Sweet Van: Contemporary Landscapes

Check out work by artist Kevin Cyr
and artist Jessica Hess

and if you find yourself in San Francisco this month.. see it in person at
White Walls Gallery!

Craving some affordable Photoshop???

Did you know..
as a student at Crafton, you are able to purchase software for your computer at an extremely discounted rate??

So you are heading to LA this weekend....

Here is a great list of some shows to catch before they close. If you miss them, you can still check out the work via the links!

Eva Hesse

A beautiful glimpse into the studio process of Eva Hesse

DIFFA Design

.. all I can say is WOW

can't get to New York??.. no worries

... check the MOMA Blog

Painting's not dead silly

You may have heard the phrase, "Painting is Dead" tossed around in artsy conversations. Well- no worries.. not true. Here's a great article from the NYT by critic Roberta Smith that discusses why it is as valid as ever!

Garden Weeds as Art!

This work asks us to consider how we attach value or preciousness to an object. How does the simple act of placing a plaque next to a dandelion elevate the plant and the event of its growth from a common weed to something of value?

Read more about projects like these here


Thanks to CHC Art Club Vice President Jessi Crummel for the link!!!

MOMA acquires @

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has acquired the "@" symbol as a part of their permanent collection!!

You can read more about this here

and hear a short interview with the curator who made it all happen here!

.. and here is even more discussion on "@"

So.. whatcha gonna do with that art degree???

... well.. the list is long but one of the options is to work as an art handler- or preparator- for a museum/ gallery or private collector. The perks are networking within the field, getting to see works of art in person and a schedule that allows time to work in your studio. Now.. you could even participate in the Art Handling Olympics!!!

Last Supper-SUPERSIZED

Researchers have found that the meal depicted in various versions of Last Supper grew throughout the years!!!!!
You can read all about it here

Art History + Music!

70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

Love this!!!

Jackson Pollock for under $5!!- Better get to the Post Office???

The U.S. Postal Service is releasing a new set of stamps featuring the works of Abstract Expressionist masters!!! Besides the obvious excitement I feel about this.. I am really excited about the idea that art becomes accessible to the public through a project like this! It is such a Warholian idea born out of a Pop Art approach, yet using the elitist, personal imagery of AbEx! It is great to think that someone who has never seen these works before may have their interests raised by simply receiving a letter with one of these stamps on it!

Learn more here!

The Treatment Rooms- Mosaic Graffiti!!

My friend, artist Garth Johnson, has a pretty fabulous blog called Extreme Craft. If you have a few hours to kill, you will enjoy every single moment of perusing his posts!!! In reading Extreme Craft, I learned about artist Carrie Reichart. She takes art + activism to the public through her incredible tile mosaic graffiti murals! You can see more here.

Ken Price- Awesome Blobs!

Seriously... these are really wonderful..read more here
.. and look at more here

Feral Houses

strange, beautiful and tragic

You can see more here

Thanks to CHC Art Club Vice President Jessi Crummel for the link!!!

Venus di Milo in Snow...

Classical Greek Sculpture in snow causes a meltdown in New Jersey
( sorry.. I had to..)

Postmodern Pieta???

The first image is La Pieta (which is Italian for "Pity") by Michelangelo, dated 1499. This piece is located in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

The second.. well.. Barbie and Tarzan Used to Create the Pieta with Mary and Jesus, 2010- located on ETSY.com

Interested.. you can buy it here.


Thanks to CHC Art Club President Amber Easley for the link!!!

New Giotto Discovered!

A great example of how Art History is continually unfolding.. where new theories are being developed and new works discovered!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100308/stage_nm/us_italy_giotto_exclusive

Thanks to Art History student Matt Weber for the link!!!

The incredible Julie Mehretu

If you haven't had the pleasure of seeing a Julie Mehretu piece in person, I encourage you to keep an eye out for the chance as the photos just pale in comparison!

Here is a great interview with her studio assistants via Art:21! Enjoy!!!

http://blog.art21.org/2010/03/12/julie-mehretu-studio-assistants/

Western Spaghetti!

Stop Motion Animation!

http://www.youtube.com/user/PESfilm

click on "Western Spaghetti"

thanks to Art History student Ariel Yi for the link!

From Toy to King

http://vimeo.com/5332018

“If you want to get into graffiti, you should pay attention to this!”

From upcoming communication designer Sebastian Thieme comes this remarkable and exciting animated short movie.

This exhilarating animation gives you a brief introduction into the fascinating urban subculture ›graffiti‹, and explains you in an incredibly simple way how to
become a professional writer yourself in no time.

Artist Themed Desserts at the SFMOA

Here is a great example of Postmodernism....

visual art being transformed into edible yummies!

http://laughingsquid.com/artist-themed-desserts-at-the-sfmoma/