ARTIST RETREATS AND ART COURSE INSPIRATIONS
I wish to share with
you an array of
art related web-sites,
articles, announcements,
resources, courses,
books and writings
that I hope you
will find inspirational
and useful. New
information will
be added regularly.
Please return often.
Two websites that are works of art:
American artist Joseph Cornell (1903–1972) has been celebrated internationally for his boxes, collages, and films since the 1930s. His mining of far-flung ideas and traditions and elegant integration of woodworking, painting, papering, and drawing define the innovation and visual poetry associated with his work. Although Cornell’s exploration of art, culture, and science was highly personal, even spiritual, his goal as an artist was to inspire others to pursue uplifting voyages into the imagination.
Ashes and Snow: Gregory Colbert's sixteen year personal and artistic odyssey
The Mexico City opening will mark the fifth installation of
Ashes and Snow, Gregory Colbert's sixteen-year personal and artistic odyssey. The exhibition will be shown at the Nomadic Museum, in the historic Zócalo, from 19 January through 27 April 2008.
Ashes and Snow is an ongoing project that weaves together photographic works, film, art installations and a novel in letters. The exhibition consists of more than 50 large-scale photographic artworks, a 60-minute feature film and two short film haikus. To date, more than a million and a half people around the world have visited the exhibition.
Featured Exhibition:
Xenia Hausner: The Forum Gallery, New York City: “Xenia Hausner: You and I”
April 25, 2008 - June 27, 2008
I recently visited this show of one of my favorite artists, Xenia Hausner from Berlin. Her work is spectacular and there is a hard bound book that accompanies this exhibition and can be purchased through Amazon or The Forum Gallery.
“Xenia Hausner's current "mixed media" works are unique, full-scale paintings that incorporate working photographs, collage elements and her signature acrylic painting into their complex and involving surfaces. Xenia Hausner has long taken many working photographs of each model that poses for her and she has often employed pieces of fabric, packing tape, wood pieces and other "props" as models for the backgrounds of her paintings. Now she incorporates the actual elements into the paintings, thus the term "mixed media." The Forum Gallery.
Recommended Resources:
A weblog about drawing, painting, art history, color, art materials and methods, and other topics related to visual art.
The daily digest of arts, culture and ideas. Daily arts news from 100 newspapers, magazines and e-publications.
An extensive guide to museums, galleries, exhibitions, and art-related news, services and videos.
This is a list of exceptionally gifted Artists/Photographers/Designers:
A New York City artist, born in Moscow Russia, she has been internationally recognized for her extraordinary talent and provocative paintings.
Berlin artist Xenia Hausner, captures the spirit of our time and the soul of her generation in her dramatic expressionist works.
A gifted, passionate, intellectually stimulating artist who seeks to understand and convey the human spirit through art.
An exquisitely accomplished and prolific artist, Nora is a painter and sculptor with a special love for surface and texture. She is the master of painted effects.
International graphic and web-design firm directed by Hovie Hawk. The studio works with small and large companies from around the world, reinforcing their client's brand image while displaying a sense of quality and innovation.
A New York City based photographer specializing in food, still life, interior and fine art photography. Her exquisite taste is infused in every detail.
A fine arts and commercial photographer, she has released her stunning new book "
This Is Who I Am".
"This is an absolutely wonderful book. Every woman needs to see it! It has made me feel inspired, exhilerated, normal and beautiful!" - Kate Winslet
A Seattle based photographer, specializing in fine art photography, portraits, travel, documentaries and advertising,
Rebecca captures that unique spirit and essence that brings a photograph to life.
Recommended Books:
Can be purchased/ordered at local bookstores or
Amazon.com
This is a serious art course for serious art students.
This book explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn’t get made and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way.
This beautiful book expresses the philosophy of the artist and describes the essence of her subject matter.
It is also a superb collection of her radiant work.
*see recommended artists list
Recommended Music:
Most can be purchased on
Amazon.com
*Contact Centaur Records or Amazon
*Can be purchased at the Georgia O’Keefe Museum
The 60-minute musical composition for the feature film, Ashes and Snow. The musical collaborators include Michael Brook, David Darling, Heiner Goebbels, Lisa Gerrard, Lukas Foss, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Djivan Gasparyan. The grey CD covers are handmade in Nepal and sealed with natural beeswax.
*Can be purchased on
Ashes and Snow web-site.
