Art Detectives

Today we looked at radiation masks that were used in cancer treatment; they've been transformed into art by various artist in collaboration with the wearers. Elaine brought this amaaaaaaaazing exhibition to our attention. Her work was featured as the "face" of the whole show.  Top of the day has to be Elaine's mask created in collaboration with Kathy Colova. It really is the Show Stopper of this deeply personal and rich presentation.  Here's an article introducing the work from the Walter Art Gallery -- link --  Here is the link to the show; click on the photos and you will get a pop-up about each. -- link --  A great video of the exhibit for those who can't see it in person. Hopefully the video from Facebook will show -- link -- 

Top of the Day: Van Gogh - Kang, Hyung Koo  -- link -- Today's Artwork: Dreamroom-Michalis - Won, Seoung Won and 원성원, 2002 -- link -- Contes barbares (Barbarian Tales) - Paul Gauguin, 1902 -- link -- Seal/Zeal - David Diao, 1987 -- link -- A Village Street: Dardagny - Camille Corot, 1852, 1857, or 1863 -- link -- Old Woman - Kang, Hyung Koo, 2003 -- link -- Venus with the Apple - Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1813/1816 -- link -- Still Life with Pomegranates, Apples, Pears, Grapes, Figs and Birds - Tommaso Realfonso, 'Masillo', First half of 17th century -- link -- ​

More stupendous murals from the ones Katje sent us. Wow. Just Wow. Some of the ones today detail the painful history of the Kiowa and other Indigenous Cultures in North America. Emotionally painful but important for all of us to know & to learn the experiences of First Nation & Native Peoples.  Top of the day is Mirac Creepingbear's Arrival on the Southern Plains and Alliance with the Comanche and Cheyenne from 1986-1989. Creepingbear is Kiowa / Pawnee / Arapaho.  Sherman Chaddlesone (Kiowa), Kiowa, Comanches, and Cheyennes Fight the U.S. Cavalry 1986-1989 Sherman Chaddlesone (Kiowa), The End of the Sun Dance and the Buffalo, 1986-1989 Sherman Chaddlesone (Kiowa), The Beginning of Organized Religion for the Kiowa, 1986-1989 A Collaboration between Parker Boyiddle, Jr. (Kiowa/Wichita/Delaware/Chickasaw), Mirac Creepingbear (Kiowa, Pawnee, Arapaho), and Sherman Chaddlesone (Kiowa) called The Kiowa Today from 1986-1989  Here's a link to the article which talks about each p

Katje shared these Kiowa Murals with us & we delved into the color, form, action & cultural significance of each of these exquisite treasures.    Top of the Day is Parker Boyiddle, Jr.'s Origins of the Kiowa and How They Got the Sun, 1986-1989  Mirac Creepingbear, The Kiowa Migration From the North and the Spirit of the Original Kiowa People, 1986-1989 Mirac Creepingbear, The Sun Dance Religion, 1986-1989 Parker Boyiddle, Jr., The Half Boy Leaves the Earth, 1986-1989 Parker Boyiddle, Jr., Grandmother Spider and the Half Boys, 1986-1989 Here's a link to the article which talks about each piece sent by Katje! https://newslettercollector.co m/newsletter/important-kiowa- murals-tell-the-story-of-a- people/

Top of the Day: Extra Paper - Archibald John Motley, Jr., 1946 Today's Artwork: Pan and Nymphs - Ignaz Elhafen, circa 1690-1695 -- link -- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo “Suidobashi Bridge and Surugadai” - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857 -- link -- Watering Trough - GAUGUIN, Paul, 1886 -- link -- Album - Maker unknown, 1920 - 1930 -- link -- Extra Paper - Archibald John Motley, Jr., 1946 -- link -- Abbey among Oak Trees, pre-condition before restoration - Caspar David Friedrich, 2015 -- link -- Girl portrait - Jose Justo Montiel, ca. 1860 -- link -- The Necklace - Thomas Wilmer Dewing, born Boston, MA 1851-died New York City 1938, ca. 1907 -- link -- Portrait of Pope Paul III with His Grandsons - Titian, 1545 -- link -- The Five Senses: Sight - Molenaer, Jan Miense, 1637 -- link -- Fashion plate - Unknown -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Monkey Serving Goddess of Mercury - Guxiuzhai Art Workshop Today's Artwork: Monkey Serving Goddess of Mercury - Guxiuzhai Art Workshop -- link -- Pair of woman's mitts worn with regional costume of Zaans, Netherlands, 1700/1799 -- link -- Purse, 1820–40 -- link -- Tangka -- link -- ​The quote of the day is from Bruno (slightly paraphrased as I recall it): "What I like so much about our shows, is that even something that I would consider boring, like embroidery, could be so interesting and make me want to see more." Embroidery is a REALLY surprising artform! 

Zenobia found this astounding embroidery artist Ruth Miller; here's an article about her brilliant work with several examples of her artistry. -- link --  Top of the Day is this breathtaking work called Congregants (formerly -- "Uninvited Guests") from 2016. Ruth Miller hand stitched this embroidery using wool on fabric.  Here's Ruth Miller's wonderful website with more examples of her incredible work -- link --  We then went to Google Arts & Cultures extensive website to look at examples of embroidery from all over the world as well as different time periods AND uses of embroidery.  Look at this outrageous gown called a Mantua, an over-gown or robe worn over underclothes & petticoats, crafted during 1740 - 1745. Sadly we don't know the artist but they worked diligently to create this clothing masterwork which lives on today. -- link --  Designer William Morris created this design and his younger daughter May Morris embroidered it in silk as a cushi

Top of the Day: The Annunciation of the Virgin Deal - Grayson Perry, 2012 Today's Artwork: Drawing in the Sand - Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, 1911 -- link -- Allegory of Sculpture - Gustav Klimt, 1889 -- link -- El Marian, Coghlan, Buenos Aires (2014) - EL MARIAN -- link -- The Seed of the Areoi - Paul Gauguin, 1892 -- link -- The siesta (after Millet) - Vincent van Gogh, 1890 -- link -- Ghost of a Genius - Paul Klee, 1922 -- link -- Interior View of a Library in Gothic Style - Charles James Richardson, ca. 1860 -- link -- Retrato - José Luis Cuevas, 1997 -- link -- (Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) In Memoriam - Elihu Vedder, born New York City 1836-died Rome, Italy 1923, 1883-1884 -- link -- No title - Rosario Martín Blasco, 2020/2020 -- link -- Seated Imaginary Animal - Franz Marc, 1913 -- link -- Untitled - Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, c. 1913 -- link -- The Annunciation of the Virgin Deal - Grayson Perry, 2012 -- link --

We had such a smile-inducing visit today to Taiwan's Rainbow Village started by Huang Yung-Fu also known as Granpa Rainbow! Luba suggested it and it was quite a treat for the end of the week.  Top of the Day is every one of these images but here is a view of the walkway between two of the buildings with lots of vibrant color & lively characters.  Here's a wealth of photos taken by visitors to the Rainbow Village -- link -- You can scroll through the images and see the intricate & imaginative work of Huang Yung-Fu.  This is an article which gives more of the history of the Village with some great photos -- link --  Taiwan's Rainbow Village article with a short video tour -- link --  Including Wikipedia's article which gives a short history but also has two great photos -- link --  YouTube video (12 minutes) with lots of close ups as well as views we didn't see above -- link --  YouTube video (3 minutes) which shows a host touring through the village -- l

Top of the Day: Kiss Me and Youll Kiss the Lasses - Lilly Martin Spencer, 1856 Today's Artwork: Salomé - Alphonse Mucha, ca. 1897 -- link -- ...dussent-ils me maudire...' - Honoré Daumier, 1844 -- link -- Circe Invidiosa - J. W. WATERHOUSE, 1892 -- link -- 'Woodcutter' stained glass panel - Philip Webb, Ford Madox Brown, and Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., 1863-1864 -- link -- The Spanish Pointer - after George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British and John Buckler FSA, 1770–1851, British, ca. 1799 -- link -- Figura com pássaro - Lasar Segall, c.1954 -- link -- Two Children Teasing a Cat - Annibale Carracci -- link -- Landscape at Newfields, New Hampshire - Childe Hassam, 1909 -- link -- Charles de Valois, 1573-1650 [obverse] - Guillaume Dupré, 1620 -- link -- Ceremonial Vessel - Unknown, circa 2600-2450 B.C. -- link -- Kiss Me and Youll Kiss the Lasses - Lilly Martin Spencer, 1856 -- link -- ​

 We went back into Google Arts & Culture to look at pastels again!  Top of the Day is this weeeeeeeird, horror-ific, fun drawing by  Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz called Green Eye Composition from 1918  Edgar Degas, Waiting (L'Attente), about 1882 -- link --  Stanisław Wyspiański, Portrait of Wanda Siemaszkowa, 1901 -- link --  Edgar Degas, Mademoiselle Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, 1885 --  link   --  We also took a quick look at these two pieces: Mary Cassatt, Young Girls, about 1900 --  link  --    Stanisław Wyspiański, Little Helen with a Vase, 1902  -- link -- 

 Katje suggested Pastels which we've never really examined before. What rich textures & vivid colors!!!  Top of the Day is this Self-Portrait with Wife by Stanis ł aw Wyspia ń ski from 1904.   Edgar Degas, Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green), 1877-1879 -- link --  Mary Cassatt, The Child's Bath, 1893 -- link --  Stanis ł aw  Ignacy Witkiewicz,   Portrait of Helena  Białynicka-Birula  -- link -- Stanis ł aw Wyspia ń ski,  Sleeping Mietek, 1902 -- link -- More pastels mañana!! 

Top of the Day: Café - William H. Johnson, ca. 1939-1940 Today's Artwork: Banjo Song - Palmer C. Hayden, 1961 -- link -- A Man To Remember - Charles Wilbert White, 1939 -- link -- Café - William H. Johnson, ca. 1939-1940 -- link -- In Phillis Wheatley I Proved Intellectual Equality in the Midst of Slavery. - Elizabeth Catlett, 1946-1947 -- link -- Untitled - Beauford Delaney, 1963 -- link -- African Dancer - Palmer C. Hayden, 1932 -- link -- ​We had a great morning reviewing works from the Harlem Renaissance (or in one case an artist from the period whose work was painted later than the period.) We got to see beautiful, moving, in some cases disturbing, but important works.

Top of the Day: La présence d'esprit (The Presence of Mind) - René François Ghislain Magritte, 1960 Today's Artwork: The Dream or Oneiric Self-Portrait - Frida Kahlo, 1932 -- link -- Ethiopian Warrior - Andrea Brustolon, 1690 - 1706 -- link -- Landscape with the Cannon - Albrecht Dürer, 1518 -- link -- Coat - Marshall & Snelgrove Ltd -- link -- Bonsunhwa Prayer-On going project - Sohee CHO, 2014/2014 -- link -- Study for an equestrian monument (recto) - Leonardo da Vinci, c.1485 - c.1490 -- link -- Sten Lex - Sten Lex -- link -- La présence d'esprit (The Presence of Mind) - René François Ghislain Magritte, 1960 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Venice - Thomas Moran, 1898/1898 Today's Artwork: Venice - Thomas Moran, 1898/1898 -- link -- Baby's Slumber - Jean-Francois Millet, ca.1855 -- link -- New York Pavements - Edward Hopper, 1924/1925 -- link -- Saturday Night Special (I Seen it on T.V.) - Robert Colescott, 1988-05 -- link -- The Surgeon - David Teniers the Younger, 1670s -- link -- Kakiwi - Deborah Butterfield, 2000/2000 -- link -- The Neophyte (First Experience of the Monastery) - Gustave Dore, ca.1866-68 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: The Ill-Matched Couple - Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1522 Today's Artwork: Landscape - János Mattis Teutsch, 1916–1917 -- link -- Pla Mountain 0812 - Whang, Inkie, 2008 -- link -- Diego Velázquez - Hans Makart, 1881/1884 -- link -- The Mountain Man - Frederic Remington -- link -- Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin - Vincent van Gogh, 1888 -- link -- The Ill-Matched Couple - Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1522 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: City Scene at Night - Oscar Bluemner, c. 1927 Today's Artwork: City Scene at Night - Oscar Bluemner, c. 1927 -- link -- untitled - Inti, 2013 -- link -- Cabbage Seller - Diego Rivera, 1936 -- link -- The Barricade (Scène de la Commune de Paris) - Édouard Manet, 1871 -- link -- Portrait of the Shishmareva Sisters - Karl Brullov, 1839 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Initiation, Liberia - Lois Mailou Jones, 1983 Today's Artwork: Initiation, Liberia - Lois Mailou Jones, 1983 -- link -- Ajax - John Steuart Curry, 1936-37 -- link -- American Flag Whirligig - Unidentified (American), mid 20th century -- link -- Old Arrow Maker - Edmonia Lewis, modeled 1866, carved 1872 -- link -- Surrender of a Confederate Soldier - Julian Scott, born Johnson, VT 1846-died Plainfield, NJ 1901, 1873 -- link -- Shotgun, Third Ward #1 - John Biggers, 1966 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: Sparrows above snow-covered plum tree - Artist: Ohara Koson, Publisher: Yosaku Nishinomiya, 1900s Today's Artwork: September - Erik Werenskiold, 1883 -- link -- Sparrows above snow-covered plum tree - Artist: Ohara Koson, Publisher: Yosaku Nishinomiya, 1900s -- link -- Improvisation XIV - Kandinsky, Vassily, 1910 -- link -- Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun - Nicolas Poussin, 1658 -- link -- Gulf of Naples with fruiterer - Franz Ludwig Catel, 1822 -- link -- Esther choisie par Assuérus - Filippino Lippi, 1478/1480 -- link -- Print - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1830–44 -- link -- Ghetto Theatre, Study - David Bomberg, 1920 -- link -- Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park - Diego Rivera, 1947 -- link -- Vases and Plants - Gertrudes Altschul -- link -- Parasol - Unknown, 1825/1840 -- link -- Saint Bridget of Sweden Receiving the Rule of Her Order - Agostino d'Antonio di Duccio -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: The Birdhouse - Japs Antido, 2015 - 2015 Today's Artwork: DAMASO - POG SAMSON, 2015 - 2015 -- link -- The Birdhouse - Japs Antido, 2015 - 2015 -- link -- Taong Ibon - JAY HIDALGO, 2016 - 2016 -- link -- Questions - Dex Fernandez, 2014 - 2014 -- link -- Rommel (The Frog Boy) Bernal - RENATO BARJA, JR., 2016 - 2016 -- link -- ​

Top of the Day: The citadel - James Gleeson, 1945 Today's Artwork: Boulders - Japs Antido, 2015 - 2015 -- link -- Portrait of Pablo Picasso - Juan Gris (Spanish, 1887–1927), January-February 1912 -- link -- BAKALAYAAN - Sam Penaso, 2017 - 2017 -- link -- St. Valentine's Day – The Old Story in All Lands – Drawn by Winslow Homer (Harper's Weekly, Vol. XII) - Winslow Homer|Harper's Weekly, February 22, 1868 -- link -- Portrait of Edmond de Goncourt - Félix Bracquemond, 1882 -- link -- The reader - Grace Cossington Smith, 1916 -- link -- Portrait of Léopold Zborowski - Amedeo Modigliani, 1916 -- link -- The Story of a Life - Sir William Quiller Orchardson, 1832–1910, British, 1866 -- link -- Shiva & Parvati - Unknown -- link -- The Artist's Sister, Edma, with Her Daughter, Jeanne - Berthe Morisot, 1872 -- link -- The citadel - James Gleeson, 1945  -- link -- TOD chosen for Greg to put behind him tomorrow 😀😀 ​