Shelley's Art History Blog July 2004 Archive

If you've got a shred of romance, creativity or poetry in your soul, this might seem like a silly question. (It was dumbfounding to me, at least.) However, as a ... Read More

Before we go any further, please send more suggestions for the Artists You Should Know feature. It's fun, everyone seems to be enjoying it (including me), but it'd ... Read More

The International Herald Tribune just ran this piece about artist Hunt Slonem's new digs in NYC. Hunt searched high and low for a large space to rent. Hunt ... Read More

Maike Vogt-Lüerssen, author of the recent book "Who is Mona Lisa? In search of her identity", has very generously shared an article here. In the course of her 17-years' ... Read More

Name Withheld by Request wrote to ask if, perhaps, a key characteristic of Dada had been overlooked. Specifically, that Dada was intended to provoke shock/outrage/disgust/anger in the viewer. This ... Read More

A couple of months ago, Craig LaBeau (a good human and friend of the family) was over visiting. "Craig, who is your favorite artist?" spilled out of my mouth before ... Read More

We're going to demystify those art "show" terms in this article. A biennale (or triennale) is one thing, an exhibition another, a fair can be two further things, and ... Read More

In this past week, two people caught my eye and made me like them. One is an artist and one a writer, but both have attitudes I, for one, can ... Read More

What a hoot! Jem is doing some really neat sculpture pieces, particularly in laser-cut steel. His sense of fun is evident; everything is brightly colored and designed to make ... Read More

The key point here is that there is, indeed, a difference between the two. Sure, this is counterintuitve to any other usage of "modern" and "contemporary", wherein the two ... Read More

Yes, it's That Painting again. Accustomed to verbal bullets flying at feet, I commence to dance like a monkey on amphetamines and timidly put forth the possibility that maybe ... Read More

Have you ever given much thought to the artists that design themed attractions? (Me neither!) They certainly do a massive amount of creating, though. This week's featured artist, Helen ... Read More

While doing some badly needed maintenance on the Art Magazines section, this morning, I came across a gem that deserves your attention. SV is the offspring of Robert Knafo's ... Read More

After the rather ho-hum art of the Mesolithic era, art in the Neolithic (literally: "new stone") age represents a spree of hellzapoppin' innovation. Humans were settling themselves down into agrarian ... Read More

Reader Jill Davenport sent the nicest email, in which she said she liked the Op Art article, Op resources and accompanying list of selected Op artists. She wondered, though, if ... Read More

As things turn out, it seems that Steven Kurtz is not, in fact, a bioterrorist. According to The Buffalo News, Grand Jury findings are that Kurtz now faces indictments ... Read More