Herbert Bayer (1900-1985) was an Austrian graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental & interior designer and architect, and was widely recognized as the last living member of the Bauhaus.
Category Archives: Painting
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
February 9, 2010 – 1:03 pm
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a Jewish-Hungarian artist. He was a painter, photographer and professor at the Bauhaus school.
Caris Reid
January 30, 2010 – 12:07 am
Caris Reid is an artist based in New York. Her work is on view January 28-30 at The National Arts Club’s group show “7:10,” curated by Michael Martin.
Man at the Crossroads and Man, Controller of the Universe
November 21, 2009 – 4:14 pm
The cover of Fredric Jameson’s latest, The Valences of the Dialectic, made me realize I don’t think I had ever seen an image of Diego Rivera’s infamous Rockefeller Center mural, destroyed before ever being unveiled in 1934 for its inclusion of Lenin. An image of the original mural is above (top), with a recreation he [...]
Alastair MacKinven – Abstract Capitalist Realism
November 2, 2009 – 6:33 am
Alastair MacKinven is an artist based in London. His show, Abstract Capitalist Realism, is on view at the Hotel Gallery in east London until December 5th. Images taken from their website.
A “Thank You” Note – Wislawa Szymborska and Agnieszka Brzezanska
October 20, 2009 – 4:34 pm
There is much I owe
to those I do not love.
The relief in accepting
they are closer to another.
Joy that I am not
the wolf to their sheep.
My peace be with them
for with them I am free,
and this, love can neither give,
nor know how to take.
I don’t wait for them
from window to door.
Almost as patient
as a sun dial,
I [...]
Emile de Antonio – Painter’s Painting (1972)
September 17, 2009 – 4:09 am
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An extraordinary film by radical filmmaker Emile de Antonio on post-war American painting featuring candid and revelatory interviews by the likes of Robert Rauschenberg, William de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, and Clement Greenberg. Taken from UbuWeb. (It’s 116 minutes.)
