John Logan’s “Red” Saturday, Apr 3 2010

John Logan’s intense and exciting two-character bio-drama, portraying fierce artist Mark Rothko, opened on Thursday night at the Golden Theater in New York.  The title of the show, “Red” is as bold as the show itself, as it is “very red, and very dramatic” says Ben Brantley of the New York Times.  In the first scene, Alfred Molina, who plays Rothko, sits with his back to the audience, but his intensity is still very visible as he says “What do you see?” with urgency.  I think the bold warm colors are important to the feel of the plays overall message, as cooler color pallet wouldn’t show the same intensity.

Source: theater.nytimes.com

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Famous Polaroids go to Auction Sunday, Mar 28 2010

Selected pieces from the Polaroid collection are due to go up for auction in June of 2010.  Artists of the pieces include Ansel Adams, Chuck Close and Andy Warhol.  The more than 1,200 works are expected to sell for $7.5-11.5 million.  Former US judge Sam Joyner is leading a group who has launched a campaign to keep these pieces from being sold.  The collection was created by Polaroid founder Edwin Land, who gave film and equipment to leading artists in exchange for photographs.  It chronicles the story of photography, from decade to decade.

I agree with the group that is against the sale of these pieces.  These are so amazing, considering they’re from an instant camera that doesn’t even produce a negative.  These are the things we need to keep in public exhibits, for people to see for years to come.  That’s definitely a museum I would go to.

Source: theartnewspaper.com

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Photoshop Art Fakes Friday, Mar 19 2010

Worth1000.com does a competition for giving famous works of art a personal touch by using Photoshop, making them look fake.  Like this image of Van Gogh’s Cafe Terrace at Night, where the cafe has been turned into a Starbucks.  It’s almost hard to spot if you don’t know the piece already, but Starbucks obviously doesn’t fit in with that era. The ad below has been edited also, can you spot what’s out of place…?  Photoshop can do some amazing things!  Check out worth1000.com to see the other entries.

Source: artnewsblog.com

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Cool & Creative business card design Monday, Mar 8 2010

Business card and logo design is something I’m really interested in, as you only have a small area to get a lot of information into, and the overall look and design of the card is very important.  In some cases, it may be a deal breaker.  Here are some really interesting examples.  The first one is for a moving company, the second for a divorce lawyer.

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Billy Blue College of Design Saturday, Feb 27 2010

The image above is an example of the students work at the Billy Blue College of Design in Sydney.  This school looks like it has a great design program, all of the students pieces look very interesting.  It’s intense program that focuses on Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.

Source: billyblue.com

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“Every Song I Own”- by Jeff Thompson Saturday, Feb 27 2010

My Static Image professor, Jeff Thompson, is the artist of this piece, “Every Song I Own”.  In it, he combined the audio of his entire music collection (1,104 hours worth) into one track.  For the cover, he compiled all of the album cover artwork to make one image (above).  It’s interesting that this many images can be stacked on top of one another, and some spots are still completely white, and some areas are darker than others.  Very interesting piece.  Link to audio below.

Sourec: jeffreythompson.org  (permalink WON”T work!!)

Every%20Song%20I%20Have.mp3

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Interesting-and random-flowcharts Saturday, Feb 27 2010

While researching the different formats of website flowcharts, I came across a lot of very interesting charts.  It almost makes me wonder if it was worth the artists time…but they did make me laugh a little!  These charts use only text, which makes it very easy to follow, getting you to the end point pretty quickly.  Since we will be representing the flow of the websites with only symbols for our assignment, it will be a little more challenging.  Here are a few examples of the humorous charts:

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Information is Beautiful: 30 examples of creative infography Sunday, Feb 21 2010

Infography is the art of visual explanation of complex or potentially confusing information.  The graphics usually stand alone, and are a universal language, as some do not include any text at all.  ”The perfect infography must synthetize complex information in a simple visual representation, which is not easy.” (Mirko)  Below are a few examples of infographics, that make their information very clear with graphics.

These images are interesting to me because they don’t just give you information in text, but they make it easier to understand with the graphics.  It’s like using a graph or a pie chart to show data.  Mirko says in his blog that he has never had the opportunity to make an infography for a client, but says it’s one of the more challenging tasks of a graphic designer.

Source: www.designer-daily.com & www.infography.blogspot.com

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Philagrafika 2010 in Philadelphia Friday, Feb 5 2010

Philadelphia’s art community has been looking for an opportunity to make an impression in their city.  The Philagrafika 2010 is an international printmaking festival, which is specifically focused on the graphic arts and graphic processes.  There are 88 venues participating, including museums, galleries and art centers, most located with the city.  About 300 artists, many from outside the United States, are participating.  The festival is not only displaying the art of said artists, but is describes how the pieces were made. It aims to describe how new technologies have extended the expressive range of graphic art. More important, it seeks to demonstrate how integral to contemporary art graphic methods and strategies have become. The Philigrafika organazation was founded 10 years ago as the Philadelphia Print Collaborative.

I think it’s great that the Philadelphia community has an opportunity to express themselves.  It gets people out, to experience the art world as artists see it, just like we have First Fridays, or what they call the “Art Hop” back home in Colorado.  Every city should have something like this.

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Hot Shops Art Center in Omaha Monday, Feb 1 2010

Located in Downtown Omaha, this art studio houses over 80 artists, making sculptures, loken forge, and crystal forge.  It’s located in an old mattress factory.  This would be a really interesting place to visit, as they let any artists use the studio space.

The Hot Shop Art Center is the first art center of its kind in the Omaha area. The Art Center includes the three anchor Hot Shops, 50 art studios, four art galleries, and many exhibition spaces.

The studio spaces, which occupy the four story structure of the two brick buildings, are available to artists of all disciplines. A place where artists can work and interact establishes an atmosphere for creative art discourse. This will not only be an energizing influence on development of art, it will ultimately create relationships with other artists fostering a sense of community.

Source: hotshopsartcenter.com

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