Author: Marian Graves

  • People Have A Keenness About International Information

    So 2008’s in the publications-sped by faster than Matt Dillon driving via the backwoods of Vermont. And now it’s 2009 and there are so numerous issues left undone: That last fifteen lbs; An unfinished novel; My dishes. Exercises are of prophylaxis nature. They can keep us absent from a variety of unhealthy elements without really…

  • Facebook Privacy Settings Customers As Parameters

    Jay Z an Beyonce have split up, according to the latest information coming in today. Now it is being stated that Beyonce and Jay Z are headed for divorce. Rumors began about a week in the past that Jay Z and Beyonce have divided and they continue to surface. This energy few have been together…

  • Helen Ireland

    R.F. Do you feel that you are working with an inherited language? Were you also looking at other artists work? H.I. Yes, I was looking at specimens, animals, and I was also interested in images of bulls. I started working from these quite a lot of the time I noticed that things had started to…

  • ON BEING an EXHIBITION

    Various artists, including: BGL, Conrad Bakker, Isola & Norzi, Germaine Koh and Laurel Woodcock, Curated by Joseph del Pesco, Artists Space, New York Curated by Bay Area-based Joseph del Pesco, On Being an Exhibition presents a collection of works including oil paintings made in China. Upon entering the space, visitors exit the elevator and enter…

  • Analyzing Frida and Diego

    In analyzing Frida and Diego (1931, San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art), the author complains that Herrera uses gender stereotypes–Rivera “the great maestro” and Kahlo “the genius’ adoring wife”–which are not necessarily hers, but almost certainly, Frida’s. For Lindauer, Frida included the caption in the painting to assert her profession as painter, when Kettermann read…

  • Optimistic Dystopian

    I like German painter Daniel Richter’s work. I’m not often compelled by contemporary, figurative painting, which is a shame because I am a figurative painter. Despite what many think, and because of what many people think, painting is a difficult medium. I first saw Richter’s work in a 2003 issue of Modern Painters. I read…

  • Elevation of BC art

    “Topographies: Aspects of Recent B.C. Art,” curated by Grant Arnold, Monika Kin Gagnon and Doreen Jensen, proudly announces itself as an exhibition of ninety works by forty-one artists. It is pertinent but imperfect, containing a stimulating range of oil paintings online, the excitement of new faces and the typical difficulties of large, showcase exhibitions. The…

  • The subversive stitch

    One of the most revealing aspects of Dilys Dowswell’s review of the two exhibitions which formed ‘The Subversive Stitch’ (Issue No.24), was the language she used to contrast the historical documentation of embroidery at the Whitworth Art Gallery with the work of contemporary women shown at the Cornerhouse, Manchester: the Cornerhouse show was ‘inhospitable’ by…

  • The subversive stitch

    One of the most revealing aspects of Dilys Dowswell’s review of the two exhibitions which formed ‘The Subversive Stitch’ (Issue No.24), was the language she used to contrast the historical documentation of embroidery at the Whitworth Art Gallery with the work of contemporary women shown at the Cornerhouse, Manchester: the Cornerhouse show was ‘inhospitable’ by…

  • The Art Consulting Service of Cheapwallarts.com

    Cheapwallarts.com, a web site selling modern canvas wall art, is offering an art consulting service—free of charge—to corporate customers. Nick Chen, the president of its sales department and formerly of the art auction house in Xiamen, works with their customers to develop a modern art collection that really reflects the CWA’s culture. Cheapwallarts.com offers more…