art, music & travel.
When I walk around this city, I often look around for tucked away street art or anything unique that stands out in the sea of concrete. This man is making small art coins and dropping them around town, hoping they will create a sweet little story of their own. Read the NY Times article here.
“It’s a little free object that sort of floats around. It’s about small endeavors, the edge of meaning or significance….” ~ artist Beriah Wall
Just read this article about Kandinsky’s circle paintings and SPACE. two of my favorites. read it.
Those “several” circles, I saw, were more like three dozen, and every one of them seemed to be rising from the canvas, buoyed by the shrewdly exuberant juxtapositioning of their different colors, sizes and apparent translucencies. I learned that, at around the time Kandinsky painted the work, in 1926, he had begun collecting scientific encyclopedias and journals; and as I stared at the canvas, a big, stupid smile plastered on my face.
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I also learned of Kandinsky’s growing love affair with the circle. The circle, he wrote, is “the most modest form, but asserts itself unconditionally.” It is “simultaneously stable and unstable,” “loud and soft,” “a single tension that carries countless tensions within it.”…
I feel the same way.
The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.
Attended the Animal Collective and Danny Perez music event at The Guggenheim last night… I love how this museum opens its doors for such amazing evenings of people, music and booze. No art on the walls, just amazing shadows from the light show and incredible ambiance from the music. A great night at a great venue.
Took a bunch of photos of the space, check the out on my flickr.
Once my teacher, always an inspiration. I took Stephen’s class while in school at LCAD and I must say, I painted my favorite painting of all my school years. I haven’t had the patience to paint this way again… but I always think about his technique, palette and overall attitude. What a talent. Check out his very impressing and extensive portfolio http://stephenwdouglas.com/.
Shadow, 1999. Oil on Linen. © all work by Stephen Douglas
Michael, 2004. Oil on Linen. © all work by Stephen Douglas
My Tree, 2009. Oil on Linen. © all work by Stephen Douglas
Elaine, 2008. Oil on Linen. © all work by Stephen Douglas
I’m on a music kick… and it’s heaven.
I’ve just been introduced to St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, and have developed an instant crush on this songstress. Not only is she beautiful, but her music is really sweet. check her out.
also found this gig with Andrew Bird through one of my favorite websites today, http://www.blogotheque.net/.
Peter Severin & Marie Krøyer were Danish painters that I discovered while my visit to the Goteborg Museum in Sweden.
There’s not many of her paintings online, but I really enjoyed her style the most, and both of their brushwork is just divine.