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Jumat, 09 Desember 2011
Call to Artists - Cottonwood Art Festival
Jumat, 28 Oktober 2011
Art After Dark - Art, Music, Wine & Cheese
 YOU are invited... to the next Art After Dark OCTOBER 28, 2011 7 - 9PM In the Art League's Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery  October's Featured Artist: Science Fiction and Fantasy artist/illustrator David O. Miller demonstrates an interactive presentation of fun and excitement. October's Participating Artists: Shain Bard - Madona Cole - Xiaomin Kang Ross McTyre - John R. Redlich - Dave Rogers Boyd Schockley - Alice Sprintzen Music by Denise Romas Acoustic Guitarist & Singer  We guarantee a very special experience. PLEASE JOIN US! Roberta Erlagen & Linda Louis, Co-Chairs Visit www.artafterdark-li.org for upcoming dates and a slideshow of September's event. |
Selasa, 25 Oktober 2011
Art After Dark at the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery
ART, MUSIC, WINE & CHEESE
YOU are invited... to the next
Art After Dark
OCTOBER 28, 2011
7 - 9PM
In the Art League's Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery
October's Featured Artist:
Science Fiction and Fantasy
artist/illustrator David O. Miller
demonstrates an interactive
presentation of fun and excitement.
October's Participating Artists:
Shain Bard - Madona Cole - Xiaomin Kang
Ross McTyre - John R. Redlich - Dave Rogers
Boyd Schockley - Alice Sprintzen
Music by Denise Romas
Acoustic Guitarist & Singer
PLEASE JOIN US!
Roberta Erlagen & Linda Louis, Co-Chairs
Senin, 12 Oktober 2009
Fearful Symmetry: The Search for Beauty in Modern Physics
BEAUTY BEFORE TRUTH
My colleagues and I in fundamental physics are the intellectual descendants of Albert Einstein; we like to think that we too search for beauty. Some physics equations are so ugly that we cannot bear to look at them, let alone write them down. Certainly, the Ultimate Designer would use only beautiful equations in designing the universe! we proclaim. When presented with two alternative equations purporting to describe Nature, we always choose the one that appeals to our aesthetic sense. "Let us worry about beauty first, and truth will take care of itself!" Such is the rallying cry of fundamental physicists.
The reader may perhaps think of physics as a precise and predictive science and not as a subject fit for aesthetic contemplation. But, in fact, aesthetics has become a driving force in contemporary physics. Physicists have discovered something of wonder: Nature, at the fundamental level, is beautifully designed. It is this sense of wonder that I wish to share with you.
A. Zee is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of California- Santa Barbara and the author of several books for the general public. The New York Times declared that Zee "writes with wry, poetic humor," The Washington Post described his writing as "brash, breezy, and authoritative," and Publishers Weekly called him "an extraordinary writer: playful, inspired, and brilliant." His book,An Old Man's Toy, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction.
Link PhysicsCentral: In Search of Beauty by A. Zee, Book Synopsis
Senin, 15 Juni 2009
Mental Illness Link to Art and Sex
Pablo Picasso, Photograph: AP, 1953
"From Lord Byron to Dylan Thomas and beyond, the famous philanderers of the art world may have had a touch of mental illness to thank for their behaviour, psychologists report today."
"A survey comparing mental health and the number of sexual partners among the general population, artists and schizophrenics found that artists are more likely to share key behavioural traits with schizophrenics, and that they have on average twice as many sexual partners as the rest of the population."
"A survey comparing mental health and the number of sexual partners among the general population, artists and schizophrenics found that artists are more likely to share key behavioural traits with schizophrenics, and that they have on average twice as many sexual partners as the rest of the population."
"Daniel Nettle, a psychologist at Newcastle University, and Helen Clegg, at the Open University in Milton Keynes, carried out the survey in the hope it would answer a question that has been puzzling scientists for some time. Schizophrenia is so debilitating that those with the condition are often socially isolated, have trouble maintaining relationships and so reproduce at a much lower rate than the general population. But cases of schizophrenia remain high, at around 1% of the population. "On the face of it, Darwinism would suggest that the genes predisposing to schizophrenia would eventually disappear from the gene pool," said Dr Nettle."
- Ian Sample, Science correspondent, The Guardian, Wednesday, 30 November 2005
Link Full Article, The guardian.co.uk
Selasa, 20 Januari 2009
Lending a Hand - A Game
Go to the National Gallery of Art website, search the painting collection and select five paintings containing what you consider to be the most interesting hand or hands. E-mail the information back to this blog. The most creative and interesting submissions will be posted.
Your selections may be from paintings from any era or style, single or multiple figures, narrative or not. There are no restrictions on the number of hands or what they are doing. The hand or hands may be a single detail or from the entire painting.
Link National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Jacque-Louis David, Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, 1812, NGA
Senin, 19 Januari 2009
Etch-A-Sketch Online
For many adults, the Etch-A-Sketch by the Ohio Art Company holds significant memories of their childhood drawing experiences. For children of a certain age, it is still holds delight and mystery.
How many times did you try to make a steady diagonal line or remove enough of the silver to reveal the drawing mechanism behind the screen? Did you ever try to completely clear it? Click on the link below to 'etch' with an online version.
Link History
Kamis, 15 Januari 2009
Pictorial Space - Assyrian Panels
Click on the image, carefully look at the pictorial space and study the visual cues indicating space and position. Is the space shallow, deep, both? What are the relationships between the head, torso, hips and legs? Is he walking, standing, or both? Is he facing us, turning away, or both? How much space is between his torso and and the deer? Is it shallow, deep, or both simultaneously?
If you look long enough at the image, a tension between the 2D and 3D begins to occur - an oscillation of the pictorial space. To see this, the way we view the image must be an active - and not a passive - process. What can we take from this experience and apply to our own pictorial efforts?
Selasa, 13 Januari 2009
Senin, 12 Januari 2009
Felice Varini
This painted image (or installation) was created by the Swiss artist, Felice Varini. At first, it appears as a photograph of a simple white interior space with red circles drawn on it. In reality, it is a projection/construction painted on the interior that presents this experience from a unique view point. You might say it acts on our sense of the second and third dimensions and offers the viewer unique spacial experiences. What do you think?
Link More Images
Link Wiki
Minggu, 11 Januari 2009
What is Pictorial Space?
"But, after all, the aim of art is to create space - space that is not compromised by decoration or illustration, space within which the subjects of painting can live."
Frank Stella
Pictorial Space is elusive to most, ill defined to some, and oversimplified by others. What is it, anyway? The Concept of Space in Twentieth Century Art by Christopher Tyler and Amy Ione tackles this topic.
Rock Stars as Painters
Rock Star Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona specializes in fine art by...
Grace Slick - Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship
Ronnie Wood - The Rolling Stones
Ringo Starr - The Beatles
Janis Joplin
Jerry Garcia - The Grateful Dead
Paul McCartney - The Beatles
Jimi Hendrix
How does celebrity, in any field, shape and color the transmission and comprehension of ideas - visual or otherwise? Are there expectations and qualitative implications? Are we able to see the work for what it is? Conversely, how does lack of celebrity influence the communication and comprehension of ideas? Does it matter?
Sabtu, 10 Januari 2009
"What is Art?" Creature Comforts Responds...
This may be the most definitive definition yet! What are your thoughts?
Jumat, 09 Januari 2009
iscribble.net - Shared Online Drawing 2
This looks to be the mothership of interactive drawing sites - very active!
What do you think about interactive drawing?
What does one learn from these collaborative experiences?
Draw Pad -Shared Online Drawing
Draw Pad V2.o lets you draw live with others on a shared drawing pad.
Select different colors, line widths, chat live with other visitors via webcam or keyboard.
Kamis, 08 Januari 2009
Artspeak?
Funny and thoughtful insights into the strange language of artspeak by Jason Brockert.
Link
Rabu, 07 Januari 2009
Design, Form, Content
In a fascinating discussion, Paul Rand says, "All art is relationships, all art." He confronts these basic questions: Q. What is design? A. Design is the relationship between form and content. Q. What is form and content? A. Content is the idea and form is how you treat the idea.
How do we talk about these important questions that results in better paintings, better design?
What do you think?
Source: Paul Rand, Conversation with Students, by Michael Kroeger & Paul Rand, Princeton Architectural Press, 2008
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