Noah Takes a Picture of Himself for 6 years Saturday - September 9, 2006
I saw this on Youtube. It's such a cool idea. This guy named Noah Kalina took a picture of himself for 6 years! It shows the progression of himself from childhood to manhood. I wish I had thought of this...
Play it by ear Wednesday - September 6, 2006 I read an interesting article on Reuters. It was talking about how art/paintings can stimulate not only the visual but also the auditory. Paintings can be heard by some people! These people are called Synesthetes. Their senses cross over and one sense will trigger another. Its very interesting- kind of like a sixth sense! I remember hearing about something like this a long time ago. There was a story about some guy who could feel sound. And whenever he went to an orchestra concert he would feel the sound all over his body. Pretty cool. But, anyway, it seems that Kandinsky's paintings evoke alot of sound with these Synesthetes. Kandinsky's abstractions do tend to depict an auditory aesthetic. I bet Duchamp's "Nude Descending A Staircase" sounds like an explosion in a shingle factory... ha! (famous words of Roosevelt)
Burqua on the Odalisque? Tuesday - September 5, 2006 Apparently Abu Dhabi is partial to art. The United Arab Emirates is interested in having a branch of the Louvre in their country. Some UAE officials have begun discussing the possibility with representatives from the Louvre. I thought many Arabs hate Western culture as it is. I can only imagine their shock of seeing like a Damien Hirst pickled camel floating in formaldehyde!
"Scream VI" or "I Remember What You Did Last Summer" Friday - September 1, 2006 I saw on CNN where Norwegian Police finally recovered "The Scream" and "Madonna" by Edvard Munch. It's been about two years since the thieves busted up in the Oslo Museum- in broad daylight- and snatched them off the wall. The thieves were sentenced to 8 years and $122 million in damages! ha!
Sell Out Sunday - August 27, 2006 So it seems that I have sold my soul to mass media... I put some ads on here to try and generate some revenue for the site. Sorry! I'm a sellout. I hope they're not too obnoxious. In the meantime, I'm currently working on some new paintings.
