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Fantastic collection of art videos – DocuWatch
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National Gallery of Art – Videos & Podcasts
Stay up to date with podcasts from the National Gallery of Art, which include documentary excerpts, lectures, and other films about the Gallery’s history, exhibitions, and collections.
This is a great collection of podcast (video and audio) about works of art, artists and exhibitions at one the worlds best museums. Well Worth the time to check out.
Thanks Elizabeth for the hint!
via National Gallery of Art – Videos & Podcasts.
Willem de Kooning and Wildstyle
Essay: Willem de Kooning and Wildstyle – News – 12ozProphet.com
Most movements in all the arts go through this progression. In graffiti it happened within a mere five to ten years, because of the immediacy and speed of the subways to share the work with a whole city of young artists the very next day after it was created. There were no studio visits to schedule, no galleries to organize shows, no hiding the work from prying eyes. It was in your face the day after the artist painted it. This sped up the process of transition towards complexity.
The Feral Diagram illustrates these connections with a 2-D info-graphic, charting the revolutionary change in Fine Art History as Graffiti and Street Art became the most relevant movement(s) throughout the world, as evidenced by their popularity and influence. As time has passed, because of the successes of the Pop Art movement as well which allowed for the acceptance of the movement into the art world in the first place, Graffiti and Street Art have continued to grow in acceptance and popularity, becoming the most relevant movement of the late twentieth century and at the start of the new millennium.
Essay: Willem de Kooning and Wildstyle – News – 12ozProphet.com
Last Monday, the once-in-a-lifetime retrospective, de Kooning, closed its doors at the MoMA. The 12ozProphet crew squeaked in at the last minute on Sunday to check out the two hundred paintings by the Abstract Expressionist/Action Painting Master. He and the other painters of his generation actually have more in common with graffiti than you’d think. Much like the Wildstyle masters of the late twentieth century into the new millenium, de Kooning had impeccable drafting skills; professional experience as a house painter, sign painter and designer; considered himself a working class artist; and explored full-body gestures, improvisation, and deconstruction of form. When he painted he totally bugged out and shredded reality.
via Essay: Willem de Kooning and Wildstyle – News – 12ozProphet.com.
Van Gogh: Up Close – National Gallery of Canada
Van Gogh: Up Close
25 May 2012 – 03 Sep 2012
This will be the first major project devoted to the Dutch artist by a Canadian institution for over two decades. Presented in Canadian exclusivity in Ottawa, Van Gogh: Up Close will break new ground in exploring the artist’s representation of nature in particular his innovative use of the close-up view. The artist depicts nature in very particular ways: he experiments with depth of field and focus, zooms in on a verdant tuft of grass or a single iris and or provides shifting perspectives of a farmer’s field or the corner of a garden. This exhibition will feature approximately 50 paintings including works that have rarely been shown publicly, as well as a selection of Japanese prints. Organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.Presented by Sun Life Financial.
via Van Gogh: Up Close – Exhibitions – National Gallery of Canada | National Gallery of Canada.