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Jasper Johns
Detail of Flag (1954-55). Museum of Modern Art, New York City. This image illustrates Johns' early technique of painting with thick, dripping encaustic over a collage made from found materials such as newspaper. This rough method of construction is rarely visible in photographic reproductions of his work. Jasper Johns, Jr. Life[edit] Born in Augusta, Georgia, Jasper Johns spent his early life in Allendale, South Carolina, with his paternal grandparents after his parents' marriage failed. Johns studied a total of three semesters at the University of South Carolina, from 1947 to 1948.[2] He then moved to New York City and studied briefly at the Parsons School of Design in 1949.[2] In 1952 and 1953 he was stationed in Sendai, Japan during the Korean War.[2] In 1954, after returning to New York, Johns met Robert Rauschenberg and they became long-term lovers. Work[edit] Painting[edit] Sculpture[edit] Prints[edit] Collaborations[edit] Commissions[edit] Collections[edit] Recognition[edit] Notes
Roy Lichtenstein painting sells for record £27m at Christie's auction
By Emma Reynolds Updated: 12:22 GMT, 9 November 2011 A painting by the late Roy Lichtenstein has sold for $43.2million (£27million) in New York - an auction record for the pop artist. The 1961 artwork is called 'I Can See the Whole Room! It shows a man's face peering out of the painting through a peephole in a black background. Looking good: Lichtenstein's 'I Can See the Whole Room... The 1961 painting was sold at auction by Christie's in New York The four-square-foot work in graphite and oil work is one of the earliest and most important of Lichtenstein’s pop art pictures. It sold last night at a Christie's auction house postwar and contemporary art sale. Leonardo di Caprio was at the auction, in which Louise Bourgeois also broke a record with her 1996 bronze spider, which fetched $10.7million (£7million). Andy Warhol's 'Four Campbell's Soup Cans' went for $9.8million (£6.1million), toward the high end of the estimate. Pop royalties: The artist's 'Ohhh...
Una biblioteca digitale per l'Europa
Grazie alla digitalizzazione delle opere culturali gli europei possono avere accesso a materiale conservato in musei, biblioteche e archivi stranieri senza bisogno di viaggiare o sfogliare centinaia di pagine per trovare un'informazione. Le biblioteche europee da sole contengono oltre 2,5 miliardi di libri, ma solo l'1% circa del materiale archiviato è disponibile in formato elettronico. La Commissione ha pertanto sollecitato gli Stati membri a impegnarsi di più per mettere on line opere digitalizzate da consultare in formato elettronico per studio, lavoro o svago e nel biennio 2009-2010 stanzierà circa 120 milioni di euro per migliorare l'accesso al patrimonio culturale europeo on line. "La biblioteca digitale europea sarà uno strumento rapido e di facile uso per accedere ai libri e alle opere d'arte europee — nel proprio paese o all'estero. La Commissione ha ribadito oggi il proprio impegno ad aiutare gli Stati membri a mettere on line i contenuti culturali di valore. Contesto
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon in his studio Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his bold, graphic and emotionally raw imagery.[1] His painterly but abstracted figures typically appear isolated in glass or steel geometrical cages set against flat, nondescript backgrounds. Bacon began painting during his early 20s and worked only sporadically until his mid-30s. He often said in interviews that he saw images "in series", and his artistic output typically focused on a single subject or format for sustained periods. During his lifetime, Bacon was equally reviled and acclaimed. Bacon's birthplace at 63 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin He had an older brother, Harley, five years his senior,[11] two younger sisters, Ianthe and Winifred, and a younger brother, Edward. Bacon spent late 1926 in London, with an allowance of £3 a week from his mother's trust fund, living on his instincts, 'drifting', and reading Nietzsche.
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Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (/ˈwɔrhɒl/;[1] August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. Warhol's art encompassed many forms of media, including hand drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, silk screening, sculpture, film, and music. Early life (1928–1949) Andy Warhol (né Andrej Varhola, Jr.) was born on August 6, 1928 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[4] He was the fourth child of Andrej Varhola (Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889–1942)[5] and Júlia (née Zavacká, 1892–1972),[6] whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U.S. In third grade, Warhol had Sydenham's chorea (also known as St. 1950s 1960s Campbell's Soup I (1968) 1970s 1980s
The Art Story: Artist - Roy Lichtenstein
"I'm never drawing the object itself; I'm only drawing a depiction of the object - a kind of crystallized symbol of it." Synopsis Roy Lichtenstein was one of the first American Pop artists to achieve widespread renown, and he became a lightning rod for criticism of the movement. His early work ranged widely in style and subject matter, and displayed considerable understanding of modernist painting: Lichtenstein would often maintain that he was as interested in the abstract qualities of his images as he was in their subject matter. Key Ideas Art had carried references to popular culture throughout the twentieth century, but in Lichtenstein's works the styles, subject matter, and techniques of reproduction common in popular culture appeared to dominate the art entirely. Although, in the early 1960s, Lichtenstein was often casually accused of merely copying his pictures from cartoons, his method involved some considerable alteration of the source images. Most Important Art Biography Childhood
L’origine du monde (la vraie) - Amateur d’art - Blog LeMonde.fr
Les photos d'astronomie, photos de galaxies éloignées, de nébuleuses tourbillonnantes, de taches à la surface du soleil, ou de planètes en implosion ont toujours des couleurs fascinantes, plus ou moins irréelles puisque ce sont les résultats des calculs d'ordinateurs associés aux téléscopes électroniques et non pas des visions réelles, des impressions rétiniennes directes. La première photo numérique de l'histoire fut faite par le télescope Hubble en 1990. Ce sont certaines de ces images astronomiques que l'artiste russe Julia Milner a sélectionnées (Univers); les a-t-elle manipulées, arrangées, améliorées ? Je ne sais. Jouant toujours avec la technologie, Julia Milner présente aussi des autoportraits faits avec un téléphone portable (Mobilographie actuelle). Enfin, cette installation Click I Hope qu'elle avait déjà montrée à la dernière Biennale de Venise au pavillon russe, un défilement des mots 'J'espère' en une cinquantaine de langues. Photos de gauche par l'auteur. Share and Enjoy
