Abstract art and peripheral vision….Creativity in Jazz and art…the unconscious…
Tag: Abstraction
Monet And Kelly? Artistic Influence Defies Science
Monet, the accidental abstractionist…How to look at Ellsworth Kelly’s paintings…A 19th century connection brings Kelly to the 21st and beyond…
At Home in Rome – Thomas Houseago’s Monumental Figures
I’d like [visitors] to have a window into the studio and feel an ambition about what sculpture can be, feel the energy, both positively and negatively…these are the things I am trying to do without irony or anything hidden.
The British-born, Los Angeles-based sculptor Thomas Houseago has just come
Monet’s Eyesight – And Our Blind Faith?
Claude Monet
The Japanese Bridge at Giverny (1918-1926, Image from Wikiart)
In his late seventies, and nearly blind with severe cataracts, was Monet ‘experimenting’, painting ‘modernist abstractions’? Many have long claimed just that from his late broad brushstrokes, lack of detail and highlights, and dark, muddy colors. Others see a darkened vision of advancing age, which is true; except it was quite real, not entirely psychological.
Of Chimp & Child – And Aesop’s Fable
How smart is your four-year-old? Not as smart as a chimp, or maybe even Aesop’s rook. Watch these videos in the BBC News report Spitting and Urinating Chimps ‘Replay Aesop’s Fable.
Say, That’s A Wise Computer – DIKW
Oh please, please, report any sightings…