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Tag Archives: Contemporary Art
TORONTO’S NUIT BLANCHE and ART AS A PARTY!!
This past Saturday night in Toronto was the occasion for the annual display of installations (hopefully wild), called Nuit Blanche (White Night,12 hours non stop til 7 a.m.). We start with a dolled-up sales center to suggest how far … Continue reading
ALEX COLVILLE AND THE QUESTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE
In face of the vast and fascinating output of paintings emanating from painter, Alex Colville (1920-2013), no one could miss its premium upon embracing a “mysterious,” unfamiliar side of familiar life. His strategy, in raising this matter, would seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Fine Art
Tagged Alex Colville, Canadian Art, Contemporary Art, Surrealism, urbanity
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CONTACTING CONTACT (TORONTO’S PHOTO EXPO)
A picture’s worth a thousand words—especially as crafted by someone with eyes wide open.
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Cindy Sherman, Contact Photo Festival, Contemporary Art, Toronto, urbanity
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FRANCIS BACON AND HENRY MOORE ABSORBING TERROR
Two British artists, Francis Bacon and Henry Moore, thriving within the mid-century avant-garde, have been linked in an exhibition (2014) organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Ashmolean Museum of London. Bacon’s bona fides as a loyalist of … Continue reading
THE RISE OF PAIN IN DREAMS—PHARRELL WILLIAMS GETS SERIOUS
Billy Wilder made movies (like Some Like It Hot) and collected modern classical paintings. Pharrell Williams makes songs like “Happy” and collects figurines that could not be called happy. In fact they could be called Surrealist, with all the toil … Continue reading
SHEILA AND NICHOLAS PYE: SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND THEN SOME
Sheila and Nicholas Pye are an art partnership like none other. Married to each other, until a few years ago, they continue to produce videos and photographs that depict difficulties of love. But here we should drop all vestiges of … Continue reading
JAMES TURRELL: AN ARTIST SPANNING THE BIG AND THE SMALL
James Turrell is a California artist who brings to us the generally unsuspected sophistication of the wherewithal of the West Coast. His work is about the play of light, including sunlight, a commodity he would have been richly imbued with … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Contemporary Art, contemporary issues, Installation Art, James Turrell
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PAUL DELVAUX, MASTER OF SURREALIST GLAMOR
When I was in High School, I came upon—by way of Time Magazine, of all things—the paintings of Paul Delvaux.
Posted in Fine Art, Surrealist Posters&Graphics
Tagged Contemporary Art, Paul Delvaux, Twentieth Century Art
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