the continuing conversation between art and life
The paintings of Renaissance painter are brought to life in this videoed performance of tableaux vivants: acting, sculpture and painting together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIeyulbiB0A For me, this is a giant confirmation of Andrew Graham-Dixon's comments in his lecture (in Edinburgh 2018) that Caravaggio was so immersed in sculpture, that he painted lifelike depictions of real bodies in …
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A light look at Nathan Coley's word sculptures in Edinburgh
Looking at stunning sculpture by Jennifer Watt - works of simple but moving figures
What do you see in this featured photo of one set of Fiona's ceramic works? (My answers at bottom of this post). Here's a brief taster of an article in Craft Scotland - full version here. she'd like her work to be on show at the new V&A in Dundee, Scotland (currently being built) she …
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Sculptor Richard Serra answers this question in under 3 minutes. His answers are personal, but apply wider, it makes sense. A big question and an intelligent answer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWoiAf_qMA4
Terry Border describes himself as "Humorist, Photographer, Earthling" on his website. As well as the photo series of books with wiry limbs (see featured photo above this article) he is also a punning facial hair model: - this is part of a series if you have a friend with facial hair which you would like to …
Janet Cardiff heard a musical piece and immediately saw it as a sculpture. "Our ears are designed for 3-dimensional sound... the soundwaves hitting your body from 40 separate speakers in such a pure way, really affects you emotionally. If it's the right space, it really reverberates within your body" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ORiaia9r8 "I saw the score and …
"Traveller, there is no path" - how a political refugee is accompanied in life by a poem, speaking to him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01Urhf71bRg
Griet Bayert and Paul Miller - the Glass Cyphers at Blackwell, the Arts and Crafts House - a site-responsive glass, sound and video installation. //giphy.com/embed/xUA7b5qHVOcmTa1r9K via GIPHY Here's how the museum describes it: The Light Within is a fusion of glass-making and digital technology, using video and sound recordings made in and around Blackwell. The installation, …
If/when you're in Venice, here is something to visit: a sculpture beautifully described by the art historian/broadcaster Andrew Graham-Dixon thus: "Donatello more vividly, more brilliantly, more viscerally than anyone else creates these figures which seem as if they are on the point of speech - and that tradition which is embodied by this sculpture of …
