Mid Century Modern art is featured on these pages.
via MCA – Exhibitions: Pop Art Design. An exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago (Dec. 19 – March 27) purports to display the influences on modern design by Pop Art. With objects from the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, “…Charles Eames, George Nelson, Ettore Sottsass, Achille Castiglioni, and Robert Venturi were just … Continue reading
To start this second part of the Velazquez Prize, a myth must be dispelled. Reference to Velazquez should not come as part of an examination of Impressionism. Artists, today, wrongly think they are Impressionists simply because they use a painterly or rough approach to brushstrokes on a canvas. The use of broad brushstrokes does not … Continue reading
Mall Artwork Public Art Mall Art: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Introduction Public Art at the Mall The display of public art in the context of commercial enterprises such as malls and open markets has a long history in western civilization. One remembers Trajan’s Forum by Apollodorus in 106 AD with its’ extensive displays that includes … Continue reading
Anthony Reans via Local pop artist has modern influences. An article about a Louisiana artist and his modernist, pop art influences. I’ve always found information about artists outside the elitist art mob areas of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles very interesting, especially when it comes to smaller towns and cities. To visit Anthony Reans … Continue reading
via Institute of Contemporary Art to break ground in November | Miami Herald. Some might actually prefer to sit on the beach! Continue reading
via Modern art is baloney – The Boston Globe. This article is amusing in so many ways. Besides food actually being a material and is processed–unless one goes out and bites a cow–except for raw fruits and vegetables, the spiel needs a little more sophistication. Continue reading
via Richard Hamilton’s last painting to be centrepiece of posthumous exhibition | Art and design | The Guardian. An interesting article on the British artist Richard Hamilton and an exhibition that took place since he died in 2012. Richard Hamilton is sometimes called the “Father of Pop Art” or “Daddy Pop” and is best known … Continue reading
This article would normally be restricted to my Ultra Modern Tiny House blog, but due to its’ content that includes Mid-Century Modern, Tiny House, and architecture subjects, it is an acceptable diatribe for Ultra Modern Tiny House, Mid-Century Modern Groovy, and Howard Bosler Artist blogs. The last I heard, art included architecture. I have done … Continue reading
In the last part of the critical examination of the Hockney’s book Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters, I looked at the intricate patterns on drapery that were seemingly precisely integrated with the fabrics’ folds and bends. I came to the conclusion that such precision was possible due to proper training … Continue reading
I am currently undertaking another reading of David Hochney’s Secret Knowledge, Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters, a book that puts forth that optical devices were widely used in the production of art work going back to the Renaissance. He introduces us to drawings and a painting by Ingres, a painting by Bronzino, … Continue reading
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