The image I will bring to class will demonstrate Phalle's work and the relationship to Klimt better. Phalle and the sculptor/architect Gaudi (who was just before the Contemporary Movement) both share the decorative, architectural, and linear elements of the referenced A. Nov. artists in our book.
garr..I might need help from someone posting images, the lower one was he only one I could get to post. Artist below is Niki de Saint Phalle. I believe her decorative manner, use of line, pattern, color, is a three dimensional expression similar to artists like Gustav Klimt, above, and the Art Nouveau movement.
At 10:20pm on September 9, 2008, Samuel Davis said…
yes that is mike's pizza show. it was a big hit. and as inspirdo goes, this place is chock full of it. i am not even halfway through with this residency and the clarity and perspective this has given me has been great. hope youre doin well with your work and movin right along. tell the rest of the new grads i say hello
There is a good article about Andrew Wyeth who had died Jan. 16. It's on the NPR site:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99481438. I'm sure many of you were inspired by Wyeth, I know I am. I thought I would share this. He will be greatly missed.
Finally, the site for the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, NCECA, is back up and running- Hurray! The site has a much more accessible searching format, a broad span of information, and includes much more imagery/ online gallery-artist information. Please check it out. Cheers")
If this hyperlink continues not to appear, here's the web address:
December 7, 2009 at 9am to December 11, 2009 at 4pm
This exhibition features students as they complete their course of study for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and includes drawings by Nick Egan and Ashley Pridgen, paintings by Lauren Holmes and Hilary Husky, sculpture by Megan Bell and photographs b…
December 7, 2009 at 9am to December 11, 2009 at 4pm
This exhibition features students as they complete their course of study for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and includes drawings by Nick Egan and Ashley Pridgen, paintings by Lauren Holmes and Hilary Husky, sculpture by Megan Bell and photographs b…
I can't come to any of the First Friday stuff, nor be present at my own studio because I'm going to Jenny and Courtney's reception out here at school. They're my peps! I wouldn't miss it for the world. Can't be in two places at once, though I've tri…
Blue is sometimes not an easy color to make.
Blue pigments of the past have often been expensive (ultramarine blue was made from the gemstone lapis lazuli, ground up), poisonous (cobalt blue is a possible carcinogen and Prussian blue, another well-…