Radical movements often espouse the most conservative of values. Dada claimed it was radical, anti-bourgeoise, and anti-capitalist in its aesthetics. But two of its key members (George Grosz and John Heartfield) refused to include any women (or their work) in the movement. Women, they said, were there to make the sandwiches, pour the beer, and … Continue reading "Hannah Höch, The Artist Who Wanted ‘to show the world today as an ant sees it and tomorrow as the moon sees it’"
Prior to the 1980's art produced by Aboriginal artists such as Naata Nungurrayi was valued only as a source of ethnographic information rather than as a legitimate form of artistic expression.
In one of his most ambitious book sculptures to date artist Guy Laramée (previously here and here) created an homage to the printed Encyclopedia Britannica by transforming a 24-volume set into a sloping mountainous landscape. Titled Adieu, Laramée says the work was inspired in part by Encyclopedia Britannica’s announcement that after 244 years the would cease printing its iconic multi-volume book sets. The artist relied on his travels in Ecuador, Peru and Brazil to arrive at the final form carved into the book tops that gradually morphs from green mountains to grasslands and semi-desert prairies. More
Helena Hafemann is driven by the transfer of value and how it seems to activate when faced with loss or destruction.
...a classic tradition. Hand crafted by Dutch artists in Holland... Each authentic Delft Birth Plate is created in the same manner that has made Delft ware famous throughout the world. All designs and personalization are done in classic Delft Blues against the traditional, gleaming ivory background. The plates (8 ¼" diameter) depict a charming storybook vignette of the baby's arrival... Once your plate is complete, it is completely glazed to ensure permanence and clarity of color. And each plate has its own wire hanger. But, aside from its decorative value, The Delft Birth Plate is a lasting record commemorating the birth of someone special.
Some days ago, Flavien Menu from N-D-L-R published a long post including many images and the introductory text of the "Mnemosyne Atlas" by art historian Aby Warburg (a work left unfinished in 1929). The Mnemosyne Atlas is a figurative atlas consisting of a series of plates. Each plate is made up...
“It is the task of the artist to lead the leaders by staying at the threshold.”
Do you know what your core values are? The other day in therapy, my therapist had me go over this list...
Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Dillon paints on found objects – stuff that passes for the fabric of the modern world. Alexandra’s pictures look like details from Old Master paintings, you know, those atomically-expensive classic works hedge fund managers who value art for its exponentially growing price lend to the museum for a ticket-holders only exhibition. You … Continue reading "Artist Alexandra Dillon Paints Classic Portraits On Everyday Objects"
Compare across the scene and values and other relationships will naturally compress. Look for areas where the value is the same across different objects and compare to that. Here are some more examples of areas like that too look for!
All of the paintings below may seem familiar to you, but they lack a certain something... In his "Hidden spaces“ (Espacios occultos) image series, Spanish artist José Manuel Ballester removes the people from classical paintings, revealing unnoticed hidden spaces (hence the name) and objects.
This post is be a deep-dive into the concept of hue, which is one of the three elements of a color (the other two being value and saturation).
How Left-Wing Politics Changed The Way We Make Art
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ~J. R. R. Tolkien
On June 24, Zaha Hadid was honored as the UNESCO Artist for Peace, an award bestowed upon a person who promotes the values of the organization,...
Billie Holiday est l’une des plus grandes voix de tous les temps. Elle fut la première icône de la protestation contre le racisme ce qui lui a valu de puissants ennemis. À la fin des années 1960, la journaliste Linda Lipnack Kuehl commence une biographie officielle de l’artiste. Elle recueille 200 heures de témoignages incroyables : Charles Mingus, Tony Bennett, Sylvia Syms, Count Basie, ses amants, ses avocats, ses proxénètes et même les agents du FBI qui l’ont arrêtée... Mais le livre de Linda n’a jamais été terminé et les bandes sont restées inédites … jusqu’à présent
Values are born not made
The Dutch Golden Age painting of two boys laughing over beers was stolen from the Hofje van Aerden museum in 1988—and again in 2011.
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“It is the task of the artist to lead the leaders by staying at the threshold.”
Hypostasis and Angel of Death by Bartosz Beda Hypostasis is the idea of opposed values in the evaluated society and the concept used by intellectual an
