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Gallery view: Frank Stella, The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, II, 1959, enamel on canvas, (The Museum of Modern Art) | Image source: una.instructure.com
Color Black: What It Means In Art
There’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…
Left: Frida Kahlo, “Self-portrait dedicated to Dr. Eloesser” (1940), Right: “Self-Portrait with Hummingbird and Thorn Necklace” (1940) | Image source: scoutmag.ph
Female Artists Who Changed The World
Feet, 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…
The Chess Game (1555) National Museum Poznań, Poland | Image source: sofonisba.net
Women In Art Throughout History
I 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…
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Art of Cai Guo-Qiang: Gunpowder and ExplosivesThe most common media of art include oil paints, watercolors, ink, or marble, bronze, and clay. Cai Guo-Qiang’s medium? Gunpowder and explosives. "Throughout Chinese art history, some artists have been pursuing their own artistic language and how to use this language to convey and connect,” Cai Guo-Qiang explains. And the language that Cai has chosen…
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Artificial Neural Networks and Paintings: What is Neural Art?Inspired by the way biological nervous systems work, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) will be one of the most important information processing paradigm since the invention of the computer. ANN is a method of computing that imitates the functions of a human brain. Neural units are connected to each other allowing the network to learn and…
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World’s First Computer Programmer: Lord Byron’s Daughter Ada LovelaceAda Lovelace on the Nature of the Imagination and Its Three Core Faculties - In her writing of 1843, the first paper on Computer Science and algorithm, intended to be carried out by a machine, and changing the course of the world of technology we live in today. "What is Imagination? We talk much of…
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Rising African Art: What’s the Driving Force?In May 2017, Arthouse Contemporary, one of Africa’s leading art auction house located in Lagos, Nigeria, held their annual modern and contemporary art auction where a record price for the work for a Nigerian artist was set. Iconic modern artist, Ben Enwonwu’s 1962 Anyanwu sculpture sold for a record price of NGN 54,050,000 (around $148K),…
Love or Hate: Art Made by Robots
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Love or Hate: Art Made by RobotsBy definition, art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture. But what if a piece of artwork was made by a robot operated by a human? Is it still “art” then? And while many are prepared for robots to make life…
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Meet Adrien Brody, the ArtistYes, that Adrien Brody - the youngest to ever win an Academy Award for Best Actor Adrien Brody. At first, you may wonder if he is an actor playing the part of an artist or doing research for a role he is about to play. But then you see Brody with his work and realize…