* Classical DVDs Sep 6, 2009
Expressionism involves larger-than-life effects X masks, grotesque scenery and costumes, plus dramatic and non-naturalistic lighting. The style characterized early, silent cinema but has had a lasting influence on pop videos X far more so than the muted, atmospheric, unsensational impressionism with which its name sets it in contrast. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Monet Water Lilies at MoMA Sep 5, 2009
In a quintessential case of contemporary art transforming attitudes toward earlier art history, the large scale and gestural freedom of Abstract Expressionism illuminated the late Monet as a predecessor of great relevance. The copyright of the article Monet Water Lilies at MoMA in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Expressionist Photography Arrives Today -- Photos That Encourage Readers to "Look Beyond What You Think You See and Look Within to Think About What You Do See." Sep 5, 2009
For avant-garde photographer Roger L. Maddox, imagination is the main source for creativity and offers proof of this with his stunning collection of exceptionally enhanced photos in Unique Photographs and Photographic Expressionism. Expressionism can be conveyed through the art of photography or it can be through the art of a painter ... The photographic images within the pages of this book are the result of such imagination and photographic expressionism. (Primezone Releases)
Iowa City artist graces FryFest with work Sep 3, 2009
His "Hawkeye expressionism" first showed up at an M.C. Ginsberg sidewalk show in 2006. "I came up with two pieces and went around to see if any gallery had interest. It was hard," said McNutt. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
James Dormer and Paul Flippen Sep 2, 2009
I personally began to think about this issue a few days ago when I was confronted about a prior article that I wrote, Graffiti, Abstract Expressionism, ous Auction Returns. Asserting that the criticism in the post was incomplete, he complained that I overlooked key issues. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Hyman Bloom, 96; painted works of grisly Expressionism Aug 28, 2009
Pamela Allara, professor emerita of contemporary art at Brandeis University, called Mr. Bloom certainly one of the best post-war American painters, one whose work was, through accident of timing, eclipsed by Abstract Expressionism ... In 1979, the Institute of Contemporary Art included Mr. Bloom, Jack Levine, and Karl Zerbe in a show called Boston Expressionism ... But by mid-century, Abstract Expressionism had put Mr. Bloom s career in the shadows. (Boston Globe)
Three gallery exhibits with pop craft, experimental, and young artists’ works Aug 26, 2009
Warhol had produced the paintings with a semi-mechanized silkscreen process, and his commercial subject matter spat in the eye of abstract expressionism s soulful evocations of its artists ids. Back then, pop was a radical upstart. (Boston Globe)
Exhibit demonstrates Hans Hofmann’s unparalleled legacy Aug 25, 2009
Hofmann moved to America from Germany in 1932 and acted as midwife to the birth of abstract expressionism. He taught in New York and, during the summers, from 1935 to 1958, in Provincetown, where his work can still be seen (and bought) in local commercial galleries such as the Julie Heller Gallery. (Boston Globe)
Farnsworth Art Museum surveys the career of Robert Indiana Aug 21, 2009
There he became friends with Ellsworth Kelly and other young artists kicking against the dominant style of abstract expressionism. The show s first room features two striking paintings, Source I and Source II, that suggest the influence of Kelly, with their flat, severely reduced shapes in beautiful combinations of two or three colors, inspired by natural forms (in this case, avocado seeds). (Boston Globe)
* ART JOURNAL: Monsters a hit X even during Morakot Aug 19, 2009
Two retrospective shows on the third floor offer insight into the many styles of Taiwans modernist movement X particularly cubism and expressionism X through the oil paintings and drawings of Lai Chuan-chien () and Chen Yin-huei (). In the basement, contemporary art takes center stage with an exhibit by Tang Ju-hung (Yx), who explores the theme of self through vivid self-portraits. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
• Reconsider 20th-century modernism at new exhibit Aug 14, 2009
"I find it fascinating that in the arcs of their careers we can track so many of the last century's major art movements, from realism and surrealism to abstract expressionism, Op Art and constructivism.". If all that sounds like too much art-history jargon, Gilbert says not to worry: The paintings hold up fine on their own. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Eyeing P-town’s place in American art Aug 5, 2009
Still, it s a delirious rush through Provincetown s place in American art, from the more academic work of Charles Webster Hawthorne, the art colony s first great teacher, through the Post-Impressionism of Edwin Dickinson headlong into Modernism and Abstract Expressionism ... Hofmann, Provincetown s second great teacher, arrived there in the 1930s and brought Abstract Expressionism with him. (Boston Globe)
Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood opens Aug. 7 Jul 31, 2009
In between come the driving post-minimalism of David Lang s Illumination Rounds and the whispery expressionism of Matthias Pintscher s Lieder und Schneebilder. Works by Pierre Boulez, Beat Furrer, and a premiere by TMC composing fellow Cynthia Lee Wong round out the program. (Boston Globe)
William Gray, 89, 'painting was his life' Jul 20, 2009
Though known for his portraits, he experimented with post-modern expressionism and abstracts as well. I would watch him study a painting, his daughter said, and he would get right up close and almost put his nose on it in such a fashion I have never seen before. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
How To Make a Digital Stop Motion F... Jul 18, 2009
He likened the technique to pure expressionism, and claims that it has the capacity to provide animators with the tools to express themselves on a par with the greatest masters of any artistic medium. The Stop Motion Animation Website. (Suite101.com)
'Soul Power' offers compelling glimpse of music greats Jul 17, 2009
The patterns on her epic rumba dress introduce a new art movement: jellybean expressionism. Then there is Brown, whom the film frames as the main attraction. (Boston Globe)
Athens makes Pericles proud Jul 12, 2009
The Museum of Modern Art has mounted an extensive retrospective (it includes some 120 works) honoring this often-overlooked figure whose often grotesque representational canvases make him a key link between late Romantic art and the turbulence of 20th-century Expressionism. 11 West 53d St., 212-708-9400. (Boston Globe)
Read Indepth Article Jul 2, 2009
James Ensor (Belgian, 1860-1949) was a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late nineteenth century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism in the early twentieth. In both respects, he has influenced generations of later artists. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Mask, And You Shall Perceive Jun 25, 2009
Their biggest seller -- masks, for Belgians apparently love their masquerades -- would become a favorite motif, his golden ticket to Expressionism. Before then, he painted as anyone would under the shadow of the Impressionists. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Kelly Sherman deconstructs the bride Jun 17, 2009
On the walls, the paintings are a testament to Nielsen's aesthetic, which is strong on painterly Expressionism, but often goes in other directions that her eye and imagination take her. So in addition to brawny, brushy canvases by Gregory Amenoff, there's an ethereal Anne Harris portrait, "Muscleman Jason," whose pathos emanates from the figure's pearlescent skin and red-rimmed, liquid eyes, and Robert Contois's "Evocation," a tautly realist painting of a radiator, with the dirty wall behind it... (Boston Globe)
Old master, from Riverwood via Rotterdam Jun 5, 2009
In the 1950s and '60s, the young Riske quickly established himself as a leading exponent of abstract expressionism. He held exhibitions at John and Sunday Reed's Museum of Modern Art in Victoria and Sydney's important Clune and Blaxland galleries. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Museum Mile Festival 2009 in New Yo... May 29, 2009
The intersection of photography with art movements from Cubism to Abstract Expressionism is explored through pictures of street grids, monumental buildings, storefront windows' nocturnal reflections and illuminated signage ... cke: The Birth of Expressionism in Dresden and Berlin, 1905-1913 (February 26-June 29) exhibits more than 100 paintings, sculptures and works on paper by German artists who emphasized color and emotion in their utopian compositions that bridged the distant past with the... (Suite101.com)
* Huangs mission: to seek out new art forms May 27, 2009
The paintings at IT Park are a fine example: They obviously reference 1950s abstract expressionism, but when viewed with Huangs interest in organic patterns and the texture stroke in mind, they appear more exploratory than derivative. Wang has said that Huangs art carefully follows art market trends X most notably his shifting of emphasis from installation to ink painting in the 1990s. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* Remembering a master May 23, 2009
Dawn Mist (G) reflects the influence of expressionism. Swaths of burnt sienna, green and blue are washed across the canvas in a manner reminiscent of the coloring and splash-ink technique popularized during the Tang Dynasty. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Artist brings special vision to Art in the Garden festival May 1, 2009
Her piece, "Reflections,'' depicts a flower shop in Italy which she saw during her many travels.Mehren, who works in various styles, including realism, expressionism and abstract expression, weaves together shapes and forms in a unique tapestry of color. "It's a visual language,'' said Mehren. "Visually, I try to make people aware. I'm playing with shapes and forms, colors and light.''She says her visual interpretation of a subject varies, depending upon her mood and experiences from that day.... (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Germany to open art celebration of constitution Apr 30, 2009
Baselitz's painting is one of a number of works in the new show that hearken back to German Expressionism. "The exhibition certainly signifies a labor of remembrance," curator Peter Iden said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Artist doubles as curator Apr 28, 2009
He selected works by artists he describes as "the great modernists who developed their styles before the advent of abstract expressionism in the late 1940s and '50s." And he selected realists who, he says, like himself, "developed into non-academic realists, creating individual approaches to painting the world around them.". He chose works to represent pop art, realism/surrealism, romantic realism and the classical genre. (NJ.com -- Times)
Pair finds bond in S.F. furniture shop Apr 20, 2009
Shaffer was influenced by Hans Hoffman and postwar abstract expressionism. He moved to San Francisco in the 1980s. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Exhibit's other set, costume designer-artists Apr 12, 2009
Most are more influenced by Expressionism, Futurism or Constructivism. Still, Chagall's name in the exhibition's title is more than a marketing ploy. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Renaissance Venice's Big Men on Canvas Apr 11, 2009
And there's a brisk little chapter in the history of Abstract Expressionism that could fairly be called de Kooning vs. Pollock. Related. (Time.com)
Organization brings women's art to gallery Apr 3, 2009
Roth, who came to the United States from Japan in 1962 and began her career in abstract expressionism, said she paints primarily landscapes. Her painting, "Rainbow Fall, WG, NY," depicts a place near Cornell University where there are about 20 waterfalls within a single mile, she said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Portrait of the artist as a wife and mother Mar 18, 2009
There Nancy explored a wide range of styles, including realism, post-impressionism, cubism, futurism, expressionism and abstraction, always drawing inspiration from her immediate environment, including her view of Mosman Bay. She was also an art critic for the Bulletin, then the Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
They took our money and then our stories Mar 16, 2009
I want to hear the Citibank CEO Vikram Pandit rattle off the definition of iambic pentameter, and tell me why Abstract Expressionism was a leap forward, and what he thinks about Conceptualism. And while he takes another $10-billion to help prevent Citigroup from crumbling, I want him to explain to the U.S. Congress why they need to expand the annual appropriation of the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts beyond a pathetic $150-million. (Globe and Mail)
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers to Offer Property from Renowned Chicago Gallery Robert Henry Adams Fine Art Mar 14, 2009
Specializing in Abstract Expressionism, Precisionism, Modernism, African American and Regional Art, Adams' gallery achieved international recognition over the years, with thanks to Adams' strong conviction and sophisticated eye for talent. Adams was a member of the Chicago Art Dealers Association, served as chairman of the Ethics Committee and sat on the Association's board for two terms. (PR Newswire)
Cubism: Early Twentieth-Century Art... Mar 11, 2009
Regardless, the movement became a catalyst for modern art that further developed abstract and non-representational forms such as Neo-Plasticism, Constructivism, and to a lesser extent, the Abstract Expressionism of artists like Marc Chagall. Only Picasso, who endured Nazi occupation in France during the 1940 s, remained true to Cubism s ideal until his death in 1973 at the age of 91, father of four children and numerous artists who were, and continue to be, influenced by his work. (Suite101.com)
TV by design Mar 9, 2009
TV and its role in popularizing modernism in America - International Herald Tribune. A United States serviceman viewing television with his family at the U.S. Limestone base in Maine in 1954. (International Herald Tribune)
Artist to provide trip through rabbit hole Mar 2, 2009
Rim said her painting covers realism, realistic figure, figurative paintings and abstract expressionism. "My work began in a very realistic manner of traditional figure paintings, moved into sculpture of the body, simplifying the torso and abstraction," she said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Festival considers O'Neill in the 21st century Feb 26, 2009
"In choosing the productions, Falls said he deliberately avoided the later naturalistic plays such as "The Iceman Cometh" and "Long Days Journey into Night" that did so much to restore O'Neill's reputation posthumously. Instead, he concentrated on earlier _ and more experimental _ works written while O'Neill was still in thrall to European expressionism and Greek tragedy.Here are some of the things he chose (and how they were retooled): a production of 1920's "The Emperor Jones" with the black... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Meditations on Asia in American art Feb 8, 2009
Jackson Pollock's "Seven Red Paintings" is one work in the exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. (The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artist Rights Society). (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Modest works sell surprisingly well Feb 8, 2009
49 million, even though it lacks the vibrant energy that runs through the best works of this heir to German Expressionism. A view of the countryside around Collioure in the south of France painted by Andr. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Lukas Foss, a master of classical complexities Feb 7, 2009
Once, with a student orchestra, I watched him lead the opening of Brahms's First Symphony by standing rock-still, letting the timpani pound out the beat, willing the rest of the orchestra to tap into its thrashing energy - half expressionism, half heavy metal. If he composed to bring the brash and the new into the fold of tradition, he conducted to make the tradition sound brash and new. (Boston Globe)
A refreshing lucidity returns to art market Feb 7, 2009
The landscape which attempts to be detailed is confused, and the romantic sky with golden sunlight clashes with the nervous brushwork that this heir to German Expressionism could not repress. Multimedia. (International Herald Tribune)
