Through reality's lens, decisively Sep 7, 2008
Giorgio de Chirico, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, and Pablo Picasso. The exhibition also includes photographs from Brassa. (Boston Globe)
Leyla Murr : Latest Works Aug 18, 2008
Although her work is undoubtedly personal and reflective or her individually honed style, it also evidences an informed understanding of art and art history, as many of her paintings recall masterpieces by artists like Paul Cezanne, Piet Mondrian, and Wassily Kandinsky. Born in Zagreb, Croatia, Leyla Murr lives and works in the United Kingdom. (AbsoluteArts.com)
'So true, so intimate' Jun 28, 2008
Still more, 20th-century history has found a place for Piet Mondrian, edging and loading his rectangular compartments with a minimal palette - an art of "no objects", a light as pure as paint can deliver. Hammersh;i, this undeclamatory conservative, had in his own strange way hit on one of the modes of looking we now call modernist. (Guardian Unlimited)
Carnegie International is a magnet for art lovers May 8, 2008
Carnegie International a magnet for planners, art lovers. Search post-gazette NOW. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Feature story: Dynamic design Mar 29, 2008
In a volume devoted entirely to pine-tree images, one page bears a sedate, fairly literal representation of a pine bough, while on the facing page the branch has been transformed into a bold abstract design that suggests a computer circuit board designed by Piet Mondrian. Misako Mitsui, co-curator for the Green Library exhibition, is an art dealer based in San Rafael who specializes in Japanese works, especially artwork from Kyoto and works on paper. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Idea Branded Desktops and Laptops unveiled by Lenovo in India Mar 16, 2008
It boasts to be an adaptation of Artist Piet Mondrian and sports a style-based on an absolute harmony of straight lines and pure colors underlying the visible world. The prices of IdeaPad and IdeaCentre range from Rs. (TechGadgets.in)
* 'Chromophilia without the color' Mar 5, 2008
In a video performance conceived as a homage to Piet Mondrian, the Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader separates bouquets of flowers into orderly bunches of uniform color. Sectioned wooden bars by Andre Cadere, propped casually against the museum's walls, were once carried into the cafes, subways and galleries of 1970s Paris in a peripatetic hybrid of sculpture and performance. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
These TV cars helped soup-up the show Feb 15, 2008
The vehicle's rectangular color scheme has been compared with the work of artist Piet Mondrian. Posted. (USA Today -- Life)
Court on canvas, by the artist and the champ Jan 12, 2008
Already he was thinking of tennis in terms of performance art: of the athlete as artist, putting on a show, of the clay court, framed by white lines, scuffed by footmarks, dimpled by balls, like a Piet Mondrian painting. "I started experimenting, trying to capture tennis shots on canvas, but I needed a partner, someone I respected," Kralik, an occasional tennis player, explained yesterday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The bronze sorcerer Jan 12, 2008
He wrote a book on Picasso, and greatly admired Dutch neoplasticism, the leading lights of which were the painter Piet Mondrian and the architect Theo van Doesburg. Am;n opened Mu;oz's eyes to modernist literature, which was to become a key catalyst for his art and for his many published essays and sound pieces, which tended to be incantatory shaggy-dog stories, influenced by Borges and Beckett. (Guardian Unlimited)
Galleries: The paint strokes between realism and abstraction Dec 2, 2007
Viewed as abstraction, it carves up the canvas into tasty episodes of brushwork while sustaining a constant backbeat of allusion to Piet Mondrian, Barnett Newman and modernists' use of the grid to neutralize compositional values. For all its richness as painting, Oadahi's work hints at a bleak view of the contemporary world as a heedlessly urbanizing project. (San Francisco Chronicle)
R.B. Kitaj, 74; figurative L.A. painter Oct 24, 2007
His 1958 work "Erasmus," which he regarded as the first picture of "any interest" that he painted in England, is a grid design of heads, one of several works that reflect his admiration of Piet Mondrian. His first solo gallery exhibition came at the Marlborough New London Gallery in 1963. (Los Angeles Times)
The age of wonder Oct 22, 2007
And he is committed to seeing how the radical ideas introduced by modern artists like Piet Mondrian and Kasimir Malevich, when they reduced the picture plane to geometric forms, can be applied in the world at large. DETAILS. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
SFMOMA's Neal Benezra balances art and money Sep 7, 2007
New acquisitions made during Benezra's tenure - of works by Gordon Matta-Clark, Hans Haacke, William Kentridge, Kiki Smith - do not rock even the art public as do names such as Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg, Rene Magritte and Piet Mondrian, collection boosters from the late '90s. Among recent acquisitions, "the piece that I'm most pleased about is the Vija Celmins," Benezra said, a preference that accords with his quiet, bemused demeanor. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Feast on fine artDowntown restaurant showcases works paying tribute to Cuba and great classic artists Jul 29, 2007
From here on in it's, "Could I sit at the Piet Mondrian table?" or "Is the Jean-Michel Basquiat table open?". That is what Penteado said he has been hearing at several visits since last Monday, after he finished putting in the tables and the installation. (West New York Reporter, NJ)
NOTEBOOKFacebook at forefront of digital meme Jul 15, 2007
" What will you get for your money? Depends on when you buy it. Breyer said that Facebook is already profitable, if certain expenses aren't considered. Revenue will be at least $100 million for 2007, he said. Dress like a VC: Being a successful venture capitalist apparently means wearing funky socks. Two of the most successful in the business, Breyer and Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital, an early investor in Google and Yahoo, both sported supercharged footwear for their panel Friday morning.... (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Societe Anonyme' exhibit features modern artists Jun 14, 2007
The collection the group amassed in the next three decades includes more than 1,000 works, ranging from pieces by artists such as Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky to the lesser-known artists of the time. "The Societe Anonyme: Modernism for America" opened this week at the Dallas Museum of Art and features about 200 works from the Societe Anonyme collection, which was donated to Yale University beginning in the 1940s. (Newsday -- State)
Eight works by Picasso among treasures of VAG exhibition Jun 10, 2007
There are three paintings by Piet Mondrian showing the Dutch artist's development from Impressionist-style depictions of nature to full abstraction where the canvas has been reduced to a flat, geometric surface of primary colours and black lines. Ian Thom, the VAG's senior curator, said that so far as he knows, there was only one other Mondrian in a public gallery in the country. (Vancouver Sun)
The taming of the hue Jun 7, 2007
The first formal explorations of a teenager interested in Paul Klee and Piet Mondrian open the exhibition. But prismatic patterns and bright grids soon grow unstable. (Times Online)
Art springs into action Jun 7, 2007
They covered abstract art and Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) and then worked on collage. Then they studied French tapestry and did weaving. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
An odd trip from postcard to harp May 22, 2007
Once there, he found there was an exhibition of the work of the Dutch abstract artist Piet Mondrian, best known for his seemingly simplistic geometric patterns, with their bold lines and sparing use of colour. Greenbaum didn't know anything about Mondrian's earlier works. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
"Rather Strange Developments" at the Cummer May 19, 2007
Paintings, sculptures, pastels and collages by renowned artists including Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Henry Moore, Salvador Dali, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee exemplify the avant-garde artistic movements of Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, De Stijl (also known as Neo-Plasticism), Dada and Surrealism as well as other abstract and non-objective styles. Members, Free. (Florida Times-Union)
Treehouses sprout at Stan Hywet May 11, 2007
Art lovers will appreciate The Composition, a treehouse based on the Piet Mondrian painting Composition With Large Blue Plane, Red, Black, Yellow, and Gray. Creator GPD Group of Akron used blocks of bold colors to make the abstract painting seem to come to life. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
6 world records set at Sotheby's May 10, 2007
Theo van Doesburg's "Contra-Composition VII" is an abstract geometrical composition painted in July 1924 in a spirit akin to that of his Dutch compatriot Piet Mondrian. At $4. (International Herald Tribune)
Corcoran Opens Modernist Exhibit Mar 17, 2007
A social reform movement began after World War I, and modernist artists such as Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Giacomo Balla and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe wanted to "reinvent the world," Wilk said. "This was a younger generation who looked to the old men, essentially, who had led them into war, into a slaughter. They wanted to ditch the past and start all over again completely.". (Shoals TimesDaily)
The elusive Symbolist movement Mar 17, 2007
Piet Mondrian was inspired by a trio of paintings of Eve by Watts, almost certainly encountered at the Tate Gallery in London. Aurier's first use of the label Symbolist in 1891 was in an article on Paul Gauguin. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
What Makes Sammy Run? Feb 7, 2007
Nicer cover, too: full color on durable flexible plastic, with snow-capped mountains looming just beyond a few buildings that appear to have been designed by Piet Mondrian. Vibrant as they are, the image's reds, blues, and yellows seem sedate next to much of what's inside it. (City Pages)
Museum unravels the art of quilting Feb 4, 2007
"One quilt, made up of reds, whites, blacks and yellows, evocative of paintings by Piet Mondrian, was made when she had teenagers. Times were so tough, she cut up a quilt she was making and reformed it into the abstracted form currently on view.She said the lighter portions express her basic optimism in life."I don't care how dark it is, you know the sun will come out," she said.How it started The exhibition came about when members of the Tinwood Alliance, a nonprofit foundation for the support... (Florida Today)
'New century' modernism makes big splash Feb 4, 2007
Lance Licciardi's third-floor retreat honors Piet Mondrian with a geometric furniture scheme in bold blocks of color ... Licciardi himself chose a bold Piet Mondrian painting, which can be seen in a book left open on the coffee table in his third-floor retreat. (Herald-Tribune)
When Ukrainian means Canadian Jan 29, 2007
Displayed in Hanover, Germany, in 1927, the Kabinett has been called by Alfred Barr (founding director of the Museum of Modern Art) "probably the most famous single room of 20th-century art in the world." Peering at a photo, Humeniuk noticed the installation contained pieces by Piet Mondrian, Lissitzky and. Flat Torso. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The Artful Billionaire Dec 10, 2006
A turning point came in May 1990, when Parisian art adviser Marc Blondeau, who had run Sotheby's (nyse: - - ) in France, pushed Pinault to buy an arresting geometric canvas with a black background called "Tableau Losangique II," by Piet Mondrian. Bidding through Blondeau, Pinault paid $8. (Forbes)
German Woman Wins Britain's Prestigious Turner Prize Dec 6, 2006
By preferring this method, she joins distinguished artists Piet Mondrian and Jackson Pollock. Art from nothing. (Deutsche Welle)
Auction sets $491 million record Nov 10, 2006
A study in charcoal on paper for "Broadway Boogie Woogie" by Piet Mondrian made $3. 26 million, nearly four times the high estimate. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Exhibit highlights modern art Nov 9, 2006
As one would expect, included in the show are the works of the 20th-century masters: Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Mir;, Piet Mondrian, Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Calder, Max Ernst, Paul Klee and Fernand Leger. But the work of many unknowns--artists like David Burliuk and Carl Buchheister--also is part of the treasury of experimental art. (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)
Art, architecture meet Nov 4, 2006
De Stijl: This Dutch movement, founded in 1917 by Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg, sought to reduce reality to its basic underlying elements. Based on reductive geometric systems, it was to transform the look of objects and architecture in the modern era, and still wields influence today on many designers and artists, including Zittel. (Buffalo News)
Art and the City Nov 2, 2006
The title for the show, Home-Street-City, comes from a 1926 essay by Piet Mondrian, in which he wrote about the ideal city and the city as an ideal. "It's a cauldron where everything is bubbling," says Ms. Rosenthal. (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
New Mildred Lane Kemper Museum opens its doors Oct 23, 2006
Grid Matrix showcases analog grids by modern artists such as Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. The show also includes works of digital matrices by Andreas Gursky, Jeffrey Shaw and Olafur Eliasson. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
• Art Guild's annual show dovetails with Party on The Pavement Oct 7, 2006
"I've sown by hand numerous beads, mostly pearls or translucent crystals, which change colors according to the light. The needle is barely longer than the width of my thumb." Her creation is influenced by Piet Mondrian (1872-1944). "His originality reassured me that I can do my own thing," added Justus, who also has several abstract fabric paintings in the gallery. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Showcasing visual side of 'Dada' Aug 14, 2006
The grid, that staple of modern art and design, first made an appearance in some of their elegant collaborative collages ( duo-collages ) even before Piet Mondrian used the grid. And long before John Cage introduced chance operations in his musical compositions, Arp was making collages with subtitles like Squares Arranged According to the Laws of Chance. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Rembrandt in Leiden Jul 15, 2006
De Stijl's most famous exponent became Piet Mondrian. In coming centuries Leiden may get round to marking Van Doesburg's house with a plaque. (Financial Times)
Distillations of colour and chaos Jun 23, 2006
Between 1909 and 1914 the three founders of abstract painting Wassily Kandinsky in Munich, Kazimir Malevich in Moscow, Piet Mondrian in Amsterdam and Paris worked independently to transform ideas about pure form into a revolutionary painterly syntax. All rejected 19th-century materialism for what Kandinsky called inner necessity and the spiritual in art; for all, those paintings that tremble on the brink from recognisable representation into abstract forms and shapes... (Financial Times)
Alzheimer's patients reconnect with art Apr 20, 2006
A discussion of Picasso's "Girl Before a Mirror" was sidetracked when Elaine Gold, inspired by the Piet Mondrian works in the next room, recounted a time when a landlord charged her for painting her apartment door in Mondrian's style, with its colorful, rectangular forms and black stripes. White was insistently curious: Did he apologize. (CNN -- Health)
