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NaBloPoMo XVII: The Virtue of the Virtual
I visit a lot of artists and galleries, every week. This is due to the Internet. This is one of the Internet’s greatest achievements, I think: that creative people all round the world can make virtual visits to, share, each other’s work and philosophies. Such interaction would be impossible, physically. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Painting, spirituality, Writing
Tagged Art, Art Reviews, Cubism, Dora Maar, Internet, NaBloPoMo, online art, online art galleries, Picasso, Spanish Civil War, Tate Britain, virtual reality, Weeping Woman
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NaBloPoMo VI: What is Art?
Art is a line around your thoughts. Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
Aargh! Not the What is art? question again! Well, a few years it was posed (again) by (I think) The Guardian Online. I think it was a forum discussing that year’s (as usual, controversial) short list for The Turner Prize. As you can imagine, there were a lot of answers to the question. Some flowery ones which talked about agonies and ecstasies, some philosophical ones (questioning whether there is a painting in the gallery if there’s nobody there to look at it, and so forth). A lot of striking of poses. I decided to have my say and a couple of years later, prowling the Internet for one reason or another, I turned up the web page again and my answer: Continue reading
Posted in Art, Inspiration, spirituality
Tagged Art Reviews, Byzantine art, Charles Johnson, Gustav Klimt, NaBloPoMo, Turner Prize, Vienna Secession
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Art in Progress: A Birthday Card
Posted in Art, Collage & Assemblage, Encaustic Art, Mixed Media
Tagged Art Reviews, Collage & Assemblage, encaustic, lemon shellac, Mixed media, texture paste
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Art in Progress: Carrier
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Tagged Art, Art Reviews, Digital Art, Mixed media, photography, Visual arts
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Artist Review: Daevid Mendivil
I was recently commissioned (wearing my freelance writing hat) to write a review of the work of the young New York City based multi-disciplined artist Daevid Mendivil. His disciplines include dance, painting, photography, film & design. As a dancer, Daevid Mendivil … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Reviews, Writing
Tagged Art Reviews, Ballet, Ballroom dancing, Contemporary Movement, Daevid Mendivil, Dance, Drawing, experimental film, flower drawing, Francois Perron, Freelance Writing, Jazz dance, Manhattan Youth Ballet, Movie/Film Reviews, Painting, Pas de deux, Performing Arts, Studio Maestro, Web Site Reviews
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