Monday, October 5, 2015

3P F15: 4

VIS 340 Gregory M. Gómez

In Pursuit of Personal Preferences: 3P 4
10/2/15

Farideh Sakhaeifar, Workers are taking photographs, 2008, inkjet prints, 18x24 inches each

http://www.wholmangallery.com/artists/farideh-sakhaeifar/featured-works#5

This is certainly no a painting. However it does have an interesting concept. Not to mention the reptilian of lines and the 90 degree angles that occurs. It is a bit of a confusing optical illusion. Perhaps a piece of art can be confusing but almost draw the eyes instinctively words and away from it. I mean at first it just looks like a man at war or in prison or some other grim circumstance. One might feel pity for such a creature until you spot the hands holding up the white board of course. Does the artisan use photo shop or is there indeed someone behind the board?

http://www.wholmangallery.com/artists/rebecca-bird/featured-works?view=slider#26

Rebecca Bird, Plateau, 2014, Watercolor on paper, 14 x 20 inches

This painting is cool except for the part that there is something about it that I hate. Perhaps hate is a politically incorrect word or perhaps I'm in a bad mood. At first it's icy presence made me shudder and be filled with a sense of delight. However I found out the accursed thing was painted with water colors.

http://www.zachfeuer.com/artists/jeremy-deprez/

Jeremy DePrez

Untitled (Winter Version Too), 2014
Acrylic on canvas
72 x 52.5 inches
182.9 x 133.4 cm

I don't feel like Ih ave the skills to accomplish such a feat. However looking at this it's interesting that if you are far enough away the picture becomes gray. The subject matter could be a mountain or a crumpled up piece of paper. Really the world is it's oyster. After all this would be a very different piece if the boxed were filled in.

http://www.squeakcarnwath.com/Artwork_Paintings_Recent.html

Ship, 2011-2012

Oil and alkyd on panel
12 x 12 in.

http://rozsommer.com/painting/leaf-paintings/303

Leaves Border

2010
oil on board
12"x24"

List of sites to visit for week of 10/2/15

Museums: http://www.mca.com.au/
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions

Artist Blog: http://painters-table.com/exhibitions
http://infinityhouse.blogspot.com/
http://hyperallergic.com/188416/lois-dodds-paintings-of-the-ephemeral/
http://dbbartblog.blogspot.com/

Galleries:
http://www.zachfeuer.com/artists/
http://www.lifeonmarsgallery.com/#!artists/c199t
http://www.wholmangallery.com/artists
http://www.fosterwhite.com/default.asp http://www.fsfaboston.com/

Artists: http://paintingperceptions.com/interviews/interview-with-john-david-wissler
http://jeannetremel.virb.com/ http://paulbowen.org/drawings.html http://sandywelch.com/portfolio/ http://www.squeakcarnwath.com/artwork.html
http://elisabethcondon.com/images/images-2012-13-nightclubs/form-and-formless-paintings-2013/1
http://rozsommer.com/painting

Artists Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM1eeKHNrE4 http://www.art21.org/videos/segment-susan-rothenberg-in-memory watch at least part!

Monday, September 28, 2015

3P F15: 3

VIS 340 Gregory M. Gómez

In Pursuit of Personal Preferences: 3P 3

http://blog.otherpeoplespixels.com

Deception Pass

Acrylic on panel

24 x 30 inches

2014
If this wasn't a painting it might almost look like someone cut up paper and glued it to the canvas. Or it was sown into the canvas. It has a very block like linear layout. Notice how the line are all horizontal? I like the very simplistic approach to color and shading. Take the cloud for example. Have you ever seen a could that the grays were separated? Why no, surly not. and yet there is a representation of depth and layers within the separated shades of gray.

http://www.lissongallery.com/artists/ceal-floyer/gallery/1488

Ceal Floyer
Solo, 2006

This is not a painting but it is silly and considered to be art. It is very simplistic but it gives me the idea that perhaps if you took a shape it could be replaced with only slight variations in the meaning. Well for sure the meanings would be different. However a viewer might be able to understand the original meaning as well as the new interpretations. It is also funny because culturally (in america at least) who hasn't sung into a hair brush as a microphone? Perhaps this is a broad statement but it puts the viewer into a lot of thoughts. Where as some of the other painting are more about technique this piece of art is more about content.

Koenig & Meyer 'Proline' mic stand, 22mm mike holder, hairbrush

http://www.lissongallery.com/artists/ceal-floyer/gallery/1488

http://www.galleryschoolhouse.com/adam-davies/#.Vclw8xNVhHw

http://leftbankartblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/thomas-hart-bentons-america-today-mural.html

Detail, Instruments of Power panel of Thomas Hart Benton's America Today Mural, 1930–31, egg tempera with oil glazing over Permalba on a gesso ground on linen mounted to wood panels.

DH_Woolworth_SummerDay_16x8

Dian Horowitz

http://www.galleryschoolhouse.com/diana-horowitz/#.Vcl5DxNVhHw

http://www.galleryschoolhouse.com/james-everett-stanley/
Derrick
James Everett Stanley
12x10

http://www.galleryschoolhouse.com/william-scully/#.VcmT1RNVhHw

William Scully

Muddy River, Emerald Necklace: Banks

16 x 24 inches

oil/linen

2010

http://www.nancyfriese.com/painting_b1.php

This is beautiful. I love the idea of painting water. What is scary is that it is hard enough to paint objects as it is but to paint something that is never really still, that is a magical feat. For sure no one would be fooled by the notion that this is real but perhaps a little bit of idealized realism is in play. Maybe, maybe not. Also the colors, while rather drab, are very much vivacious.

List of sites to visit for week of 9/25/15

Museums:

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

http://www.leopoldmuseum.org/en

https://www.mbam.qc.ca/en/

Artist Blog:

http://hyperallergic.com/236411/painting-everday-objects-in-all-their-glory/

http://www.artorbiter.com/artists-curate/

http://leftbankartblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/roger-tibbetts-making-and-meaning.html?spref=fb

http://seancheetham.blogspot.com/

http://eye-likey.blogspot.com/

Galleries:

http://www.fsfaboston.com/

http://www.martinlawrence.com/index2au.html

http://www.lissongallery.com/artists

http://www.galleryschoolhouse.com/artists/

http://www.riccomaresca.com/artists/

http://geoform.net/?queryID=yes&queryIDnum=558&groupNum=0

http://hammondgallery.com/wordpress/gallery-artists-2014

Artists:

http://www.tilted-arc.com/2015/02/03/artists-on-rhythm-debra-ramsay/

http://www.thegorgeousdaily.com/odd-nerdrum/

http://www.tinafeingold.com/

http://www.contemporarybritishpainting.com/wordpress/?page_id=627

http://www.nancyfriese.com/painting_b1.php

http://www.richardclaremont.com/

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWpYD4LWpVc

3P F15: 2

VIS 340 Gregory M. Gómez

3P F15: 2

List of sites to visit for week of 9/18/15

Mary Pratt

Red Currant Jelly, 1972

oil on Masonite, 45.9 x 45.6 cm

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

untitled (in honour of Leo at the 30th anniversary of his gallery), 1987

Dan Flavin

American, 1933 - 1996

red, pink, yellow, blue, and green fluorescent light

122 x 122 x 20.3 cm (approx.)

Gift of the artist, Wainscott, New York, 1994

National Gallery of Canada (no. 37580)

http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=43407

Considering Specimens, 1989

Frederick Hagan

Canadian, 1918 - 2003

colour lithograph on cream wove paper

48.7x 56.4 cm

Gift of the artist, Newmarket, Ontario, 1998

National Gallery of Canada (no. 40027.39)

http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=50193

Look to the Country, 1989

Frederick Hagan

Canadian, 1918 - 2003

colour lithograph on wove paper

49 x 58 cm

Gift of the artist, Newmarket, Ontario, 1998

National Gallery of Canada (no. 40027.51)

http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=50205

Migration 1

2014

Oil and acrylic on aluminum

36" x 48"

Photo credit: Stewart Clements

http://blog.otherpeoplespixels.com/otherpeoplespixels-interviews-cristi-rinklin

http://blog.otherpeoplespixels.com

Goliath

Acrylic & graffiti marker on canvas

48"x 60"

2012

Austin Texas

Hand embroidered on canvas (detail)

42" x 36"

2009

http://blog.otherpeoplespixels.com

http://blog.otherpeoplespixels.com/tag/painting
Ribbed Cave (With Uccello)2014
Oil on canvas
45"x 30"

Fire Wall

Oil on panel, 48″x48″

http://galencheney.com/2012/06/firewall/

http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com/artists/margot-bergman/

Margot Bergman

Peony

2008

acrylic on canvasboard

16 x 12 in

Museums:

http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/

http://www.gallery.ca/en/

Artist Blog:

http://blog.otherpeoplespixels.com/otherpeoplespixels-interviews-cristi-rinklin

http://altoonsultan.blogspot.com/search/label/paintings

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/color-book/

Galleries:

http://www.craigkrullgallery.com/Artists.html

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

http://www.shanecampbellgallery.com/artists/

http://www.corbettvsdempsey.com/artists/

Artists:

http://kylestaver.com/pages/painting_thumb_frame.html

http://www.altoonsultan.com/paintings.html

http://galencheney.com/

http://www.mariontivital.com/index2.html

http://www.christiane-corcelle-arts.com/Index.html

Video:

William Bailey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=rIL9573z0lg&app=desktop

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

My hands

A poem by Madelyn Kingan

I stand two hands facing forwards

facing the truth

facing my hands

Course from the roughness of life

Weathered by wind

and rain

And

They have lifted

Pulled

Shaped and designed

My hands speak for themselves

They want nothing but to be of service

To pull others up from the ground and dust them off

In their strength they have carried my burdens

In life the ones to heavy

The ones that want to pull me down

They are Holding on

I repeat they are Holding on

My hands have come together for prayer

In times of hardship

Times of rejoicing

Times

They speak for themselves

They are resilient

They are still my hands