Review

Latinophiles

Bob Martin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:02:03 +0000

A Celebration of Mexican Cultural Influence on the Art and Lives of Donna Atwood & Brent Bond Woodcut, Linocut and Letterpress Prints and Photographs The Cathedral Center for the Arts additionally hosts tours of the historic Cathedral and demonstrations of the famous Shantz Organ. I look forward to seeing you at Cathedral Center for the [...]

Mose Allison-Jazz Troubadour

Bob Martin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:51:21 +0000

Mose Allison who is best experience at his live performance vs. recordings will performing this weekend Sept 3rd to 5th at the Jazz Standard in NY. The Mose Allison Trio Sept 3 to 5th, 2010 at Jazz Standard, NY.

Depression Era Photos * Atlanta High Museum

Sandy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:17:38 +0000

“Signs of Life: Photographs by Peter Sekaer“ Exhibit highlights 87 images taken between 1935 -1945. Referred to as a “photo-documentary” artist, American born Sekaer, 1901-1950, focused on people as they endured the Great Depression in several American cities. “As I see it, the world is made up entirely of photographic subject matter…With pictures you can [...]

Imagination

Bob Martin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:12:07 +0000

I am fascinated by artist who image the “real”. The creations Patricia Piccinini have given reason to question what we look like and why we interpret intelligent life to look like us. Every time I see “The Embrace” I a startled a little as I am awakened to a possibility that I don’t think of [...]

Oakland Museum Gallery of California Art

Sandy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:44:10 +0000

Oakland Museum of California has re opened after an extensive renovation. California art and design is the Oakland Museum’s reason for being – “representing the region’s creative output and its relationship to, and influences on, the nation and the world, from the mid-1800s to the present…The new Gallery of California Art showcases more than 800 [...]

Cezanne Goes to Phoenix

Sandy — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:00:38 +0000

“Cezanne and American Modernism” – Until September 26, 2010 “French master Paul Cézanne, one of the most recognizable names in art, is celebrated worldwide for his Post-Impressionist masterpieces. However, Cezanne’s greatest legacy may be the transformative effect his work had on 20th century artists. Cézanne and American Modernism is the first exhibition to examine Cezanne’s [...]

Progeny: Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas

Bob Martin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:00:47 +0000

Through our children, our visions, our understandings of our place in society, history, and in the room, all must be communicated to be community. Progeny: Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas

Telling a Story-Little Films

Bob Martin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:38:24 +0000

Films that are dependent on story and story alone are what I think of as little films. They are little films because they are not blockbusters. Blockbusters are ordained to be big and successful, little films have to grow in popularity and unfortunately may never be successful. Hannah and her Sisters is one film that [...]

Seattle Art Museum * Imogen Cunningham

Sandy — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:39:15 +0000

New at SAM / Seattle Museum of Art*: “Everything Under the Sun: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham “ – until 8/29/10 “Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976) was one of the most well-known photographers from the Northwest. Working at a time when women photographers were few, Cunningham dedicated her life to her art. Drawn entirely from the Seattle Art [...]

Musée d’Orsay Masterpieces at the deYoung

Sandy — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:27:04 +0000

The de Young Museum of San Francisco has a current exhibition focusing on Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art from Paris. “Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay presents nearly 100 magnificent works by the famous masters who called France their home during the mid- to late-19th century and from whose midst arose one of the [...]