There’s a new exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum consisting of source photographs the artist staged for his paintings. http://www.nrm.org/2009/10/opening-of-landmark-exhibition-exploring-a-new-body-of-rockwell-imagery-nov-7th/ NPR has an interesting report questioning the implications of these photos being released and the line between artist and illustrator. For me the line is always at least partially blurred. http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/11/rockwell.html http://www.artchive.com/artchive/W/warhol.html
Vermeer’s Milkmaid at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A highlight of my recent visit to the Met was seeing Vermeer’s painting of The Milkmaid on loan from the Rijksmuseum. The last time the painting was seen here was 70 years ago, so it’s been a while. NYC is no stranger to Vermeer, there are 5 of his paintings in the Met and 3 […]
Work in Progress
I’ve started taking pictures of work in progress at the end of painting sessions. It’s interesting to watch the development of a piece since I work intuitively. One of the real pleasures of painting is getting involved in the process and letting the work have a life of it’s own (instead of planning everything ahead […]
Random NYTimes Quote of the Day
If all goes the way it’s planned, as fragments of crust fly and a partisan crowd shouts, Mr. Gendusa will beat Mr. Fogle with a loaf of stale bread. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/dining/11unit.html
Objectified
Objectified is the new film by Gary Hustwit, maker of Helvetica. In this one he looks at the job of industrial designers, the people responsible for creating every manufactured item in the world – from computers and cars to toothpicks and gardening shears. Featuring interviews with top design stars and exploration of key issues such […]
Mary Heilmann on Art:21
There’s a new season of the PBS art show Art:21, saw an episode featuring abstract painter Mary Heilmann. Heilmann views her works as icons that can lead to transformative states of thought. Her paintings use intense, jeweled colors and self-referential marks such as the “post-modern drip”. Beautiful, fun, and thoughtful paintings. http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/mary-heilmann
Annual Gowanus Art Studio Tour This Weekend
Time for the annual Gowanus studio tour, info at http://www.agastbrooklyn.com/. I also put together a special post listing artists that have been featured on http://www.artinbrooklyn.com and are participating in the tour.
CreatureBox Full of Monsters, Spacemen and Storytelling
Interview with the founders of CreatureBox, the great illustration team of Dave Guertin and Greg Baldwin, who also work at Insomniac Games. http://area.autodesk.com/inhouse/bts/creaturebox_full_of_monsters_spacemen_and_storytelling
Red Hook Film Festival
The Red Hook Film Festival opens this weekend featuring movies from Brooklyn filmmakers. The screenings begin at 1pm on Saturday Oct. 3rd, with a special tribute film titled “Robert Guskind: 1958-2009” by Blue Barn Pictures, followed by a 10th anniversary screening of the seminal Brooklyn documentary “Lavendar Lake: Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal” directed by Alison Prete. […]
DUMBO Art Fest This Weekend
Looking forward to this weekend’s art festival in DUMBO, always a lot to see and do. More information is available at http://dumboartfestival.org/press_release.html. I’ll be putting together a special photo essay at www.ArtinBrooklyn.com next week. Be sure to stop in and see the work of Randall Stoltzfus who I profiled earlier this year. He’s located at […]