Disappointment is the theme for today. As in, I was disappointed with my trip to the Georgia O’Keefe Museum. Also, I was concerned about my sick grandfather, and disappointed that my mother was unable to join us because she had gone to be with him. Here is what I knew about O’Keefe prior to my…
Hello fellow art explorers! This week we have a guest writer, my friend Ingrid. She has a blog of her own, Manifaustin, which I’d invite you check out. I’ll be back next week, hopefully with some insights gleaned from my upcoming visit to the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Ladies and gents, here’s Ingrid: Who creates ten different…
Think pink! Easter eggs, ballerinas, baby girls in ruffles? Not quite what Francis Bacon (the 20th century painter, not to be confused with the 16th century philosopher) has going on in this painting. In fact, this work is considered to be one of his “black” triptychs: Not much black paint, but the subject is certainly…
Childlike exuberance and freedom to do whatever feels good—these are things I feel when I look at this week’s selection. I’ve been meaning for quite a while now to talk about Fauvism. Qu’est-ce que c’est le fauvisme? I’m so glad you asked! Fauvism is color! Well, that is an oversimplification, but to be honest, it…
Back in December, when I was still just thinking about starting up this blog, a friend tentatively asked me if I was “one of those” people who interpret all art as something sexual. I am not. If you look back at my post on Klimt’s naked ladies swimming together, my take on it was far…
Allow me to indulge in the obvious for just a moment: I tend to like art that makes me smile. Mind blowing, I know, especially since we’ve looked at some humorous work together before, here and here. But there is something so appealing about art that inspires grinning. Magritte’s Clairvoyance does this for me. See?…
I’m having a hard time finding concrete evidence of the artwork that first introduced me to Odilon Redon. I was at the Musee de Beaux Arts de Nantes, and was smitten by a painting of…of…well I honestly can’t recall. But it was colorful and magical and mysterious and intriguing enough that I went to the…
“I getting big like sky!” This is what my youngest son said a couple weeks ago when I picked him up. It melted my heart. Yes, you are getting big, and yes, the sky is big. Here is some art, some big art, of the night sky: In case you couldn’t sense the scale from…
When I gaze upon Gustav Klimt’s Goldfish, I begin to make up fairy tales: Once upon a time, four nymphs lived in a mystical watery kingdom flecked with gold. They kept giant goldfish as companions, and, should a strange traveler encounter them, he might join them and never return… “Hello ladies. My, what a fine…
Orange and Black Wall is grand, graphic, and fun. I happen to like it a lot. I saw it in a room full of modern art, and thought, “oooh! I like it.” It doesn’t make me think about current social issues or wonder about a different far off historic culture. I don’t think it changed…
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