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DAF Group Feature: Vol. 174

September 23, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

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 Carlos Garaicoa, Dan Tirels, Eric Esterle, Michaël Husser, Gilles Bensimon, Kiki Xue, Linda Jacobson, Shai Yossef and a video from the Whitney Museum of American Art,  Human Interest: Martha Wilson on John Coplans, artist Martha Wilson discusses honesty in John Coplans’s portrait Frieze, No. 2, Four Panels, 1994 and her own.

If you would like your work featured in the Weekly Mixx, visit the Submissions page for information on how to apply.

Human Interest: Martha Wilson on John Coplans from Whitney Museum of American Art on Vimeo.

Shai Yossef shaiyossef.com
Eric Esterle ericesterle.com
Dan Tirels facebook/com/dan-tirels
Carlos Garaicoa artsy.net/artist/carlos-garaicoa
Michaël Husser facebook.com/Michaël-Husser-Graphic-Illustration
Kiki Xue-kikixue.com
Linda Jacobson lindajacobson.net
Gilles Bensimon

Filed Under: ART, Contemporary Art, Group Feature, Nature, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Carlos Garaicoa, Dan Tirels, Eric Esterle, Gilles Bensimon, Kiki Xue, Linda Jacobson, Michaël Husser, Shai Yossef

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 173

September 15, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

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 Alexandre Alonso, Dan May, Donald Martiny, Firelei Baez, Francis Krieg, Isabelle Wenzel, Yh Lee, Marta Spendows, and Henrique Oliveira.

If you would like your work featured in the weekly mixx, visit the Submissions page for information on how to apply.

Yh Lee 2016-national-geographic-nature-photographer-of-the-year
Dan May echoes-of-our-existence danmay-net
Isabelle Wenzel isabelle-wenzel.com
Henrique Oliveira henriqueoliveira.com
Donald Martiny donaldmartiny-com
Firelei Baez fireleibaez-com
Francis Krieg out-of-focus francienkrieg.com
Marta Spendows verymarta.com
Alexandre Alonso byalexandrealonso-com

Filed Under: ART, Contemporary Art, Group Feature, Mixed Media, Nature, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art Tagged With: Alexandre Alonso, Dan May, Donald Martiny, Firelei Baez, Francis Krieg, Henrique Oliveira, Isabelle Wenzel, Marta Spendows, Yh Lee

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 172

September 9, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

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 Gemmy Woud-Binnedjik, Brad Jesson, Iva Gueorguieva, Rachel Ducker, Warren King, Coroso Zundert, Gemma Capdevila, and short video Aether – a spatial audio-visual collaboration between musician Max Cooper and architects Satyajit Das and Regan Appleton. It plays on the beauty of fundamental natural forms – waves, surfaces, symmetries and surreal landscapes, as the building blocks and underlying structure of the world around us – a modern interpretation of the luminiferous aether.

A E T H E R from Max Cooper on Vimeo.

Iva Gueorguieva ivaplungerboy-com
Gemmy Woud-Binnedjik gemmywoudbinnendijk-nl
Rachel Ducker rachel-ducker-co-uk
Warren King wrnking-com
Brad Jesson cedarlake-ca
Gemma Capdevila gemmacapdevila-cat
unknown
corso zundert corsozundert-nl

Filed Under: ART, Contemporary Art, Drawing, Group Feature, Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Aether, Brad Jesson, Corso Zundert, Gemma Capdevila, Gemmy Woud-Binnedjik, Iva Gueorguieva, Rachel Ducker, Warren King

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 171

September 1, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

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 Antony Gormley, Flora Borsi, Herakut, Kyle Stewart, Max Serradifalco, Murray Mcculloch, Scott Marr, Tony Cragg and a video by More Than who recently commissioned a unique art exhibition for dogs from British artist and inventor Dominic Wilcox. Wilcox’s interactive exhibits include ‘Cruising Canines’ – an open car window simulator, ‘Dinnertime Dreams’ – an oversized 10 foot dog bowl filled to the brim with hundreds of play balls to look like dog food, and ‘Watery Wonder’ – a series of dancing water jets that jump from one dog bowl to the next for dogs to chase. A selection of paintings and drawings created in a dog’s colour spectrum are also on display at the exhibition for the visiting dogs to enjoy.

Herakut Street Art workshop in-Refugee Asylum- in Potsdam Germany herakut.de
Max Serradifalco maxserradifalco.com
Flora Borsi floraborsi.com
Murray Mcculloch 500px.com/wildlifecloseup
Antony Gormley antonygormley.com
Kyle Stewart -If that tree were a lighthouse kylestewart.ca
Scott Marr - The Protagonist 2014 scottmarr.com.au
Tony Cragg tony-cragg.com

Filed Under: ART, Contemporary Art, Drawing, Group Feature, Installation, Nature, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Antony Gormley, Dominic Wilcox, Flora Borsi, Herakut, Kyle Stewart, Max Serradifalco, Murray Mcculloch, Scott Marr, Tony Cragg

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 170

August 25, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

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 Andrew Hem, Andy Scott, Meredith Marson, Ostinelli & Priest, Sigalit Landau, Vadim Stein, Wolf Ademeit, Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor and the video All the art in London in one day by Alex Gorosh who documents his attempt to see every piece of art in London in one day. (in collaboration with Art Fund U.K.’s National Art Pass)

All the art in london in one day from Alex Gorosh on Vimeo.

Andrew Hem huang-gang China andrewhem.com
Andy Scott The-Kelpies scottsculptures.co
Meredith Marsone Loveloss-II meredithmarsone.com
Vadim Stein 500px.com/stein
Sigalit Landau Salt-Bride sigalitlandau.com
Ostinelli & Priest ostinellipriest.co.uk
Elisabeth Higgins Oconnor Suyama-Space-Seattle-2015 elisabethhigginsoconnor.com
Wolf Ademeit The-Kodiak wolfademeit.com

Filed Under: Contemporary Art, Group Feature, Installation, Mixed Media, Nature, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Alex Gorosh, Andrew Hem, Andy Scott, Elisabeth Higgins O'Connor, Meredith Marson, Ostinelli & Priest, Sigalit Landau, Vadim Stein, Wolf Ademeit

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 169

August 18, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

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 Sofia Bonati, Amy Gesner, Chrystal Wagner, Lisa Kristine, Izumi Kato, Jonathan Nyik Fui, Mike Dargas, Nazar Bilyk and a time lapse video of the making of Etnias (Ethnicities), a larger-than-life work created by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The 3,000 square metre mural depicts Indigenous faces from the five continents, and was created at Porto Maravilha in Rio.

Amy Genser amygenser.com
Nazar Bilyk bilyknazar.com
Lisa Kristine listkristine.com
Sofia Bonati behance.net/soffronia
Jonathan Nyik Fui yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/1326831
Mike Dargas mikedargas.com
Izumi Kato izumikato.com
Chrystal Wagner Flux Installation crystalwagner.com

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Filed Under: ART, Group Feature, Illustration, Installation, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Amy Gesner, Chrystal Wagner, contemporary art, Eduardo Kobra, Izumi Kato, Jonathan Nyik Fui, Lisa Kristin, Mike Dargas, Nazar Bilyk, Sofia Bonati

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 168

August 12, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of nine 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 Anne Lemanski, Cameron Mathieson, Elizaveta Porodina, Linus Lundin (aka YASH), Andrea Myers, JR, Meryl McMaster, Aida Muluneh and the short film “Balance” by photographer/director Tobias Hutzler, inspired by Rigolo Swiss Nouveau Cirque artist Maedir Eugster.

Tobias Hutzler - BALANCE from Tobias Hutzler on Vimeo.

Andrea Myers andreamyersartist.com
Christine Wu misschristinewu.com
Cameron Mathieson llightness.ca
Anne Lemanski annelemanski.com
Elizaveta Porodina porodina.net
Linus Lundin YASH instagram.com/linuslundin
Meryl McMaster Anima-2012-merylmcmaster.com
JR Rio Olympics 2016
Aida Muluneh at David Krut Projects-davidkrutprojects.com/artists/aida-muluneh

Filed Under: ART, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Andrea Myers, Anne Lemanski, Cameron Mathieson, Elizaveta Porodina, JR, Linus Lundin, Meryl McMaster, Tobias Hutzler, YASH

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 167

August 3, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of nine 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 David Breuer-Weil, Floyd Elzinga, Gilles Bensimon, Gil Maia, Igor Melnikov, JR, Marchal Mithouard (aka Shaka), Mohau Modisakeng and Zeng Fanzh.

Gilles Bensimon artsy.net/artist/gilles-bensimon
David Breuer-Weil Emergence-2012 davidbreuerweil.com
Gil Maia gilmaia.com
Floyd Elzinga floydelzinga.com
JR - Rio-De-Janeiro2016 jr-art.net
Igor Melnikov melnikovart.com
Zeng Fanzh artsy.net/artist/zeng-fanzhii
Marchal Mithouard (Alias Shaka) shaka1.fr
Mohau Modisakeng Fossils-2016 mohaumodisakengstudio.com

Filed Under: ART, Drawing, Group Feature, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art Tagged With: contemporary, David Breuer-Weil, Floyd Elzinga, Gil Maia, Gilles Bensimon, Igor Melnikov, JR, Marchal Mithouard, Mohau Modisakeng, Shaka

Henry Moore: 1898 – 1986

July 30, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Widely recognized as one of the most important British sculptors of the 20th century, Henry Spencer Moore was born on July 30, 1898, in Castleford, Yorkshire. Moore had an early interest in sculpting, however he began his career as a teacher in Castleford. After serving in the military during World War I, Moore studied at Leeds School of Art on an ex-serviceman’s grant. In 1921, he won a Royal Exhibition Scholarship to study sculpture at the Royal Academy of Art in London.  Between 1924 and 1931, Moore was an Instructor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy. His first solo exhibition was held at the Warren Gallery, London, in 1928.

“Throughout his life Moore’s appetite for the history of world sculpture was insatiable. Drawings of sculptures in his early sketchbooks indicate that Palaeolithic fertility goddesses, Cycladic and early Greek art, Sumerian, Egyptian and Etruscan sculpture, African, Oceanic, Peruvian and Pre-Columbian sculpture particularly interested him. Moore believed passionately in direct carving and in ‘truth to materials’, respecting the inherent character of stone or wood. Almost all of his works from the 1920s and 1930s were carved sculptures, initially inspired by Pre-Columbian stone carving.” (MoMa)

Moore married Irina Radetsky in 1929. A student of painting at the Royal College, she would be Moore’s model for a series of life drawings over a six year period.

Moore’s sculpture of the 1930s was influenced by the work of Picasso, Hans Arp and Alberto Giacometti. “The subject-matter of Moore’s work of 1932 to 1936 is, in some cases, no longer readily identifiable, although the human, psychological element informs even the seemingly abstract work of the 1930s.”

In the 1930s Moore was a member of Unit One, a group of artists lead by English landscape painter Paul Nash. From 1932 to 1939, he taught at the Chelsea School of Art. Moore was “an important force in the English Surrealist movement, although he was not entirely committed to its doctrines; Moore participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition at the New Burlington Galleries, London, in 1936.”

In 1940, Moore was appointed an official war artist and was commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee to execute drawings of life in underground bomb shelters. From 1940 to 1943, he focused almost entirely on drawing. His first retrospective took place at Temple Newsam, Leeds, in 1941 and he was given his first major retrospective in the United States by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1946. Moore won the International Prize for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale of 1948.

Moore’s bronze Reclining Figure commissioned by the Arts Council for the Festival of Britain in 1951 was key in Moore’s development. “Previously the holes in his sculptures were dominated by the solid forms surrounding them but here ‘the space and the form are completely dependent on and inseparable from each other’ His work became less frontal and more completely three-dimensional. The reclining figure and the mother and child remained the dominant subjects of his sculpture.”

After the mid-1950s,  many of Moore’s sculptures were made from natural objects including bones, shells, pebbles and flint stones.

Until the mid-1950s, Moore made numerous preparatory drawings for his sculptures as well as pictorial studies of interiors and sculptures in landscape settings. He drew little between 1955 and 1970, but during the last 15 years of his life he devoted more of his time to drawing for pleasure,  independent of his sculpture. He first made prints in 1931, and he experimented with a process he called collograph. By the end of his life Moore had produced 719 prints.

“Moore executed several important public commissions in the 1950s, among them Reclining Figure, 1956–58, for the UNESCO Building in Paris. In 1963, the artist was awarded the British Order of Merit. In the 1970s, there were many major exhibitions of Moore’s work, the finest being at Forte di Belvedere, overlooking Florence (1972). The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, opened in 1974. It comprises the world’s largest public collection of Moore’s work, most of it donated by the artist himself between 1971 and 1974. In 1977, the Henry Moore Foundation was established at Much Hadham, and Moore presented 36 sculptures to the Tate Gallery in 1978.”

Henry Moore died in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, on August 31, 1986.

Henry Moore Art Gallery of Ontario
Henry Moore, Reclining Figure Textile 1949
Henry Moore, Seated Woman 1957
Henry Moore, Mother and Child 1931
Henry-Moore, Textile Design Figures and Symbols 1943
Henry Moore, Woman Seated in the Underground 1941
Henry Moore, Seated Woman 1957
Henry Moore, Reclining Figure 1951
Henry Moore, Reclining Figure 1939
Henry-Moore, Pink and Green Sleepers 1941
Henry Moore, Mother and Child 1953
Henry Moore, King and Queen
Henry Moore, Hill Arches 1972-73
Henry Moore West Wind 1928
Henry Moore Reclining Figure 1951
Henry Moore Family Group 1950
Oval With Points - Henry Moore - Photo by Maia C
Henry Moore Liegende 1956, Berlin Hansaviertel Hanseatenweg
Henry Moore Art Gallery of Ontario
Henry Moore Art Gallery of Ontario
Henry Moore Art Gallery of Ontario

Sources: Guggenheim, MoMA, Wikimedia Commons (images), Tate,  Oval With Points Photo by Maia C

Filed Under: ART, Art History, Sculpture Tagged With: abstract-art, British Art, English Art, Henry Moore

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 166

July 28, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Your Weekly Mixx! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of nine 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 DALeast, Janko de Beer, Norman Stiff, Steve Driscoll, Andy Goldsworthy, Alessandra Maria, Katharine Morlin, Kim Leuenberger and a video with body painter Alexa Meade.

So Random: Alexa Meade from Refinery29 on Vimeo.

Steve Driscoll stevedriscoll.com
Janko de Beer jankodebeer.com
Alessandra Maria alessandramaria.com
Katharine Morling katharinemorling.co.uk
Kim Leuenberger kimleuenberger.com
Norman Stiff Celtic-Drawings
DALeast daleast.com
Andy Goldsworthy

Filed Under: ART, Group Feature, Installation, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Alexa Meade, Andy Goldsworthy, DALEast, Janko de Beer, Norman Stiff, Steve Driscoll

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