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LEARNING FROM COMIC STRIPS—CALVIN AND HOBBES.
LEARNING FROM COMIC STRIPS—CALVIN AND HOBBES. I posted here about a boy trying to learn to read by watching other children stretched out on the floor reading the “funny papers”. I thought of this when I read this post by … Continue reading
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“WE SEE SPACE.”
“WE SEE SPACE.” Here is a description of an earlier exhibition of David Hockney’s studies of the landscape in East Yorkshire. I like Hockney’s statement that: “The optical projective of nature is a view of the world from one point. … Continue reading
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DRAFTMANSHIP WITH THE iPAD.
DRAFTMANSHIP WITH THE iPAD. Of the 52 art works in Hockney’s latest exhibit, 51 are prints which Hockney did originally with an iPAD. He likes the iPAD because he can work quickly, and he thinks speed is important to a … Continue reading
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DAVID HOCKNEY WATCHES SPRING.
DAVID HOCKNEY WATCHES SPRING. Jackie Wullschlager had an interview with David Hockney in the Financial Times (January 14-15). He has a new exhibit at the Tate Gallery entitled: “The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire, in 2011″. Before he … Continue reading
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RANKING 115 SIMILAR PAINTINGS.
RANKING 115 SIMILAR PAINTINGS. Damien Hirst is exhibiting 115 of his “Spot Paintings” in Gagosian galleries in New York City. Worldwide, he is exhibiting 331 of the paintings; there are over 1500 of them. The rules for the spot paintings … Continue reading
A PHYSICIST HAS EXPLAINED AN OBSERVATION BY LEONARDO.
A PHYSICIST HAS EXPLAINED AN OBSERVATION BY LEONARDO. Instapundit called attention to a recent paper by a physicist, Christophe Eloy, which provides a mathematical explanation for an observation made by Leonardo da Vinci which has never been satisfactorily explained. This … Continue reading
“I MAKE IMAGES.”
“I MAKE IMAGES.” Jackie Wullschlager had another quote from David Hockney which gives his view of what he does. It apparently comes from a different book: DAVID HOCKNEY MY YORKSHIRE by Marco Livingstone. Hockney says: “I make images. I’ve made … Continue reading
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“IF YOU DON’T HAVE A QUESTION IN MIND, THERE’S FAR TOO MUCH TO LOOK AT.”
“IF YOU DON’T HAVE A QUESTION IN MIND, THERE’S FAR TOO MUCH TO LOOK AT.” Jackie Wullschlager had a review in the Financial Times (December 3/4) of new books about David Hockney. She quotes Hockney talking about Monet in an … Continue reading
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UGLY RENAISSANCE BABIES.
UGLY RENAISSANCE BABIES. Lee Bryant sent me this link to the website Ugly Renaissance Babies. The name is self explanatory. Mary Jane started laughing the moment I mentioned the name of the blog to her because she knew what it … Continue reading
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PAINTING AN AVERAGE UNIVERSE.
PAINTING AN AVERAGE UNIVERSE. I encountered the study of the average color of the universe from this article by Edward Tenner in the Atlantic about Jonathon Keats, a conceptual artist who has taken to heart the findings of the study. … Continue reading
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