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Food Art Obsession – A Feast for Our Eyes
Jan Davidsz. de Heem “Still life with a lobster, peaches, Wanli dishes holding an orange, grapes, melons, plums, figs, shrimp, tazza, Venetian glass, casket, and rummer of wine, all on a table” (circa 1650), oil on canvas, private collection. | Source: commons.wikimedia.org
Food Art Obsession – A Feast for Our Eyes
The almost ritualistic behavior of capturing images of photogenic food and sharing with social connections didn’t begin with the digital age. Well before the “camera eats first” phenomenon, depictions of food were the main theme for artwork. Recalling the primitive roots of food art, the subgenre is anything but bitesize, but rather, a banquet that…
Benefits of Signing and Dating Your Art
Pablo Picasso, Les Femme d’Algers (Version “O”), 1955. Signed 'Picasso' (upper right); dated '14.2.55.' (on the reverse). Courtesy of CHRISTIE’S | Source: artnews.com
Benefits of Signing and Dating Your Art
Do you sign your artwork with the same signature you use on legal documents? Do you sign your work on the back of the canvas or do you hide your signature within the painting? Or do you not sign and date your artwork at all believing it’s not necessary? It’s not uncommon for artists to…
Celebrating the Legacy of Black Artists in Black History Month 2022
Nicole Dixon “The Snake and the Raffia Tree” (2018), acrylic, charcoal, watercolor, gold leaf | Source: theblackwomanisgod.com
Celebrating the Legacy of Black Artists in Black History Month 2022
The Black Woman is God (TBWIG) exhibition, which showcases Black women visual artists, is back in person at the SOMArts Cultural Center. Exhibits like this one showed their flexibility last year, along with many other venues that had to respond to the disruption brought on by the global pandemic. But while it was forced into…
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David Hockney’s Living ColorsOn November 15, 2019, in a crowded salesroom at Christie’s Rockefeller Center headquarters in New York, famous David Hockney’s 1972 painting ‘Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)’ was sold for a staggering sum of $90.3 million after just nine minutes of bidding. This turned out to be the most expensive work by a…
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Women Dominating In Contemporary Art TodayThe artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind. – Marina Abramović From Rosa Bonheur and Mary Cassatt to Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe — great women artists in art history have not been nearly as widely represented as their male colleagues. But…
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Pioneering Female ArtistsI’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. – Georgia O’Keeffe Pioneer — someone who is the first to explore an area, a concept, an idea. The art world — in any historical era — is fluid…
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Color Black: What It Means In ArtThere’s something about black. You feel hidden away in it. – Georgia O’Keeffe Not many artists utilized the full potential of the color black, as Joan Witek did. The New York-based American artist has used the color black for life and preserved its purity in most of her artworks, most notably in The Road at Night (PS-28) (1984)and That He…
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Female Artists Who Changed The WorldFeet, what do I need you for, when I have wings to fly? – Frida Kahlo We’ve all heard their names — the famous female artists that influenced generations that followed. Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, Louise Bourgeois, Yayoi Kusama, Rosa Bonheur, Mary Cassatt — chances are, you are at least somewhat familiar with their work…
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Women In Art Throughout HistoryI am not what I am, I am what I do with my hands. – Louise Bourgeois It is a fact that, historically speaking, women did not enjoy the same rights as men. Male artists were mostly free to experiment and express their creativity to their heart’s desire, while female artists were often not taken…