Bryan Olson
Wandering around the interwebs I sometimes find artists I really don’t know much about, and can’t find out much about. That doesn’t keep me from enjoying their work. Bryan Olson is one of those artists. He does hand-made/ mixed-media collage…
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The New York Earth Room
If you are familiar with New York, then you already know that Soho is the kind of neighbourhood filled with nooks and crannies where the oddest things can turn up. If you go to 141 Wooster, ring the buzzer and…
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Happy Father’s Day – Max Ernst, “Pieta” or “Revolution by Night”
Happy Father’s Day! There is some irony in posting about Max Ernst’s portrait of his father in “Pieta” or “Revolution by Night” (1923). For one thing, Ernst thought his father was an idiot. Take it as you will, this definitive…
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Gregory Thielker
Hey, do you like taking photos through rainy windows? Me too. But wait… these aren’t photos – they’re oil paintings. Okay, paintings of photos, but still: mind=blown. These paintings are part of an ongoing series, “Under the Unminding Sky” by Gregory…
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Humour in the Work of Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp is probably best known as the artist behind “Fountain”, a urinal signed “R. Mutt” in 1917. It is probably also one of his most misunderstood pieces. For context, Duchamp was already a known artist, having created controversy with…
