Tag Archives: art

A Virtual Sign

Posted on June 21, 2020 by jyourist

I see him tracing the letters in the air,His hands rotating his brushAs 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 I watched him paint—Never … Continue reading →

Posted in father, poetry, World War II | Tagged art, father, Fathers Day, poetry, sign painting, World War II | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in art, artist, Uncategorized | Tagged art, Bunuel, Exterminating Angel, Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo's notebooks, Louvre, mirror writing, Mona Lisa, Virgin of the Rocks | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in art, death, memory, poetry, Uncategorized, World War II | Tagged art, death, father, memory, poems, poetry, World War II | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in art, artist, museums | Tagged Agony in the Garden, art, Cezanne, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, el greco, Mrs. Bippus, planes of space, tension, Toledo Museum of Art, visual tangents | 1 Comment

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.

Posted in art, winter | Tagged art, blizzard, cold, February, Les Tres Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Limbourg Brothers, Plus ça change plus ça reste la même, snow, winter | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in art, artist, perspective, point of view | Tagged art, Nicholas Wade, optical illusion, Patrick Hughes, perception, perspective, point of view, psychology of perception, reverse perspective, reverspective, Thomas Papathomas | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in art, memory, performance | Tagged 56th Venice Biennale, art, Chiharu Shiota, installation art, japan, Japanese Pavillion, keys, memory, performance art, The Key in the Hand | 2 Comments

“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 →