Betye Saar is a living legend. Born in 1926, Saar has been challenging, not only art enthusiasts and dedicated museum goers, but the art world at large with her profound commentary on race in the United States. Utilizing a found object format, Saar’s assemblages pay homage to the art historical tradition that precedes them. Duchamp’s […]
Read more "Betye Saar & Art That Disrupts"Hopefully it is apparent that my goal for 2021 has been to focus on creating NEW art historical content across a variety of platforms in order to reach as many people as possible. The year 2020 taught me that people still want to learn about ART despite the “new normal” of living with a global […]
Read more "From Muse to Master: Celebrating Women Artists vol. 2"Despite being a challenging and emotional year, 2020 saw the debut of a brand new 4-week class titled Modern Art Madness! vol. 2. This follow-up class to Modern Art Madness! continued the exploration of Modern Art and covered topics not discussed in the first iteration. For example, one session of this class was dedicated to […]
Read more "My Covid Classics – #11"If you are in need of stamps or want to support the USPS, consider purchasing the Ruth Asawa Forever Stamps and learn a bit of American history, women’s history & ART history while you’re at it! Asawa was a Japanese American artist and educator that the U.S. government placed in an internment camp – on […]
Read more "Ruth Asawa Stamps"While in Chicago last month, I visited the Museum of Broadcast Communications. The ticket counter was at the foot of a flight of stairs and at the top of those stairs was an eye-catching sculpture. At first glance, I thought it was a piece by Name June Paik, but it was actually a piece by […]
Read more "“Media Tower”"Not long after the passing of artist Robert Indiana this past summer, the Tampa Museum of Art announced the exhibition, “Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective.” It is currently on view (through March 17th, 2019) and I visited the exhibition last week. I knew I was going to see his iconic “LOVE” sculpture and probably some […]
Read more "Robert Indiana: A Sculpture Retrospective"My husband travels quite a bit for work and I often drop him off at the airport and pick him up when he returns. This makes me quite familiar with our area airport and I often lament not having my own designated parking space. With that familiarity comes an interesting observation – it has always […]
Read more "The Traveler"The art world lost an innovative creator last week with the passing of Robert Indiana. Probably best-known for his LOVE sculptures (with the trademark tilted “o”), Indiana’s work blurs the lines between art, signage, pop culture, industrial construction and counter-culture symbolism. This version – AMOR – is on display in the Sculpture Garden of the […]
Read more "Robert Indiana (1928 – 2018)"Forrest is a multi-talented artist that is prolific in sculpture, photography, and installation art, among other creative endeavors. I had the pleasure of interviewing him for the April issue of Artborne Magazine and a brief excerpt from that article is included below. If you would like to read the entire article, please visit… https://artbornemagazine.com/forrest-macdonald-the-artist-as-both-creator-and-destroyer-of-worlds/ “To think […]
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