It also provided an effective platform for the artists and artisans to support their livelihood. It reconnects the people (especially the youth) with their indigenous culture, its multifaceted nature, magnificence, and historical importance in the context of ‘India as a Nation’ over the millennia...
Jasper Johns is an iconic American artist who came to define the period between Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art. In Flag (1954–1955)—a collage of paper, encaustic oil, and fabric that is perhaps his most famous work—Johns makes a formal abstraction from the American stars and stripes ...
(1976), Seyrig asks two dozen French and American actresses—including Jane Fonda, Jill Clayburgh, Juliet Berto, Ellen Burstyn, Maria Schneider, Louise Fletcher, Barbara Steele, and Anne Wiazemsky—about working in an industry in which nearly every creative decision is made by a man....
Taken together, I couldn’t detect anything specifically “Lithuanian” about the work of these artists. But then, I think “nation” is a political framework built higgledy-piggledy around a human networking tic, something like the one that makes for that famous six degrees of separation or si...
My favourite, I think. Dr Tulp and pupils necks look like intestines ….. Looks a bit like a twiglet… Thanks to Martin for these. BTW, I've created a new section for links to practicing artists. I'll populate it as time goes on....
V52 EVOLUTION: 52 artists, 52 works in 52 weeks .For this thirty fourth week, it is a great joy to welcome the American artist Carla Gannis who offers “The Dream Lives Of Avatars” @carlagannis is an American interdisciplinary artist, professor at the Pratt Institute in the department of...
We all know the multi-GRAMMY-winning bassist, composer and bandleader Christian McBride as the matrix of modern music, through his own thrilling works as a jazz artist, and by his famous pop, hip-hop, soul and classical collaborations with Sting, Questlove, James Brown and fellow bassist Edga...
Sean Lennon is a musician, composer, and producer who belongs to the United States and has a net worth of $200 million. Sean Lennon followed in the footsteps of his famous musician father, John Lennon, and went into music. Since the release of his first solo album, “Into the Sun,” ...
Kent State: An American Tragedy by Brian VanDeMark Hardcover: Aug 2024 A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illuminating its causes and lasting consequences. Summary Read an Excerpt
Daily News Gems is my personal blog in which I comment, every now and again, on topics of particular interest to me, namely, newspaper history, baseball, American politics, and a selection of other burning issues of the day. -- Bill Lucey ...