Art Blog – Digital Fine Art & Beyond

Artist who paints on Chewing Gum

Posted by Carol Cooper on Mar 11th, 2010 in Artists, Creativity | 0 comments

Ben Wilson spends everyday on the streets of North London, painting on the blobs of chewing gum that deface London’s pavement. Check Miriam’s blog post below to read all about Ben and his art!!

Link via: Writer Miriam Halahmy’s Blog – Wednesday, March 10,2010

http://miriamhalahmy.blogspot.com/2010/03/chewing-gum-artist.html

Who designed the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Mascots?

Posted by Carol Cooper on Feb 28th, 2010 in Creativity, Events | 0 comments

Canadian-designed Vancouver 2010 plush mascot – Miga, the Sea-Bear. Miga is wearing the Vancouver 2010 must-have memento – Red Mittens.

The designers of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic mascots (Quatchi, Miga and Sumi… and Mukmuk) is Meomi (MEOMI is Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy (Vancouver / Los Angeles).

http://www.meomi.com/

Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s

Posted by Carol Cooper on Feb 16th, 2010 in Abstract, Exhibitions | 0 comments

above image from Newark Museum website

Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s, investigates the formative geometric abstract art movements of Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. On view from February 17 through May 23, 2010 at the Newark Museum, this exhibition is the first to explore the conceptual connections and exchanges that existed between artists in the Americas.

Featured are more than 90 paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, drawings and films drawn from the collection of the Newark Museum, along with loans from public and private collections and galleries across both continents. Artists include Alexander Calder, Joaquín Torres-García, Jesús Rafael Soto, Gyula Kosice, Lygia Clark, Ellsworth Kelly, Geraldo de Barros and many others. Constructive Spirit is organized by Mary Kate OHare, Associate Curator of American Art at the Newark Museum.

Newark Museum – 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102-3176 - www.newarkmuseum.org/
If you are unable to attend the exhibition, I highly recommend viewing their podcast which will give you a marvelous overview of this wonderful exhibition. – CLICK HERE

Link via: art agenda

Digital Art – Art Numérique

Posted by Carol Cooper on Feb 11th, 2010 in Artists, Digital Art, Resources | 0 comments

Above Image credit: artist/photographer “didier du 92″ as displayed
at online photo gallery www.zphoto.fr/

CLICK HERE to view more of Didier’s images

I came upon Didier’s incredible images above in a somewhat odd way. I thought to myself, hum…what if I did a Google Image search with the French translation of the term: Digital Art. And sure enough up popped some fantastic works that incorporated the title or tags “Art Numerique”. Perhaps you may want to try it sometime if you are seeking inspiration or specific research documents that may originate in a different language.

Imprint – A Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition

Posted by Carol Cooper on Feb 11th, 2010 in Exhibitions, printmaking | 0 comments

Imprint – A Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: January 21-February 21, 2010 • Reception: February 11, 6-8pm
Gallery Talk: 7pm with juror Jane Haslem • Printmaking Demonstration: 7:30-8pm
Target Gallery – Alexandria, VA, USA

Website: www.torpedofactory.org - CLICK HERE to view artwork in the exhibition

Image Credit: Artist – Meredith Setser (IN) – Angry Dragon II
Etching and Mixed Media – 26 x 25” from Target Gallery website

“Meredith Setser has two works in the show, one a magnificent combination of mixed media and etching, Angry Dragon II, and Crewel Wasting Disease, etching, resin polymer clay. Both colorful images seem to spring from an organic source. They appear to be something wonderful viewed through a microscope.”
Quote from Juror’s Statement by Jane Haslem

Works displayed in the IMPRINT Exhibition showcase the following printmaking processes (techniques):