Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Andover Academy, Andover MA.
Google their site.
A private and Museum collection of art works by Contemporary Arists, that were completed in the 20's and 30's.
Painting and sculpture dominate the exhibit, that will be in Andover through mid-winter 2013.
Worth the drive to" understand" what, how Contemporary Art flourished in these United States.
Admission is FREE. Site will give hours,directions.
Enjoy.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Controversial Site-Specific Art
You may find the following information interesting.
Link: The Artwork That Infuriated Big Coal
Academic and artistic freedom, Wyoming-style.
By Michelle Nijhuis
Posted Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, at 2:39 PM ET
What is your opinion, comment, suggestion.....enjoy.
Link: The Artwork That Infuriated Big Coal
Academic and artistic freedom, Wyoming-style.
By Michelle Nijhuis
Posted Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, at 2:39 PM ET
What is your opinion, comment, suggestion.....enjoy.
October Endings
October 2012 will be remembered for its extrodinary ending. Hoping that all 'managed' Sandy, to the best of their ability.
Thank you to those students that are particpating, for extra credit, for your Blog entries. These Blog entries, give to me , a different approach to assessing Contemporary Art.
ITEMS OF INTEREST :
November 1, 2012 through March 31,2013...Worcester Art Museum...Jill Slosburg-Ackerman, In Rome.
'An immersive drawing project that occupies floor and wall, is composed of hundreda of elements grouped into visual eposides which invite both detailed and leisurely exploration.'
Artist Talk...February 10,2013 2 pm.
Drawing Marathon ...February 17 through March 3, 2013.
NEWYORKER.COM/GO/OUTLOUD
Entertain yourself....a good addition to understanding the WHYS of Contemporary Art.
(October 22, 2012 the New Yorker Magazine, page 84 , Challenging Work.)
Last, but worth the trip to your local Library...New York Times ,Sunday Special Edition, October 28,2012. FINE ARTS AND EXHIBITS section.
Look at what the art world is offering to all....simply looking gives one the opportunity to understand, see and appreciate the visual and performing arts, and , offers inspiration to think of what can be.
Each day is a reward. Enjoy and do your best. Thank you.
Thank you to those students that are particpating, for extra credit, for your Blog entries. These Blog entries, give to me , a different approach to assessing Contemporary Art.
ITEMS OF INTEREST :
November 1, 2012 through March 31,2013...Worcester Art Museum...Jill Slosburg-Ackerman, In Rome.
'An immersive drawing project that occupies floor and wall, is composed of hundreda of elements grouped into visual eposides which invite both detailed and leisurely exploration.'
Artist Talk...February 10,2013 2 pm.
Drawing Marathon ...February 17 through March 3, 2013.
NEWYORKER.COM/GO/OUTLOUD
Entertain yourself....a good addition to understanding the WHYS of Contemporary Art.
(October 22, 2012 the New Yorker Magazine, page 84 , Challenging Work.)
Last, but worth the trip to your local Library...New York Times ,Sunday Special Edition, October 28,2012. FINE ARTS AND EXHIBITS section.
Look at what the art world is offering to all....simply looking gives one the opportunity to understand, see and appreciate the visual and performing arts, and , offers inspiration to think of what can be.
Each day is a reward. Enjoy and do your best. Thank you.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The season of change
Here we are, six week's into the new semester and the fall season of change.
Sunday's New York times, 10.7.12, Art section, introduced a new exhibit in NYC ,of Picasso's unseen works. 28 paintings are from his collection, which have never been viewed.
The art critic's will have a field day, analyzing these works. Stay tuned for the art world's reaction/comments.
Spent last Thursday viewing the Kennedy/Kent State photography exhibit at the WAM.
Highly recommend from a historical pespective to an appreciation of the imaging media.
Take time to view the visual presentations that are part of the exhibit.
I need to add, there were more students viewing the exhibit, than musuem visitors.
This was good thing!
Enjoy the colorful season that nature is providing for us.
See, Understand, Appreciate.
Thank you.
Sunday's New York times, 10.7.12, Art section, introduced a new exhibit in NYC ,of Picasso's unseen works. 28 paintings are from his collection, which have never been viewed.
The art critic's will have a field day, analyzing these works. Stay tuned for the art world's reaction/comments.
Spent last Thursday viewing the Kennedy/Kent State photography exhibit at the WAM.
Highly recommend from a historical pespective to an appreciation of the imaging media.
Take time to view the visual presentations that are part of the exhibit.
I need to add, there were more students viewing the exhibit, than musuem visitors.
This was good thing!
Enjoy the colorful season that nature is providing for us.
See, Understand, Appreciate.
Thank you.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Contemporary Art 121 Fall 2012
Hello again....welcome to a new week and new information.
1. How about the younger version of Mona Lisa ? Interesting to see what finally evolves with this new discovery. The wonders of art never ceases to amaze me. Your thoughts are welcome.
2. Must see...Worcester Art Museum..KENNEDY TO KENT STATE...NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 3,2013.
3. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. HATS...an anthology. Now through February 3, 2013.
4. GOING POP. The New Yorker Magazine,September 24, 2012. Any Warhol and his influence. Read this article....visit theMetropolitan Museum, NYC, REGARDING WARHOL: SIXTY ARTISTS,FIFTY YEARS. Worth the day trip. Tracks the influence on Contemporary Art.
Comments, suggestions are welcome.
Enjoy the week ,with all its challenges and changes.
Thank you.
1. How about the younger version of Mona Lisa ? Interesting to see what finally evolves with this new discovery. The wonders of art never ceases to amaze me. Your thoughts are welcome.
2. Must see...Worcester Art Museum..KENNEDY TO KENT STATE...NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 3,2013.
3. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA. HATS...an anthology. Now through February 3, 2013.
4. GOING POP. The New Yorker Magazine,September 24, 2012. Any Warhol and his influence. Read this article....visit theMetropolitan Museum, NYC, REGARDING WARHOL: SIXTY ARTISTS,FIFTY YEARS. Worth the day trip. Tracks the influence on Contemporary Art.
Comments, suggestions are welcome.
Enjoy the week ,with all its challenges and changes.
Thank you.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Fall 2012 Welcome to Fall CA 121
We are three week's into the Fall Semester, and we are beginning to experience the wonders of nature, as we experience the wonders of art in its comtemporary transition.
nytimes.com/design a link that will bring you up to speed of what is happening in the art world of current globalization.
Look at Elizabeth Catlett ; the tattoo master, Dr. Lakra; Art and Leisure for the Fall season,that includes all concepts of art.
Opening at the Worcester Art Museum, the end of September, collection of Photographs from the sixties. A must addition to your 'to do list'.
One could spend all one's leisure/productive time, attempting to keep abreast what is happening , that surrounds our daily lives. This would be ideal...but not practical....we have so many items to accomplish.
A trend that is appearing in the cultural world...attendance is increasing at all cultural events.
This increase is not isolated to FREE admission; this increase is evident in paid admission.
Is this trend due to the economy, the political climate.....Your thoughts are welcome.
My thoughts....this trend is an escape from the reality of existing. A good escape, but one needs to appreciate what one is escaping to......and, is this increase in cultural activity expanding one's appreciative values? A question to consider.
Looking forward to your postings.
Thank you.
nytimes.com/design a link that will bring you up to speed of what is happening in the art world of current globalization.
Look at Elizabeth Catlett ; the tattoo master, Dr. Lakra; Art and Leisure for the Fall season,that includes all concepts of art.
Opening at the Worcester Art Museum, the end of September, collection of Photographs from the sixties. A must addition to your 'to do list'.
One could spend all one's leisure/productive time, attempting to keep abreast what is happening , that surrounds our daily lives. This would be ideal...but not practical....we have so many items to accomplish.
A trend that is appearing in the cultural world...attendance is increasing at all cultural events.
This increase is not isolated to FREE admission; this increase is evident in paid admission.
Is this trend due to the economy, the political climate.....Your thoughts are welcome.
My thoughts....this trend is an escape from the reality of existing. A good escape, but one needs to appreciate what one is escaping to......and, is this increase in cultural activity expanding one's appreciative values? A question to consider.
Looking forward to your postings.
Thank you.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Welcome to Spring 2012....and Snow
This is a good day to share with you several activities/reading that have relevance to Contemporary Art.
Your looking will enhance your appreciation of NOW.
1. NEWYORKER.COM watch the video of JR's work. November 28,2011 issue of the New Yorker Magazine. IN THE PICTURE, an arist's global experimen to help people be seen.
2. Also in this issue , THE PAINTING ON THE WALL, Diego Rivera in New York, by Peter Schjeldahl. A good companion to the movie FRIEDA.
3. The New Yorker magazine of January 23, 2012, SPOT ON. Damien Hirst's global show.
A brief article that asks of the art world WHY AND WHY NOT.
4. The Year of Photography....Peabody Essex Musuem, Salem, Mass.
Febuary 11 through May 13 2012 The Mind's Eye.
April 14,2012 no closing date. Natural Histories. Photographs by Barbara Bosworth.
June 9, 2012 through October 8, 2012. Ansel Adams,At the Water's Edge.....A MUST SEE
EXHIBIT.
5. Travelling to NYC...Museum of Modern Art...Cindy Sherman...NEWYORKER.COM/GO/LETSSEE
slide show:Schjeldahl on Cindy Sherman.
The New Yorker Magazine, March 5, 2012.
ALSO....The New York Times, Sunday edition, February 19.2012 Arts and Leisure section....Cindy
Sherman Unmasked. BOTH A MUST.....TO SEE, UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE.
Your comments/ reactions are welcome . Spring recess is near. I do hope I meet you either in MASS or NYC.
Thank you. Enjoy the arts that surrounds you.
Your looking will enhance your appreciation of NOW.
1. NEWYORKER.COM watch the video of JR's work. November 28,2011 issue of the New Yorker Magazine. IN THE PICTURE, an arist's global experimen to help people be seen.
2. Also in this issue , THE PAINTING ON THE WALL, Diego Rivera in New York, by Peter Schjeldahl. A good companion to the movie FRIEDA.
3. The New Yorker magazine of January 23, 2012, SPOT ON. Damien Hirst's global show.
A brief article that asks of the art world WHY AND WHY NOT.
4. The Year of Photography....Peabody Essex Musuem, Salem, Mass.
Febuary 11 through May 13 2012 The Mind's Eye.
April 14,2012 no closing date. Natural Histories. Photographs by Barbara Bosworth.
June 9, 2012 through October 8, 2012. Ansel Adams,At the Water's Edge.....A MUST SEE
EXHIBIT.
5. Travelling to NYC...Museum of Modern Art...Cindy Sherman...NEWYORKER.COM/GO/LETSSEE
slide show:Schjeldahl on Cindy Sherman.
The New Yorker Magazine, March 5, 2012.
ALSO....The New York Times, Sunday edition, February 19.2012 Arts and Leisure section....Cindy
Sherman Unmasked. BOTH A MUST.....TO SEE, UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE.
Your comments/ reactions are welcome . Spring recess is near. I do hope I meet you either in MASS or NYC.
Thank you. Enjoy the arts that surrounds you.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Worcester Art Museum
Canvas Survey At the Worcester Art Museum.
WAM…….Beginning February 11,2012, at the Worcester Art Museum. The first Museum exhibition to survey canvases from the past decade by Brooklyn –based Carrie Moyer, whose exploration of the roles of illusion and content in abstraction has made her one of abstract painting’s most innovative contemporary practitioners.
WAM…….Beginning February 11,2012, at the Worcester Art Museum. The first Museum exhibition to survey canvases from the past decade by Brooklyn –based Carrie Moyer, whose exploration of the roles of illusion and content in abstraction has made her one of abstract painting’s most innovative contemporary practitioners.
Looking for something to do this weekend ? It may snow, rain, shine....this exhibit will fulfill all of the weather's forcast. Enjoy.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Walmart now means ART!
Everyday low prices have made possible a new American Museum in Walmart’s home town of Benton, Arkansas. Sponsored and financed by Walmart family member Alice Walton. Without a long history of interest and appreciation of the arts, the Walmart family has provided the world with a new destination to go to (and is also enabling free admission). The next time you shop Walmart, think of the artistic value your shopping is contributing to. We have probably not seen such a major new museum since the opening of the new Getty Museum in California.
Visit the museum’s site:
http://www.crystalbridges.org/
There is a story in the Maine Antique Digest about this Museum:
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Addition at the Gardner Museum
Although contemporary art is not what comes to mind when we think of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Fenway Court) in Boston, they are much in the news this month with the opening of the addition to their building, designed by architect Renzo Piano. The Gardner Museum had restrictions about alterations to the building/collection, and this new addition is starkly different from the old building. An interesting counterpoint - much as this same architect did with the Morgan Library in NYC.
You can see the story of this new addition at:
http://www.buildingproject.gardnermuseum.org/design/new-building
And a WBUR story/slideshow at:
http://www.wbur.org/2012/01/19/gardner-tour
Can't wait to see it in person!
(Here is the courtyard, designed by Isabella Gardner to resemble a Venetian courtyard.)
You can see the story of this new addition at:
http://www.buildingproject.gardnermuseum.org/design/new-building
And a WBUR story/slideshow at:
http://www.wbur.org/2012/01/19/gardner-tour
Can't wait to see it in person!
(Here is the courtyard, designed by Isabella Gardner to resemble a Venetian courtyard.)
A New Year Begins
To students following this blog, welcome (or welcome back)!
Over the holidays, I have neglected this activity, so I will be making a number of entries, just to catch up - both with current art world news, and a report from some museum visits during the holiday season.
Over the holidays, I have neglected this activity, so I will be making a number of entries, just to catch up - both with current art world news, and a report from some museum visits during the holiday season.
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