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.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
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.
Saturday, November 26, 2011
November 2011 Contemporary Art
The fall semester for 2011 is rapidly drawing to a close. The Blog aspect of the course has not been fulfilling....student participation has been negative.
Whatever the reason for this lack of participation, the Blog aspect for Contemporary Art 121 will be revaluated.
Many articles, exhibits, and participation in the arena of Contemporary Art have been explored during these fall months.
The New Yorker Magazine and the New York Times, Sunday edition, has offered information that enhances one's understanding and appreciation of this art movement. Both sources offer their services on line.
Central Massachusetts and the Northhampton areas of Massachusetts, offer a comprehensive glimpse of Contemporary Art from local and national artists, that are actively promoting an educational value to Contemporary Art.
On-line learning can take you anywhere,anytime....take advantage of those services.
Continue to understand,see and appreciate.
Thank you.
Whatever the reason for this lack of participation, the Blog aspect for Contemporary Art 121 will be revaluated.
Many articles, exhibits, and participation in the arena of Contemporary Art have been explored during these fall months.
The New Yorker Magazine and the New York Times, Sunday edition, has offered information that enhances one's understanding and appreciation of this art movement. Both sources offer their services on line.
Central Massachusetts and the Northhampton areas of Massachusetts, offer a comprehensive glimpse of Contemporary Art from local and national artists, that are actively promoting an educational value to Contemporary Art.
On-line learning can take you anywhere,anytime....take advantage of those services.
Continue to understand,see and appreciate.
Thank you.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Where have I been?
My last posting was in mid April 2011. The end of the Spring semester rush was in full operation.
Mid-May saw me in Albany,NY and its surrounding areas...tourists attractions, Museum visits, and the blooming of a new Spring. Visited Vassar College and its new Museum addition; Bridge Walk Over in Poukeepsie, NY ; visited the Vanderbuilt Mansion, Hyde Park, NY. Spent a day in Cooperstown, NY..Finnemore Museum, Farmers Museum; visited the Beekman Store ; spent a morning in Sarataoga,NY and its Museums; and another morning visiting Art Institute of Albany, and the Albany state Museum....with all this moving about, I did attend the Conference I was scheduled to attend -Historical Society of Early American Decorators.( I have been affiliated with this organization since 1964.)
On-line teaching for Summer session One, which ends today. Summer session Two begins on July 11,2011. Where has the summer gone !
Enjoying mowing my lawns here in Massachusetts and Maine. Dividing my time between these two States is challenging, but fun.
One of the more exciting activities this summer, was a day visit to the new wing of the MFA and the viewing of Dale Chihully's glass presentation. Both were the seeing ! All very friendly oriented....touch, feel, do not take !
Enjoy the good months. Continue to Underststand, to See and to Appreciate the ARTS.
Thank you
Mid-May saw me in Albany,NY and its surrounding areas...tourists attractions, Museum visits, and the blooming of a new Spring. Visited Vassar College and its new Museum addition; Bridge Walk Over in Poukeepsie, NY ; visited the Vanderbuilt Mansion, Hyde Park, NY. Spent a day in Cooperstown, NY..Finnemore Museum, Farmers Museum; visited the Beekman Store ; spent a morning in Sarataoga,NY and its Museums; and another morning visiting Art Institute of Albany, and the Albany state Museum....with all this moving about, I did attend the Conference I was scheduled to attend -Historical Society of Early American Decorators.( I have been affiliated with this organization since 1964.)
On-line teaching for Summer session One, which ends today. Summer session Two begins on July 11,2011. Where has the summer gone !
Enjoying mowing my lawns here in Massachusetts and Maine. Dividing my time between these two States is challenging, but fun.
One of the more exciting activities this summer, was a day visit to the new wing of the MFA and the viewing of Dale Chihully's glass presentation. Both were the seeing ! All very friendly oriented....touch, feel, do not take !
Enjoy the good months. Continue to Underststand, to See and to Appreciate the ARTS.
Thank you
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