Category Archives: SWIMMING IN ART

The following 13 artists address race in a variety of ways through their work — some spark a dialogue in relation to the artistic cannon, others with gender roles, and some not explicitly at all. This article only shows 13 of the 30 in an exhibition at the Frist Center in Nashville a few years […]

Detail of Kenneth Branagh painted by Paul Davis.   PAUL DAVIS’ “POSTERS” – PUBLIC THEATER, NYC Last week, the Public Theatre turned the lobby of its Newman Theatre into a gallery showing an exhibition of their theatrical-posters by artist Paul Davis. For sixteen years his collaboration with the theatre’s founder, Joe Papp, put the promotional […]

Early Sunday Morning” by American Artist Edward Hopper 1930 – Oil on Canvas  60″ x 30″ In the permanent collection of The Whitney Museum of Art, NYC. “Early Sunday Morning” A Painting by Edward Hopper From time to time we enjoy looking closely at famous works of art in order to notice all of the […]

William Eggleston, Untitled, c. 1983-1986, Pigment print, 45 x 64 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches, edition of 1 of 2, 2AP, Signed in ink and numbered, David Zwirner Gallery, New York & London / davidzwirner.com   William Eggleston A man of few words, explores “democratic” color photography  (The mundane life surrounding us is filled with […]

“Roseland Ballroom” is a single photo which looks like a collage or multiple exposure. Newman’s colorful night photo of Times Square “neon” in New York City. ————— Art-Book Publisher Taschen  produced this video for a collectable book tiled: “Marvin E. Newman” (available online from taschen.com for $500 + shipping & handling.) —————   Marvin E. Newman Photographer: #Superstar #FineArtPhotographer […]

A conversation with New York Area Writer and Photographer Alina Oswald      

(Photo taken with permission.) REMY WITH SPOON – Pre-animation sculpture to visualize the leading character in “Ratatouille” by Disney/Pixar Films, sculpted by Greg Dykstra, currently in the traveling museum exhibition (The Science behind PIXAR – photo taken with permission). In “Ratatouille”, the plot follows a rat named Remy who dreams of becoming a chef and […]

PHOTO REALISM This watercolor was painted by artist M. Baum. From a distance the scene looks photographic, but when you get next to the artwork, it appears our DNA that naturally appreciates realism in art. In a private collection. \————/ Cleaning the Mirror #1(1995) Marina Abramović b. 1946, Belgrade, Yugoslavia Five-channel color video installation with […]