The Medusa Fora

Beautiful work. The Statement on his website is interesting.

love that i just found this place since the reformatting
this is my desktop background:

jennylois wrote:Beautiful work. The Statement on his website is interesting.

2000
The imagery that is my work stems from the very strong visual and emotional impact of growing up in a family marked by mental illness. My eldest brother Joe suffers from schizophrenia. Joe experienced his first pronounced episode at age 16, and was immediately institutionalized. As a result, I acquired an early and lasting fear that if you are not one of society’s “Normal” members, then you are likely to be labeled, whisked embarrassingly away from your family, stripped of your freedom, drugged and humiliated. Joe was hospitalized on and off throughout my childhood and adolescent years. The seemingly medieval hospital visuals etched into my consciousness, along with the trauma of my brother being repeatedly taken from us. The sights, sounds and smells I experienced as a small child visiting him there are prevalent throughout my work...

2003
When my brother Joe was fifteen years old, he was institutionalized for schizophrenia. He saw things, he heard things. Were these monsters? Was he?...

2005
I learned it first from my Brother. He didn’t teach me; I watched it. They will pin a word on your chest and use it against you. They will create a word that’s excuse to take your humanity away. I saw it happen to him...

Full Artist Statements Here

http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/index.shtml

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 - 1652/1653), daughter of well-known Roman artist, Orazio Gentileschi was one of the first women artists to achieve recognition in the male-dominated world of post-Renaissance art. In an era when female artists were limited to portrait painting and imitative poses, she was the first woman to paint major historical and religious scenarios. She received her early training from her father, but after art academies rejected her, she continued study under a friend of her father, Agostino Tassi. In 1612, her father brought suit against Tassi for raping Artemisia. There followed a highly publicised seven-month trial. The trauma of the rape and trial impacted on Artemisia's painting. Her graphic depictions were cathartic and symbolic attempts to deal with the physical and psychic pain.

The heroines of her art, especially Judith, are powerful women exacting revenge on such male evildoers as the Assyrian general Holofernes. Her style was heavily influenced by dramatic realism and marked chiaroscuro (contrasting light and dark) of Caravaggio. After her death, she drifted into obscurity, her works often attributed to her father or other artists. Art historian Mary Garrard notes that Artemisia "has suffered a scholarly neglect that is unthinkable for an artist of her calibre." Renewed and overdue interest in Artemisia in recent years has recognized her as a talented seventeenth-century painter and one of the world's greatest female artists.

Exhibition of paintings by Paul Simonon of The Clash: http://www.thomaswilliamsfineart.com/ex ... non_1.html

Hahaha, god they can wank on a bit the old art critics can't they. That's alot of what this doco is all about it. Well, art critics with their heads stuck up their proverbials and a retired female long-haul truck driver by the name of Teri Horton. Watched it the other night and thought it was fantastic. If you haven't seen it, do so



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_the_Fu ... Pollock%3F

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487092/

Gurrier wrote:Hahaha, god they can wank on a bit the old art critics can't they.

Oh God yes!!! This sound good, I'll try to get it.

Paul Simonon’s (ex-The Clash) paintings are on display at Thomas Williams Fine Art, 22 Old Bond Street, London W1 from 17 April till mid May.
Admission: free.
Open: 10am-6pm Mon-Fri.
Information: 020 7491 1485, http://www.thomaswilliamsfineart.com

The main part of the exhibition is his recent series of paintings inspired by the bullfights he witnessed in Spain.

An interview: http://culture.iflove.com/index.php/art ... n-pollock/

Cupla paintings to get the idea: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/thewe ... ries/3235/

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jennylois wrote:Beautiful work. The Statement on his website is interesting.

I was totally unaware of Chris's astonishing talent as a painter. i only knew him as a totally kick-ass drummer with the Replacements.

Hey Benno, Frank Frazetta lives in my home state of Pennsylvania.

I've been going through a Frida Kahlo phase. I just saw the movie (Frida) last week. There's a big show of her stuff at the philadelphia Museum of Art which I hope to make it to before it's over.

MacRua wrote:Paul Simonon’s (ex-The Clash) paintings are on display at Thomas Williams Fine Art, 22 Old Bond Street, London W1 from 17 April till mid May. Open: 10am-6pm Mon-Fri.

I saw one of his paintings a few weeks ago on an article. Exhibition couldn't have been on Saturday. I'm going to London Docklands next weekend for Seni (MMA).

O'Blivion, after seeing that movie about Frida Kahlo I looked up everything I could find about her. Her work doesn't please me, but I am fascinated by it and her life.

O'Blivion wrote:I've been going through a Frida Kahlo phase. I just saw the movie (Frida) last week. There's a big show of her stuff at the philadelphia Museum of Art which I hope to make it to before it's over.

Yes, while watching the Colbert Report I noticed the exhibit in the background while he was broadcasting from Philadelphia. I had heard the Frida exhibit was showing at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis recently however after I got there I learned that I had just missed it. The girl I spoke with said "If it makes you feel any better, the waiting line was 3 hours long". I have been meaning to watch the movie for many years now and must get around to it.

Any comments? The exhibition by Australian photographer Bill Henson showed photographs of naked 12-13 year olds.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshow.as ... censorship

jennylois wrote:Any comments? The exhibition by Australian photographer Bill Henson showed photographs of naked 12-13 year olds.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshow.as ... censorship

Where were their parents?