibit is beautiful and speaks to her commitment to see the desert in all of it mystery and beauty.
The exhibit is on view until the 26st of September.
Last night stopped by Olney Gallery at the Cathedral Center for the Arts, Phoenix to see the beautiful
See Spirit by Donna Atwood
prints of Donna Atwood and Brent Bond. A Lovely exhibition by two artist with different points of view that work well together.
The exhibits end Sept 27th Latinophiles
A Celebration of Mexican Cultural Influence on the Art and Lives of Donna Atwood & Brent Bond
Woodcut, Linocut and Letterpress Prints and Photographs
Born in Armenia, Arshile Gorky, 1902-1948, escaped the tragedy of war and genocide by moving to NYC where he taught himself to paint. He is considered one of the founders of “Abstract Impressionism”.
“At a time when the American avant-garde privileged originality over traditional working methods, Gorky was a nonconformist who developed his personal vocabulary through a series of intensive apprenticeships to the styles of other artists, including Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, and Joan Miro, before developing his own unique and deeply influential visual language in the early 1940s. Gorky’s prominence in the New York art scene led him to befriend Andre Breton and Roberto Matta-fellow emigres and key figures in the surrealist group-who came to have an enormous impact on Gorky’s mature style.“
Music in the United States is a complex code of secrets that tells a different story then the one found in history books or reported in the media of the time. Our time, the news media looks for the easiest way to excite and agitate people. Have them take sides, report and follow the protest of fringe groups with backward thinking ideas. Ignorance on display for what purpose I wonder.
You can get a better handle on the truth through the arts I believe. Music brings people together. Not just because we can all sing, dance have a good time etc. There is a message in music for us, it contains the best history lesson you can find.
Something to do if it has not been your thing to do, go to “Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival” Oct 1-3rd in San Francisco and learn more about this country.
American, Abstract Expressionist painter Deborah Remington worked in both New York City and San Francisco.
“My work concerns the paradoxes of visual perception, the enigmas and quirks, and how it all forms the basis for our realities. The impact, excitement, and energies created by incongruity, juxtaposition and opposites all interest me.”
The Big C, Mondays on Showtime with the “C” meaning cancer, is humorous look at life when faced with our on reality. This series so far has clicked on on cylinders, cast, writing, and production. There is not the pity focus nor is there bucket list gaiety. Some times the things you miss out on are some of the simplest we can imagine.
Obviously the show is not about Cancer, it is deeper then that. It is about the appreciation for what we can still do, regardless of the time. It’s fun.
