Watch Out for Motorcycles...
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| Ukrainian immigrant Dmitry Khristenko has found scrap watches an ideal medium for use in creating miniature tributes to American cultural icon Harley-Davidson... among other things: More at Reaganite Republican _________________________ Deviant Art |
Exhibition of crucified pigs cancelled despite Jesuit support
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| Shocking pictures caused exhibition to be cancelled- just.... |
Stone carvers defy Taliban to return to the Bamiyan valley
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| "Afghan students learn the centuries-old skills that carved out the giant buddhas blown up by extremists. ... The cave-hall was part of a complex built around two giant buddhas that loomed serenely over Bamiyan for about 15 centuries – until the Taliban government condemned them as un-Islamic in early 2001 and blew them up. "I was interested in this course because I want to restore our culture," said Ismael Wahidi, a 22-year-old student of archeology at Bamiyan University, who set aside more conventional studies for a week to learn how to turn a lump of stone into a sculpture. "If... |
Earliest wall art is found in France
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| A massive block of limestone in France contains what scientists believe are the earliest known engravings of wall art dating back some 37,000 years, according to a study published Monday. The 1.5 metric ton ceiling piece was first discovered in 2007 at Abri Castanet, a well known archeological site in southwestern France which holds some of the earliest forms of artwork, beads and pierced shells. According to New York University anthropology professor Randall White, lead author of the paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the art was likely meant to adorn the interior of a shelter... |
Happy Birthday Salvador Dali
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| One of the most well-known artists in history, Salvador Dali, was born on 11 May 1904 in the town of Figueres in the Catalonian province of Spain. Equally celebrated and reviled, this mustachioed Spaniard has become an icon of the art historical canon remembered both for his bizarre art and bizarre personality. At 18 the young Salvador moved to Madrid to study at the Academia de San Fernando. Through his residence he became friends with Pepin Bello, Luis Bunuel, and Federico Garcia Lorca who were all to become well-known in the Spanish art and literature. Dali was soon expelled from... |
As Dutch churches shut, sacred art finds new use abroad
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands (Reuters) - When Christianity fades, it doesn't just leave empty pews behind. With each church that shuts, the statues, crucifixes, chalices, paintings or vestments that were part of regular Sunday services suddenly have no liturgical home.In the Netherlands, where faith has faded more dramatically than in many other parts of Europe, two churches close down on average every week. The sacred art left over is piling up in cellars and storerooms around the country.Some congregations elsewhere have the opposite problem. New Catholic and Protestant churches are springing up in Latin America, Africa and Asia, and pastors in eastern... |
Got a couple of old watches lying around?...make a motorcycle
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| Dmitry Khristenko makes his incredible miniatures of motorcycles, automobiles using watch parts. For me such kind of art is the same as jewelry art. |
Art Dealer Spends £2Mln Proving Obscure oil Painting He Bought on Hunch is Lost Turner Masterpiece
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| When Frank Faryab bought an obscure oil painting for thousands of pounds in a private sale, it was just the start of his outlay on the work. For the art and antiques dealer has since spent more than £2million and much of the past five years trying to convince others it was by JMW Turner, one of Britain's greatest painters. The perseverance appears to have paid off - because three leading authorities on the artist work now agree it is a lost Turner masterpiece which could be worth about £4million. Experts at the auction house Sotheby's will examine the painting... |
Surrealist Norm Maxwell elevates Trayvon's soul
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| Urban street artist Norm Maxwell, whose pieces are prized by European collectors and sell for thousands of dollars, unveiled his latest work Saturday night at his studio gallery in L.A.’s Fairfax District. Maxwell, a native of Philadelphia, began his career as a graffiti artist in 1979, and merged his street art with classical aesthetics at the Hussian School of Art. He later went to become a renowned art director for artists like Missy Eliot and Madonna, and companies like Revlon. The reception, attended by Maxwell’s family, friends and admirers, was for “Rising Soul,” featuring three surreal canvases entitled “By Dawn’s... |
From Man Alive! - "The integrity of art."
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| From: Man Alive! A survival manual for the human mind. by Greg Swann Chapter 8. The integrity of art. The universe is internally self-consistent. This is what we mean when we say it “makes sense” – the laws of nature are comprehensible to us because they are all consistent with each other, all superficially differentiated manifestations of the law of identity. This is actually a matter of controversy right now in theoretical physics, where the self-consistency of the universe and humanity’s seemingly uncanny adaptation to it are held to be evidence – in the mother of all We-Now-Know-We-Know-Nothing theories –... |
Artist creates Zimmerman portrait with Skittles
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| A Denver artist has created a portrait of Florida shooting suspect George Zimmerman using more than 12,000 Skittles _ the candy that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was carrying when Zimmerman fatally shot him. The 3-by-4-foot portrait was done by 31-year-old Andy Bell, an art student about to graduate from Metropolitan State College in Denver. Bell titled it "Fear Itself."(continued) |
Trayvon Martin mural in Elmwood Park draws mixed reactions
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| ELMWOOD PARK — Just as the killing of Trayvon Martin is seen in differing ways, so is a mural created as a tribute to the Florida teen. Artists call the mural in Elmwood Park an expression of solidarity for the young shooting victim, while some neighbors oppose the display, saying it promotes gang activity. Now town officials say the mural at Messina deli on East 54th street must come down. "We got multiple complaints from residents in the area," said mayor Richard Mola. "What they told me is they just don’t like what’s up there." Mola, who said he has... |
"Painter of Light" Thomas Kincade dies at 54
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| (CBS/AP) One of the most successful artists of all time, prolific painter Thomas Kinkade - the self-described "Painter of Light" - died Friday at the age of 54. A spokesperson for the Kinkade family said the artist died at home in Los Gatos, Calif., apparently of natural causes. Kinkade's paintings were anything but controversial, depicting scenes of a light-filled America with a heavy emphasis on home, hearth and church. His sentimental scenes of country gardens and pastoral landscapes in dewy morning light were beloved by many but criticized by the art establishment. The painter once said that he had something... |
The 'Islamic Art' Hoax
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| Talking about Islamic art is rather like talking about the art of the Khanates. The Imperial Kingdom of Genghis Khan was the largest contiguous empire on earth. But just because different lands and cultures were conquered by Genghis Khan doesn't mean that there is a significance to grouping their art. The sphere of power of the Muslim Empire stretched from the borders of China and the Indian subcontinent across Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Sicily, and the Iberian Peninsula, and on to the Pyrenees. There needs to be a further rationale for calling art collections from lands conquered... |
Essays for Lent: Statues and Holy Pictures
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| Statues and Holy Picturesby Sebastian R. FamaObjections to the making and veneration of holy pictures and statues are based on faulty interpretations of Scripture. Those who are opposed to such practices traditionally appeal to Exodus 20:3-5: "You shall not have other Gods besides me. You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth. You shall not bow down before them or worship them."God is not prohibiting the making of pictures and statues, but the deifying and worshipping of them. Note the... |
Boulder arrives at Los Angeles museum
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| LOS ANGELES, -- Residents say the newest acquisition by Los Angeles County Museum enjoyed a rock star reception early Saturday morning as the 340-ton boulder rolled into town. The rock arrived at 4:30 a.m. aboard its 176-wheel transport truck to a crowd of admirers armed with cellphone cameras and noisemakers. The behemoth boulder will be the centerpiece of the art museum's new outdoor installation entitled "Levitated Mass," the Los Angeles Times reported. When the transport truck broke down for 30 minutes, onlookers jumped at the chance to touch the rock, pressing palms to its protective plastic wrap. "I came a... |
Edvard Munch's 'Scream' to go under the hammer
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| A version of "The Scream", one of the world's most famous paintings and an iconic image of despair, will go on sale this May in New York, where it is expected to fetch at least $80 million, Sotheby's auctioneers said on Tuesday. Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, whose father was a friend and patron of "Scream" painter Edvard Munch, owns the work, which will go on the block in New York on May 2nd, headlining the Impressionist and Modern Art sales. Sotheby's described "The Scream" as "one of the most instantly recognizable images in both art history and popular culture, perhaps... |
An Afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| On Wednesday I went into NYC and spent the entire afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was most interested to visit the newly renovated "American Wing." I admit to being a bit frightened by the idea of a renovation because I always like the American Wing the way it was, which was a little bit unusual. Paintings covered most of the walls nearly up to the ceilings. The only other museum I can recall that was like this was the old Barnes Museum in (or near) Philadelphia. I couldn't find a picture of an old American Wing gallery... |
Villanova cancels gay artist's workshop
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| VILLANOVA, Pa. — Villanova University has canceled a workshop by a controversial gay performance artist, saying his shows aren't in keeping with the school's Catholic values. Tim Miller tells The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/zjK9s9 ) he was told about the cancellation of next month's planned workshop on Sunday. Miller gained notoriety in 1990 when he and three others had grants vetoed by the National Endowment for the Arts. Miller's work is frequently provocative and he's been arrested in the past for demonstrating for AIDS research funding. |
Hundreds Honor "Soul Train" Creator Don Cornelius
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| LOS ANGELES (AP) — Through music, scripture and song, Don Cornelius was remembered Thursday as the man who elevated black culture and entertainment with his "Soul Train," demolishing barriers of race and culture, and changing American history. |
Jan Vermeer’s 1670 Masterpiece Is Just Right For Valentine’s Day
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| The Dutch artist Jan Vermeer painted “The Love Letter” around 1670 but the mood is timeless and so appropriate for Valentine’s Day….capturing that glorious moment of surrender to the magic of loving and being loved…. |
Louvre 'courting disaster' over plans to send works to Fukushima
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| ...While describing the museum's intention "laudable", he said it was not "the Louvre's role to come to the aid, via exhibitions, of populations that are victims of cataclysms." "(If so), why not do it in all countries hit by earthquakes, forest fires, volcanic eruptions or even wars? ... Why doesn't the Louvre just send the works onto Bagdad?," he complained. France's nuclear safety and protection institute, IRSN, had advised French citizens only to visit the areas for essential reasons and to "regularly pass the vacuum cleaner over the surface of furniture and carpets" in the fallout zone. "What about the... |
This is Just WRONG...
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| WRONG WRONG WRONG! Lambanana by Taro Chiezo |
Nuns Lose $51 Million Lawsuit Over Painting
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| William Adolfe Bouguereau, "Notre Dame des Anges." A long-standing lawsuit over the sale of a 19th-century painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau has been lost by New York State-based Catholic nuns who sued a Santa Fe, N.M., art dealer and a local art appraiser.In 2008, the nuns claimed that dealer Mark Zaplin and appraiser Mark LaSalle had colluded to defraud them of $1.7 million from the sale of their painting "Notre Dame des Anges," an 1889 work by Bouguereau depicting the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child.The Daughters of Mary Mother of Our Savior and St Joseph's Chapel, in Round Top,... |
Woman Scratches, Rubs Butt Over $30M Painting
Sunday 27th of May 2012 01:54:09 PM
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| A Colorado woman dropped her pants at a museum and rubbed her rear end all over a painting valued at $30 million, according to police. Carmen Tisch, 36, was arrested after scratching, punching and, well, rubbing her butt against Clyfford Still's "1957-J no.2" and causing an estimated $10,000 damage to the artwork at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver. Police believe she was drunk during the late December incident. "You have to wonder where her friends were," a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office told the Denver Post. Tisch was charged with felony criminal mischief on Wednesday and has been... |
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