Category Archives: art

The hand of a working artist

Posted on July 27, 2016 by jyourist
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Trapped in front of the Mona Lisa

Posted on April 15, 2016 by jyourist

Today is Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday, 564 years ago. And pictured above, of course, is his very famous Mona Lisa. He worked on this painting for the last 15 years of his life. Though his name has become synonymous with … Continue reading →

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A virtual sign

Posted on April 12, 2016 by jyourist

I see him tracing the letters in the air, His hands rotating his brush As he paints this last virtual sign. I have never seen his expertise so close up before. I always focused on the letters he produced when … Continue reading →

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Japanese Birthday

Posted on March 25, 2016 by jyourist

We celebrated JB’s birthday today orchestrated by IB. We started out with breakfast at Sawada. I had a matcha green tea latte with a shot of espresso (known as the “military”). Hiroshi Sawada is a Japanese barrista and latte artist, … Continue reading →

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El Greco and the Tension of Tangents

Posted on March 7, 2016 by jyourist

Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541-1614), known as El Greco, was a man out of time. He learned to paint Byzantine icons in his home on Crete, studied with Titian and others in Italy, and made a successful art career for himself in … Continue reading →

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February

Posted on February 24, 2016 by jyourist

It has always been the shortest month. It has always felt like it goes on forever. Ah February, la plus ça change, la plus ça reste la même.

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Reverspective

Posted on February 22, 2016 by jyourist

Patrick Hughes, born 1939 in Birmingham UK, is a painter who has created reverspective or reverse perspective which is the optical illusion where the parts of the picture which are the closest are actually furthest from view. Hughes says, “Reverspectives … Continue reading →

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Looney Tunes’ chase in the Louvre

Posted on February 2, 2016 by jyourist

Being chased by Elmer Fudd, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck escape into paintings in the Louvre Museum, from Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003.

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Chiharu Shiota

Posted on December 30, 2015 by jyourist

Chiharu Shiota is a Japanese performance and installation artist born in 1972 who was selected by her country to represent Japan in the recent Venice Biennale. The ceilings and walls of the Japanese Pavillion at the Biennale are covered with … Continue reading →

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“A Subtlety” by Kara Walker

Posted on November 28, 2015 by jyourist

A year and a half ago, Kara Walker was asked to create a piece in the old Domino Sugar Factory that was due for demolition in Brooklyn in New York. She created a piece called “Subtlety or the Marvelous Sugar … Continue reading →

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