NatuurkunstDrenthe

‘NatureArtDrenthe’ is a concept to establish a permanent location for art-in-nature in the Netherlands. The concept is developed by myself because of the success of two earlier projects in this same province Drenthe. This province is situated in the northern part of Holland and is very well known for its ‘quiet and space’ but also for the prehistoric stone monument (‘hunebeds’) and for the former peatlands. So many people are coming to Drenthe for holidays, hiking and biking.

Adri AC de Fluiter on 02.27.05 @ 07:26 PM EST [more..]

Sanibel Island - Atlanta

My totally nonart job incidentally rekindled my ongoing hunt for Robert Smithson sites. A few weeks ago, I discovered that Mirror with Crushed Shells, a 1969 nonsite included in his traveling survey, requires shells from Sanibel Island, where I currently reside. I briefly switched environments when I traveled to Atlanta to participate on Stephanie Smith’s “Sustainable Spaces: Contemporary Art to Environmental Activism” CAA panel.
Sue Spaid on 02.25.05 @ 07:37 AM EST [more..]

Art Is Inspiration

Sitting here in my den looking out the window. What I'm seeing is inspiring me to write what you're reading.

The scene is wondrous. Snow is hugging the ground, dancing on tree limbs and floating elegantly through the air on a downward slope. It's a winter inspiration of white.

Isn't nature great? Whether it's winter, spring, summer or fall, it speaks to us. Certainly, nature is one of the things that motivates artists to create great works. Yet, I think it's also what inspires collectors.
Michael Corbin on 02.23.05 @ 07:19 AM EST [more..]

Roman Fragments

I don't know whether the place we have left is more reassuring than the place we are arriving in. The best moment in a trip is when you are on your way, when you are far away from everything. I haven't been so "crazy" as to move back to Rome, after I had lived there from 1948 - 1953 and from 1968 - 1970, prompted by nostalgia or by a search for comforting situations. On the contrary, I am convinced that you can only enter into the heart of things through a process of "malaise". Perhaps this seemed the last opportunity to follow a path that requires a certain dose of energy and youth.


Alberto Sughi on 02.20.05 @ 08:08 PM EST [more..]

Beijing...Cambridge...Dallas...

"in Beijing" is the title of this image.Once I went for a walk in Beijing - in China you know. Walking from one sightseeing to another. A Chinese boy followed me - walked besides me. He was cutting my silhouette with his scissors. We did not stop - we kept walking - rather quickly.
Then the Chinese boy stopped me and he showed me the silhouette.
I was amazed. And I bought the cut. I still don't understand, that the boy could do my silhouette so precise, so quick - walking fast. It took place in Tiananmen Square.
My visit to Beijing was shortly after the blood shed in Tiananmen Square. The blood shed that has come to symbolize the triumph of the spirit over brute force.
I was one of the fist people visiting China after these events.

I'll tell you what "in Beijing" has to do with my new Corner Project, or we might more ambitiously call it my Channel Concept.
It is about writing articles and other news in a blog exclusively used by me and the visitors of an online gallery, newsletter, newspaper, magazine or some other portal. Comments and questions from visitors will then create an Interactive Lecture like situation. The first project is launched tomorrow at ArtistsRepublik.com in Cambridge, UK.

Yesterday I hosted a new domaine www.lonvig.org at Planet's in Dallas Texas. www.lonvig.org is primarily for promoting writings and lecturing.
Finally I'll tell you how I obtain back linking to www.lonvig.org.
Asbjorn Lonvig on 02.16.05 @ 05:50 AM EST [more..]

NYC Blogs: First two weeks

Jan. 31st 2 pm

Arrived in New York La Guardia at about 12 noon. Hopped a cab to Williamsburg to stash my stuff at Steve's loft as usual but to my chagrin there was no key for me. Dumped my big duffle behind some bikes locked up behind the trash container area and hiked up the street to Teddy's for a burger. After about an hour I decided to walk back down to see if maybe someone would let me put my stuff in the hall by Steve's door. Glen and Sue, some of Steve's neighbors, recognized me and let me in. So instead of having to lug my stuff around for 6 more hours until I could get the keys to my space I could now sit comfortably at the Ale House and talk with Christa the bartender and anyone else who happened in.
Walter King on 02.15.05 @ 09:28 PM EST [more..]

Triumphant of our Nature

And up from the bowels of Mother Earth spills out the angry blood of molten invention, tempered by oceans deeply filled from ice fallen from the skies of millenniums… Billions of molecular essences intermingling, matching, and attaching. False infrastructures, complexes, systems amalgamate, flowing, breaking apart, rejoining - tallying. Countless interpretations, meaningful and meaningless, reconstituting, registering, weathering, and finally, upon the smallest of instant infinitesimal probability, aspired from the grandiose of chaos - comes true and perfect creation, a living organism, life.

Brad Michael Moore on 02.14.05 @ 09:33 AM EST [more..]

Tips for collecting art online

One of the best gifts that anyone could buy is an original work of art from a living artist. It enriches your life in ways you never expect. My paintings are like old friends. They're always there. They're great, they're expressive, they nourish me and they challenge me. Whenever I visit someone's home, the first thing I notice is whether or not they have original artwork displayed. Sadly, in most cases, they do not. It's a shame. One artist once told me that people are more than willing to spend a couple of hundred bucks on an IPOD or TIVO, but they won't spend that amount on an original painting! There are so many artists out there who are struggling for their art. We need to support them. Yet, let's face it, many of us get intimidated when it comes to art. How do you put a price on a painting anyway? Can you negotiate a price if you're dealing with an artist directly? How can you even ask without insulting the artist or making yourself look like an idiot?


Michael Corbin on 02.11.05 @ 09:47 AM EST [more..]

Show your work later…

My artist friend gave herself a New Year’s present. Yes, she is going to pay the gallery to have her solo show there. The gallery takes care of promotions and advertising, mail out, the grand opening with fabulous guests and excellent refreshments - the works. The artist only is required to contribute the funds, deliver art work on time and attend the opening while looking thoughtful and mildly extravagant in the process. There has been only a vague mentioning of some commission paid some time in future for the works sold. Nevertheless, my friend is happy. She finally made her big decision after dreaming of a grand show for a while now. It will be OK. Her work sells. There are friends and family, long time supporters who are always happy to participate in her life and who appreciate her art.

Ausra Larbey on 02.08.05 @ 10:06 PM EST [more..]

The Big Art Hunt

Ever since writing “Ecovention: Current Art to Transform Ecologies” (2002), I have wondered what happened to Robert Smithson’s “Asphalt Run Down” (1969), for which a truck dumped molten asphalt over a cliff into a quarry near Rome, Italy. Artist Nancy Holt, his widow, gratiously faxed me his 1969 map. Using this invaluable treasure map, Italian artist Patrizia Giambi and I tracked down this earthwork, which now stands as the first ecovention. Two Sundays later, a Florida job enabled me to visit Miami museums.


(Image 1: Thursday, January 5, 2005, Sue Experiencing Patrizia Giambi's asphalt work "Millemiglia" (1998/2005) in Santa Sofia, Italy)




Sue Spaid on 02.06.05 @ 10:33 PM EST [more..]

Salon D'Automne - Paris 1905 - 18th to 25th of November

French art critic Louis Vauxcelles attended the 1905 Salon D'Autome, in Paris. During his visit he noticed a sculpture of a child's bust by artist Albert Marque. The sculpture was in a room surrounded by paintings with bold, vibrant colours. He immediately shouted, " C'est Donatello au millieu des fauves ", - " It's Donatello among the wild beasts ". This was the baptism of Fauvism ( 1904-1907 ). A group of artists, which heralded the inception of the Modern Movement, Modernism. This short lived but highly important group of young artists, The Fauves paved the way for new visual possibilities which are still being explored today, 100 years later.
Henri Matisse ( 1869 - 1954 ), Andre Derain (1880 - 1954 ), Maurice Vlaminck ( 1876 - 1958 ), George Rouault ( 1871 - 1958 ), Albert Marquet ( 1875 - 1947 ), Charles Camoin ( 1879 - 1967 ), Jean Puy ( 1876 - 1960 ) and Kees Van Dongen ( 1877 - 1968 ), these were the main protagonists nicknamed Les Fauves. All of them had been influenced by the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh ( 1850 - 1890 ) , especially by his use of vibrant expressive colour, used in an emotional way. In 1901 The Goupil Gallery held a retrospective exhibition of Van Goghs work. The colossal impact of this show was instrumental in forming, for a few years, the most experimental group of painters working in Paris. Vlaminck said on seeing Van Gogh's Work " I was so moved that I wanted to cry with joy and despair, on that day I loved Van Gogh more than I loved my father ".

John Nolan on 02.03.05 @ 08:14 PM EST [more..]

Not Exactly Art Class but -

Several weeks ago I was requested to be the guest speaker at a symposium for teachers that work with gifted students in the public school system here in Honolulu. The director of the program had spotted my artwork in a restaurant and through it identified me as a "gifted" artist. So she wanted to have me share my life story with the group as a sort of "case study" graduate of the school system, long term. Like most artists, I prefer to work alone in the studio and with my hands, not stand in front of a group and engage in public speaking. But I decided to forgo my comfort zone thinking I could gain from this opportunity as well as witness to teachers that a problem student can end up a success after all. I was considered below average in grammar school.

Pygoya on 02.02.05 @ 10:24 AM EST [more..]