Taken from – https://www.christies.com/features/Giorgio-Morandi-guide-10098-3.aspx In 1993, in a speech at the inauguration of the Morandi Museum in Bologna, Italian novelist, Umberto Eco hailed Morandi as a ‘poet of matter’, marvelling at ‘how so much spirituality can be expressed… through such humble items’. Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), Natura morta, painted in 1939. 12⅝ x 22¼ in (32…
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Week 27: Britain’s unwritten constitution – The British Library.
Britain’s unwritten constitution – The British Library — Read on http://www.bl.uk/magna-carta/articles/britains-unwritten-constitution ‘to no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice’ transcript link. The question is should we have a written Constitution now?
Week 27: Botticelli – Research
Jonathan Jones: Theories that the artist had fallen under the spell of a fanatical monk are completely true – as my discovery of a 15th-century woodcut proves … — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/mar/23/botticelli-renaissance-art-religion https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/sandro-botticelli https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sandro-Botticelli https://news.artnet.com/art-world/renaissance-master-sandro-botticelli-835226 https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&ved=2ahUKEwiUmfDt_oDnAhVLZMAKHSCCBVgQFjALegQIBBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.artnet.com%2Fart-world%2Frenaissance-master-sandro-botticelli-835226&usg=AOvVaw3Zm8bddxQ16hwv2XAnaHgy
Week 27: When the Exhibition Becomes a Work of Art
When the Exhibition Becomes a Work of Art — Read on hyperallergic.com/535498/food-at-yoshii-gallery/ This is something that I have looked at before – a synergistic collection of works. These ideas relate back to Adams comment about prototyping for the fine artist. The exhibition/ display/ audience engagement is something you can prototype. In this case as the…
Week 27: Research -John Baldessari – Pure Beauty | Tate – YouTube
— Read on http://www.youtube.com/watch Looking back at his career now he has gone makes his life seem complete. When Mary Oliver died last January I had the same feeling. The knot is tied. They both looked forward John Baldessari said he waited to become bored that would make him work. Mary Oliver Looked to the…
Week 26:Looking for my Historial Item
I shall look for one historical event to update/transcribe, that is key to our current democratic and domestic situation and an item that covers this period to explore to see if it’s identity, meaning and usage has changed. – from week 25. So far I have started though my investigate photos and research notes. An…
Week 26: Looking back.
This time last year the poet Mary Oliver died. I spent a lot of time reading her poems. I found words that explained my paintings. When reviewing Mark Bradford exhibition and I was reminded of Mary Oliver. She also looked out not in to find her subject. WHEN I AM AMONG THE TREESby Mary Oliver…
Week 25: Mark Bradford (MB)Research.
”keep going, always take the shot”. 2007 Link-https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s4/mark-bradford-in-paradox-segment/ https://art21.org/artist/mark-bradford/ This early program on Mark Bradford shows his developing interest in site-specific materials and social abstract on along with his sense of the humour. The artist’s practice, self-described as ‘social abstraction,’ examines political and environmental conditions that continue to disproportionately affect the most marginalized populations. Within…
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