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Hilla Becher 1935 to 2015

October 15, 2015 — Leave a comment

Maybe one of the most influential photographers (along with her late husband Bernard) to have lived in the modern era….

“They are best known for their extensive series of photographic images, or typologies, of industrial buildings and structures, often organised in grids. As the founders of what has come to be known as the ‘Becher school’ they influenced generations of documentary photographers and artists. They have been awarded the Erasmus Prize and the Hasselblad Award.”  via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernd_and_Hilla_Becher

Obituraries here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/arts/hilla-becher-photographer-who-chronicled-industrial-scenery-dies-at-81.html?_r=0

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/15/hilla-becher

 

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Via the New York Times and Sonnabend Gallery

 

Via MOMA.org

Via MOMA.org

Hilla Becher 1935 to 2015

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Japan and Modernism

October 5, 2015 — Leave a comment

Rediscovered the Japanese Tea Rooms at the Philadelphia Museum of Art yesterday and reminded why my first love was Japanese Scroll Painting & Ceramics.  My early series Nature Morte & Desert, are especially informed by this aesthetic. Some of my Nocturnes are (visually) based on Japanese Garden views from ancient Tea Rooms. Looking back, the ancient Japanese artists and craftsman were some of first Modernist’s it seems. I am always shocked how contemporary their ancient visual language actually was.  

Detail of Japanese Tea Room Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Lions at the Stone Bridge of Tendaisan Artist: Soga Shōhaku (Japanese, 1730–1781) Period: Edo period (1615–1868) Date: 1779 Culture: Japan Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on silk Dimensions: Image: 44 7/8 in. × 20 in. (114 × 50.8 cm) via http://www.metmuseum.org/

 

Suzuki Kiitsu’s ‘Cranes’ (19th century Edo Period) | THE FEINBERG COLLECTION via http://www.metmuseum.org/

 

Mino ware, Oribe style; glazed stoneware, 1 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. (4.76 x 19.69 cm) via Seattle Art Museum

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Study for Light Projection’s 38 & 39

October 1, 2015 — Leave a comment

Image Below:
Study for Light Projection’s 38 & 39 (Negative Versions) 2015 by Thomas Brummett
(From Unique Silver Gelatin Prints)
Each work is 36×47″  100 year Color Pigment Print
Edition of 5

Study for Light Projection 38 a+39 Neg

Via www.studio-4a.com

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Study for Light Projection’s 38 & 39

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The Work of Vincent Desiderio

September 9, 2015 — Leave a comment

Most photographers don’t spend a lot of time thinking about constructing an image. Good painters on the other hand spend a great deal of time planning, sketching and sweating the composition and in Disiderio’s case meaning. For me this is what separates the realist painters; How they think about and express meaning in their imagery.  Vincent Desiderio is a great example of the amount of shear work, toil, sweat and thought that goes into the creation of one of his works.

Excellent Article On his legendary painting Sleep: Unfinished: On Vincent Desiderio’s ‘Sleep’ by Lawrence Weschler

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Catalog reproduction of Vincent Desiderio, Sleep, 2008 oil on canvas 52 x 252 inches

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Sleep in progress

 

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Detail of Sleep

 

Interview here: http://paintingperceptions.com/featured-interviews/interview-with-vincent-desiderio

 

 

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Nice article here: http://www.nccsc.net/legacy/vincent-desiderio

 

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The Work of Vincent Desiderio

 

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Nelson Shanks 1937-2015

September 5, 2015 — Leave a comment

One  of our country’s greatest portrait painters passed away recently. Nelson Shanks was also Philadelphia’s own. Students came from all over the world to attend his school which was just a block around the corner from me.  A monumental mind with a monumental talent who touched everyone from dignitaries to students throughout his life. This self portrait was one of his last apparently.

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via http://www.studioincamminati.org/

 

There is no obituary that can possibly capture this man.  Here are a few that make a good attempt:

New York Times

Washington Post

Philly.com

 

Via Newworks.org

Nelson Shanks painting Margaret Thatcher in 1994 (Via Newworks.org)

 

 

 

Nelson Shanks 1937-2015

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