All Blog Posts Tagged 'art' (24)

I've been nearly completely inactive in my social networks since mid-July or so. Not that I wouldn't have liked to participate, but I have been engrossed in the redaction of the above essay.

When I tackled the project, I thought it would take a few weeks at most, and that I would be able…

(« Between the waves » by Ivan Aivazovsky)

The seventh chapter of « The Dam » is entitled « Flow » and presents the situation once the obstacle has been overcome, the dam has been levelled, and the test…

(« Underwater World » by Felipe Skroski)

In the storyline of « The Dam, » once the obstacle is recognized and the necessity of the conquest accepted, the protagonist must transform to become what they feel they must…

(« Moonlight Night on the Volga river » by Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov)

The second part of « The Dam » is entitled « River » and expounds the original situation, before the obstacle is recognized and dealt…

(« Painting of the Zola dam near Aix-en-Provence in France » by Paul Cézanne)

The fourth movement of « The Dam » is entitled simply « Dam. » In the storyline, this is when the obstacle is recognized and the…

(« Stromschnelle » by Gerhard Rießbeck)

In « Rapids, » the third part of « The Dam, » the protagonist/narrator is being carried from a mostly disappointing river straight into an heretofore…

Another book related post on my ArtSmartTalk blog - this time about the Shahnama, the ancient Persian epic bristling with brave Kings, heroic deeds, fierce demons, and mythic battles. The focus is on a show in New York at the Asia Society, where an edition from the 14th century is on display - recently unbound, conserved, and shown as a whole in the U.S. for the first time. The marvels of Persian illustration are on full display - magnificent craftsmanship, tiny delicate renderings of…

The Australian Book Arts Journal publishers are inviting all artists to have their artist book featured on the inside back page, all in colour. This NEW page will be known as the GOBA ( Gallery of Book Art) page and will be included every issue from now on. Showcase your work. Send an image and description to theraggededge@hotmail.com for consideration. All entries will be answered. Artists will be notified if their book is successful. New issue…

Recently with a group of students I discussed; what is it that makes the book so enduring and enticing as a medium of expression? It took a while for them to understand the question. For the college age student is more involved with their computer than probably any other medium, even art students. I kept at it though... what is this thing, this object that has so changed the entire direction of humanity?

Finally it started to come. The book as an object, a technology, a work…

This article about David Walsh's new private art museum that is under construction in Hobart may confront a number of people but it also sounds pretty exciting as well. I particularly noticed this paragraph:

"Anselm Kiefer’s monumental Sternenfall/­Shevirath ha Kelim, 2007, a haunting installation of lead books on steel shelves with broken glass, which was first shown at the Grand Palais in…

A collection of ETSY book artists

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTU2MjN8MTkyMjYx/beyond-books-two?ref=pr_treasury

A review of the Kuranda Arts Cooperative Ltd (KACL) group exhibition 'Tablelands, Perimeters and Parameters' can be seen in Australia's Art Monthly magazine (April 2010 Issue).

One of my artistbook images Euca (section flat detail) has been selected and published in this review article.…