Acrylic, kozo paper, contè crayon, and enamel on canvas 48" x 36" 2006-2007This painting was created over a period of a few months, and during that time it went through a myriad of changes. Initially, the floral forms in the painting looked much more naturalistic...
A wunderkammer of discoveries, compiled by Comment and illuminated for our readers' edification and entertainment. We do not necessarily endorse the external content below. American President Barack Obama hosted Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge, Mass....
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Gatsby really was a sad affair: flimsily crafted of foam rubber and cardboard, its upholstery fairly shredded, more a sofa-shaped object than a sofa itself. But we loved it, and one fateful day it came to represent four years of fun, friendship, inspiration and not-quite-stable comfort.
Oil on canvas 2007Lone Pine is a painting of a Connecticut marsh at dusk, but it is not about trees or landscapes or setting suns. The finger of land that darts from the right side reaches for the pine, and the pine, the pieces of light, and the middle ground elude...
The Turner Prize is a British contemporary arts award that has dominated the arts calendar for twenty-five years. Judging by some recent winners, one could ask, “What is the arts world coming to?!” Or, one could dig deeper into how—and indeed, why—Turner Prizes are awarded . . .
Every country has a cultural policy—and how it links it with other national issues on a larger scale also reveals how that country thinks about the arts. So . . . do the arts primarily teach us (education), entertain us (sports), add to our body of knowledge (science), strengthen a country’s identity (heritage), or its economy (tourism)?
Is TV really getting better? With bigger budgets, better technology and HBO’s successful branding of good television, one-hour drama seems to be the preeminent form of storytelling across all forms. With these barriers out of the way, TV dramas can finally reap the reward of their one major advantage over all other media: time.
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Acrylic Painting on PVC Panels 24"h x 47"w 2009During a recent conference my husband and I were given the opportunity to paint together. We began with two equally sized PVC Panels 24"h x 23.50"w. My husband's panel was white, mine black. After laying down some loose...
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