Your Weekly Mixx – Enjoy!!
Video Art Quotes: Episode 3
Episode 3 of Video Art Quotes – enjoy! Check out more quotes by clicking the Art Quotes link in the navigation menu.
Grandma Moses – Anna Mary Robertson Moses: 1860-1961
“If I hadn’t taken up painting, I would have raised chickens…it’s all art.” —Grandma Moses Born on September 7, 1860, Anna Mary Robertson Moses (aka Grandma Moses) was one of the most successful and renowned artists in America and possibly the best-known American artist in Europe. Born in a farming community in Greenwich, New York, Moses […]
Lawren S. Harris: 1885-1970
Born on October 23, 1885 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, Lawren Stewart Harris is widely credited for the formation of the well known Canadian collective called the Group of Seven. Harris grew up in a privileged, conservative, and religious family. His family’s wealth enabled him to focus on painting from an early age and from 1904-1908, […]
John Trumbull: American Revolution
Happy Fourth of July to all my American friends out there! Today, I thought it appropriate to write a post on a prominent artist during the time of the American Revolution. One of the first important American painters, John Trumbull was born on June 6, 1756, in Lebanon, Connecticut. The son of a Governor, Trumbull […]
Sitaki (SIT): Painting
“Born in 1976, Sitaki (aka SIT) has been part of the Amsterdam creative scene for many years. SIT was involved in action painting, graphic design, advertising and more – until he went back to square one to find his true essence – back to head and handcraft. Themes in SIT’s work include his struggle to […]
SIT: NOIR – C.A.V.E. Gallery – Los Angeles
Dutch artist SIT has been part of the Amsterdam creative scene for many years. In his first US exhibition “NOIR“, at C.A.V.E. Gallery in Los Angeles, SIT examines the “troubled relation between the animal kingdom and mankind” and focuses on the “magnificent beauty of the beast and the way it is used to serve the […]
Earth Day 2011:
Environmental Artists Making a Difference
It’s Earth Day everyone – a day established to inspire awareness and appreciation for the earth and our environment. Founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in 1970, Earth day is now celebrated on April 22nd in almost every country around the globe. In celebration of Earth Day 2011, DAF presents five […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 180
Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of contemporary art 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 Aurora Robson, DZIA, Adonna Khare, Emilia Dubicki, Hiroshi Watanabe, Nicole Dextras, Darryl Cox, Jr., Lorraine Roy and […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 53
Your Monday Mixx – Enjoy!
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 51
Your Monday Mixx – enjoy!
Simen Johan: Photography
Born in Kirkenes, Norway photographer and sculptor Simen Johen lived in Sweden before moving to New York in 1992 where he earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts. Photographs from Simen Johan’s ongoing project, Until the Kingdom Comes, are on currentlty show now at Yossi Milo Gallery in New York City. Johan’s images […]
