Picking up Three Mistakes... is a big mistake May 18, 2008
The Fluxus art movement took place in the 60s to break free from conventional art. Featured Blog. (CNN-IBN)
Stanford students try writing a graphic novel May 10, 2008
"But for some reason, 'graphic novel' sounds more lofty and people have bought into it. The term has helped to create a distinction in people's minds that there's an important art movement occurring that is more concerned about long and serious work; and that's partially true.". The U.S. retail market for graphic novels has grown precipitously over the past decade, reaching $375 million in 2007, up 12 percent from 2006, according to a report last month from ICv2, a trade company that tracks pop... (San Francisco Chronicle)
/C O R R E C T I O N -- Rubi Rey/ May 10, 2008
In the news release, RUBI REY Rum Launches an Art Movement: the86collective Brings Digital Art to the Forefront, issued earlier today by RUBI REY over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company of an additional contact: Tanya Thomas, +1-212-477-8090, ext ... RUBI REY Rum Launches an Art Movement: the86collective Brings Digital Art to the Forefront ... Working with art organizations in Denver, Chicago and Miami, the86collective will not only give the digital art movement a physical base for... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Sean Christopher: Vanity Bonfire May 2, 2008
Corey Helford Gallery presents a wide range of artists, from members of the new fine art movement, such as Andrew Brandou, Natalia Fabia, Korin Faught, Eric Joyner, Brandi Milne, David Stoupakis, and award-winning photographer Chris Anthony, to early Modernist William S. Schwartz. Notable shows include Charity By Numbers, which was co-curated by Gary Baseman and featured an unprecedented lineup of artists including Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Shepard Fairey, Todd and Kathy Schorr, Camille Rose... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Sketches of the Sublime: Exhibit at Cedar Grove traces the creation of iconic paintings May 2, 2008
He was 47 years old, but in his brief life, the artist launched the nation's first art movement, the Hudson River School, and fostered two generations of followers ... Cedar Grove, as the earliest headquarters of an entire art movement, integrates much of Cole's life and work: his tools and traveling materials, his studio, and his view to the mountains. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
The visionary painting of an agonised soul Apr 23, 2008
He kept his distance from the new art movements, even those originating in the French capital, such as Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism. Instead Soutine developed a highly individualistic style characterised by the use of thick impasto paint applied thickly - agitated brushwork and strong emotional content. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
Ocean Unit Lesson Plans Apr 16, 2008
Science, Art, Music and Movement Activities with a Sea Theme. Teach elementary school students about sea turtles, starfish or sea stars, and other ocean life using these hands-on science, art, movement and music lessons. (Suite101.com)
Moved by mirrors, magnets and motion Apr 9, 2008
In the 1960s, when the conceptual art movement was in full swing, one of its leading practitioners, artist Sol LeWitt, wrote: "The idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art." Today conceptual art is commonplace, though it still requires that the viewer understand the idea from which the work arose. The most successful works unite concept with form while managing to say something - beyond the work itself - about human nature. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
LBCC’s festival of pop culture lasts all month Apr 8, 2008
April 22: Gary Westford, LBCC art and history instructor, will present When Six was Nine: Rock Posters from San Francisco 1966-71, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Westford will examine the socio-political era of the 1960s as it relates to the development of the psychedelic music and poster art movement in San Francisco. April 23: Peter Carlin, feature writer from The Oregonian, will present Television and the Nation s Collective Subconscious from noon to 1 p.m.. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Futurist feasts that go way beyond food Apr 8, 2008
Marinetti coined the term Futurism for the art movement he founded in 1909. Intended as a celebration of modernity and a rejection of romance and sentiment, it was dedicated to modernity and speed, to the violent, the urban and the mechanical. (Xinhuanet, China)
Friday Events Include Taste Of Downtown, Film Festival Apr 5, 2008
She also said the event is also for local artists to get to know each other and that the events are "part of the birth of a new wave art movement and provide a fresh flow of chic sophistication to business downtown.". The Friday-only event will be held on 19th Street between H and Eye streets from 5 to 8 p.m. The event is free. (KERO 23, CA)
TODAY’S BEST BET Apr 2, 2008
TODAY S BEST BET 04/02/2008 Agnes Denes, considered one of the founders of the ecological art movement, will speak at Marywood University, Scranton, Room 160, Learning Resources Center, tonight at 7. A reception will follow. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
American Artist Charles Demuth Apr 1, 2008
Demuth s bold use of the number 5 itself amid a kaleidoscopic background has been described as a precursor to the Pop Art movement. Lancaster and Legacy. (Suite101.com)
Grounds For Expression Mar 30, 2008
"I think the poetry slam is the most democratic art movement around," Kass says of the process that takes into consideration the opinions of a panel of judges as well as audience reaction to measure the effectiveness of poems. " Kids aren't afraid to be honest and don't think twice about booing. "If you send your poem to a magazine, odds are it will spend time in the slush pile, where it may or may not ever get glanced over by some intern," Kass says. "With a poetry slam, there is no slush pile. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sotheby's to Sell Works by Beuys, Klein That Spent 40 Years in Krefeld Mar 29, 2008
The Lauffs collection, with its seamless range of important examples of works from every major American and European art movement of the 1960s and 1970s, creates a uniquely coherent ensemble,'' , head of contemporary art at Sotheby's, said in a statement sent by e-mail from Frankfurt. Michael Loschelder, a lawyer representing Lauffs, said that while some works will be auctioned by Sotheby's, others have been sold to the Zurich- and London-based dealer. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Conjuring an image Mar 28, 2008
Discovering an art movement ... This art movement inspired Mortimer greatly and has been doing it ever since. (Daily Triplicate)
* Commercial and artistic interests mix in Africa Mar 19, 2008
Masks, fetishes and the odd protest poster from South Africa's resistance art movement also are on display. But so is art with more universal themes, such as a wistful sculpture of mother and child. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
IlanaRaviv Receives Women of the Year Award Mar 17, 2008
" View more of Ilana Raviv's art in her absolutearts.com Premiere Portfolio at IMAGEIlana Raviv Title: Scheherazade Year Created: 1998 Medium: Acrylic Painting Width: 46 cm Height: 45 cm Price: US$ 3000 Related Links: Indepth Arts Resources for Israel Other Important Exhibitions in Israel Quick Arts Access: Haifa (22) Jerusalem (91) Tel Aviv (20) Tel-Aviv (107) - McColl Center for Visual Art - Brooklyn Museum of Art - Municipality of Tel Aviv - Tabla Rasa Gallery - Art Movement - Broadway... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Red tape battle for China migrants Mar 15, 2008
He is a successful sculptor, part of China's emerging and lucrative contemporary art movement. Through art, Li says, is freedom. (Aljazeera.Net)
John Nolan to Prticipate in Affordable Art Fair London Mar 15, 2008
John Nolan's work will be represented on the 13th-16th of March 2008 (Preview 12 March) by Art Movement at the AAF - stand number D10 ... - McColl Center for Visual Art - Brooklyn Museum of Art - Municipality of Tel Aviv - Tabla Rasa Gallery - Art Movement - Broadway Gallery - Smithtown Township Arts Council - Forum Alstertal - Istanbul Metro. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Call for Artists: The Art of Music Mar 15, 2008
Exhibited work may not exceed 54" in width. Deadline for entries is April 30, 2008, and must be submitted as 300 ppi jpeg files on CD only (1800x1800). Visit stacarts.org for full prospectus or send SASE to STAC, 660 Rte 25A, St. James, NY 11780. Related Links: Indepth Arts Resources for the State of New York Other Important Exhibitions in New York Quick Arts Access: Brooklyn (180) Ithaca (30) New York (1333) New York City (67) Ny (22) Rochester (44) - McColl Center for Visual Art - Brooklyn... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Artist to Artist Hamburg 2008 Mar 15, 2008
" View more of Erika Wains work in her Portfolio at IMAGEErika Wain Title: MARKET DAY Year Created: 1978 Medium: Oil Painting Width: 24 inches Height: 30 inches For pricing and to purchase this work Related Links: Indepth Arts Resources for Germany Other Important Exhibitions in Germany Quick Arts Access: Berlin (168) Cologne (35) Donaueschingen (59) Duesseldorf (25) Frankfurt (24) Hamburg (56) Munich (55) - McColl Center for Visual Art - Brooklyn Museum of Art - Municipality of Tel Aviv - Tabla... (AbsoluteArts.com)
A gamble on multiple divisionists Feb 27, 2008
Now the gallery is about to gamble on an exhibition devoted to an art movement of which even the organisers admit few have ever heard: the late 19th-century Italian divisionists. The exhibition was proposed by art historian Simonetta Fraquelli, who admitted the general response was "er ... divisionists? What's that?". (Guardian Unlimited)
725 new works donated to Tate Britain and Scotland's National Gallery Feb 27, 2008
D'Offay, one of London's leading dealers until he closed his gallery in 2001, amassed the works over some 28 years as London placed itself at the forefront of the Contemporary art movement. The works include paintings, photographs, sculptures, installations and videos from what amounts to a who's who of late 20th-century art. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'Rewind' director aims at the 'play' button in all of us Feb 19, 2008
What starts as a desperate effort to please the store's number-one customer - a fragile lady played by Mia Farrow - turns out to be an art movement that unites a community. Everyone becomes involved in the process of "sweding" (a nonsense word meaning "re-making") the movies, then watching them together. (Boston Globe)
Slocumb Galleries to host 'Filipina as Artist and Feminist' exhibition Feb 19, 2008
Visual artist and curator Imelda Cajipe-Endaya was part of the social realist art movement in the Philippines during the 1970s and '80s. Her earlier works dealt with the harsh reality of women and children as victims of poverty and violence, while her recent works focus on issues faced by women migrant workers and diaspora. (East Tennessean, TN)
Wayne County doles out cash to boost tourism Feb 6, 2008
There s a large art movement in Brooklyn, he said. Mr. Loftus said the museum plans to advertise in print media, including an industry-specific publication. (Scranton Times, PA)
The road to the abstract in Balinese painting Feb 3, 2008
Since the Pita Maha art movement began in the 1930s, Balinese art structures have been moving rapidly toward modernization. Nevertheless, a preference for structured, realistic forms dominated Balinese art up to the late 1960s. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Ladies amuse in 'Who's Your Dada?' Jan 27, 2008
While the former is a phrase that's almost certain to bring tears to the eyes of a new father, the latter is a name given to an international art movement, spawned in reaction to the excesses of World War I that aimed to mock artistic and social conventions by emphasizing the illogical and absurd, usually in pretty outrageous, even shocking fashion. And while some of the more outre antics of Tzara, Dali, Man Ray and other proponents of dadaism certainly succeeded in doing just that, most urban... (Jam! Showbiz)
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According to Samp, pop art is a 20th century art movement that utilizes the imagery and techniques of consumerism and popular culture. Pop art favors figural imagery and the reproduction of everyday objects. (Macon Chronicle-Herald, MO)
David starts a new art movement Jan 17, 2008
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A vivid trip back to where it all began Jan 11, 2008
Due to the pioneering efforts of school teacher Geoff Bardon and those that followed in the mid-1970s, it became the birthplace of the Aboriginal art movement. After visiting the NGA survey of contemporary indigenous art, Papunya Painting feels like an old-masters exhibition. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
High prices send shivers down spines of critics, collectors, artists Jan 2, 2008
The most talked-about thing to happen in the Indonesian fine arts scene this year had nothing to do with the birth of an important art movement, nor with the unveiling of a profound piece of art that charted a new aesthetic course. In fact it didn't even take place in Indonesia. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
In praise of an artist too long under wraps Nov 28, 2007
Then he moved his family back to Berkeley and joined the Abstract Expressionist art movement. In 1949, he took all his paintings to the city dump. (Boston Globe)
Today's best bets Nov 28, 2007
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Warhol's Liz Taylor sold for $23m Nov 14, 2007
American artist Warhol was leading figure in the Pop Art movement, and he experimented by creating artworks from mass-produced images from American popular culture. Born in 1928, he died unexpectedly in 1987 in a New York hospital following a gall bladder operation. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Gorby's baggage Nov 13, 2007
Putting Lenin into a Coca Cola ad, for example, is the icon of the deliberately subversive "Soc-Art" art movement in Russia. Gorbachev is one of the genuine heroes of our time. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Toyota Launches New Corporate Advertising Campaign, Incorporating TV, Print and Online Elements Nov 5, 2007
You no longer need to remember symbols. Simply type in a company name or stock symbol for instant results. (Primezone Releases)
More of this story Nov 3, 2007
Schimmel's description only touches the surface when describing Murakami's art movement, known as Superflat. That was also the title of his 2001 exhibition at MOCA's space at the Pacific Design Center. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Happy Face: Art star Yue Minjun lands in Queens for first American show Nov 2, 2007
Although he started painting in elementary school, the laughing face did not appear in Yue's work until the early 1990s, after he became a founding member in Cynical Realism, a contemporary Chinese art movement that offers an often humorous or ironic take on Chinese politics and history. His paintings resemble posters displayed in China under the rule of the late communist leader Mao Zedong, where "everybody seemed happy," Finkelpearl said. (Bayside Times, NY)
R.B. Kitaj, 74; paintings conveyed historical, literary themes Oct 25, 2007
WASHINGTON - R.B. Kitaj, 74, an artist whose vivid figurative paintings used realistic shapes and images to convey historical and literary themes and who challenged the abstract art movement that dominated his era, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. Mr. Kitaj often made wild use of collage, fragmentary design, and bright colors, along with a thematic concern with modern Jewish history, particularly the Holocaust. (Boston Globe)
R.B. Kitaj, 74; figurative L.A. painter Oct 24, 2007
template_bastemplate_bas By Jon Thurber, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 24, 2007 R.B. Kitaj, a figurative American painter who became a significant contributor to the British Pop Art movement during his nearly four decades of expatriate life in London, has died. He was 74. (Los Angeles Times)
An opera inspired by Federico Garca Lorca gets a fresh life onstage Oct 19, 2007
Sellars also applies the term to the sets, which were designed by the artist Gronk, a seminal figure in the Chicano art movement. Sellars labels his vibrant, dramatic sets a reinterpretation of cubism that mix beauty and violence in equal measure. (Boston Globe)
Precita Eyes celebrates three decades of making walls, and community, bloom Oct 18, 2007
Beyond that, Cervantes has tended to the flowering of a mural art movement not just in Balmy Alley, not just in the Mission and the Bay Area, but all over the world. Cervantes, who was born in Dallas, came to San Francisco in 1961 armed with a scholarship to study at the San Francisco Art Institute. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Futurists Oct 16, 2007
Others think of the futurist art movement of the early 20th century, which was so enamored of machines and industry that it allied itself with that dedicated modernizer, Benito Mussolini. "We don't call ourselves futurists because we like to differentiate ourselves from pop futurists," says Johansen. (Forbes)
The influence of Pop Art Oct 16, 2007
A major new exhibition opened at the National Portrait Gallery in London on 11 October, bringing together 52 key works from one of the world's most popular and influential art movements Pop Art ... US artists led the Pop art movement, reacting against the burgeoning consumer society in the 1950s. (iAfrica.com)
Masterpieces get new look from local artist Oct 15, 2007
"I think it's fascinating when you realize a whole art movement was in a spot or one thought, but I am not drawn to it because they drank it," he said. "I do have something that is fascinating to me. I have these old French coins, from that time, and I'll just hold them and look at them and it fascinates. These could be the coins Toulouse-Lautrec used to buy absinthe or something.". (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
See beyond hot water in Hot Springs, Ark. Oct 13, 2007
The Hot Springs art movement was reputedly sparked by itinerant Italian painter Benini, who opened a large studio across from Bathhouse Row in 1987. He attracted scores of artists from around the country and abroad, then, like the Pied Piper, moved on. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Artists misunderstood in their time Sep 29, 2007
In fact, every major art movement worth its salt was ridiculed at its inception. When we are confronted with something so different from what we expected, it takes a little time, effort, and reflection to understand it. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
'Indian artists among the best in world' Sep 26, 2007
Indian artists among the best in world'- Hindustan Times (Hindustan Times)
Remote terrain forms the canvas for stark land artworks Sep 24, 2007
this seminal artifact of the land art movement is now owned by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (www. moca. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Southern Circuit Tour stops in Orangeburg for second year Sep 6, 2007
Opening Short: "The Language of Limbs: A Documentary of the Agrifolk Art Movement" by conceptual artist Eyekiss -- Jonathon Keats discovers the last true folk artists remaining -- 50 leyland cypress trees. Watch the drama unfold as these trees, outfitted with easels, paper and pencils, communicate through art ; ; seriously. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Erotic Prints, Comely Courtesans Help Revival of Japan's Ancient Warhols Aug 27, 2007
Despite their popularity and the Pop Art movement they foreshadowed, ukiyo-e artists were never well respected by the elite samurai class ... Artists like Van Gogh, Monet, Toulouse-Lautrec and Whistler found them charming and exotic and used the imagery in their work, creating the Japonisme art movement that lasted from 1854-1910. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Richard Pousette-Dart's abstract affinities Aug 21, 2007
Throughout the 1940s he was one of the youngest artists of the burgeoning New York School, appearing in postwar American art's most famous anointment-by-photograph, "The Irascibles." This group portrait of 15 Abstract Expressionists introduced the American public to the country's first international art movement via Life magazine in January 1951. By then Pousette-Dart was on the verge of moving to upstate New York, where he would work until his death, at 76, in 1992. (International Herald Tribune)
Only connect Aug 21, 2007
She is writing a feature on LA's locative art movement, whose artists use virtual-reality headsets to recreate scenes on location. Chombo hacks into the on-location wi-fi signals for these pieces, and is also something of a shipping technology expert. (Guardian Unlimited)
California College of the Arts at 100: Its writing program sizzles Aug 20, 2007
CCA's faculty and graduates have influenced - and in many cases led - almost every mid- and late-20th century art movement ... Alumni Nathan Oliveira and Manuel Neri were leaders in the Bay Area figurative art movement. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Elizabeth Murray, 66; abstract painter used vivid colors Aug 16, 2007
By Mary Rourke August 16, 2007 Elizabeth Murray, an artist who painted richly colored, evocative, abstract works after the Minimalist art movement had reduced the art form to a fleet of monochrome canvases, has died. She was 66. (Los Angeles Times)
First Childrens Drawings Aug 10, 2007
First Childrens Drawings: The First Stage of Young Childs Art: Movement, not Representation. First Childrens Drawings. (Suite101.com)
Is it art or shopping? Aug 9, 2007
" MOCA Director Jeremy Strick said the idea of a boutique is in keeping with the 45-year-old Murakami's commitment to breaking down the boundaries between low and high art. The acclaimed multimedia artist, who has been credited as the progenitor of the art movement called Superflat -- influenced by pop culture, anime and graphic design -- has his own company, Kaikai Kiki, which mass-produces Murakami-designed products at reasonable prices and serves as a management organization for other... (Los Angeles Times)
Joffrey Ballet lights up Weed Park Jul 6, 2007
Molly Cantrell-Kraig wrote on Jul 5, 2007 1:47 PM:" What an exciting opportunity for Muscatine! The tremendous turnout proves that there is a nascent art movement "afoot" in Muscatine. Many thanks to the graceful, athletic dancers of the Joffrey for sharing their gift with us and thanks to all of the behind the scenes folks who made it happen. ". The comments above are from readers. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Come in, the waters lovely Jul 4, 2007
What the pictures show is how a modern art movement responded to this new modern world. And to present this idea clearly requires more than a straightforward Impressionist show. (Times Online)
UK army museum exhibits painting blaming foreign policy for London bombings Jul 3, 2007
Laing lived in New York in the 1960s when the Pop Art movement took hold with the likes of Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, and now lives in Dingwall in the north of Scotland. His painting has been loaned for one week to the National Army Museum, which is funded by the Ministry of Defense. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Campeau a champion of the art movement in Butte Jun 30, 2007
He is responsible for many ambitious art events around the state of Montana and is a champion of the art movement in Butte. He is a founder of the Butte Phantom Gallery Art Walks, now in its fourth year. (Montana Standard, MT)
Powerful voices of the desert Jun 26, 2007
Why are women dominating the Aboriginal art movement ... In fact, the record set by Kngwarreye's masterpiece underlines the way women indigenous artists have dominated the Aboriginal art movement of recent years ... There can't be many other art movements where women have proved so dominant. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The White Stripes - Icky Thump Jun 22, 2007
On their sophomore album, De Stijl, they drew lines akin to that austere Belgian art movement, then colored outside the box with snatches of violin. The mere introduction of a bass line (Elephants Seven Nation Army) became revelatory. (Paste Magazine)
