Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painting. Show all posts
Tasty Paint
Drawings
Recent drawings. I think drawing is very important and is a stand alone art practice. In fact, I recall I did my thesis on drawing. I like that drawing reveals the progression of an idea. It shows the bigger picture.
Anyway, here is a little number that seem to reflect my current fascination from icebergs and such.
Poland's only Monet Stolen & Returned by Art Fanatic
Last month it was reported that the only Monet in Poland's National collection was recovered having been stolen in 2000. In 2000 Robert Zwolinski was granted permission to sketch the painting, Beach at Pourville 1882, at the National Museum under poor surveillance. Seizing the opportunity, Zwolinski cut the painting from its frame and replaced it with a copy. He was eventually caught when his fingerprints, which were taken for an unrelated issue, matched those found on the frame.
Art thief extraordinaire Zwolinski was not part of a criminal gang or hired by a millionaire mad man to steal the Monet. He was a fan. An art fanatic who acted on impulse and lost control in the presence of the object of his affection. This kind of behavior is common, if not expected, in the celebrity world but rarely seen in the art world. Zwolinski developed a passion for impressionism after spending time in Paris. His interest grew after the break down of his marriage and he said that his life was "empty and meaningless... I escaped into books. In one of them I read about the Monet" He had hid the painting behind a wardrobe in his parent's apartment, a hiding place it never left for ten years.
If art is supposed to give meaning and enrich life, if it is supposed to open up new possibilities then we could call this story a success for the arts.
1) The Art Newspaper.
Berger, Ways of Seeing (BBC Production)
I watched the first episode of these a few years ago but stopped due to disrupted internet connection. In fact, I never completed the book they are based on. I am adding both to my to do list. The youtube videos are of poor quality, though I think that is partially because they are old productions. (The old BBC logo after ad breaks has a warming nostalgia). It seems fitting that this book was made into a audio visual programme, fitting that we can be shown how we "see".
Berger reminds me of Rick Mayall.
Inside Jokes (hahaha), Art is a Big Deal
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| Big Deal 2010, Ink on paper. 59cm x 79cm |
I have hidden need to make things that reference "art history" or more specifically what I remember being a big deal from art history lectures. I am not entirely sure if this is always apparent or if it is just some inside joke only I am laughing at. My schooling taught me Giotto to Cezanne, which is "absolutely ages ago to really long time ago European art". When I got to college, everything outside of this intrigued me and, I think, played a huge part in my practical understanding of contemporary art.
This is (a little something I whipped up earlier which is) one of those things that references art history. Hokusai, The Big Wave of Kanagawa is one of the first things I remember of non Western Art that was a big deal. The lecturer was talking about how this asymmetrical composition influenced Western art as asymmetry was a somewhat new idea.
I think Art is ever changing because society is ever changing and what was once relevant becomes irrelevant and vice versa. And so I painted the wave bang on in the centre.
Rule of thirds f-u.
Lost Boys
Jon, My Beautiful Boy 2010. Oil on canvas. 60cm X 50cm.
Community, responsibility, shared identity, shame.
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