In Plain Sight: Finding Your First (Art) Love | National Gallery of Art
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In Plain Sight: Finding Your First (Art) Love | National Gallery of Art
The artist Gina Malek had made a similar suggestion …. "Just walk up to a piece and try to think of five things that it brings up," she suggested. Not five things that the art is about. The observations don't need to be grandiose, like this probes masculinity in the postinternet age. Just, what are five things you notice, either in the work or in
... See moreBianca Bosker • Get the Picture
Mrs G has a fine eye for art. On the white wall, the academic realism of Barrington Watson hangs beside the less measured but more joyful brushstrokes of Ken Spencer and the religious iconography of Oswald Watson. She even has an original Carl Abrahams and two drawings by Edna Manley.
Kei Miller • Augustown
The first thing is, as with the Constable Hayway, when we saw it all alone, that's most often how works of art are reproduced. They're reproduced just by themselves without the frames or the pedestals. The second thing to keep in mind is not perfect. They're just not. You always have to worry about the accuracy of the color, or the clarity of the
... See morework your way through the film festival line-ups of previous years and see what catches your eye. do what we did as children and pick out a random book at the library, a title you haven’t seen before by an author whose name you don’t recognize, and let yourself be whisked away. pick up a a magazine on a form you are unfamiliar with; a biannual... See more
Ayan Artan • how to be a critic.
Combining classical Grecian figures with fresh, abstract shapes, Amy Beager pays a clever homage to art history. Captivated by the “vitality” of paint, Beager uses a lively mixture of refined and fluid brushstrokes, blending acrylics and oils to create celestial paintings rooted in melodrama. Her romantic compositions, exploring themes of love and... See more