Preggers Mona Lisa
Thursday - September 28, 2006
Using infrared and 3D technology, some Canandian scientists have concluded that Mona Lisa had just given birth to her second son when she posed for Leonardo. The scientists were able to peak through the layers of the painting to discover that Mona Lisa's dress was covered in a thin transparent gauze veil. The veil dress was typical of the kind worn by women or who were pregnant or had given birth during the 16th century Italy. Scholars now think that the "Mona Lisa" was painted to commemorate the birth, which helps them to date the painting more precistely to around 1503.


Guess this Artist
Thursday - September 21, 2006
This artist created several thousand paintings and drawings during his short artistic career in the early 1900's. For several years he supported himself selling his artwork. But for the most part, he was poor and lived in shelters and ate out of soup kitches. He finally realized he would never make his mark as an artist so he switched careers. He soon took up a career in politics and government. His paintings now go for tens of thousands of dollars and are highly collectible. Who is this artist?

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Hotpressed
Friday - September 15, 2006
I had my first mini-review in the Charleston paper! I was briefly mentioned in a paragraph. I'm pretty excited. I had two prints in a show in Charleston. It was the Hotpressed Poster Fest. It featured work from screenprinters and printmakers alike. Here's the link: http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A17475


Banksy Strikes Again!
Wednesday - September 13, 2006
A life-size statue of a Guantanamo Bay detainee was placed in Disneyland last weekend by the great guerrilla artist Banksy. The figure was placed inside the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride at the California theme park. The ride was closed and the figure was later removed after having stayed up for 90 minutes. Banksy is infamous all over Europe- and the world for that matter- for his graffiti and the sabotaging of museums. His work focuses on edgy social commentary. Some of his most famous past pranks were hanging his own paintings in the Met and the Brooklyn Museum of Art, etc. armed with superglue and a trenchcoat. The paintings stayed for months before they were removed!

From Russia with Love...
Monday - September 11, 2006
In honor of the September 11th attacks, Vladimir Putin has given the US a sculpture by world-renowned Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli on behalf of himself, the Russian people and the artist. Its entitled "To the Struggle Against World Terrorism." The monument will be located along the Bayonne, New Jersey waterfront. It is in view of the Statue of Liberty and Ground Zero. The sculpture is 100 feet tall and 175 tons. It is a tower enclosed by a steel teardrop.

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