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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

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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

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“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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THE AVERAGE COLOR OF THE UNIVERSE.

THE AVERAGE COLOR OF THE UNIVERSE. I began this blog five years ago today with a post on the sound of the Big Bang (which can be heard every day in the form of radio static). I posted here about … Continue reading

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DAVID HOCKNEY: “THERE’S A LOT MORE TO BE SEEN.”

DAVID HOCKNEY: “THERE’S A LOT MORE TO BE SEEN.” I want to draw attention to the beginning of Martin Gayford’s article about David Hockney: “One of your basic contentions, I say to the British artist David Hockney, is that there … Continue reading

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FLATNESS AND THE SINGLE-LENS VIEW.

FLATNESS AND THE SINGLE-LENS VIEW. I posted here on the theory of Margaret Livingstone, a Harvard professor of neurobiology, that it is an advantage for an artist to have poor depth perception. (Professor Livingstone uses the example of Rembrandt.) Hockney’s … Continue reading

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DRAWING WITH 9 CAMERAS AND 18 SCREENS.

DRAWING WITH 9 CAMERAS AND 18 SCREENS. This article by Martin Gayford tells how David Hockney is now “drawing” with 18 screens showing series of high definition photographs taken by 18 high-definition cameras. Each camera is set at a different … Continue reading

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