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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Friday, July 27, 2012
Speaker Hath Spoken
And the verdict is everyone gets to be a geek! As long-time readers will be aware, I heartily concur and endorse this judgment.
Update: More.
Update: More.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Bourgeois Art Gallery
Head of a Hound
I've seen the exact same look on my dogs' face. Not sure what's going on with the ears.
A Bull
This bull looks very alarmed.
Princess Victoria Aged Four
Poor little princess. Talk about overdressed!
Fox and Poultry
These chickens ain't going out without a fight!
Sculpture
Raise the roof, Monkey (?) Hindu Man!
Figure
A very dignified cow.
Jaguar Pendant
Awww! Look at the wittle jaguar! Who's a cute jungle apex predator? Who's a cute jungle apex predator? You are! (Also, a great color of jade.)
Jar
Cthulu!!! Ia! Ia!
The Pleasures of Rest
People being lazy! Now that is art I can relate to!
Tui over Kauri, Te Henga
Color!
Golden Cloud
Yummy.
Polychrome Jar
Usually, Southwestern pottery has a very spare color palette, but this one is exuberant with color. The bird figure is adorable.
Cow Suckling a Calf
D'awwwwww!
I've seen the exact same look on my dogs' face. Not sure what's going on with the ears.
A Bull
This bull looks very alarmed.
Princess Victoria Aged Four
Poor little princess. Talk about overdressed!
Fox and Poultry
These chickens ain't going out without a fight!
Sculpture
Raise the roof, Monkey (?) Hindu Man!
Figure
A very dignified cow.
Jaguar Pendant
Awww! Look at the wittle jaguar! Who's a cute jungle apex predator? Who's a cute jungle apex predator? You are! (Also, a great color of jade.)
Jar
Cthulu!!! Ia! Ia!
The Pleasures of Rest
People being lazy! Now that is art I can relate to!
Tui over Kauri, Te Henga
Color!
Golden Cloud
Yummy.
Polychrome Jar
Usually, Southwestern pottery has a very spare color palette, but this one is exuberant with color. The bird figure is adorable.
Cow Suckling a Calf
D'awwwwww!
Monday, July 23, 2012
Bourgeois Art Gallery
The Cemetary
Spoooooooooooky!
Railway Bridge on Loebtauer Strasse in Dresden
Color. Color, color, color.
The Violinist Costa
It's a strange way to describe a very wonderful, very Cycladic sculpture, but the word that really springs to mind: cute. He's just the most adorable little violinist!
Portrait of Agustin Otermin
His look of concentration and perhaps uncertainty seems to me the epitome of what an artist at work is.
Panneau (Panel)
A painting of pleasing symmetry, but also mystery. Why does one woman look away, while the other looks towards us? What is that strange vase? Is there meaning in the fact that the farther into the background one goes, the less symmetry there is? Questions, but no answers, which is, of course, one thing art often does.
Ibiza Dry Dock
A reminder that all it takes is shape and color to create beauty.
Basin
Even the mundane can be beautiful when it is lovingly and masterfully crafted.
Sheep and Goat
What a pudgy, fluffy pair!
Figure of a Cat
Fat cat is fat.
Spoooooooooooky!
Railway Bridge on Loebtauer Strasse in Dresden
Color. Color, color, color.
The Violinist Costa
It's a strange way to describe a very wonderful, very Cycladic sculpture, but the word that really springs to mind: cute. He's just the most adorable little violinist!
Portrait of Agustin Otermin
His look of concentration and perhaps uncertainty seems to me the epitome of what an artist at work is.
Panneau (Panel)
A painting of pleasing symmetry, but also mystery. Why does one woman look away, while the other looks towards us? What is that strange vase? Is there meaning in the fact that the farther into the background one goes, the less symmetry there is? Questions, but no answers, which is, of course, one thing art often does.
Ibiza Dry Dock
A reminder that all it takes is shape and color to create beauty.
Basin
Even the mundane can be beautiful when it is lovingly and masterfully crafted.
Sheep and Goat
What a pudgy, fluffy pair!
Figure of a Cat
Fat cat is fat.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Bourgeois Art Gallery
Portrait of Isidor Gewitsch
Even across a century of time and the medium of painting, Mr. Gewitsch's stare is arresting. He must have been a very intense man. Impressive facial hair, too.
Model Sukkah
Just darling.
Two Etrogs
Etrogs are a citron fruit traditionally eaten by Jewish people celebrating Sukkot. Masterpieces of silversmithing.
Starry Night
Not the one you're thinking of, but great in its own way. The blues are wonderful.
Venus Reclining on a Sea Monster
Beautiful stone.
New York, New Haven, and Hartford
Is this Hopper landscape redolent of loneliness and alienation because it is, or because of my preconception of the artist's work?
Komainu
I'd want that guarding me!
Christmas Night (The Blessing of the Oxen)
The oxens' look of supreme good nature and kindliness is what draws me.
Waterway
The tiny bits of color make the whole thing pop.
Two Swallows
Spare. Simple. Clean. Beautiful.
Three Ostriches
Stunning metalwork. The ostriches have real personality.
Hare in the Snow
Bunneh!
Even across a century of time and the medium of painting, Mr. Gewitsch's stare is arresting. He must have been a very intense man. Impressive facial hair, too.
Model Sukkah
Just darling.
Two Etrogs
Etrogs are a citron fruit traditionally eaten by Jewish people celebrating Sukkot. Masterpieces of silversmithing.
Starry Night
Not the one you're thinking of, but great in its own way. The blues are wonderful.
Venus Reclining on a Sea Monster
Beautiful stone.
New York, New Haven, and Hartford
Is this Hopper landscape redolent of loneliness and alienation because it is, or because of my preconception of the artist's work?
Komainu
I'd want that guarding me!
Christmas Night (The Blessing of the Oxen)
The oxens' look of supreme good nature and kindliness is what draws me.
Waterway
The tiny bits of color make the whole thing pop.
Two Swallows
Spare. Simple. Clean. Beautiful.
Three Ostriches
Stunning metalwork. The ostriches have real personality.
Hare in the Snow
Bunneh!
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Bourgeois Art Gallery
Ocelotl Cuauhxicalli
I just want to run my hands on the stone.
Serpiente Emplumada
Just beautifully intricate carving.
Chapulin
Grasshoppers kinda freak me out, but the color and artistry of this carving makes it appealing anyway.
The River Isole
The color and the light of this painting are pretty.
Sculptural Bottle of a Feline at Rest
Kitteh!
Stirrup-Spout Vessel with Sculptural Representation of an Owl
This supremely dignified owl looks carved more than sculpted. And the buffed red finish characteristic of Moche pottery is especially appealing.
Wrestlers
Hello, boys!
Shinto Sculpture in the Shape of a Seated Fox
Just look at this fox. So sly, so graceful, so mischievous.
Pair of Guardian Animals
I wouldn't mess with a building guarded by these fellows.
Grimani Relief
Kittehs!
Mesolite
The shape is amorphous, yet mesmerizing.
Good Luck-Pomegranates on the Table
Color, color, color.
I just want to run my hands on the stone.
Serpiente Emplumada
Just beautifully intricate carving.
Chapulin
Grasshoppers kinda freak me out, but the color and artistry of this carving makes it appealing anyway.
The River Isole
The color and the light of this painting are pretty.
Sculptural Bottle of a Feline at Rest
Kitteh!
Stirrup-Spout Vessel with Sculptural Representation of an Owl
This supremely dignified owl looks carved more than sculpted. And the buffed red finish characteristic of Moche pottery is especially appealing.
Wrestlers
Hello, boys!
Shinto Sculpture in the Shape of a Seated Fox
Just look at this fox. So sly, so graceful, so mischievous.
Pair of Guardian Animals
I wouldn't mess with a building guarded by these fellows.
Grimani Relief
Kittehs!
Mesolite
The shape is amorphous, yet mesmerizing.
Good Luck-Pomegranates on the Table
Color, color, color.
Sunday, July 08, 2012
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Friday, July 06, 2012
Bourgeois Art Gallery
Perseus Slaying Medusa
Truthfully, it's the violence of the statue that draws me to it. Medusa's roar of pain and anger and fear, ironically frozen in stone for all time, is chilling, especially contrasted by Perseus's supreme indifference.
Micaceous Pottery Jar
Even in a static photo, the sparkly, yet also matte, finish of the pot is arresting.
A Wet Night, Columbus Circle
Moody and misty, it's like a scene from a noir movie 40 years before they existed.
January Full Moon
One of my favorite things in winter is to go out on moonlit nights when there's snow on the ground and the sky is so clear the stars are like needles of light spearing down at your eyes to look at the world gone white, blue, and black. Your breath steams up into the sky, like smoke from an incense burner pluming up in worship of the celestial spheres.
Head of a Ram Pendant
Such intricate metalwork.
Cong Tube
The design of this seems so modern, yet it's over three thousand years old. The mottling of the jade is especially beautiful.
Figurine of a Rooster
This rooster just makes me smile.
Jembar Negarane, Cupet Pikirane
I don't know what is going on, but I like it.
Artist and Model
I get a kick out of how she looks like she's going, "Are we done yet? I have things to do."
Portrait of a Young Man
That fur looks so soft and pettable.
The Tailor
It's his face. You can tell he works, and always has worked. I also like the relative simplicity of his dress. It's well-made, but not as peacocky as the noblemen in other portraits of his time, some of whom were his clients, no doubt.
Max After Surfing
Hello there, Mr. Noir Abs!
Meeting at the Staircase
I can't help but envision intrigue and skullduggery between the two women. Another painting that seems to cry out for a novel.
Dog in the Bush
Puppeh!
Hot Wind
A very mysterious painting. I'm not sure what to make of it, but it certainly keeps one's attention. The washed-out colors speak to me of heat and sand.
Emus
Emus!
Self-Portrait
Just look at those cheekbones! That patrician hauteur! Here was a man who didn't doubt his artistic abilities, I suspect.
Cow with Body Paint
This cow looks so sad. Probably because they've been painted.
Mary of Guise
The mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a rather ruthless regent, I think her personality shines through perfectly in this portrait.
The Parting
A whole novel could be written based on this picture, all based on a few black lines and splotches of red.
Truthfully, it's the violence of the statue that draws me to it. Medusa's roar of pain and anger and fear, ironically frozen in stone for all time, is chilling, especially contrasted by Perseus's supreme indifference.
Micaceous Pottery Jar
Even in a static photo, the sparkly, yet also matte, finish of the pot is arresting.
A Wet Night, Columbus Circle
Moody and misty, it's like a scene from a noir movie 40 years before they existed.
January Full Moon
One of my favorite things in winter is to go out on moonlit nights when there's snow on the ground and the sky is so clear the stars are like needles of light spearing down at your eyes to look at the world gone white, blue, and black. Your breath steams up into the sky, like smoke from an incense burner pluming up in worship of the celestial spheres.
Head of a Ram Pendant
Such intricate metalwork.
Cong Tube
The design of this seems so modern, yet it's over three thousand years old. The mottling of the jade is especially beautiful.
Figurine of a Rooster
This rooster just makes me smile.
Jembar Negarane, Cupet Pikirane
I don't know what is going on, but I like it.
Artist and Model
I get a kick out of how she looks like she's going, "Are we done yet? I have things to do."
Portrait of a Young Man
That fur looks so soft and pettable.
The Tailor
It's his face. You can tell he works, and always has worked. I also like the relative simplicity of his dress. It's well-made, but not as peacocky as the noblemen in other portraits of his time, some of whom were his clients, no doubt.
Max After Surfing
Hello there, Mr. Noir Abs!
Meeting at the Staircase
I can't help but envision intrigue and skullduggery between the two women. Another painting that seems to cry out for a novel.
Dog in the Bush
Puppeh!
Hot Wind
A very mysterious painting. I'm not sure what to make of it, but it certainly keeps one's attention. The washed-out colors speak to me of heat and sand.
Emus
Emus!
Self-Portrait
Just look at those cheekbones! That patrician hauteur! Here was a man who didn't doubt his artistic abilities, I suspect.
Cow with Body Paint
This cow looks so sad. Probably because they've been painted.
Mary of Guise
The mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a rather ruthless regent, I think her personality shines through perfectly in this portrait.
The Parting
A whole novel could be written based on this picture, all based on a few black lines and splotches of red.
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Bourgeois Art Gallery
Arearea
I sometimes have trouble with Gauguin because I know what a fuckstick he was (and, yes, I know we're supposed to separate art from artist, but of course that doesn't always work), especially in Tahiti, but this particular painting struck me for A) it's title (I just like the word); B) the dog; C) the face of the woman on the right. She has such a great, direct look.
Wardrobe: Die Zeit
I want this in my bedroom. Just clean lines and structured geometry that soothes my OCD.
Polar Bear
I'd love to see this in person. It's just big and monochrome and cute. The bear looks like he or she is about to laugh at the onlookers.
Bathers
Look on the calves on these fellas!
Le Silence
This painting is just so mysterious. The glories of the blue night, but the sadness of her face. And what she doing with her hand? It looks like she's making a very vulgar gesture, but that can't be it, can it?
Nocturn in the Parc Royal, Brussels
As you may have noticed by now, I have a thing for night scenes.
Laughing Kookaburra
"Millipede? I told you to get a centipede!"
Great Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
A happy bird.
Little Bittern
Someone looks grouchy.
Carved Emerald
The intricacy and delicacy of the carving is astounding.
Miniature Qur'an
Such an unusual shape.
Female Shaman Pendant
Sword Handle (Bird and Snake)
"I'm a bird! Fear my sword!"
Sea Lion Feast Bowl
The Wrestlers
Abs!
The Black Pigs
Another Tahitian Gauguin. It's a little different from the others I've seen. It's more "pulled back" and realistic.
Untitled/Itamaraty
Right angles, straight lines, shapes: another OCD-calmer. And it's a beautiful blue color, too.
Beach Triptych No. 25
Hello, boys!
The Dream
Those horses are not impressed by that lion.
I sometimes have trouble with Gauguin because I know what a fuckstick he was (and, yes, I know we're supposed to separate art from artist, but of course that doesn't always work), especially in Tahiti, but this particular painting struck me for A) it's title (I just like the word); B) the dog; C) the face of the woman on the right. She has such a great, direct look.
Wardrobe: Die Zeit
I want this in my bedroom. Just clean lines and structured geometry that soothes my OCD.
Polar Bear
I'd love to see this in person. It's just big and monochrome and cute. The bear looks like he or she is about to laugh at the onlookers.
Bathers
Look on the calves on these fellas!
Le Silence
This painting is just so mysterious. The glories of the blue night, but the sadness of her face. And what she doing with her hand? It looks like she's making a very vulgar gesture, but that can't be it, can it?
Nocturn in the Parc Royal, Brussels
As you may have noticed by now, I have a thing for night scenes.
Laughing Kookaburra
"Millipede? I told you to get a centipede!"
Great Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
A happy bird.
Little Bittern
Someone looks grouchy.
Carved Emerald
The intricacy and delicacy of the carving is astounding.
Miniature Qur'an
Such an unusual shape.
Female Shaman Pendant
Sword Handle (Bird and Snake)
"I'm a bird! Fear my sword!"
Sea Lion Feast Bowl
The Wrestlers
Abs!
The Black Pigs
Another Tahitian Gauguin. It's a little different from the others I've seen. It's more "pulled back" and realistic.
Untitled/Itamaraty
Right angles, straight lines, shapes: another OCD-calmer. And it's a beautiful blue color, too.
Beach Triptych No. 25
Hello, boys!
The Dream
Those horses are not impressed by that lion.
Monday, July 02, 2012
Bourgeois Art Gallery
Portrait of a Young Man with Open Collar
He's hot. Looks like the painting could do with a good conservation cleaning, though.
Male Nude, Kneeling, From the Back
You don't hear this much, but: that's a beautiful back!
Camels
An almost cartoony sketch, the camels are very expressive.
Water Spaniel
Look at the curly hair! My friend's dog looks just like that.
The Lincolnshire Ox
As impressive as the ox is, I like this painting mostly due to the rooster. Such attitude!
Table d'Hote at a Dogs' Home
Just the ultimate dog-lovers painting. I love all the little vignettes contained within the painting, like the little spaniel at the very left doing a trick for the bigger dog next to it, hoping to get some food via adorableness.
Stele of Zezen-nakht
It always amazes me when paint survives from millenia ago. The raised relief and the pigment really make the hieroglyphs pop.
Kuduo
This is one you really have to zoom in on to appreciate all the carving. It has a lovely patina to it, too.
Shabti of Henut-wedjebu
Just beautifully carved. Another piece of wood with a beautiful patina.
Still Live with Oranges
The vividness of the orange is astounding. You can taste the juice dripping off the canvas.
A Dutch Road
It's gloomy and depressing, at first glance. But there's a break in the clouds ahead. And sometimes a cloudy, gloomy, gray day is more comforting than unrelenting sunshine.
Destruction of Tyre
Sheer melodrama on canvas. It's like a still shot of one of those 1950s Biblical epics.
Sunlight on the Coast
No one did coastal scenes like Winslow Homer. The inky blues of the wave are wonderful.
Syndics of the Amsterdam Goldsmiths Guild
Some might impressive facial hair going on here! But what I like is how individual each man is. They're projecting real personality. The crouching fellow second from the right was a character, you can tell.
Narasimha
The statue's face is fearsome, even grotesque, but somehow beautiful as well. And I just think the little female figure gazing up at him in adoration is darling.
He's hot. Looks like the painting could do with a good conservation cleaning, though.
Male Nude, Kneeling, From the Back
You don't hear this much, but: that's a beautiful back!
Camels
An almost cartoony sketch, the camels are very expressive.
Water Spaniel
Look at the curly hair! My friend's dog looks just like that.
The Lincolnshire Ox
As impressive as the ox is, I like this painting mostly due to the rooster. Such attitude!
Table d'Hote at a Dogs' Home
Just the ultimate dog-lovers painting. I love all the little vignettes contained within the painting, like the little spaniel at the very left doing a trick for the bigger dog next to it, hoping to get some food via adorableness.
Stele of Zezen-nakht
It always amazes me when paint survives from millenia ago. The raised relief and the pigment really make the hieroglyphs pop.
Kuduo
This is one you really have to zoom in on to appreciate all the carving. It has a lovely patina to it, too.
Shabti of Henut-wedjebu
Just beautifully carved. Another piece of wood with a beautiful patina.
Still Live with Oranges
The vividness of the orange is astounding. You can taste the juice dripping off the canvas.
A Dutch Road
It's gloomy and depressing, at first glance. But there's a break in the clouds ahead. And sometimes a cloudy, gloomy, gray day is more comforting than unrelenting sunshine.
Destruction of Tyre
Sheer melodrama on canvas. It's like a still shot of one of those 1950s Biblical epics.
Sunlight on the Coast
No one did coastal scenes like Winslow Homer. The inky blues of the wave are wonderful.
Syndics of the Amsterdam Goldsmiths Guild
Some might impressive facial hair going on here! But what I like is how individual each man is. They're projecting real personality. The crouching fellow second from the right was a character, you can tell.
Narasimha
The statue's face is fearsome, even grotesque, but somehow beautiful as well. And I just think the little female figure gazing up at him in adoration is darling.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
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