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Saturday, April 25th
ART AND THE ECONOMY-HIT OR MISS!!!
There are many elements involved in an economy but I choose to look at art. Art appreciation is a gateway to the intellectual capacity of the mind, which opens the door for learning because in art you find cultural diversity, where learning first starts. To appreciate diverse art forms, one has to be first culturally diverse/aware because it is through art all forms of cultures are seen.
It is said that credit, is the life blood of any economy, art is one credit that helps to detect "signs" of an economy? It is in the art collection of any country that can help one to see the wealth of a country. So, you can see the important place art plays in an economy. It helps us to see what one could term the early "signs" of a good or bad economy in a country, hence art is about visual signs but most people mainly who I would call the connoisseurs of the economy, may have not been looking at art as an element for signs for an economical depression. A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist's mind to the viewer's but it may never reach the viewer. With the advent of the Internet, artists can set up their own websites and be seen.
John Powell on 04.25.09 @ 07:52 AM EST [more..] [No Comments]
Monday, April 20th
ROSEMARY LUCY COSENTINO
 Rosemary Lucy Cosentino is an artist who lives in Montreal, Quebec. I actually met her online after she responded to one of my blogs. I checked out her website, www.rosemary-cosentino.com and I loved her art which I think has a brooding, solitary quality. Consequently, I asked her to chat here. She's actually breaking the rules by sticking with the old school ... Read on and you'll see what I mean.
MICHAEL: Thanks for chatting Rosemary. First of all, you call yourself a "Contemporary Figurative Realist Artist" who employs "Old Master" techniques. Is it really possible to breathe new life into old techniques?
ROSEMARY: Definitely! Hopefully, I won't go too much off topic, but everything I say is relevant to why I strongly believe this to be true. Growing up, my true inspiration in becoming an artist came from impressive realist oil paintings I saw in books, television and museums. I wanted to be able to paint that way as well and in doing so, I would be perhaps one day as well able to inspire some child in becoming an artist in the same way the Old Masters did for me. I have used the old techniques and took the most important part of that (knowing how to make your paints and how to apply them properly on hand prepared grounds) and created my own style and personalized technique. I can ensure my paintings will last through the test of time and still be classified as a contemporary artist who paints figuratively and realistically. Up close, my works are very painterly and the layering of brushstrokes is not the same, but similar to what Rembrandt did in his works. I can paint photo-realistic if I choose with a brushstroke free flawless look or expressionist or even abstract. I will always employ the Old Master technique no matter the subject. It does not matter really what you are painting, but how you are painting it. Rembrandt's scratchy, layered, painterly strokes were genius. He captured so much with so little. There are no restrictions on subject matter like in those days, and so I do not fear being thrown in jail for trying to depict something other than representational and what is real. But, it is my choice to paint the way I do.
Michael Corbin on 04.20.09 @ 01:36 PM EST [more..] [5 Comments]
Thursday, April 16th
A mad junky in the name of art (Part 2 of 2)
A mad junky in the name of art (Part 1 of 2)
Should being an "artist" automatically excuse for immorality and capriciousness?
The joystick of attitude
When someone is established in a path of spiritual awareness, in faith, he realizes his essence and uses every daily doing as a lift to spiritual enhancement, to personal growth, to the aspiration to all that which is noble, pure and luminous. It's a question of attitude and attitude is an expression of the freedom of choise which God gave us, Humans.
A deep and intense spiritual awareness to the existential suffering of oneself and of mankind is a gift, but awareness which is not accompanied with equilibrium of the mind begets fear which might result in hatred, rather than a balanced and aware mind which begets love and faith.
findigart on 04.16.09 @ 08:09 AM EST [more..] [14 Comments]
Tuesday, April 14th
Performance Art of the Renaissance
Many scholars mark Allan Kaprow's happenings as the beginning of performance art. Others have named Ghandi as the first actual performance artist. Others still have identified the beginning of performance art in the Dada and Futurist movements.
Unfortunately these scholars are all dead wrong. The first performance art piece actually took place during the Renaissance and was commissioned by none other than Pope Clement VIII. The first performance art piece was a true masterpiece that still burns in our memories today. It was a real sacrifice on the part of the performer and the work deserves to be added to RoseLee Goldberg's next anthology of performance art.
On February 17th, 1600, a crudely erected stage appeared in the middle of a main city square in Rome. A crowd gathered to view a performance they had seen advertised all around the city. General admission was charged for viewing, and the performance began to take shape.
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Monday, April 6th
Flounder Lee
 Flounder Lee is a photography professor at the Herron School of Art & Design at Indiana University/Purdue University in Indianapolis, Indiana. I met him there after I did a presentation about my first book, "Art In King Size Beds: A Collector's Journal." I thought that he would make an interesting interview subject. I think you'll agree. By the way, the attached photograph is a shot of him being interviewed in Serbia for his recent one man show there called, "ReMove". After reading out chat, check out his website at www.photoflounder.com
MICHAEL: Hey Flounder. Thanks for agreeing to chat. First, let's start with the question that I'm sure you've be asked a million times. Flounder is an unusual, yet very cool name. Is there a story behind it?
FLOUNDER: Hi Michael, I have definitely been asked that question a lot or at least some form of it. I can't convince some people that my name is not Lee Flounder, especially businesses. I wish that meant I didn't have to pay my bills! The origins of my name are shrouded in mystery but it came to prominent use in the Secret Snail Society. I should probably leave it at that. I legally changed it to Flounder in 2006. I find it helpful as a promotional tool and a conversation starter.
Michael Corbin on 04.06.09 @ 10:59 AM EST [more..] [1 Comment]
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