Archive for January, 2008
Monday, January 14th, 2008
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1974) was a spanish artist whose name is almost synonymous with 20th century art. No artist was ever as famous as Picasso was in his own lifetime, or has been since. The controversies over his personality, arrogance, affairs with younger women, and unwillingness to be classified ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Edward Hopper, the best-known American realist of the inter-war period, once said: 'The man's the work. Something doesn't come out of nothing.' This offers a clue to interpreting the work of an artist who was not only intensely private, but who made solitude and introspection important themes in his painting. ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
January 2008 - Featured Artist
::Portfolio:: :: Q & A :: :: Carrie Anne Baade ::
The edgy and intellectual paintings of Carrie Ann Baade are quickly gaining recognition around the world. Baade has just been nominated for a United States Artist Fellowship for 2007 which is one prestigious awards offered.
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Vera was born in southern Brazil, where she completed her BFA and MFA degrees and started her artistic career. Art is her passion and since the 90s she has been showing her artwork in several group and solo exhibitions. In addition, she’s contributed to community projects aiming social consciousness. She ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Max Miller was born in 1980 to a family of artists and craftsmen. His early years were characterized by his family constantly moving among various locations throughout North Carolina and Texas. Without any steady playmates, drawing became his chief activity. Max's parents would bring home reams of discarded paper, which he ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Over the past 25 years Mark Bennion (b.1948 Seattle, Washington) has developed a unique painting process, which he calls fresco. Using oil, plaster and paper on a panel on canvas, his work shows a contemporary edge and a pallet of it own, yet it seems like we are looking at fragments ...
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