The Power of Perspective – Landscape Photography by Darwin Wiggett
Christopher O’Donnell, photographyblogger.netWhether you know him from his incredible photography or his powerful eBooks, Darwin Wiggett is well-known for his work – and it’s easy to see why. I was first introduced to his beautiful landscapes several years ago; his unique…
Top 10 most expensive works of art sold at auction - in pictures
guardian.co.ukEdvard Munch’s The Scream set a new record for art auction sales at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday when it was sold for $119.9m (£74m). Here are the other nine most expensive works to go under the hammer
Nightscapes by Martin Stavars
Stefan Bacigal, inspirefirst.comAmazing night urban photography showcase by Martin Stavars from London, United Kingdom. Martin Stavars was born in 1981 in Czestochowa, Poland. He studied economics, computer science and photography, ultimately focusing on t…
The World’s Five Oldest Structures | All That Is Interesting
all-that-is-interesting.comMegalithic Temples, Malta
Dating back to 3500 to 2500 BC, the Megalithic Temples of Malta are some of the oldest structures in the world. As the name suggests, they are a group of stone temples older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian…
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Overrun, 1985 sold for £1,127,650 at the Contemporary Art Evening Sale, 17 February 2011, London.
In a manner similar to the French painter Jean Dubuffet, Overrun’s heavily vertical format and its five black window frames at the top are suggestive of a vibrant urban landscape. Basquiat was greatly influenced by the high-rise skyscrapers of his native New York City and continuously referenced it. His teenage years spent as a wandering homeless artist, during which time he tagged mysterious and witty statements under the pseudonym SAMO, left a lasting impression. Art historians have long drawn comparisons with Jean Dubuffet’s childlike and naïve style and his lack of interest in rationally coherent compositions with a central perspective – a comparison most striking when comparing Dubuffet’s series Views of Paris with Overrun. Like Basquiat, Dubuffet made graffiti the central motif of his art.
Another important feature to be seen here, and which can be seen elsewhere in Basquiat’s output, is the use of language, in the form of consciously child-like scribbles and cryptic writings. While painting in the basement of Annina Nosei’s gallery, Basquiat had a book open to pages illustrating Twombly’s large, lyrical compositions which incorporate text and image. While recalling similar inscriptions in the works of Jean Dubuffet and Cy Twombly, Basquiat’s words, whether crossed out, repeated, or naively spelled, signify both the urgency and power with which he could communicate through his art. Paradoxically, this was an ability he so cruelly lacked in the real world so it is all the more affecting when seen in his paintings.
Classic Fine Art given a Fun Geek Makeover
Venkman, geektyrant.comArtsit Hillary White has taken some classic fine art that’s been created over the decades, and has added a little pop culture geekery to them. Some of the art is just re-interpretations of other films and characters. White has created s…
