Business Briefs: Human resource group meets Tuesday Nov 8, 2009
The Southeastern College Art Conference recently gave the award for Outstanding Exhibition and Catalogue of Historical Materials to the University of Georgia Museum of Art publication and exhibition The American Scene on Paper: Prints and Drawings from the Schoen Collection. Paul Manoguerra, curator of American art at the Georgia Museum of Art and the man who organized the exhibition and served as the principal author of the catalogue, accepted the award on behalf of the museum. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Jenny Bloomfield and Jennie Ottinger Aug 30, 2009
In isolation, an Ottinger such as "White House" (2009) looks like a sketchbook memory of an ordinary frame house, or of a passage from American Scene painting. It might be a hasty re-creation of a found photograph - a principal source for Ottinger, in fact. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Griffin: Bridging the generation gap Jul 14, 2009
They are the same people whose recent study of religion on the American scene drew widespread attention. This time, too, their work uncovers some provocative information about the attitudes and habits of our people. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Renfrow's work enhanced by spiritual quality May 17, 2009
While John Baeder, Robert Gniewek and James Gucwa seem to practice photorealism as an extension of the early 20th century American Scene aesthetic. Gus Heinze's "North Beach" (2007) shares several of these qualities. (San Francisco Chronicle)
New Deal art filled post offices Apr 20, 2009
Urged to capture the "American scene," artists created images of sweating farmers, coal miners, steelworkers, glass blowers, railroad employees, hardy pioneers and lumberjacks as well as historic events. The program dispatched sophisticated artists, often trained in New York or Europe, into small Pennsylvania towns, where they learned what local residents valued. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Fraenkel puts Hopper's vision in perspective Mar 28, 2009
Stephen Shore's "2nd Street, Ashland, Wisconsin" (1973) presents a ruddy slice of the American scene, as some of Hopper's urban landscapes do. But with its bemused observation of "The Poseidon Adventure" featured at the "Bay" movie house, its hint of cinema as immersion, and perhaps even a play on the photographer's last name, Shore's picture exudes a pleasure in finding irony embedded in reality temperamentally foreign to Hopper's art. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Griffin: Music composed by 83-year-old is rich and inspired Feb 24, 2009
As to the present American scene, he feels mixed. On the upside, he recognizes so many talents out of every nook and cranny of the country. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
