Art Foraging

The Latest Catch

Edward del Rosario

Mitra Walter

Liu Baojun 劉保軍

Carlo Maria Mariani

(I am enamored with this new find. I almost like it better than some of Sandro Boticelli's paintings.)

(This one is for Crow by way of Susan. Perhaps he can enlighten us about this character) 

I first encountered the work of Henry Darger during a visit to The American Folk Art Museum. A reclusive artist and writer, his work of a lifetime was discovered for the first time posthumously.
Henry Darger 

Gustave Klimt

(I love Klimt's portraits but it is his landscapes that really take my breath away.)

Look familiar?

Michael Page

Edward Burra

Dimitri Freund

Romare Bearden

Art Foraging - The Latest Catch

Art foraging on the web...sometimes remarkable; always eclectic.

ENCINITAS, CA (AP).- The "Surfing Madonna" appeared just before Easter weekend and has been stirring a soulful debate in this Southern California beach town ever since. The striking mosaic of the Virgin of Guadalupe riding a wave was affixed to a wall under a train bridge by artists disguised as construction workers in April. It technically is graffiti that should be removed under the law. But the surfing Madonna's beauty is drawing a mass following, and even city officials who say she must go acknowledge they too have been taken by her. They have spent thousands to hire an art conservation agency to find the best way to remove her without causing damage to the art.  entire story here

 I recently discovered the work of Argentine artist Raquel Forner (April 22, 1902 – June 10, 1988), who mixed expressionist and surrealism to create her works. There isn't much biographical information on her other than this wikipedia entry, which mentions her artistic interest in the Spanish Civil War (she spent time in Spain) and in depictions of strong female images. 

(this, to me, is reminiscent of De Chirico)

And because I have a few friends who are R. Crumb fans (Susan, Joe?), here are a few images of his I discovered while art surfing recently. Enjoy!

The Official R. Crumb Website 

(worth the visit!) 

For you Brits (or world travelers) lucky enough to access it - the Tate Movie Project, because who doesn't love animation?  :-)

Art Foraging - The Latest Catch

Online this week, I perused the work of David Alfaro Siqueros...

 Photographer Tina Modotti...

three Andrew Wyeth paintings I was previously unfamiliar with...

and these fascinating images of our planet Earth, from the exhibition Earth As Art, at the Library of Congress

and lastly, a rare photo of Andy Warhol by William John Kennedy
article here

Art Foraging - This Week's Catch

Thomas Allen

 

Roy Lichenstein Foundation

Jesse Treviño

 

 Sue Coe

b. 1951 

Art Foraging - This Week's Catch

As you may have guessed, I do a lot of searching, investigating (if you will) and reading about art, on the internet. When I start clicking, I end up with files full of images and a bookmark menu full of links. Some of them I use in posts, while others that I find interesting don't find their way onto the blog. Some of these artworks/artists interest me enough that I want to share them with you occasionally. When something resonates with me, I'll be posting it occasionally under the heading Art Foraging.

Most of what I'll be posting for awhile will be weird, way-out contemporary art. Feel free to tell me why you hate it!  ;-) 

" Art should be transgressive. Life is not all sweet. "
Nicholas Serota

 

Nancy Spero, Maypole: Take No Prisoners II, 2008 (detail), Installation view, Serpentine Gallery, London, (March 3-May 2, 2011), © 2011 Jerry Hardman-Jones.

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