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<title><![CDATA[Fauvism]]></title>
<link>http://artambience.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/fauvism/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>artambience</dc:creator>
<guid>http://artambience.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/fauvism/</guid>
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Fauvism, originally uploaded by artambience.
Sittande på en fast grund, omgiven av kärlek och vä]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align:left;padding:3px;"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/artambience/2868484250/"><img style="border:solid 2px #000000;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2868484250_fb70e88eb5.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size:.8em;margin-top:0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/artambience/2868484250/">Fauvism</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/artambience/">artambience</a>.</span></div>
<p>Sittande på en fast grund, omgiven av kärlek och växande likt en planta. Det här är min tolkning av en liknande figur målad av Matisse.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Life is a musical]]></title>
<link>http://milischia.wordpress.com/?p=276</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Milischia</dc:creator>
<guid>http://milischia.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/life-is-a-musical/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Bloggen har försummats alltmer nu på sistone, men det är inget annat än ett säkert tecken på ]]></description>
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<p>Bloggen har försummats alltmer nu på sistone, men det är inget annat än ett säkert tecken på att <strong>vardagslivet här har rullat igång ordentligt.</strong> En vecka har gått förbi med raketfart och jag har fått stadiga rutiner om dagarna. Plugga, sola, plugga, träna, äta, sova, förrutom ett par dagar som istället blir träna, plugga, festa. Med jämna mellanrum far vi iväg på utflykter och ägnar oss åt lite mer turistiga aktiviteter, men nog börjar jag känna mig hemma här på riktigt.</p>
<p><a href="http://milischia.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/snv388392.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-281" title="snv388392" src="http://milischia.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/snv388392.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Igår var vi ute och sjöng Karaoke (äntligen). Elin bad mig sjunga<em> "All I want for christmas"</em>, and <strong>what Elin wants Elin gets</strong>- och visst blev det en riktig publiksuccé. Elin vill å andra sidan att jag ska börja <strong>extraknäcka som gatumusikant</strong> här i Nice <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">(och med tanke på att det inte finns NÅGRA unga kvinnliga artister kan jag nog av rent ideologiska skäl kunna tänka mig att ställa upp)</span> men vi får se... Förresten sjöng jag en liten duett med en kille på karaokebaren också- som jag sedan fick veta var operasångare från Göteborg (!) <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Kanske skulle man satsa på operasång istället?</span></p>
<p><a href="http://milischia.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/snv389502.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-282" title="snv389502" src="http://milischia.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/snv389502.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Lillebror var trött i benen efter en heldag på Chagall- och Matisse museumen</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[seven]]></title>
<link>http://bellamoden.wordpress.com/?p=907</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bellamoden</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bellamoden.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/seven/</guid>
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Happy seventh birthday to you, Matisse, my very favorite matisse-meow-sneezy-drooly-choo-chen!
It]]></description>
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<p>Happy seventh birthday to you, Matisse, my very favorite matisse-meow-sneezy-drooly-choo-chen!</p>
<p>It's been a wonderful six and a half years with you.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Something a Little More Modern]]></title>
<link>http://myfavoriteart.wordpress.com/?p=13</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
<guid>http://myfavoriteart.pl.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/something-a-little-more-modern/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m taking a Modern Art class. I hated the last one I took but I&#8217;m convinced that I j]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I'm taking a Modern Art class. I hated the last one I took but I'm convinced that I just couldn't stand the instructor. Here are a few works I've rekindled a love for:</p>
<p>Henri Matisse-</p>
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1447" caption="Red Studio"]<a href="http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/redstudio05.jpg"><img title="Red Studio" src="http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/redstudio05.jpg" alt="Red Studio" width="1447" height="1185" /></a>[/caption]
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1088" caption="Joy Of Life"]<a href="http://home.vs.moe.edu.sg/whitenoise/Images/F_C_E/Matisse/Joy_Life1905-6.jpg"><img title="Joy Of Life" src="http://home.vs.moe.edu.sg/whitenoise/Images/F_C_E/Matisse/Joy_Life1905-6.jpg" alt="Joy Of Life" width="1088" height="784" /></a>[/caption]
<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align:left;">Georges Seurat-</div>
<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align:left;">Seurat invented pointalism which is using tiny dots of color to make a painting so that when you stand back the colors blend into new colors.</div>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.theartwolf.com/services/wallpapers/seurat_1024-768.jpg"><img title="Sunday Afternoon On La Grande Jatte" src="http://www.theartwolf.com/services/wallpapers/seurat_1024-768.jpg" alt="Sunday Afternoon On La Grande Jatte" width="1024" height="768" /></a></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Sunday Afternoon On La Grande Jatte</dd>
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align:left;">Paul Cezanne-</div>
<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align:left;">Cezanne loved geometry. He was obsessed with finding geometrical shapes in nature.</div>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.dl.ket.org/webmuseum/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/sl/cezanne.skull.jpg"><img title="Still Life With Skull" src="http://www.dl.ket.org/webmuseum/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/sl/cezanne.skull.jpg" alt="Still Life With Skull" width="1035" height="843" /></a></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Still Life With Skull</dd>
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align:left;">Toulouse Lautrec-</div>
<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align:left;">You could say Lautrec reshaped advertising into what we know it to be today.</div>
<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align:left;">Paintings:</div>
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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="800" caption="At the Moulin Rouge"]<a href="http://www1.fccj.org/cgroves/2236docs/test4/toulouse-lautrec-at%20the%20moulin%20rouge.jpg"><img title="At the Moulin Rouge" src="http://www1.fccj.org/cgroves/2236docs/test4/toulouse-lautrec-at%20the%20moulin%20rouge.jpg" alt="At the Moulin Rouge" width="800" height="695" /></a>[/caption]
<p>In the background center you see two men, one is tall and wearing a top hat and right next to him there appears to be a man seated. The seated man is Toulouse Lautrec himself. He actually isn't seated at all- he is standing. As  child he suffered severe injury to his limbs and they stopped growing so he had a normal sized torso but was still quite small.</p>
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="691" caption="Rosa La Rouge"]<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Toulouse_Lautrec_A-Montrouge_Rosa_la_Rouge.jpg"><img title="Rosa La Rouge" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Toulouse_Lautrec_A-Montrouge_Rosa_la_Rouge.jpg" alt="Rosa La Rouge" width="691" height="1041" /></a>[/caption]
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align:left;">Prints:</div>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://circastudy.com/images/slides/0000/0347/Toulouse-Lautrec_-_Moulin_Rouge_-_La_Goulue.jpg"><img title="Moulin Rouge" src="http://circastudy.com/images/slides/0000/0347/Toulouse-Lautrec_-_Moulin_Rouge_-_La_Goulue.jpg" alt="Advertising the Moulin Rouge, a place Lautrec spent a lot of time." width="770" height="1255" /></a></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Advertising the Moulin Rouge, a place Lautrec spent a lot of time.</dd>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://z.about.com/d/arthistory/1/0/m/a/nms_0208_hdtl_06.jpg"><img title="Divan Japonais" src="http://z.about.com/d/arthistory/1/0/m/a/nms_0208_hdtl_06.jpg" alt="Advertising the Divan Japonais. This one hung in my room until it fell and broke." width="911" height="1200" /></a></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Advertising the Divan Japonais. This one hung in my room until it fell and broke.</dd>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec_002.jpg"><img title="Bruant" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec_002.jpg" alt="Advertising a gig for his friend Bruant." width="1000" height="1469" /></a></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Advertising a gig for his friend Bruant.</dd>
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<div class="mceTemp mceIEcenter" style="text-align:left;">Cubism to come later.</div>
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<title><![CDATA[Bad.]]></title>
<link>http://medlund.wordpress.com/?p=234</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mama Leeuw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leeuwkes.com/2008/09/29/bad/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[De Leeuwkes zijn een weekendje naar Lissabon geweest. Allez, eigenlijk naar Estoril, Cascais en ook ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>De Leeuwkes zijn een weekendje naar Lissabon geweest. Allez, eigenlijk naar <a href="http://www.portugalvirtual.pt/_tourism/costadelisboa/estoril/nlindex.html" target="_blank">Estoril, Cascais </a>en ook nog effe langs <a href="http://www.portugalvirtual.pt/_tourism/costadelisboa/sintra/cabo.html" target="_blank">Cabo di Roca</a>. 't Was mooi weer, 't was plezant en we waren ons fototoestel vergeten.</p>
<p>Dus bij gebrek aan foto's van een zonnig strand en zo, twee foto's van twee leeuwkes in bad. Er is absoluut geen link tussen de twee, 'k zocht gewoon een reden om die foto's erop te zetten :-)</p>
<p>Hier komen ze:</p>
<p><a href="http://medlund.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc_0972.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-232" title="dsc_0972" src="http://medlund.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc_0972.jpg?w=510" alt="" width="510" height="761" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://medlund.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc_0975.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-233" title="dsc_0975" src="http://medlund.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc_0975.jpg?w=510" alt="" width="510" height="761" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[MFA w/Mama: September 27.]]></title>
<link>http://shootthebuddha.wordpress.com/?p=42</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sonja</dc:creator>
<guid>http://shootthebuddha.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/mfa-wmama-september-27/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[


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<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3141/2893094513_154c27d653.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/2893920092_a2ffbba1a0.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3179/2893081333_2b01a794be.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="334" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cozy Culture]]></title>
<link>http://cozyland.wordpress.com/?p=829</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Leslie Patson</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cozyland.net/2008/09/26/cozy-culture/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Whenever I have time to myself and I really want to relax I like to go to a museum. The Norton Simon]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whenever I have time to myself and I really want to relax I like to go to a museum. The <a href="http://www.nortonsimon.org/">Norton Simon </a>is practically in my back yard, it's like a little gem tucked away in Pasadena. Relatively small, it's not overwhelming, no fear of Art overdose (meaning, its not the Louvre!) and it has a beautiful Sculpture Garden with an outdoor cafe. Do yourself a favor, visit an art museum today!<br />
 Check out what I saw:</p>
<p>Van Gogh: Portrait of a Peasant<br />
<a href="http://cozyland.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dscf57551.jpg"><img src="http://cozyland.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dscf57551.jpg" alt="" title="dscf57551" width="300" height="400" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-836" /></a><br />
Matisse: The Black Shawl<br />
<a href="http://cozyland.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dscf57491.jpg"><img src="http://cozyland.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dscf57491.jpg" alt="" title="dscf57491" width="400" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-837" /></a><br />
Degas (they have a large collection of Degas)<br />
<a href="http://cozyland.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dscf5743.jpg"><img src="http://cozyland.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dscf5743.jpg" alt="" title="dscf5743" width="300" height="400" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-838" /></a><br />
The Sculpture Garden with Lily Pond<br />
<a href="http://cozyland.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dscf57391.jpg"><img src="http://cozyland.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dscf57391.jpg" alt="" title="dscf57391" width="400" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-839" /></a></p>
<p>Water Lily<br />
<a href="http://cozyland.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dscf57371.jpg"><img src="http://cozyland.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dscf57371.jpg" alt="" title="dscf57371" width="400" height="300" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-835" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Moe.]]></title>
<link>http://medlund.wordpress.com/?p=227</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mama Leeuw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leeuwkes.com/2008/09/26/moe/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[3 weken en een half. Meer dan ik ooit had durven hopen. Zo lang heeft Matisse het zonder onderbreken]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>3 weken en een half. Meer dan ik ooit had durven hopen. Zo lang heeft Matisse het zonder onderbreken volgehouden in de creche. Maar nu heeft hij er natuurlijk dubbel en dik van: diarree, overgeven, snotteren, hoesten, iets met een schimmel in zijn mondje. Het hele babyziekte-gamma dus. Behalve koorts, vreemd genoeg. En hij blijft er nog happy onder ook. Alleen de nachten iets minder. Beetje kreunen en zo. Beetje veel. Beetje continu. En dus ben ik moe, wreed moe. Na de 4de nacht begint dat zo precies te wegen. Maar de cola light voorraad is aangevuld, dus we zullen er ons wel weer doorslaan. Maar kom niet met teveel problemen af vandaag, want mijn hoofd kan het niet aan momenteel. Merci :-)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Linework - Illustration]]></title>
<link>http://highvoltageart.wordpress.com/?p=19</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>evs2jaxx</dc:creator>
<guid>http://highvoltageart.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/linework-illustration/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Following yesterday&#8217;s Illustration lecture I thought I&#8217;d put together some good contextu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Following yesterday's Illustration lecture I thought I'd put together some good contextuals for their line work.</p>
<p>I'll start with a portrait artist who I have never heard of before, and I assume is from <em>quite a few</em> years back!</p>
<p><strong>J.A.D. Ingres</strong></p>
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="298" caption="Ingres"]<img class=" " title="Ingres" src="http://the-prince-and-the-thief.com/images/sketchUp/sPhansavanh_sketchUp283.jpg" alt="Ingres" width="298" height="379" />[/caption]
<p>In his prelim sketches for clients he would always spend hours on the face, getting the face perfect. Then he would use really loose lines for all the other aspects of the image. According to my illus tutor,  its because they would sell the portrait on facial recognition - very obvious notion now I think of it! <br />
I just wish I could draw like this without it taking hours and hours!</p>
<p><strong> Matisse</strong></p>
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="322" caption="Matisse"]<img class=" " title="Matisse" src="http://www.livingneighborhoods.org/pics/fifteen/matissebluenude.jpg" alt="Matisse" width="322" height="364" />[/caption]
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<p>Okay, so I'll admit now, I don't like Matisse, but we've got a task doing positive and negative cutouts (I assume inspired by Matisse) so I'm trying to learn to at least like him. </p>
<p><strong>David Hockney</strong></p>
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="298" caption="David Hockney"]<img class=" " title="David Hockney" src="http://www.msuskopje.org.mk/img/page/340.jpg" alt="David Hockney" width="298" height="358" />[/caption]
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<p>In honesty I can't remember what Hockney images she showed us, and I only used this one seeing as I am referencing their use of line - I can't say I find him memorable as he is someone else I am not too hot on but I have to admit he is a fantastic artist, just not to my liking!</p>
<p><strong>Paul Cox</strong></p>
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Paul Cox"]<img title="Paul Cox" src="http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/05/images/2001-05killen.jpg" alt="Paul Cox" width="420" height="280" />[/caption]
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<p>Okay so I only discovered this guy yesterday in lecture. My notes say 'Paul Cox - MOVEMENT, Brush pen, realism, NO straight lines' obviously I didn't have much to say about him then but I underlined his name and gave him a big red star, haha. <br />
I love the fact there are NO straight lines. My tutor today said something about him using his elbow as a pivot for the drawings, and that makes a lot of sense, as that would restrict the use of straight lines. I don't know a lot about Paul Cox, and haven't seen much of his work, so he's a must on my look up list.</p>
<p><strong>Tomer Hanuka</strong></p>
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="344" caption="Tomer Hanuka"]<img title="Tomer Hanuka" src="http://img73.yukle.tc/images/325613.jpg" alt="Tomer Hanuka" width="344" height="500" />[/caption]
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<p>Someone who I had seen before lecture yesterday! Came across him in Juxtapoz magazine (My bible) and fell in love. I can't tell you exactly all the things I love about Hanuka's work but I think he's mindblowing. His line work is supurb. His colour choices are exceptional - just look him up and see for yourself just how wonderful this guy is!</p>
<p><strong>Gerald Scarfe</strong></p>
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Gerald Scarfe"]<img title="Gerald Scarfe" src="http://www.guitarist.co.uk/resources/guitarist/Gerald%20Scarfe%20with%20Pink%20Floyd%20The%20Wall%20-%20Gibson%20SG.jpg" alt="Gerald Scarfe" width="300" height="300" />[/caption]
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<p>Didn't know his name? Knew the work though right?! Loved his work for AGES! Scarfe is fantastic. Very recognisable style, epspecially after Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall stuff. I just love the craziness of his characters. And I don't know why but the first time I ever saw the Squid in Spongebob Squarepants I thought of Gerald Scarfe! </p>
<p><strong>Ralph Steadman</strong></p>
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Ralph Steadman"]<img title="Ralph Steadman" src="http://www.mikedibb.co.uk/films_on_art/files/page3_7.jpg" alt="Ralph Steadman" width="450" height="338" />[/caption]
<p>What can I say, I LOVE inks!</p>
<p><strong>Frank Miller</strong></p>
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="310" caption="Frank Miller"]<img title="Frank Miller" src="http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/DMS/MEP131~That-Yellow-Bastard-Sin-City-Posters.jpg" alt="Frank Miller" width="310" height="450" />[/caption]
<p>You'll probably know him for Sin City. I love the fact that his work is just pure black and white and he doesn't need anything else to define. You just know what is happening!</p>
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<p><strong>Myke Bakich</strong></p>
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<p>The master of sketching? Well who knows, but I love all of the sketches I have seen so far. His faces are really intriging!</p>
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<p><strong>Stanley Donwood</strong></p>
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<p>Does a lot of Radiohead covers I believe. Only discovered him in lecture but I really love the use of lines to create shading here! Plus his colours are really cool in this piece. </p>
<p><strong>HR Giger</strong></p>
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<p>LOVE HIM! You might know of his work because he create the Alien in Alien! That beautifully grotesque thing with the fantastically constructed head! I have one of his books and its so gorgeous. <br />
I love the mic stand he made for Korn! </p>
<p><strong>Alex Pardee</strong></p>
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<p>Again - grotesque! Love him!</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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There&#8217;s a delightful article by Adam Gopnik in the latest (September 22, 2008) issue of The N]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">There's a delightful article by Adam Gopnik in the latest (<span class="dd dds">September 22, 2008) issue of <strong>The New Yorker</strong> about some controversies surrounding the <strong>Babar</strong> series. Here's a clip:</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">In the past few decades, a series of critics on the left, most notably the Chilean writer Ariel Dorfman, have indicted Babar in the course of a surprisingly resilient and hydra-headed argument about the uses of imagery and the subtleties of imperialist propaganda. Babar, such interpreters have insisted, is an allegory of French colonization, as seen by the complacent colonizers: the naked African natives, represented by the “good” elephants, are brought to the imperial capital, acculturated, and then sent back to their homeland on a civilizing mission. The elephants that have assimilated to the ways of the metropolis dominate those which have not.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Fascinating. As is the rest of the article, which among other things touches on: a wholly different controversy regarding the fate of Babar's mother, the occupations of animals, nationalistic representations of order and disorder in children's literature, and Matisse.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Freeing the Elephants</strong> &#62;<a title="New Yorker" href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/09/22/080922fa_fact_gopnik"><em>Catena Ex Situ</em></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Wormen.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mama Leeuw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leeuwkes.com/2008/09/21/wormen/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bericht aan mijn zonen.
Liefste Senne, liefste Matisse,
Jullie zijn twee geweldige jongens. Ik kan m]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bericht aan mijn zonen.</p>
<p>Liefste Senne, liefste Matisse,</p>
<p>Jullie zijn twee geweldige jongens. Ik kan me, echt waar, geen fantastischere kinderen wensen dan jullie. Maar. Er is een grote maar. Ik ben geen jongen. En alhoewel ik geen roze-prinsessen-tierlantijntjesjurk-meisje ben, betekent dat ik al die jongensdingen een beetje samen met jullie moet ontdekken. En vandaag zijn we zo ongeveer op de grens geraakt.</p>
<p>Kijk, ik wil heel veel leren over dinosaurussen. Ik heb er nooit meer van geweten. Landkaarten en aardrijkskunde interesseerden me nooit of te nimmer; ik ben nu samen met jou, Senne, enthousiast wanneer een baan die we volgen op de kaart ineens langs 'mooie natuur' of - oh nog fantastischer - een spoorweg passeert. Ik heb heel mijn kennis over sterren en planeten opgefrist en al ken ik de exacte volgorde van de planeten in ons zonnestelsel nog steeds niet terug, ik kan jou er toch wel al iets over vertellen. En ik geraak eveneens in extase wanneer we in de auto een supercoole vrachtwagen, een trein, een tram of een raceauto passeren. En Cars? Die ken ik ook helemaal vanbuiten.</p>
<p>Maar er zijn zoals gezegd grenzen. Vandaag hebben we wormen gezocht. Voor Oma dan nog. Van die vieze dikke en lange smalle en korte zwieberige wormen. Wormen in alle maten. En die deden we in een potje. Waar even voorheen nog de appelmoes in zat. En bij elke nieuwe worm in het potje moest ik hyperblij zijn. Want er was er weer een supercoole bij.</p>
<p>Laat ik jullie één ding vertellen (ik meen zelfs dat ik het vandaag een aantal keer heb gezegd): ik heb het niet zo voor wormen. Ik vind ze glibberig, vies en eigenlijk gewoon disgusting.</p>
<p>Want ik ben een meisje. Denk ik dan.</p>
<p>Kunnen jullie dat soort spelletjes in 't vervolg voor Papa houden? Die vindt dat ook niet zo leuk, maar dat is nou net waar papa's o.m. voor dienen. Om vieze of stoere jongensspelletjes te spelen.</p>
<p>En dan lees ik wel verder voor uit het grote sterren- en planetenboek.</p>
<p>Dankjewel.</p>
<p>Dikke knuffel,</p>
<p>Mama.</p>
<p>PS neen, ik weet niet wat wormen eten. Of ze gaan blijven leven met dat blaadje erbij? I wouldn't care less.</p>
<p>PS2 waag het niet om me hetzelfde ooit aan te doen met kikkers. Ik heb namelijk <a href="http://www.google.be/search?sourceid=navclient&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;rlz=1T4ADBR_enBE264BE264&#38;q=ranidafobie" target="_blank">ranidafobie</a>. Dus ik sta niet in voor de gevolgen.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vier.]]></title>
<link>http://medlund.wordpress.com/?p=215</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mama Leeuw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leeuwkes.com/2008/09/20/vier/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[4 maanden geleden lag ik nu in de kraamkliniek van Vilvoorde. En was Matisse precies een dag oud. Ti]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>4 maanden geleden lag ik nu in <a href="http://www.azjanportaels.be" target="_blank">de kraamkliniek van Vilvoorde</a>. En was Matisse precies een dag oud. Time flies.</p>
<p>Werkwoorden die Matisse deze maand verder heeft geperfectioneerd:</p>
<p>-<em> lachen</em>: van 's morgens vroeg tot 's avonds laat - hmm is dit geen tien-om-te-zien-liedje? - en nu ook met geluid</p>
<p>- <em>zeveren</em>: de hoeveelheden <a href="http://leeuwkes.com/2008/08/22/drie/" target="_blank">van vorige maand </a>waren klein bier tov de huidige productie.</p>
<p>- <em>opdrukken:</em> Tiny Love heeft <a href="http://leeuwkes.com/2008/08/27/moesj/" target="_blank">zijn werk </a>gedaan. Kind&#38;Gezin zal niks meer te piepen hebben.</p>
<p>- <em>grijpen:</em> whatever in de buurt ligt, hangt, staat,...</p>
<p><em>- sabbelen:</em>  op whatever het resultaat is van het beoefenen van vorig werkwoord.</p>
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<p><a href="http://medlund.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc_0941.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Nieuwe werkwoorden van deze maand:</p>
<p>- <em>belletjes blazen:</em> en de variant met wortelpap is ook bijzonder leuk</p>
<p>- <em>draaien</em>: hele toeren draait ie tijdens zijn slaap, en ik heb nog steeds geen idee hoe hij het eigenlijk voor elkaar krijgt.</p>
<p>Werkwoorden waar nog wat op moet worden geoefend:</p>
<p><em>- rollen: </em>van rug naar zij lukt al aardig. Verder doorrollen nog niet</p>
<p>Werkwoorden waarover nog wordt getwijfeld:</p>
<p><em>-duimen:</em> soms wel en soms niet. Hij is er nog niet uit wat nu eigenlijk 't lekkerste is, zo precies.</p>
<p><a href="http://medlund.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/dsc_09411.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-217" title="dsc_09411" src="http://medlund.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/dsc_09411.jpg?w=510" alt="" width="510" height="761" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Saper vedere]]></title>
<link>http://spazicreativi.wordpress.com/?p=239</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fr@nce§ca</dc:creator>
<guid>http://spazicreativi.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/saper-vedere/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Saper vedere di Matteo Marangoni &#8220;Il classico manuale per imparare a &lt;leggere&gt; un&#8217;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Saper vedere</strong> di <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Marangoni" target="_blank">Matteo Marangoni</a> "Il classico manuale per imparare a &#60;leggere&#62; un' opera d'arte" è composto di due volumetti che hanno in copertina "<em>Limoni e sassifraghe</em>" di <strong>Henri Matisse</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.limmi.it/images/stories/quadri/subiove_matisse-saxifrages.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="268" /></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>R</strong></span>ipresi dopo molti anni mi accingo a rileggerli; ricordo che l'essenza dei manuali era questa: più che attribuire, incominciamo a "saper vedere", le immagini ci parlano, lasciamo per un attimo date ed eventi, e concentriamoci più sul colore, sulla forma, troppo spesso si parla di cose di cui poco si conosce realmente, cominciamo a saper vedere.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Finita la lettura, integrerò questo articolo...</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>"Tutte le cose, anche le meno interessanti, o le più brutte, hanno un lato piacevole. Bisogna solo volerlo vedere."</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Hesse-</strong><em><strong> Aforismi.</strong></em></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lisavalentine</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lisavalentine.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/nice-spot-on-really/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I mentioned a couple of posts ago that we had just returned from Nice.  What a fabulous place and i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I mentioned a couple of posts ago that we had just returned from Nice.  What a fabulous place and it is easy to see why the rich and famous and not so rich or famous head there.  We arrived to a rather cloudy overcast day  but at least it was warm - about 26 degrees.  The hotel was right on the Promenade des Anglais and our room overlooked the sea.</p>
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<p>The following day we decided to walk round the headland to the West of the town from Villefranche sur Mer.  We stepped off the train and within a few hundred yards were on a superb little beach with a diving pontoon and a swimming area bouyed off from the boats coming out of the marina.  It sort of set the tone for the whole holiday.  Walk a bit, head round a corner, 'Oh that looks a nice beach' swim, sunbathe, potter on a little further.  Walking in the Dales is nothing like this!</p>
<p>The old town of Nice is a warren of small streets full of restaurants, bars and shops.  We ate there a couple of times but it is not cheap - £7 a pint of lager!</p>
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<p>On the Saturday we took a trip to an island just south of Cannes.  It's called Isle St Marguerite and is just 4 Km long and about one Km wide.  It has no vehicles and is even no smoking!  The trip took about an hour and was quite bumpy across the bay.  We walked along the coast stopping every so often then on the South side found a fantastic little cove.  It was about 15 ft wide and just exqusite.  I swam out of the cove with Stephen's camera, which is waterproof to take a photo of 'our beach' and will post the photos along with loads of others onto the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisavalentine/">flickr site </a>when they've been downloaded.  It was just idyllic and I could have spent all day just taking photos of yet another beautiful view.  The island is covered in pine and eucalyptus trees making the air scented and delicious.</p>
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<p>It wasn't all sun, sea and beaches though, we did visit the Museum of Modern Art and the <a href="http://www.musee-matisse-nice.org/">Matisse Museum</a> which are all free.  The Matisse is held in a beautiful 17th century mansion surrounded by olive trees in a park to the North of the city and is worth the visit.   I also managed to get the timer to work on my phone camera so here are the happy couple on the steps of the Museum of Modern Art.</p>
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<p>All in all a fantastic holiday the best ever!</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>giuseppefrangi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://robedachiodi.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/vastita-americane/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Vista in agosto la mostra di James Turrell a Villa Panza a Varese. Tutta costruita per spiegare l]]></description>
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<p>Vista in agosto la mostra di James Turrell a Villa Panza a Varese. Tutta costruita per spiegare l'immenso progetto del Roden Crater, presso Flagstaff in Arizona. Dal punto di vista della sensibilità è distante anni luce, perché di uno spiritualismo senza più corpo. Ma alcune ammissioni è giusto farle.</p>
<p><strong>Punto primo.</strong> Fa impressione riscontrare come l'arte americana abbia ereditato la vocazione a pensare in grande. In America esplodono le dimensioni, non solo per esibizionismo, ma per un bisogno di “andare oltre“ connaturato all'opera. Ha cominciato Pollock, gli altri sono andati dietro. L'arte non è più un giochino, esorbita, esce dalle misure. Nessuno nel 900 in Europa ha spinto in questa direzione. Eppure nella storia europea l'andare oltre la misura è stata una spinta sempre presente: pensa all'enormità della Sistina, ai metri di tela nera sopra gli ultimi Caravaggio, alla forza centrifuga della scultura di Bernini. Ma anche alle galoppate di Tiepolo... O agli esorbitanti crocifissi di Cimabue. Ora questa eredità sembra tutta americana. Turrell prende un cratere nel desero e ci costruisce nei decenni la sua opera (nella foto Akpha space. Lo skyspace).</p>
<p><strong>Punto secondo.</strong> L'arte americana si misura sistematicamente con l'assoluto. Non è di tutti, ma accade con una frequenza che fa impressione. E' un assoluto disincarnato, senza volto: ma questa è caratteristica americana o è non è invece perché l'uomo ha perso la grammatica dell'assoluto? Non sa più dargi nome e faccia (come del resto aveva detto Péguy)? L'arte americana ci dice che oggi il sacro è aniconico (Dan Flavin alla Chiesa Rossa di Milano). Che chi lo vuole rappresentare cade sistematicamente nell'illustrazione patetica. Le Corbu a La Tourette mette solo uncrocifisso minimo sull'immensa parete bianche. Il resto è solo luce. C'est tout. E Matisse è più evocativo nei papier decoupèe che nella Via Crucis di Saint Paul de Vence.</p>
<p>A proposito. A Londra viene ricomposto il ciclo Seagram di Rothko. Immensità, più assoluto (anche se nero). Ma Rothko in più ha anche il senso (a volte colossale) della struttura. Ha ancora un corpo. Per questo è il più grande.</p>
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<link>http://florescence.wordpress.com/?p=631</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>johemmant</dc:creator>
<guid>http://florescence.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/harmony-in-red-matisse/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[We hang her on the wall of the house
that rings me like a shell
and as I pass, I pause.
She’s arra]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We hang her on the wall of the house<br />
that rings me like a shell<br />
and as I pass, I pause.</p>
<p>She’s arranging fruit in a bowl, contemplating<br />
which colours and shapes will touch.<br />
If the pomegranate in its vermilion skin<br />
that hides a spill of tiny eggs<br />
is overwhelmed by lemon.</p>
<p>Watching her at work,<br />
does he recognise an artist?<br />
Make the tablecloth her canvas,<br />
a vine that climbs the wall<br />
with an extravagance of red like<br />
the dare of a matador’s cape,<br />
a growing pool of blood.</p>
<p>In the dark hall,<br />
the pigment is a catalyst.</p>
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<p><em><a href="http://sam.dev.uen.org/utahlink/tours/admin/tour/17720/17720harmony_in_red.jpg">the painting</a></em></p>
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<link>http://medlund.wordpress.com/?p=203</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mama Leeuw</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leeuwkes.com/2008/09/14/zoom/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lang leve de zoomfunctie van mijn toestel. Twee foto&#8217;s zonder dat ze het door hadden. Zalig is]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lang leve de zoomfunctie van <a href="http://www.nikon.be/product/nl_BE/products/broad/1421/overview.html" target="_blank">mijn toestel</a>. Twee foto's zonder dat ze het door hadden. Zalig is dat.</p>
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<link>http://myfavoriteart.wordpress.com/?p=8</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
<guid>http://myfavoriteart.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/famous-painting-and-the-un/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Freerice.com has been one of my favorite sites for a while now. (What could be better than working t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Freerice.com has been one of my favorite sites for a while now. (What could be better than working toward ending world hunger while learning vocabulary?!) Now you can pick your subject! One such subject being<a href="http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&#38;t=2891801843820&#38;s=Famous%20Paintings"> Famous Paintings! </a></p>
<p>Yeah- I was super excited! I've been using it to keep up on my Renaissance painters while studying my impressionists and cubists. GO THERE!!! DO IT!!!</p>
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<link>http://eatforwork.wordpress.com/?p=90</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chsumk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eatforwork.pl.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/the-modern-midtown/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Taste of Art
September 10, 2008
I received an email in the morning from a vendor rep which read (I]]></description>
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<p>September 10, 2008</p>
<p>I received an email in the morning from a vendor rep which read (I hope she won't mind me pasting it here): "Realize this is short notice, but we have an open spot at a client/agency appreciation event tonight at MOMA starting at 5:15 pm. Would love to have you join if you're available. It's a private tour of the galleries followed by cocktail hour within the museum. If any of you are art enthusiasts, let me know as soon as you can and I'll add you to the list."</p>
<p>You can probably imagine my heart skipping a beat after this. Not that I know a lot about art, but I do appreciate museums and any sort of private tour is always a bonus, not to mention cocktail hour.</p>
<p>Although this is technically a blog about eating, I think that eating and food presentation can be considered an art, and since they are not so far removed from each other, I'll briefly touch on a few artists that I remember from the one-hour private tour at the MOMA.</p>
<p>We started with the history of modern art - great pieces by <a href="http://z.about.com/d/gonyc/1/0/o/F/moma-02.JPG">Van Gogh</a>, <a title="Demoiselles D'Avignon" href="http://www.moma.org/collection/conservation/demoiselles/images/demoiselles_NewFINAL.jp" target="_blank">Picasso</a>, and <a title="Man With A Guitar" href="http://www.artchive.com/artchive/b/braque/man_guit.jpg" target="_blank">Braque</a>. With Picasso's Demoiselles D'Avignon (Five women from Avignon), the museum tour guide explained that cubism is the art of using shapes to show many different perspectives of the object through a one-dimensional medium of the canvas. It's almost as if you could peel the object off the painting, and construct it into 3-D form by simply taking the shapes the artists present and gluing them together.</p>
<p>We moved on to <a title="The Red Studio" href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A3832&#38;page_number=26&#38;template_id=1&#38;sort_order=1&#38;printable=1" target="_blank">Matisse</a>, who had a different perspective on modern art. In his Red Studio, he uses a solid red background, but is able to convey the sense of three-dimensionalism despite a lack of shading or depth.</p>
<p>The tour ended with some pieces that most think about when they think about modern art - <a title="Jackson Polluck" href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A4675&#38;page_number=21&#38;template_id=1&#38;sort_order=1&#38;printable=1" target="_blank">Jackson Pollock</a>, <a title="Bicycle Wheel" href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A1634&#38;page_number=7&#38;template_id=1&#38;sort_order=1" target="_blank">Marcel Duchamp</a>, <a title="The Bed" href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A4823&#38;page_number=4&#38;template_id=1&#38;sort_order=1&#38;printable=1" target="_blank">Robert Rauschenberg</a>, and ended with a <a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A6246&#38;page_number=12&#38;template_id=1&#38;sort_order=1&#38;printable=1">few</a> <a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A6246&#38;page_number=10&#38;template_id=1&#38;sort_order=1&#38;printable=1" target="_blank">pieces</a> by <a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A6246&#38;page_number=22&#38;template_id=1&#38;sort_order=1" target="_blank">Andy Warhol</a>.</p>
<p>Before I talk about the food aspects for this post, I do want to pension that Jackson Pollock is among my favorite modern artists. Some people may think that his work is pure chaos, but that day, standing there in front of the paint splattered <em>Number 31</em>, I connected with the work. To me, there is structure admist the wilderness in his work, and to me, it represented life, the connections, the fabric, the network, the spontaneity, love, hatred, everything. I imagined Pollock dancing with the paint on his canvas, the beauty of the strokes, pre-meditated yet unknown. I almost started crying.</p>
<p>Ok, a little bit to philosophical and sentimental for this blog space. Let's talk about the food...</p>
<h2>The Modern</h2>
<p><a title="The Modern" href="http://www.themodernnyc.com" target="_blank"> www.themodernnyc.com</a><br />
<a title="Google Maps" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&#38;hl=en&#38;q=9+W+53rd+St,+New+York,+New+York,+New+York+10019,+United+States&#38;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&#38;sspn=40.137381,81.914062&#38;ie=UTF8&#38;cd=1&#38;geocode=FeL0bQId0TaX-w&#38;ll=40.761073,-73.976119&#38;spn=0.009394,0.019999&#38;z=16" target="_blank"> 9 West 53rd Street</a><br />
213.333.122</p>
<p>The Modern is actually a dining are connected to the MOMA, but remains open after the museum closes. The atmosphere is chic, modern, (obviously) - everything you'd imagine in a small trendy restaurant attached to one of the world's most celebrated museums.</p>
<p>We were ushered to a special room booked specifically for our host company and served a choice of red wine, white wine, champagne, and typical cocktails.</p>
<p>Hors D'oeuvres:</p>
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<li><strong>Salmon Tartare </strong>with sunny-side up quail egg on top - <em>this was my favorite hors d'oeuvre of the night. I love quail egg, and it was presented in a lovely way. The egg complemented the taste of the salmon very well, and the crouton on which the salmon sat created a contrast of textures.</em></li>
<li><strong>Crab ravioli</strong> - <em>also delicious, the ravioli was slightly fried to create a concept similar to a samosa.</em></li>
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<p><strong>Overall on a scale of 1-10:  8</strong> this score is based solely on the cocktail hour, so I wasn't able to try the dinner menu, but it was a great way to spend an evening at "work".</p>
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<dc:creator>lilaviolette</dc:creator>
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&#8220;L &#8216;objectif de l&#8217;art n&#8217;est pas le déclenchement d&#8217;une sécrétion m]]></description>
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<p>"L 'objectif de<a href="http://lilaviolette.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=87"> l'art</a> n'est pas le déclenchement d'une sécrétion momentanée d'adrénaline, mais la construction progressive, sur la durée d'une vie entière, d'un état d'émerveillement et de sérénité." [ 1962. ]<br />
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mama Leeuw</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[De ochtend (en avond-)rush is nu ook opnieuw ons deel. Niet alleen door Senne en zijn juf Barbara, m]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>De ochtend (en avond-)rush is nu ook opnieuw ons deel. Niet alleen door Senne en zijn juf Barbara, maar ook omdat Matisse nu de dag doorbrengt bij Annelies van <a href="http://www.pimpeloentje.be" target="_blank">Pimpeloentje</a> (ja inderdaad, wie bedenkt nu zo'n naam - ik heb het me ook al afgevraagd), en omdat ik terug aan het werk ben natuurlijk.</p>
<p>'t Is effe wennen terug. Amai nie.</p>
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Danilo Santos de Miranda, diretor geral do SESC-SP, será o presidente do comissariado do &#8220;An]]></description>
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<p><strong>Danilo Santos de Miranda</strong>, diretor geral do SESC-SP, será o presidente do comissariado do "Ano da França no Brasil", que já tem 200 atrações confirmadas, mas ele que que cheguem a 600! O Brasil e o ouiouioui agradecem!</p>
<p>Entre as 200 atrações já confirmadas estão mostras de Léger e Matisse na Pinacoteca e Chagall no Masp.  Shows de Patrick Bruel e concerto na Osesp com regência de Louis Langré, e a adaptação da obra de Serge Gainsbourg pela Orquestra Imperial, com participação de Jane Birkin! Além disso, grupos de teatro e até jogadores franceses (talvez a seleção inteira) venham para o evento.</p>
<p>Esperamos mais notícias!</p>
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&#8220;El rostro humano es una cosa más perceptible y corporal, pero más compleja, variable y vit]]></description>
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<p>"El rostro humano es una cosa más perceptible y corporal, pero más compleja, variable y vital que las demás cosas" - recordaba yo hace poco <a href="http://alenarterevista.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/el-retrato-el-espejo-y-el-rostro-por-jose-julio-perlado/#more-481">en un artículo</a> -. El rostro humano - se ha comentado al estudiar el Alto Renacimiento y el Barroco - es más importante, bello y poderoso que las cosas. Por fin - se concluyó en la época moderna - el rostro es más cambiante, inestable, perecedero pero siempre más vital y espiritual que las cosas.</p>
<p>Ahora que se cierra en estos días una excelente exposición en el <strong>Prado</strong> sobre "<strong>El retrato del Renacimiento",</strong> el rostro dentro del retrato permanece más que nunca  con nosotros, se cruza en nuestras calles y nos aborda y lo abordamos diariamente intentando desvelar su esfinge. A a su vez el retrato sigue abriendo debates, opiniones y polémicas.  <strong>Robert Rosenblun,</strong> al comienzo de un catálogo titulado <em>"Los hechos contra la ficción"</em>  en la exposición itinerante "<em>Retratos públicos, retratos privados 1770-1830</em>",   aseguraba que "el retrato se ha convertido en el siglo XX en un género amenazado. Los análisis convencionales de la evolución del arte moderno han sentenciado que a los impresionistas les resultaba hasta tal punto indiferente la gente que pasaba delante de sus ojos q<a href="http://misiglo.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/jawielensky-artdailorg1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1738" src="http://misiglo.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/jawielensky-artdailorg1.jpg?w=255" alt="" width="255" height="300" /></a>ue no dudaban en pulverizar su identidad mediante manchas de luz coloreada. En cuanto a <strong>Cézanne,</strong> se daba por supuesto que cuando representaba una y otra vez a su infinitamente paciente esposa, <em>Hortense</em>, por completo insensible a los rasgos o la personalidad de ésta, no veía en ella más que el equivalente inerte de las manzanas o los melocotones que se esforzaba en pintar. Las revoluciones artísticas del XX habrían supuesto, por su parte, un eclipse del retrato aún más completo. ¿A quién se le ocurriría encargar un retrato a <strong>Mondrian</strong> o a <strong>Rothko</strong>? Incluso a los gigantes con los pies más en la tierra del arte moderno supondría un grave riesgo hacerles una proposición semejante. <strong>Matisse</strong> era muy capaz de disolver un modelo en el color y <strong>Picasso</strong> en una montaña cristalina. El retrato parecía recular hacia un pasado hacía mucho revolucionado, constituyendo un género evocador para ricos y vanos mecenas, así como propio de artistas poco inquietos que habían elegido la viciosa vía comer<a href="http://misiglo.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/garbo-1928-edward-steichenfoto-conde-nast-publicationstehe-new-york-times.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1742" src="http://misiglo.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/garbo-1928-edward-steichenfoto-conde-nast-publicationstehe-new-york-times.jpg?w=238" alt="" width="238" height="300" /></a>cial en vez de la virtud estética".</p>
<p>Pero estas frases de <strong>Rosenblun</strong>, que fueron luego convenientemente matizadas por él, marcharon luego paralelas  a la gran exposición "<em>El espejo y la</em> <em>máscara. El retrato en el siglo de Picasso"</em> que se celebró en 2007 en el <em>Museo Thyssen</em> de Madrid.  El retrato en la pintura moderna destacó entonces con su potencia y  colorido. El rostro siempre fascina, y el retrato lo enmarca. La fotografía a su vez reta también al rostro y el rostro no puede sustraerse a ella. Ni los ojos fijos de <strong>Gloria Swanson</strong>  en 1924 , ni la mirada alejada de <strong>Greta Garbo </strong>en 1928 observando algo y sin querer observarnos a nosotros y permitiendo ser observada.</p>
<p>El misterio del rostro permanecerá siempre. Esconde algo que ni siquiera el rostro conoce. Pinceles y cámaras se acercan presurosos, procuran recogerlo y no siempre lo consiguen porque muchas veces el rostro escapa.</p>
<p><em>(Imágenes: "Gloria Swanson", 1924.-foto: The Museum of Modern Art/ Retrato por Alexei von Jawlensky.-artdail.org/ ""Greta Garbo", 1928.-Edward Steicher.-foto: Conde Nast Publications.-The New YorkTimes)</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mannen.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mama Leeuw</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Mijn 2 mannen maken deugniet-plannen. Zo ziet het er toch uit  
 

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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mijn 2 mannen maken deugniet-plannen. Zo ziet het er toch uit :-)</p>
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