Maddy's Madnezz: October 2014

Thursday, October 30, 2014

PPP 8

In Pursuit of Personal Preferences, 8

Il Bacio,

48" x 48" oil on canvas

http://www.millergallery.com/title.php?page=10&artistId=10017025&ititlenum=10015114&artistname=Johanne%20Cullen&title=Il%20Bacio

Giant,
30" x 40" graphite on paper

Eric Wert

http://www.millergallery.com/title.php?page=3&artistId=0&ititlenum=10014493&artistname=%20&title=Giant

I'm very impressed by the life like realism that is going on in this drawing. Although I have never used graphite myself it's clear that this is a material that creates a very smooth surface. This is one of those pictures that are almost to realistic but there is an element that is rather unearthly about it. This ghastly color (an I'm not just talking about the fact that it is black and white

Top Heavy,

60" x 28" oil on canvas

Wendy Chidester

at: http://www.millergallery.com/title.php?page=3&artistId=10018298&ititlenum=10014960&artistname=Wendy%20Chidester&title=Top%20Heavy#sthash.a9VWs43n.dpuf

'run after'

mixed media on canson montval 300g

1400mm x 1200mm

unframed

http://senyol.blogspot.com/?expref=next-blog

I particularly like the use of colors that are very bright but dulled down but the where amount of shapes that over lap it. Because of everything that's going on I don't eve mind the white space so much. It basically gives my eyes some kind of resting point in all the crazy. I also like the idea of mixed media to create especially because of my long term mixed media project that keeps on changing.

List of sites to visit, Week 8, 10/22/14

Museums: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/
https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/age_of_rubens/

Artist Blog & Magazines:

http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/
http://news.artnet.com/
http://senyol.blogspot.com/?expref=next-blog

Galleries: http://www.clarkgallery.com/artists
http://www.millergallery.com/artists.php
http://www.aldengallery.com/artist/
http://www.featureinc.com/artists2.html
http://www.jamesreinish.com/index.html

Artists:
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/emilianop-zeronegative-ink-illustrations http://www.akihitotakuma.com/ http://kathievezzani.com/2014/03/12/mesmerizing-art-of-jose-rodriguez/
http://www.georgemasonart.com/
http://www.squeakcarnwath.com/ http://www.emilyeveleth.com/ http://www.shelleyreed.com/

Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpCWh3IFtDQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfsqcQThN0c#t=25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRj_WYrf1tY

Sunday, October 19, 2014

PPP 5

In Pursuit of Personal Preferences, 5

Charles François Daubigny

French, 1817-1878

Autumn, 1848

Etching on white wove paper

115 x 198 mm (image); 155 x 262 mm (plate); 205 x 294 mm (sheet)

Gift of the Print and Drawing Club, 1965.152

Henriet 66; Delteil 71 VIII/IX; Melot 71 VIII/IX

This pencil drawing is cool. It is very interesting but drawings are not much my favorite thing comparatively to paintings. However this very detailed drawing is patches upon patches of cross hatching. The detail gives it a very realistic landscape. I love the use of shading on the lakes. It is totally realistic and it's great.

http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/JeffKoons

Jeff Koons, Tulips, 1995–98. Oil on canvas; 111 3⁄8 × 131 in. (282.9 × 332.7cm). Private collection. © Jeff Koons

Yessss! and Yessss! Although it clearly says that the artist used oil it looks very much like water colors. There are clearly blobs of color however, it is detailed and lovely. At the same time it is a super abstract painting.

http://leegainer.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-09-23T06:00:00-04:00&max-results=10&start=10&by-date=false

Artist: David Adey

Starbirth by David Adey

http://leegainer.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-08-28T05:00:00-04:00&max-results=10&start=30&by-date=false

Driving to Accord by Amy Talluto

http://leegainer.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-08-14T05:00:00-04:00&max-results=10&start=40&by-date=false

Between Friends by Dan Gluibizzi

http://leegainer.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-08-01T05:30:00-04:00&max-results=10&start=50&by-date=false

21600 Pages by Hadieh Shafie

http://leegainer.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2014-06-20T05:30:00-04:00&max-results=10&start=80&by-date=false

Self Portrait with Carrot by Brian Scott Campbell

List of sites to visit, Week 5, 10/1/14

Museums:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/

http://whitney.org/Exhibitions

Artist Blog:

http://neo-alchemist.com/

http://www.artcritical.com/category/features/feature-articles/

http://leegainer.blogspot.com/

Galleries:

http://www.cheimread.com/artists/

http://www.shfap.com/artists/artists_page.html

http://www.danielweinberggallery.com/artists

http://www.carrollandsons.net/artists/index.php

http://mckeegallery.com/artists/

Artists:

https://flipboard.com/section/steve-crowther-art-bV4Q3N

http://www.hockneypictures.com/home.php

http://www.themodern.org/exhibition/upcoming/david-bates/2155

http://alanrcrockett.com/

http://www.artistedclark.com/avail.shtml

http://magazine.saatchiart.com/articles/artnews/saatchi-art-news/inside-the-studio-saatchi-art-news/tim-hallinan

http://www.mallorylake.com/

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLeboHdMJF4#t=355

http://www.printsandprinciples.com/2012/11/goltzius-dotted-lozenge.html

PPP 6

In Pursuit of Personal Preferences, 6

http://www.ago.net/michelangelo-quest-for-genius

Michelangelo: Quest for Genius

This is the drawings by the famous man Michelangelo. Just looking at this drawing it is clear that this man was moderately fit. there is a very good use of cross hatching that creates depth and shadows. While there are partial drawings within the picture it doesn't feel incomplete. This would be fun to replicate as well. There is a lot of fobs, flubs and dudley dos.

http://www.printsandprinciples.com

Secrets of the Veduta (Part 1): Bril, Perelle, Van de Passe, Le Blon, Brown, Piranesi & Major

Crispin van de Passe the Elder (c.1565–1637) [attributed]

I'm literally obsessed with this artist. The cross hatching and the sheer detail of this is more then enough to give a detailed discription of the land. Even with the detail from the cross hatching there were patches of colors in the leaves. The picture is also very aesthetically pleasing to my eyes.

http://www.printsandprinciples.com

This cross hatching is by the same artist yet much less clearer. It appears to be an image of a person but I'm not exactly sure what that is. The composition of the image is very dark and while the light can show through it is not enough to over power. The use of lights and darks make up the picture. It almost feels as if the whites are the lines within the paper.

http://victo-ngai.com/69184/1295183/home/covers

Title: The Day, Liberty Magazine

Author: Victo Ngai 2014

This Illustration is amazing! I really enjoy the use of colors that goes from lights to darks and vice versa. The lighter colors really draws the eyes of the on looker. although there is a focal point in this picture it does not feel unwelcome. The land in the painting is not particularly realistic, however it is uses enough symbols that allow a person to imagine a real land. What adds an element of interest to the painting is the use of circles that add a glare to the picture. Makes you feel well.

List of sites to visit, Week 6, 10/8/14

Museums:

http://www.museumofeverything.co.uk/

http://www.albrightknox.org/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/

http://www.cmcanow.org/exhibition/201311/cmca-biennial-exhibition-2014

http://www.ago.net/michelangelo-quest-for-genius

Artist Blog:

http://www.printsandprinciples.com/

http://www.printsandprinciples.com/search/label/aquatint

http://www.urbansketchers.org/2014/10/everything-old-is-new-again-getting.html

http://www.artcritical.com/

Galleries:

http://www.gagosian.com/current

http://www.edlingallery.com/artists

http://www.tonyshafrazigallery.com/index.php?mode=artists

http://www.williamhavugallery.com/featured-artists/

http://stevenzevitasgallery.com/artists

Artists:

http://www.craigstockwell.com/home/

http://www.moleskinerie.com/

http://www.gustavcaillebotte.org/

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/whis/hd_whis.htm

http://www.gregkucera.com/winters.htm

http://victo-ngai.com/

http://patrickcauley.com/

http://paintingperceptions.com/great-reads/fairfield-porter-mystery-that-is-essential-to-reality

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJtW8_jPaok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7DQVW6qRq8

PPP 4

VIS 330-340 Gregory M. Gómez

In Pursuit of Personal Preferences, 4

http://www.milleryezerskigallery.com/portfolio/john-oreilly/#http://www.milleryezerskigallery.com/wp-content/uploads/galleria/1de0b7f7bc8ddad498e518c3345fe604.jpg

Artist: John O’Reilly

What's interesting about this piece of work is the fact that is a few images ripped up and pasted together. Not only that but it appears as if part of the image is a real photo and part of it appears to be a drawing. Having these broken up images is almost more interesting then if it had just been a drawing or just been a picture.

http://drawingroom-gallery.com/contemporary/dan-rizzie.shtml#

DAN RIZZIE

The materials are a thick metallic with a gloss that covers over it to make it have a paintable surface. The flower is a type of paint that makes a clear cut flower line. It gives it an almost sharpie like image. The lines that are especially together between the two petal leaves. The lines weaved together make a shadowed petal layer.

List of sites to visit, Week 4, 9/24/14

Museums:

http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibitions/current

Artist Blog:

http://50watts.com/

http://drawingsandnotes.blogspot.com/

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog+lifeandstyle/women -from Maddy

Galleries:

http://drawingroom-gallery.com/contemporary-artists.shtml

http://www.milleryezerskigallery.com/artists/

http://www.locksgallery.com/artists_rep.php

http://www.cynthia-reeves.com/ny-artists