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DAF Group Feature: Vol. 165

July 21, 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 Spencer Tunick, Amose, Alessandro Gallo, Alex Martinez (aka SHINE), Randy Olson, Chiharu Shiota, Moki Mioke, Nick Lamia and the video Kids Explain Art to Experts from Google Arts and Culture.

Moki Mioke mioke.de
Alex Martinez-aka-SHINE - Samuel-Beckett-Notting-Hill
Alessandro Gallo - alessandrogallo.net
Randy Olson olsonfarlow.com
Amose amose.fr
Nick Lamia nicklamia.com
Chiharu Shiota chiharu-shiota.com
Spencer Tunick - Sea-of-Hull spencertunick.com

Filed Under: ART, Group Feature, Installation, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Alessandro Gallo, Alex Martinez, Amose, Chiharu Shiota, Moki Mioke, Nick Lamia, Randy Olson, Spencer Tunick

Edgar Degas: 1834-1917

July 19, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

L'absinthe Edgar Degas 1876Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas was born on July 19, 1834, to a wealthy banking family in Paris, France. Educated in Latin, Greek, and ancient history at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, Degas initially intended to study law, briefly attending the Sorbonne’s Faculté de Droit in 1853.

In 1855, he studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts with Louis Lamothe, learning the traditional Academic style with its emphasis on line and the importance of draftsmanship. Degas was also influenced by the paintings and frescoes he saw during several trips to Italy in the late 1850s.

Degas exhibited his history painting “The Misfortunes of the City of Orléans “ at the Salon in 1865, but following that he began focusing on painting scenes of modern life. He favoured themes of ballet dancers, laundresses, milliners, horse racing and other every day scenes. His interest in ballet dancers increased in the 1870s and he produced over 600 works on the subject. In his later years, Degas created works of women bathing, entirely without self-consciousness and un-posed.

From the late 1860s onward, Degas also produced many small sculptures in wax. He concentrated on the subjects seen in his paintings–horses, dancers and women washing. His interest in this medium increased in the mid-1880s in part as a result of his failing eyesight.

Before 1880, he generally used oils for his completed works, which were based on preliminary studies and sketches made in pencil or pastel. After 1875, he began using pastels more frequently, even in finished works, and by 1885, most of his more important works were done in pastel.  In the mid-1870s Degas returned to the medium of etching and began experimenting with printmaking media such as lithographs and monotypes.

Degas saw his work as “Realist” or “Independent” and did not like being labeled an “Impressionist” even though he was considered to be one of the group’s founders, an organizer of its exhibitions, and one of its core members. Like the Impressionists, his aim was to capture moments of modern life, yet he had little interest in painting plein air landscapes and his use of clear, hard outlines, set his works apart from the other Impressionists. An observer of everyday scenes, Degas captured in his works, natural positions and movement of the human body.

Degas continued working until about 1912, when he was forced to leave his long-time studio in Montmartre. He never married and any emotional relationships he may have had, remain uncertain. Edgar Degas died on September 27, 1917, at the age of 83.

The-Dance-Class-Edgar-Degas-1874
Petite-Danseuse-de-Quatorze-Ans-Edgar-Degas-1881
Women-Ironing-Edgar-Degas-1884
The-Dance-Lesson--Edgar-Degas-1879
The-Dance-Examination-Edgar-Degas-1880
The-Cotton-Exchange-Edgar-Degas-1873
Self-Portrait-Edgar-Degas-1855
Portrait-of-James-Tissot-Edgar-Degas-1867-68
Place-de-la-Concorde-Edgar-Degas-1875
Little Dancer Fourteen Years Old - Edgar Degas
Mlle-Fiocre-in-the-Ballet-The-Source-Edgar-Degas-1867-68
Milliners-Edgar-Degas-1882
Laundresses-Carrying-LInen-in-Town-Edgar-Degas-1876-78
L-absinthe-Edgar-Degas-1876
Four-Dancers-Edgar-Degas-1899
Girld-Drying-Herself-Edgar-Degas-1885
Ecole-de-Danse-Edgar-Degas-1873
At-the-Stock-Exchange-Edgar-Degas-1879
A-Woman-Seated-Beside-a-Vase-of-Flowers-Edgar-Degas-1865
After The Bath 2 - Edgar Degas
Father-Listening-to-Lorenzo-Pagans-Edgar-Degas-1869-70
At The Races - Gentlemen Jockeys - Edgar Degas

 

Sources: MET Museum, MOMA, Wikipedia

Filed Under: ART, Art History, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture Tagged With: Edgar Degas, French Art, Impressionism, Print Making

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 164

July 13, 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 Scott Naismith, Sue Firsker, Alison Langevad, Andy Kehoe, Cece Carpio, Lee Jaehyo, Maria Kreyn and a video by Tate Shots – Grayson Perry, Think Like an Artist.

Cece-Carpio---cececarpio.com
Sue-Firsker-suefirkser.ca
Scott-Naismith-scottnaismith.com
Andy-Kehoe---andykehoe.net
Lee-Jaehyo-leeart.name
Alison-Langevad-alisonlangevad.com
Maria-Kreyn-mariakreyn.com

Filed Under: ART, Fibre Art, Group Feature, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art Tagged With: Alison Langevad, Andy Kehoe, Cece Carpio, Lee Jaehyo, Maria Kreyn, Scott Naismith, Sue Firsker

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 163

July 8, 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 Tschabalala Self, Takashi Nakagawa, Ralf Wall, Michael Carson, Hua Tunan, Aurora Robson, Alaa Abou SHAHEEN, Julie Alice Chappell and a video essay by Jonathan Kiefer; Art:Film -“Filmmakers can’t seem to resist recreating some of our greatest paintings in movie form. See if you can spot them.”

Aurora Robson-Ona-2014 aurorarobson.com
Michael Carson Just-Give me a Minute 2015-artsy.net/artist/michael-carson
Hua Tunan huatunan.com
Tschabalala Self - Mane 2016 tschabalalaself.com
Ralf-Wall Trees-in-Winter 2015
Alaa Abou SHAHEEN Untitiled-2016 artsy.net/artist-alaa-abou-shaheen
Takashi Nakagawa - In the Middle takashinakagawa.com
Julie Alice Chappell Singer Stinger-facebook.com/juliealicechappellinwonderland

Filed Under: ART, Group Feature, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Alaa Abou SHAHEEN, Aurora Robson, Hua Tunan, Julie Alice Chappell, Michael Carson, Ralf Wall, Takashi Nakagawa, Tschabalala Self

Canada Day: Celebrating Canadian Artists

July 1, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Happy Canada Day all you Canucks and friends of Canucks out there! In celebration of our National Day, DAF presents a collection of work from well known (and not so well known) Canadian artists.

Have a great day everyone!

Alex Colville - To Prince Edward Island - 1965
Dorothea Rockburne - Three Point Manifold - 2008
Lawren Harris - Maligne Lake Jasper Park - 1924
Tom Thomson - Byng Inlet - 1914-15
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun - New Chiefs on the Land
Jean Paul Riopelle - The Wheel II - 1956
Robert Bateman - Rhino and Oxpecker 1975
Franklin Carmichael - The Glade - 1922
Bill Reid - Spirit of Haida Gwaii the Jade Canoe
Joyce Wieland - Paint Phantom - 1983-84
Norval Morrisseau - Mother and Child - 1992
Émile Borduas - Mirror of Frost - 1954
Emily Carr - Blunden Harbour 1928-32
A.Y. Jackson - The Red Maple - 1914
Alex Colville - Child and Dog - 1952 Alex Colville
Sarah Robertson - Joseph and Marie Louise - 1925-35
Daphne Odjig - Mother Earth Struggles for Survival - 1975
J.E.H. MacDonald Mist Fantasy, Sand River Algoma - c1922
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao - Frank Owen Gehry - 1997
Mary Pratt - Cut Watermelon - 1997
Paul Kane - Flathead Woman with Child 1848-53
Yousuf Karsh - Andy Warhol 1979
Betty Goodwin - Aerialist 1962
Arthur Lismer - A September Gale - 1921

Featured artists:

Arthur Lismer – A September Gale – 1921
Betty Goodwin – Aerialist 1962
Yousuf Karsh – Andy Warhol 1979
Emily Carr – Blunden Harbour 1928-32
Alex Colville – Child and Dog – 1952 Alex Colville
Mary Pratt – Cut Watermelon – 1997
Daphne Odjig – Mother Earth Struggles for Survival – 1975
Paul Kane – Flathead Woman with Child 1848-53
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – Frank Owen Gehry – 1997
J.E.H. MacDonald Mist Fantasy, Sand River Algoma – c1922
Sarah Robertson – Joseph and Marie Louise – 1925-35
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Émile Borduas – Mirror of Frost – 1954
Norval-Morrisseau – Mother and Child – 1992
Joyce Wieland – Paint Phantom – 1983-84
Robert Bateman – Rhino and Oxpecker 1975
Bill Reid – Spirit of Haida Gwaii the Jade Canoe
Franklin Carmichael – The Glade – 1922
A.Y. Jackson – The Red Maple – 1914
Jean Paul Riopelle – The Wheel II – 1956
Tom Thomson – Byng Inlet – 1914-15
Dorothea Rockburne – Three Point Manifold – 2008
Lawren Harris – Maligne Lake Jasper Park – 1924

 

Filed Under: ART, Art History, Photography, Sculpture Tagged With: A.Y. Jackson, Alex Colville, Arthur Lismer, Betty Goodwin, Bill Reid, Daphne Odjig, Dorothea Rockburne, Emily Carr, Frank Carmichael, Frank Owen Gehry, J.E.H. MacDonald, Jean Paul Riopelle, Joyce Wieland, Lawren Harris, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Lynn Johnston, Mary Pratt, Norval Morrisseau, Paul Kane, Paul-Émile Borduas, Robert Bateman, Sarah Robertson, Thomas John (Tom) Thomson, Yousuf Karsh

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 162

June 29, 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 Clara Drummond, Hopare, Stephanie Buer, Terence Koh, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Mohammad Zaza, massju, Leisa Rich and the video Human Sound Objects, an interactive installation in which every participant becomes an object in an ever-evolving soundscape – by Giori Politi, Doron Assayas Terre and Eran Hilleli for the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 2016.

Visit the Submissions page for information on how to have your art featured in the Weekly Mixx.

Human Sound Objects from Eran Hilleli on Vimeo.

Leisa-Rich---monaleisa.com
massju - flickr.com/photos/weirdandwired
Hopare-hopare.com Hopare-hopare.com
Mohammad-Zaza---mohammadzaza.com
Njideka-Akunyili-Crosby---njidekaakunyili.com
Clara-Drummond-claradrummond.co.uk
Stephanie-Buer-stephaniebuer.com
Terence-Koh---Bee-Chapel---Andrew-Edlin-Gallery-New-York

Filed Under: ART, Body Art, Collage, Drawing, Fibre Art, Group Feature, Installation, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Clara Drummond, Herzliya Museum, Hopare, Leisa Rich, massju, Mohammad Zaza, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Stephanie Buer, Terence Koh

Video: Lost Paradise: Anish Kapoor by NOWNESS

June 27, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Lost Paradise: Anish Kapoor – Smart Talk #2

A playful beginner’s guide to the award-winning British-Indian sculptor’s work.


The latest installment of their humorous instructional art series, Lost Paradise, Paris-based directors Virgile Texier and Jules Theret show us how anyone can be an art expert in the age of at-your-fingertips connectivity. Aided by an on-the-spot web search, two inquisitive gallery goers reel off a beginner’s guide to the vast sculptures of Turner Prize winner Anish Kapoor.  Video is in French with English subtitles.

via Nowness

Filed Under: ART, Installation, Sculpture, Video Tagged With: Anish Kapoor, contemporary art

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 161

June 24, 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 Josh Keyes, Magdalena Abakanowicz, John Richter, Etam, Eva Funderburgh, Don Yeomans, Chiharu Shiota, Carlos Delgado and a video from Google Arts & Culture – Kids Explain Art to Experts.

Visit the Submissions page for information on how to have your art featured in the Weekly Mixx.

Carlos-Delgado---artcarlosdelgado.com
Magdalena Abakanowicz - abakanowicz.art.pl
Back to home - Eva Funderburgh evafunderburgh.com
John-Richter---richterfineartphotography.com
Don Yeomans douglasreynoldsgallery.com/don-yeomans
Etam - facebook.com/etam.grupa
Return II - Josh Keyes -joshkeyes.net
Chiharu Shiota - Sleeping is Like Death - chiharu-shiota.com

Filed Under: ART, Group Feature, Installation, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Carlos Delgado, Chiharu Shiota, Don Yeomans, Etam, Eva Funderburgh, John Richter, Josh Keyes, Magdalena Abakanowicz

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 160

June 16, 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 Artsy.net‘s Fourth Art Market series Video,  Bobbie Russon, Victor Wang Patrick, Dougherty, Linda Vachon, Kevin Peterson, Jylian Gustli, Floto and Warner, Carol Nelson

Visit the Submissions page for information on how to have your art featured in the Weekly Mixx.

The Art Market (in Four Parts): Art Fairs from Artsy on Vimeo.

linda vachon bit.lylindavachon
Carol-Nelson-carolnelsonfineart
Floto-and-Warner-flotowarner.com
Kevin-Peterson-kevinpetersonstudios.com
Jylian Gustlin jyliangustlin.com
Victor Wang victorwang.net
Bobbie Russon bobbierusson.com
Patrick-Dougherty-stickwork.net

Filed Under: ART, Group Feature, Installation, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Video Tagged With: Bobbie Russon, Carol Nelson, Floto and Warner, Jylian Gustlin, Kevin Peterson, Linda Vachon, Patrick Dougherty, Victor Wang

DAF Group Feature: Vol. 159

June 9, 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 PBS video I Could Do That and the artwork of Sophie Favre, Mazatl, Lois Greenfield, Kristin Vestgard, Joe-Sorren, Jeannie Lynn Paske & Simone Prudente, Greg Craola Simkins, and Andrea Mazzoli.

Visit the Submissions page for information on how to have your art featured in the Weekly Mixx.

Kristin Vestgard kristinvestgard.co.uk
Erba - Simone Prudente and Andrea Mazzoli humuspark.it
Jeannie-Lynn-Paske-obsoleteworld.com
Lois Greenfield - Moving Still loisgreenfield.com
Sophie Favre sophiefavre.com
Joe-Sorren-joesorren.com
Mazatl-graficamazatl.com
Greg Craola Simkins - imscared.com

 

Filed Under: ART, Group Feature, Illustration, Mixed Media, Nature, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Street Art, Video Tagged With: Andrea Mazzoli, Humus Park, Jeannie Lynn Paske, Joe Sorren, Kiki Smith, Kristin Vestgard, Lois Greenfield, Mazatl, Simone Prudente, Sophie Favre

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