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Unveiling the Black Experience In America: Romare Bearden’s Dazzling Artistic Vision
Romare Bearden’s art is dazzling – a virtual kaleidoscope of the black experience, celebrating its culture, encompassing the rural South, the jazz and blues musicians scene, the harsh urban experience of Harlem, imbued with the religious, mystical, magical, aspects of being black. But Bearden did not start out being an artist. Instead he was on…
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Why Mexico City Should Top Your Travel List: A Blend of Aztec Heritage, Latin Flair, and a Food Treasure Trove
Mexico City – buzz galore, a joy to behold. So many things to do, to see, to explore, discover and enjoy. Chapultepec Park – double the size (1,695 acres) of New York’s Central Park – a great place to start. One could spend days here, given what it has to offer. We went on a…
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The Phenomenal Rise of Jean-Michel Basquiat: From Street Artist To One Of The Most Celebrated Neo-Expressionist Painters
Jean-Michel Basquiat – one of the seminal artists of the 21st. Century In his late teens he was hustling postcards on the subways of New York and on the streets in SoHo. Either he, or his schoolmate Al Diaz, under the name, SAMO – Same Old Shit, had produced them. The reason? His father had…
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The Vibrant World of David Park’s Intense Colour Palette Creating An Unconventional, Important, New, Art Movement
David Park was a painter often defying conventional held beliefs in art circles. One, he was a teacher in high school and later at various art schools not the usual path for many great artists. Two, suddenly he cast aside his Cubist style in favour of a totally different style and approach, creating one of…
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Exploring the Extraordinary in Mary Pratt’s Ordinary Still Life Subjects
Mary Pratt – bold, flamboyant, using photographic projections to paint her masterful still life’s. Her art focussed on everyday household items – apples, jars of jelly, paper bags, aluminum foil. Her colours jump off the canvass – dramatic – not your usual, usual, colours. In the magazine, Canadian Art, Mary said: “Titanium White, Cadmium Pale…
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Kari Morgan – Young, Terrific, Upcoming Northwest Coast Artist
Kari Morgan is a young emerging artist. Like many young Northwest Coast artists she applies modern contemporary visions to established and honoured traditions of her First Nations identity and culture. That approach is reflected in her paintings, sculptures and designs. But to her art is more than just creating it – she is an advocate…
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