In my most recent class – Art Theory Overdrive – I present a variety of thought-provoking artworks that are meant to challenge the participants’ ability to analyze a work of art from as many perspectives as possible. This four-week class tackled a different subject matter each week and focused on comparing and contrasting two artists […]
Read more "Homage to Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party”"Leonora Carrington was not only a prolific artist, but also a talented writer who applied her Surrealist principles to both her paintings and her writings. The Hearing Trumpet, first published in 1974, was rereleased in January of this year and it is an unreal romp through a world only Carrington could have dreamed up… get […]
Read more "“The Hearing Trumpet” by Leonora Carrington"The Wandering Art Historian book club is chugging right along through 2021! April’s book club pick was The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland and wow… what a story! I first became acquainted with the work of Emily Carr two years ago when contemporary artist, Jessica Campbell, referenced her in some new work at the MCA […]
Read more "My Covid Classic – #17"In my class From Muse to Master: Celebrating Women Artists vol. 2 we discuss the portraits of artist Tamara de Lempicka. Nicknamed “The Baroness with the Brush,” de Lempicka painted the young, liberated women of Europe in the flapper years of the 1920’s. Drawing on neoclassical female nudes for inspiration, de Lempicka crafted her own […]
Read more "Madonna & the Art of Tamara de Lempicka"You may recall from past blog posts that I sometimes attempt to create artwork in the same style or following similar methods as well-known artists. I often find that this plays an incredibly helpful role in understanding their methods and techniques when I am researching them from an art historical standpoint. Previously, I have emulated […]
Read more "Laurie Simmons Homage"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"The life story of Leonora Carrington is so fascinating that I am dumbfounded as to why it hasn’t been made into a film or multi-episode limited series. As a film it screams “Oscar bait” and as a limited series it would fit perfectly into the current trend of glamorous, yet provocatively emotional prestige television. That […]
Read more "“WandaVision” & Leonora Carrington"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"“Black Art: In the Absence of Light” is a new documentary streaming on HBO/HBO Max. It is a profound introductory survey of black art in the United States today and its history up to this point. This documentary is centered around the lifework of art historian and artist, David Driskell, curator of the 1976 exhibition […]
Read more "“Black Art: In the Absence of Light”"The Last Nude by Ellis Avery flips the script on the traditional (and misogynistic) notion of the relationship between an artist and their muse. In some ways, it plays into the seemingly patriarchal trope of the famous artist passionately and erotically obsessed with a beautiful young woman in need of some perceived rescuing, whether physically […]
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