Born on March 12, 1918 (or 1920) in Brooklyn, New York, Elaine Marie Catherine Fried de Kooning was a painter, sculptor, draughtswoman, printmaker, writer, and wife of influential artist Willem de Kooning. De Kooning studied in New York at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School, the American Art School, the Academy School, and with Willem […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 19
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Art-e-Facts: 5 Random Art Facts XIII
1. Art Brut (raw art) is a term created by French artist Jean Dubuffet in 1948 to describe art created outside the boundaries of the art world of art schools, galleries, museums. Dubuffet focused particularly on art by insane asylum patients. Outsider Art, coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 is a synonym for […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 165
Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of contemporary artworks and/or art related videos chosen from artist and gallery submissions and from our own search for new and interesting works. This week, we feature the work of Spencer Tunick, Amose, Alessandro Gallo, Alex Martinez (aka SHINE), Randy Olson, Chiharu Shiota, Moki Mioke, Nick Lamia […]
Sakura – Art in Nature
Many believe (myself included), that nature is the ultimate form of art. It is in nature that we find an infinite array of colours, shapes, patterns, and motion, giving any artist an endless choice of subject matter. I have been gratefully reminded of this as the Japanese sakura (cherry blossom) trees have come into bloom. […]
Alain Delorme: Photography
Born in 1979, Alain Delorme lives and works in Paris, France. Delorme graduated from Gobelins, l’école de l’image, Paris and has a Master of photography from Paris VIII University. Delorme’s Totems series “plunges us into the core of contemporary China and its complexity. Under the blue sky of a highly colored Shanghai, men carry throughout […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 22
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James Oberschlake: Painting / Mixed Media
After some attention as a book illustrator in the late nineties, Ohio-based artist James Oberschlake returned to school and received his MFA from the University of Cincinnati in 2011. He is the founder and director of an online resource for American figurative art called Figure50, which features one artist from every state in the U.S. on […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol 74
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Gabriel Karagianis: Painting
Gabriel Karagianis grew up in Illinois and began to seriously study art while attending Woodstock High School. He was awarded a scholarship to The American Academy of Art in Chicago and after graduating in 2003 with a degree in multimedia/web design, he shifted his focus back to drawing and non-digital media. He has been painting […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 66
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Iemza: Street Art
Cool stuff from France-based street artist Iemza who paints (mostly) monochromatic creatures in abandoned sites. To see more, check out Iemza’s photostream on Flickr. (Photos by Thierry Gaude)
