Notes from Maatwerk Studio

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 13, 2009

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"The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality." -T.S. Eliot, Tradition and the Individual Talent, 1919

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 12, 2009

2009-11-12T09:18:00.000-06:00

"Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its appropriate liberator comes to set it free." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 11, 2009

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"For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh." -Georges Rouault

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 10, 2009

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"An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them." -Andy Warhol

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 9, 2009

2009-11-09T09:58:00.001-06:00

"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."
-Oscar Wilde

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 8, 2009

2009-11-08T09:57:00.000-06:00

"The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe, he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life." -Henry Miller

Flashback: Modern Glass Blowing Still Adheres to Ancient Traditions - Article

2009-11-07T21:58:00.004-06:00

Article is by the American Collector Staff.

This photo essays shows the steps glass blowers took to create intricate hand-blown glass items (from bubble to goblet). It originally appeared in the February 1938 issue of American Collector magazine, a publication which ran from 1933-1948 and served antique collectors and dealers.

Although the gaffer and servitor seen in these pictures wear the clothes of today, they are actually following the same steps and using the same tolls that glass blowers have used for centuries. These pictures taken at the Steuben works of the Corning Glass Company, show the successive steps in making a piece of fine hand-blown glass. The tools, blow pipe, pontil rod, bench, tongs, and wooden paddles are practically the same as those used in making the rarest off-hand specimens of American glass.

The Start, Blowing the Bubble: Standing before the furnace, a glass bower has expanded the gather of molten glass on his blowpipe. When finished this will be the upper part the goblet.

Applying the Stem: Here the gaffer, seated at his bench and using his parrot shears, is steadying a gather of glass, as it is applied to the bulb with a pontil rod that will form the goblet stem.

Shaping The Stem: Using a steel fork, as he rolls his blow pipe back and forth on the arms of his bench, the gaffer is giving the goblet stem the desired form. The upper part of the goblet is still attached to the blow pipe and the stem design can be seen.

Forming the Foot: A second gather applied with the pontil has provided the material for the goblet foot. Here the gaffer, rotating his blow pipe back and forth on his bench arms, is shaping the foot with a palette of applewood. To prevent burning it is frequently dipped in water as the shaping progresses.

Atteching the Pontil Rod: Srem and foot having been formed and worked to the desired shape, the next step is to attach the pontil rod to the base. The gaffer is seated at his bench and his servitor, or helper, is seen holding the pontil rod in position as it is made fast to the foot.

Freed from the Blow Pipe: Here the goblet, firmly attached to the pontil rod, has just been removed by the gaffer from the lower end of the blow pipe by a sharp blow preparatory to forming the upper part or the bowl.

Trimming the Bowl: The goblet is now only attached to the punty rod. The gaffer is cutting away the excess glass with shears from the end the blow pipe was once attched preparatory to widening and shaping the bowl of the goblet. Just before this step the piece was reheated in the glory hole to make it soft enough to be easily worked.

Ready for the Lehr: The goblet is now made and the gaffer is freeing it from the pontil rod ashis servitor holds the fork by which the finished piece, still too hot to handle, will be taken to the annealing lehr for the gradual process of cooling. When cold the roughness where the pontil was once attached will be removed at a seraies of grinding and polishing wheels.

To read the original article online, click here.

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 7, 2009

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"What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit." -John Updike

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 6, 2009

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"The many great paintings of the world, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art. If you don't want the pleasure of art, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul." -Moore on painting

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 5, 2009

2009-11-05T11:03:00.002-06:00

"No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination." -Edward Hopper

Liechtenstein Museum Shows Glass and Porcelain from Two Private Collections

2009-11-04T21:01:00.005-06:00

VIENNA.- Radiance and colour are the two elements that connect glass and porcelain, their motivation and motifs reflecting the spirit of the epochs – Baroque, Neoclassical and Biedermeier – in which they were created. A comprehensive assemblage of around 700 objects from the private collections of Christian Kuhn and Rudolf von Strasser provides rare insights into a fascinating aspect of these decorative arts. On exhibition at the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna through 12 January, 2010.

Two private Viennese collections

With its mainly Bohemian Biedermeier glasses, the Kuhn Collection displays the rich variety and colourfulness of the art of glass, presenting veduta glasses together with cut and engraved glasses by renowned artists such as Kothgasser, Biemann or Egermann together with gems by unknown masters. The focus of the collection lies however on various kinds of stone glass with its impressive marbling. Rudolf von Strasser, known to professional circles as a collector of glass, here shows the complete holdings of Viennese porcelain from his collection. From the imaginative shapes of the Baroque to the ‘grotesques’ of the Hausmaler Ignaz Preissler, and the opulent gold relief decoration of the Neoclassical age to the delicate floral painting of the Biedermeier era, these fine porcelain objects provide not only a blaze of colour but also reflect the historical circumstances of the period in which they were made.

Two arts born of fire

The fascination of these two delicate and fragile materials – glass and porcelain – and their mysterious creation in the heat of the fire have a long history. In the early modern period they were objects of wonder in princely cabinets of curiosities. The Renaissance and Baroque produced graceful creations in glass, while the 18th century found its favourite material with the discovery of the arcanum, the formula enabling the production of genuine European porcelain. At the beginning of the 19th century, technical and scientific developments had led to close connections between the two materials. This is demonstrated by the juxtaposition of these two private collections and will constitute a focus of the exhibition. For example, it was not uncommon for porcelain painters to paint on glass and vice versa, resulting in an exchange of techniques and artistic knowledge.

Radiance and colour

Colour is a fundamental element of decoration with both materials. As early as the Baroque age, a strong palette of colours started to develop and become popular on porcelain, attaining perfection in the heyday of Neoclassicism.The Princely Collections embrace major European works of art spanning five centuries and are among the world’s most important private collections of art today. The holdings date back to the 17th century. Like many other collections of this period, it is rooted in the baroque ideal of engaged princely patronage of the arts. For generations, the House of Liechtenstein has remained true to this ideal and systematically extended its collections. An active purchasing policy results in a number of spectacular new acquisitions, thereby making an impressive statement. Visit : http://www.liechtensteinmuseum.at/en/pages/home.asp

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 4, 2009

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"There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way." -Winslow Homer

Christmas Etched Coaster Class

2009-11-03T17:08:00.003-06:00

Christmas Etched Coaster Class

These coasters are a fun and elegant holiday decoration that your family can enjoy for years to come. The coasters are 3.5" x 3.5" beveled Edge Square Coaster w/ plastic feet. There are 9 different Christmas stencils you can choose from.
Cost: $20, which includes the set of 4 glass coasters, stencils and etching supplies.

Special Promotion: Sign up for both the Thanksgiving and Christmas Ecthed Coaster Classes and save $5.

Space is limited, so sign up early by going to www.maatwerkstudio.com/glassblowingclasses. You can aslo call us at (608) 467-6379 or email us at classes@maatwerkstudio.com.

For more information about this class or any of other seasonal classes, please visit our website at www.maatwerkstudio.com.

Special Seasonal Class from Maatwerk Studio - Thanksgiving Etched Coaster Class

2009-11-03T17:00:00.006-06:00

Thanksgiving Etched Coaster Set

These coasters are a fun and elegant holiday decoration that your family can enjoy for years to come. The coasters are 3.5" x 3.5" beveled Edge Square Coaster w/ plastic feet. Cost: $20, which includes the set of 4 glass coasters, stencils and etching supplies. Classes will be held on the following Saturdays in November: November 14th, 21st and 28th.

Special Promotion: Sign up for both the Thanskgiving and Christmas Estched Coaster Classes

and pay only $35 - a savings of $5.

Spaces are limited in these special holiday classes, so sign up now by going to our website at www.maatwerkstudio.com/glassblowingclasses. You can also call us at (608) 467-6379 or email us at classes@maatwerkstudio.com.

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 3, 2009

2009-11-03T09:53:00.001-06:00

"Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels." -Francisco Goya (1746-1828)

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 2, 2009

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"...the object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity."
-Alberto Giacometti

Art Quote of the Day for Nov. 1, 2009

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"We live in a beautiful and orderly world, not in a chaos without norms,even though this is how it sometimes appears." -M. C. Escher

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 31, 2009

2009-10-31T09:47:00.001-05:00

"What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough." -Eugene Delacroix

FIAC 2009: Collectors, Galleries Exhibiting, Enjoyed Strong Sales

2009-10-30T13:48:00.002-05:00

PARIS.- By closing time on Sunday October 25th, FIAC had welcomed 80,750 visitors over 5 days, approximately 16,000 visitors per day, representing a 23% increase compared to 2008 (65,000 visitors). Notably, a large number of French and international professionals attended the inauguration of FIAC. Collectors, professionals, institutions and the media. 20,000 invited guests participated in the two professional days held at the Cour Carrée and the Grand Palais on Tuesday October 20th and Wednesday October 21st. This increase of 18%, compared to 2008, indicates the specialized public’s growing interest in FIAC.

To read the entire article wich appears on the Art Knowledge News website, click here.

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 30, 2009

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"Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world."
-Leonardo da Vinci

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 29, 2009

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"The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it." -Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), French artist

Arts in Community awards created by Maatwerk Studio

2009-10-29T09:41:00.003-05:00

Maatwerk Studio, located in Madison, Wisconsin was recently commissioned to design and create unique works of glass art that will be given by Arts Wisconsin as their 2009 Arts in Community awards. Matt Heindl just completed work on the awards and pictures will be posted shortly, both here and to the Image Gallery on the website.

Arts Wisconsin, Wisconsin's statewide arts service, advocacy and development organization, recently handed out their inaugural Arts in the Community Awards. These awards, presented by Arts Wisconsin in partnership with the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, Wisconsin Alliance of Cities and Wisconsin Towns Association, have been created to honor local leaders around the state who have helped the arts grow and thrive in their communities, and to thank them for their exemplary advocacy, support, volunteerism, philanthropy and other assistance on behalf of the arts. Award winners for 2009 were selected by a panel of experts from a statewide pool of nominees.

This year's winners of the Arts in Community awards are:
-Carol Kratchowill, Vice President of the Sauk County Art Association, of Merrimac, nominated by the Sauk County Art Association (SCAA); award to be presented at the conference of the Wisconsin Towns Association, October 13, 2009, at the Holiday Inn & Convention Center in Stevens Point. Ms. Kratchowill was honored for her ongoing advocacy on behalf of SCAA and the arts in Sauk County, and her creative leadership for SCAA's new "Encore Art! Reuse-Recycle-Rethink" art competition. More information about the Towns Association is available at http://www.wisctowns.com.
-Menomonie Mayor Dennis Kropp and former Dunn County Board member B. Jane Hoyt of Menomonie, nominated by the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts; award to be presented at the conference of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, October 14, 2009, at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton. Mayor Kropp and Ms. Hoyt were recognized for their leadership to restore and renovate the historic Mabel Tainter Theatre building in downtown Menomonie. More information about the League of Municipalities is available at http://www.lwm-info.org.
-Julia Taylor, President of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, of Milwaukee, nominated by the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee and the United Performing Arts Fund; award to be presented by the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities; presentation date and location to be announced. Ms. Taylor has demonstrated outstanding civic leadership through her chairmanship of the United Performing Arts Fund annual campaign and support of the Creative Coalition and cultural development throughout the Milwaukee 7 region. More information about the Alliance of Cities is available at http://www.wiscities.org.

Peter Crawford, President of the Board of Directors of Arts Wisconsin, said that they are "pleased to honor these leaders for their exceptional commitment to the arts in their communities...These awards demonstrate the depth and breadth of support for arts and creative opportunities by elected officials and civic leaders across the state."

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 28, 2009

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“Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame.” – G.K. Chesterton

National Design Week - Oct. 18-24, 2009

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Launched in 2006, National Design Week is an education initiative offering free admission for all museum visitors and hosting a series of public programs surrounding the National Design Awards.

The National Design Awards were conceived by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to honor the best in American design. First launched at the White House in 2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium Council, the annual Awards program celebrates design in various disciplines as a vital humanistic tool in shaping the world, and seeks to increase national awareness of design by educating the public and promoting excellence, innovation, and lasting achievement. The Awards are truly national in scope–nominations for the 2009 Awards were solicited from a committee of more than 2,500 leading designers, educators, journalists, cultural figures, and corporate leaders from every state in the nation. Cooper-Hewitt chooses a distinguished jury of designers and design thinkers, which selects the winners and finalists in nearly every category.

The National Design Awards is one of the few programs of its kind structured to continue to benefit the nation long after the Awards ceremony and gala. A suite of educational programs will be announced this summer in conjunction with the Awards by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s award-winning Education Department, including a series of public programs, lectures, roundtables, and workshops based on the vision and work of the National Design Award winners.

This year's winners are:
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute, Design Mind Winner
Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Arts Center, Corporate / Institutional Winner
Christopher Sharples, SHoP Architects, Architecture Winner
Laurene Boym, Boym Partners, Product Design Winner
Calvin Tsao, Interior Design Winner
Jeff Han, Perceptive Pixel, Interaction Design Winner
Steve Duenes, New York Times Graphics Department, Communications Design Winner

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 27, 2009

2009-10-27T08:47:00.000-05:00

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Decorating with Hand Blown Glass Vases

2009-10-26T23:05:00.004-05:00

Whether your home decor is modern or traditional, regional or rustic, hand blown glass vaseshave a part to play. Antique hand blown glass vases or glass vases in dramatic styles such as tulip or tower can stand alone as decorative accessories, sans floral arrangement. Or you can use your hand blown glass vase as the foundation of a tiered centerpiece or home makeover project.

How to Accent with Hand Blown Glass Vases
Here are a few techniques we've discovered that can turn your hand blown glass vase into a useful accent piece:
-Transparent glass vases or hurricane vases are ideally suited to display small ornaments, candles, or curio objects.
-When used as centerpieces, hand blown glass vases should reflect the medley of colors and shapes in a room.
-Add texture and vertical cohesion to a room with a grouping of hand blown glass vases in different sizes.
-Iridescent hand blown glass looks particularly striking in combination with a mirror or on top of a sunlit end table.

Giving New Life to Old Vases
If you've owned a hand blown glass vase for many years and want to replace it, consider giving it a makeover. Treat your vase to a new paint job, or learn the art of decoupage and practice it on some hand blown glass accessories you've left in storage. Another project you might enjoy is giving your vase a little Caribbean style by gluing rows of craft rope or jute twine around its base and neck.

Do It Yourself
Glassblowing is gaining popularity as a hobby, so if you've been searching for a new project, try taking a few glassblowing classes. Glassblowing classes are often available from community colleges, art centers, or even glassblowing studios. If it's something you enjoy, you'll be able to create your own hand blown glass vase.
If you're located in the Madison, Wisconsin area please consider taking a glassblowing class from Maatwerk Studio - for more information about the classes we offer go to http://www.maatwerkstudio.com/.

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 26, 2009

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"Art should reveal the unknown, to those who lack the experience of seeing it." -Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith (Native American Painter)

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 25, 2009

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"I want to thank anyone who spends part of their day creating, I don't care if it's a book, a film, a painting, a dance, a piece of theater, a pieceof music--anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us--I think this world would be unlivable without art and I thank you." -Steve Soderbergh (winner of the 2001 Academy Award for Directing "Traffic.")

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 24, 2009

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"As a suffering creature, I cannot do without something greater than I --something that is my life -- the power to create." -Vincent Van Gogh

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 23, 2009

2009-10-23T08:38:00.001-05:00

"Architecture is the triumph of Human Imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least the geometric pattern of things, of life, of the human and social world. It is at best that magic framework of reality that we sometimes touch upon when we use the word order." -Frank Lloyd Wright

ArtReview's 2009 Power 100 List

2009-10-22T20:33:00.003-05:00

This year’s ArtReview Power 100 has nearly been turned on its head. Apparently, recessions change things in the art world. This list “is not just a who’s who to contemporary art but also a guide to general trends and forces that shape the artworld.” New names comprise nearly one-third of the list; museum curators and independent thinkers outshine collectors, gallerists, and artists at the top of the list; and sharp divisions among the international experts on the judging panel make this edition of the Power 100 “one of the freshest in years.” Here are just the top five:

1. Hans Ulrich Obrist; 2. Glenn D. Lowry; 3. Sir Nicholas Serota; 4. Daniel Birnbaum; 5. Larry Gagosian ...

For the complete list go to http://artreview100.com

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 22, 2009

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"Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul."
-Wassily Kandinsky

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 21, 2009

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"The best reason to paint is that there is no reason to paint....I'd like to pretend that I've never seen anything, never read anything, never heard anything...and then make something....Every time I make something I think about the people who are going to see it and every time I see something, I think about the person who made it....Nothing is important...so everything is important." -Keith Haring (June 15, 1986 NYC)

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 20, 2009

2009-10-20T09:57:00.000-05:00

"The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently." -Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), French artist

Luring Artists to Lend Life to Empty New York Storefronts - NYTimes.com

2009-10-19T11:57:00.002-05:00

This article from the New York Times shows one of the opportunities created for artists by the decline in the economy. I hope it will inspire you to think about how you can take advantage of this current situation.

"At the end of a dark passageway at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, almost 50 artworks have suddenly parked in a bright, spare gallery. On a grim stretch of the Flatbush Avenue Extension in Brooklyn, pastel portraits and interactive sculptures are squeezed between a McDonald’s and an Applebee’s. In the window of a former dentist’s office in downtown Jamaica, Queens, a clutch of faceless mannequins cradle various forms of roadkill.

The art may vary in style and shock value, but the settings are essentially the same — spaces donated or leased for a song by building owners unable to rent or develop them.

As the recession drags on and storefronts across New York remain empty, commercial landlords are turning to an unlikely new class of tenants: artists, who in flusher times tend to get pushed out rather than lured in. And the price of entry is not deep pockets, but vivid imaginations and splashy exhibits — anything to lend the darkened buildings a sense of life.

On terms that are cut-rate and usually temporary — a few weeks or months — the artist gets a gallery or studio, and the landlord gets a vibrant attraction that may deter crime and draw the next wave of paying tenants.

“Any sort of activity is better than no activity,” said Jed Walentas, a Brooklyn developer whose company, Two Trees Management, routinely lends space in Dumbo and Downtown Brooklyn for art projects. “As long as it’s short enough and it’s flexible, then there’s no real cost. So the question is who can you find that’s going to make an investment in a space with that level of uncertainty, and often it’s the artist.”

These “pop-up galleries,” as they are known in Britain, where the phenomenon is well established, are increasingly taking hold in New York as development advocates and landlords struggle to keep up appearances where commerce and construction have stalled.

The demand among landlords is so high that Chashama, a group that has been working for almost 15 years to find vacant real estate for visual and performing artists, no longer has to go looking. Its founder, Anita Durst, said she got calls every day from landlords asking her to find art projects for them. Some even offer to cover basic expenses like electricity.

Chashama was enlisted to find artists for the former dentist’s office and another vacant space by the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, one of several business groups working to bring artists and landlords together.

An exhibit that opened on Wednesday and will run for four months in six empty storefronts on the Flatbush Avenue Extension near DeKalb Avenue is a collaboration between the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and the New Art Dealers Alliance, a contemporary art association. A few blocks away, the MetroTech Business Improvement District approached Ad Hoc Art, which promotes street, pop and underground artists, to organize a similar installation on Willoughby Street that will run through Nov. 4.

At the Port Authority terminal, where a 2,500-square-foot retail space at West 41st Street and Eighth Avenue has gone unrented while a development deal remains in limbo, executives have relied on the Fashion Center Business Improvement District and the Times Square Alliance to bring in a series of pop-up tenants, including fashion designers and, in a show that opened on Thursday, artists working in a range of media.

The sudden glut of available space has even spawned a new player in the art world.

No Longer Empty, an outfit formed by a group of established curators about five months ago in response to the recession-fueled vacancies, has staged several exhibitions and events. One opened the weekend of Oct. 3 at a former belt factory in Brooklyn that once made “invisible dog” novelty leashes, and another installation is planned for the empty Tower Records store at East Fourth Street and Broadway in Manhattan.

“I really do think it’s something that’s here to stay,” said Manon Slome, a founder of the group. “I obviously hope the economic crisis will be over, but I see it as a great way for the public to interact with art in a different way. And it does provide a great platform for artists because they can do things that are maybe more experimental or larger than they could in a gallery space.”

Lishan Chang, an environmental artist who secured studio space in the former dentist’s office in Jamaica, said the storefront was perfect for his current project, “Accident Realm,” which features the dead raccoons, hawks, opossums, skunks and other creatures he finds along highways.

“I need a large sink when I do my taxidermy, and this office has a large sink,” said Mr. Chang, who learned to preserve the carcasses at the National Taiwan University and on YouTube. “I use chemicals and dentists use chemicals, so it fits.”

For neighborhoods, windows filled with stencils or weavings rather than brown paper and “for rent” signs have been a marked improvement.

“The lights are always on, the artists come and go late at night, and it’s even had more of an impact in activating the street than we anticipated,” said Andrew M. Manshel of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation. As the redevelopment of the area continues, he said, he will work to find a way for the artists to have more permanent space.

The shows have played well with the locals. Passers-by and workers say they like having something different to look at and a chance to talk with the artists. On 161st Street in Jamaica one afternoon, two barbers from the block said they appreciated how accessible the artists had been.

“The first time they were there, they welcomed anybody, it was free and on the way out they gave you a little wine, they had food,” said one barber from the Haircutter shop, who gave his name as Junior. “It’s great.”

His co-worker, James Tucker, said it was “different, cultural-wise,” saying that he liked some of the artwork but that he found Mr. Chang’s roadkill project “really creepy.” Junior added, laughing, “He should do a Halloween thing with that.”

Two weekends ago on the Flatbush Avenue Extension near the Fulton Mall, Kenny Scharf, a psychedelic painter and performance artist, spray-painted what he described as “a big red monster mean guy being parasitically sucked on by some yellow guys” for a group show concentrating on large-scale works. As he worked, people stopped by to ask what he was doing and snap pictures with their cellphones.

“I really like that,” said Demetria Hayes, who was waiting for the bus outside the impromptu gallery. “He could do a lot with that.”

Ms. Hayes, who is pregnant, stood outside to escape the spray-paint fumes while her daughter, Danisia Peterson, 12, who likes to draw faces, chatted with Mr. Scharf inside and watched him work.

“A lot of people, especially kids, like to work like that through art,” Ms. Hayes said, “and to show how easy it is to just draw on the wall hopefully shows them they can do it and be creative, too.”

A version of this article appeared in print on October 13, 2009, on page A24 of the New York edition.

Luring Artists to Lend Life to Empty New York Storefronts - NYTimes.com

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Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 19, 2009

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"There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books." -Charlie Chaplin

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 18, 2009

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"Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations." -Paul Cézanne

Most Theory Has Little Bearing on Art - Article from The Art Newspaper

2009-10-17T15:53:00.003-05:00

This is a copy of the article Robert Storr: Most Theory has little bearing on art; the critic and curator speaks to The Art Newspaper by Helen Stoilas. (From Frieze daily edition, Oct 16, 2009)

Robert Storr, US critic, curator and dean of the Yale School of Art, is visiting Frieze Art Fair for the first time, to take part in “Scenes from a Marriage: Have Art and Theory Drifted Apart?”, a panel discussion today at 12pm with artist Barbara Bloom and philosophy professor Simon Critchley. He spoke to The Art Newspaper about the role of art theory, and what advice he is giving to his students in today’s artistic climate.

The Art Newspaper: The topic of the Frieze panel is “Have Art and Theory Drifted Apart?” What are your thoughts?

Robert Storr: I’m not sure that art and theory were ever that close to begin with. There are some artists who read theory seriously but not all that many. And some of the theoretical writing that was done about artists was very important, but what people now call theory is a vast field and a relatively small amount of it bears directly on art, or at least on art production.

We’re in a very strange situation where some artists have derived a lot from their theoretical reading but never as systematically as people are inclined to think. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, who I know read theory carefully, nonetheless made a point of saying that it was not to be read in a kind of rigorous, academic way, but to help unblock thoughts and open up questions.

A lot of artists don’t want to tip their hands and show how selective and shallow their understanding is; a lot of people who do theory full time don’t really want to acknowledge that the process of making art is fundamentally different from the process of writing theory. And, therefore, even though you may share a vocabulary, you don’t share at all the same kind of generative process or goals.

TAN: What do you think the future of art theory is?
RS: I think the future of all kinds of philosophical discourse depends on their utility, their accuracy and description. Having been partially educated in France I was aware that a lot of French theory is conditioned by specifically French situations. The decline of a unified left in French politics, the death of existentialism as a movement…those terms are not applicable to America in a direct way, so you can read French theory in an American context but you also ought to read American history to counterbalance it. Thirty years ago everyone read Wittgenstein—how many read him today? If you want to talk about Jasper Johns, if you want to talk about Bruce Nauman, you should read Wittgenstein. People who have real theoretical minds read widely, they read selectively and they read for use.

TAN: Are there any new projects you’re working on?
RS: I am finishing a new Gerhard Richter book on a painting he’s giving to MoMA about 9/11, and I’ve finished at long last my big book on Louise Bourgeois. I’m running an art school and I’m trying to give good and reasonable criticism to young artists who are entering into an art world not at all like the one they imagined.

TAN: What kind of advice are you giving art students now?
RS: I’m telling them that this is actually a fine time to be in art school because, when I was in art school, when a lot of people I admire were in art school in the 1960s and 1970s, there was no money. If you go into it knowing that you will probably not be rewarded lavishly, but you can in fact continue to work, you’re on a much better footing than if you go into it trying to make a huge impact when you’re 23 or 24, and then maintain that for the next 60 years. You know John Baldessari is someone whom everyone admires, but people by and large forget that he destroyed all of his “successful work” and started all over again. I’m interested in people who make good art, whenever they make it, and I think a lot of the best artists today are late bloomers. I’m a big fan of both Raoul De Keyser and Tom Nozkowski, who I put in the Venice Biennale [2007]. Tom is 65 and Raoul is 78 and neither one of them really hit it until they were way past the age when most people think it would be the end of your career.

TAN: Maybe there’s less of a focus on the cult of youth.
RS: There isn’t less of a focus yet, but it’s going to dawn on people that it’s not working. It’s always nice to be a coming attraction, but it’s murder to be a has-been. If it hasn’t happened for you yet, you can at least console yourself with the idea that it might. It’s a fashionable world and even good artists go out of fashion. If you’ve never really thought about what you’re going to do when you go out of fashion because you’ve never been out of fashion, it’s much harder to take than if you’ve gradually come into your own, gotten through difficult times and know that you can survive.

TAN: Do you think the recent economic problems will make artists stronger?
RS: I’m not a believer that hardship makes people stronger, but I do think that too much of certain things can make them weaker. Strong people can be distracted by things that come too easy. Maintaining a career nowadays is extraordinarily complicated, even if you’re just doing your work and showing up for required occasions. You can waste an amazing amount of energy, time and goodwill by chasing after stuff that’s not worth chasing after. Really wise artists know how to make dramatic appearances and how to make dramatic disappearances.

To read the original article on The Art Newspaper website, click here.

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 17, 2009

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"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art." -Paul Cézanne

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 16, 2009

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"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things . . . it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface." -Brancusi

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 15, 2009

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"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." -Henry Ward Beecher

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 14, 2009

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"Revolution in art is to paint a new vase of flowers!" -Oscar Araripe

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 13, 2009

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“Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven’t time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” - Georgia O’Keefe (1887-1986), Painter

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 12, 2009

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“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for.” - Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986), Painter

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 11, 2009

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“I love the gallery, the arena of representation. It’s a commercial world, and morality is based generally around economics, and that’s taking place in the art gallery.” - Jeff Koons

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 10, 2009

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“Art to me is a humanitarian act and I believe that there is a responsibility that art should somehow be able to effect mankind, to make the word a better place.” - Jeff Koons

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 9, 2009

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“The relationship between the public and the artist is complex anddifficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.” -Andy Goldsworthy

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 8, 2009

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“Ideas must be put to the test. That’s why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realization. I’ve had what I thought were great ideas that just didn’t work.” - Andy Goldsworthy

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 7, 2009

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“As with all my work, whether it’s a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I’m trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.” - Andy Goldsworthy

Where to use Pendant Lights

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Light fixtures are seen as pieces of art. They are accessories in home décor instead of just necessary functional pieces.

Lighting is one of the most important aspects of home décor. Layers of light can enhance the space, highlight certain elements, or illuminate specific task areas. It can also create separation between rooms that have an open floor plan, or create zones within a particular room, such as conversation areas, eating areas, a reading nook, or a workspace.

The kitchen is often regarded as mainly a functional space which means it is not always first on the list when it comes to decorating. If you want to give your kitchen a quick update without a major remodeling project, add a pendant fixture or a row of pendants for a more modern look. If your kitchen has an island, pendant fixtures will add task lighting and draw attention to this popular feature. Pendants also work great over a bar or breakfast bar and they help make that space more distinct, featuring it as an eating or gathering area.

Pendant lights are also a great addition to dining areas. Update that old chandelier with a modern pendant, or two or three, depending on the size of your dining table. Be sure to use a dimmer switch so you can set the mood when it’s time for a romantic dinner for two. You might also want to use pendants over a sideboard to highlight the piece itself, or to illuminate fine pieces of crystal or china displayed on top of it. Even when you’re not using the dining room, the pendants can be turned on to show off your collection. When using the sideboard as a buffet, the extra lighting will make your food will look more appealing.

If you have an open floor plan, you can use a row of pendant lights to separate two rooms. For example: if your dining room and living room adjoin, you can arrange your sofa so the back of it faces the dining room. Place a sofa table or console table behind it and display some of your favorite accessories on it. Install pendant lighting above the table to create the effect of two separate spaces. If your kitchen and dining area adjoin, but you just want the look of separation without completely closing the rooms off from each other, consider installing a bar or a half wall, with a row of pendants above it, between the two rooms.

You can also create zones within one room. If you have a large living room, consider dividing it into smaller seating areas. Create a conversation area with a focal point, such as a TV or fireplace. This is where you would place your sofa, coffee table, a chair or two and some end tables. At the other end of the room, or in a corner if your conversation area is in the center of the room, add a comfortable chair or two and a table. Add a pendant fixture above the table to add more light for reading and to distinguish the reading nook as a separate zone.

Perhaps you don’t have room for an office, so your desk also occupies your living room or family room. If you want the office area to be set aside from the rest of the room, angle the desk in a corner, or place it off to one side. Add a pendant fixture, or a couple of them, above the desk. Since pendant fixtures provide overhead lighting, they can illuminate the desk far better than a lamp can in most cases. They also help distinguish the area from the rest of the room and create a work zone.

Pendant lights can also add ambience. To make a master bedroom more romantic, consider adding a pendant fixture with a dimmer above the bed. If you have an incredible headboard, a row of pendants above it to highlight it would be a nice touch. If you have a seating area or a chaise lounge, add pendant lighting in that area to help distinguish it as another zone. Pendants can also be used above a vanity or in a dressing area to add another layer of light, or just to give that area a fresher look. Pendants have become very popular elements in home lighting and they are a great way to give any area of your home a more updated look without investing a lot of time or money.

-Maatwerk Studio has pendant lights available in their signature color line in three sizes. They can also create custom hand blown pendants, sconces and table lamps. For more information, please go to http://www.maatwerkstudio.com/Lights.

This is an excerpt of an article from the website Essortment.com, to read the original article click here.

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 6, 2009

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“Most people go through life dreading they’ll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They’ve already passed their test in life. They’re aristocrats.” - Diane Arbus

Let Glass Decorations Adorn Your Household

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Placing shining glass decorations in different places around the house will bring liveliness and a fashionable appearance to our household life.

These glass decorations include vases, vessels, cups or beautiful bottles... Featuring both practicality and aesthetics, they are more charming than a glass door or window. Sometimes glass decorations also need something to decorate them. A glass fruit dish, if there is nothing on it, it may seem dull and plain. If you put some colourful fruit on it, then it will seem more pleasing and harmonious. The practicality of glass decorations is mostly embodied in glass vessels. In some homes belonging to younger people, they are more likely to use glass tableware when they entertain their guests. When they have dinner, the beautiful goblets and elegant glass dishes may give them a good appetite. Glass vases are the most fetching of artwork ? painted in different flower patterns or moulded in different shapes with various colours. Put in some beautiful flowers ? they will make your life colourful!

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 5, 2009

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"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything." ~ Eugene Delacroix

Pictures from The 1st Gallery Get-Together

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We would like to give a special thank you to Josh Bryan for his help and expertise with lighting the gallery.

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 4, 2009

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"We work not only to produce but to give value to time." ~ Eugene Delacroix

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 3, 2009

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"What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough." ~ Eugene Delacroix

Glass Artists Can Benefit from Taking Interior Design Courses

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Whether you're a glass artists who makes functional art pieces such as, sinks, tiles and lights or make blown or cast vases and sculptures, interior design courses could be of benefit to you. Now, there are a wide variety of interior design courses that are available online.

For more information on how interior design courses could benefit your career and about the differet classes available, go to http://designexclusive.org/2009/10/01/interior-design-courses-distance-learning/.

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 2, 2009

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"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." ~ Edgar Degas

Preparing for the 1st Gallery Get-Together on Oct. 2nd

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We've been hard a work transforming the Maatwerk Gallery in preparation for the first Gallery Get-Together which is taking place on Friday October 2nd from 8pm-Midnight. Tickets are$25 in advance and can be purchased on the website or $35 at the door. There will be free food and Micro-brew, live flameworking, door prizes and art work by Matt Heindl and Peter Smith. For more info, go to http://www.maatwerkstudio.com/events.

Check back on Saturday to see pictures of the party and the completed preparations for the event. We'll also be Twittering live from the Event tomorrow night, go to http://www.twitter.com/maatwerkstudio for live updates.

Art Quote of the Day for Oct. 1, 2009

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"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." ~ Aristotle

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 30, 2009

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"Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us." ~ Roy Adzak

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 29, 2009

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"I feel such creative power in myself that I know for sure that the time will arrive when, so to speak, I shall regularly make something good every day. But very rarely a day passes that I do not make something, though it is not yet the real thing I want to make." – Vincent Van Gogh (Letter to Theo van Gogh, 9 September 1882)

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 28, 2009

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“Art for art’s sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.” - Frank Lloyd Wright

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 27, 2009

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The Chinese have a theory that you pass through boredom into fascination and I think it’s true. I would never choose a subject for what it means to me or what I think about it. You’ve just got to choose a subject, and what you think about it, what it means, begins to unfold if you just plain choose a subject and do it enough.” - Diane Arbus

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 26, 2009

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“Art is collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.” - Andre Gide

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 25, 2009

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“Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.” - Salvador Dali

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 24, 2009

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You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life.” - Salvador Dali

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 23, 2009

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“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.” - Salvador Dali

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Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 22, 2009

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“Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.” - Salvador Dali

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 21, 2009

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"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
-William Morris 'The Beauty of Life' 1880

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 20, 2009

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Art will remain the most astonishing activity of mankind born out of struggle between wisdom and madness, between dream and reality in our mind. - Magdalena Abakanowicz

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 19, 2009

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Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality. -Goethe

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 18, 2009

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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity. - Daniel Barenboim

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 17, 2009

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Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. - Rita Mae Brown

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 16, 2009

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Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down. - Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 15, 2009

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The role of the artist I now understood as that of revealing through the world-surfaces the implicit forms of the soul, and the great agent to assist the artist was the myth. - Joseph Campbell

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 14, 2009

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Good art can not be immoral. By good art I mean art that bears true witness, I mean the art that is most precise. - Ezra Pound

Info on Fusing Glass

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Today, we're busy moving fusing and annealing ovens into our new location at 2040 Winnebago Street, Suite B in Madison, WI. If you're interested in taking class on Fusing, please visit our website at http://www.maatwerkstudio.com/ or give us a call at (608) 313-4ART.

Here's some information on Fusing:

Glass fusing is the process of using a kiln to join together pieces of glass. If you apply heat to glass, it will soften. If you continue to apply heat, the glass will become more fluid and flow together. Two or more pieces of glass will stick (or "fuse") to each other. When the right kind of glass is heated and then cooled properly, the resulting fused glass piece will be solid and unbroken.

Many people also use the word "fusing" to include bending and shaping glass using the heat of a kiln. This manipulation can take many forms, but the most common is slumping, where a mold is used to cause already fused glass to take on the shape of a bowl, a plate, or similar object. Other kinds of manipulation done with fusing techniques are combing, which involves using a tool to distort the shape of the glass while it is hot, and fire polishing, which uses a kiln to heat the glass just enough to make it shiny and smooth.

Another category of kiln-forming activity involves the use of molds to form glass into more complex shapes. Virtually any shape that can be formed in clay or wax can also be made in glass. These more advanced kiln forming processes include kiln casting (melting glass into a mold inside a kiln, pate de verre (forming shapes by heating a "paste of glass" inside the kiln), and glass casting (pouring molten glass into a mold). These processes tend to be more complicated than basic fusing and slumping.

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 13, 2009

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All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. - Pablo Picasso

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 12, 2009

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Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem. - Rollo May

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 11, 2009

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There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. - Richard Avedon

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 10, 2009

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A successful work of art is not one which resolves contradictions in a spurious harmony, but one which expresses the idea of harmony negatively by embodying the contradictions, pure and uncompromised, in its innermost structure. - Theodore Adorno

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 9, 2009

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Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it "creative observation." Creative viewing. - William S. Burroughs

Art Quote for Sept. 8, 2009

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Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine. - Magdalena Abakanowicz

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 7, 2009

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The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can't afford to lead a sentimental or self-deceiving life. - Adrienne Rich

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 6, 2009

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"Artistry is an innate distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the five senses." -Robert Brault

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 5, 2009

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"An artist's career always begins tomorrow." -James McNeill Whistler

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 4, 2009

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"An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it." -Paul Valéry

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 3, 2009

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"Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is." -Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark, 1915

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 2, 2009

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There is in every artist's studio a scrap heap of discarded works in which the artist's discipline prevailed against his imagination. -Robert Brault

Art Quote of the Day for Sept. 1, 2009

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A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened. -Albert Camus, author

Art Quote of the Day for August 31, 2009

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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. -Scott Adams

Art Quote of the Day for August 30, 2009

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I’m not an abstractionist. I’m not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on. - Mark Rothco

Art Quote of the Day for August 29, 2009

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A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing. - William Dobell

Art Quote of the Day for August 28, 2009

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Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art. But art achieves a purpose which is not its own. - Benjamin Constant, French Politician and writer (1767-1830)

Art Quote for August 27, 2009

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Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being. - Carl Jung, famous psychiatrist (1875-1961)

Art Quote for August 26, 2009

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A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. -Louis Nizer, American lawyer (1902-1994)