Tag: art
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I think of Matisse’s goldfish
their reflection weightless on their painted water the way an ink blob might shoulder… … To unlock the rest of this poem, join the Circus! BECOME A MEMBER
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Naked Vicar
Ruth, Epiphany (Sunday, 6th January) She looked contemptuously at the portrait she had just finished; Mr E. A. Adonis had been dismissive and rude when she had gone to his house to take preliminary photographs for the painting and had then made several attempts to pat her bottom, and the finished portrait clearly showed her…
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Self Intervariactif Portrait: Anamnesis Project
Very marked because of the hyper-medicalisation of our daily life that resulted from covid, and which made the individual story resonate with the global story. I looked at my own medical history through this interactive self-portrait. This self-portrait on canvas, between sculpture, installation and performance, is transformable and evolutionary. It can be installed to reveal…
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Art as a Language Made Visible: the Art of Gregg Shorthand
Art is about sharing the way we experience the world. Art brings us together and allows us to communicate on a different level. When people think about communication, they generally think about speech, but other means exist. Art is a visual means of communication, and my artwork is language made visible, art that speaks to…
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The Invaluable Nature of an Arts Education
As children, we draw pictures to tell stories. The scribbles, lines, and outside-the-line coloring seem merely arbitrary; a dog next to a house with a tree, a stick figure creation, or the classic unproportional family portrait. We come home from school covered in marker ink and with heads full of stories. We sing songs to…
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“Sex Wax:” A Nicholas Cueva Exhibit
It’s no surprise that California-born artist Nicholas Cueva draws heavily on his childhood in the Calvary Chapel Surfing Association for his show “Sex Wax.” The show ran for just over one month, from April 11 – May 12, 2019. What is surprising is that Cueva has virtually no surfing experience. He was raised in the…
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Birthmark
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Fail Fast Habits
Over the next week, I’m going to talk about making brave art and making art bravely and today that means talking about my fail fast resolutions. Featured Download: If you’d rather have the cliffnotes of the entire Brave Art series, click here. Here’s the thing: not only am I not perfect, I fail often and…
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McCluhan and the Message of Mediums
When I was ten, they took me to my first art museum. By “they” I don’t mean the inevitable ethereal “they” like “they say cell phones cause cancer now.” I mean my teachers spent one of the many field trips sprinkled throughout my elementary school career driving us all to an art museum thirty minutes…
