Posts tagged artist

Dunbar Dyson Beck (1903-1986), Fists, signed ‘Dunbar/Beck’ (lower right) oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.) Painted circa 1940s. [Painted lobby murals, Radio City Music Hall]

Dunbar Dyson Beck (1903-1986), Fists, signed ‘Dunbar/Beck’ (lower right) oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm.) Painted circa 1940s. [Painted lobby murals, Radio City Music Hall]

“I don’t want to make art that will pat you on the back and tell you everything is going to be okay. I want to make something that’s much more confronting.” —Robert Longo

“I don’t want to make art that will pat you on the back and tell you everything is going to be okay. I want to make something that’s much more confronting.” —Robert Longo

Peter Coffin Untitled, 1995

Peter Coffin Untitled, 1995

Azeri artist Orkhan Huseynov, Sabir 2011, Pexiglass 280 x 200 cm

Azeri artist Orkhan Huseynov, Sabir 2011, Pexiglass 280 x 200 cm

“LED artist Teddy Lo’s GonKiRin art-car was the highlight at last night’s annual Robot Heart­-O-Ween event in Brooklyn, New York.” Via Mocoloco.

“LED artist Teddy Lo’s GonKiRin art-car was the highlight at last night’s annual Robot Heart­-O-Ween event in Brooklyn, New York.” Via Mocoloco.

Nick Herman is an artist, writer, and publisher.

Nick Herman is an artist, writer, and publisher.

Murdered gay artist Ali Jabri’s drawings, sketchbooks and journals selected from the Ali Jabri Human Heritage Foundation’s collection, are inspired by Cairo’s historic sites as well as the aesthetics of the everyday, turning the least monumental subjects into a kind of personal poetry – featuring his surroundings and significant moments as well as the social-political landscape. See also: About This Man Called Ali: The Purple Life of an Arab Artist.

Murdered gay artist Ali Jabri’s drawings, sketchbooks and journals selected from the Ali Jabri Human Heritage Foundation’s collection, are inspired by Cairo’s historic sites as well as the aesthetics of the everyday, turning the least monumental subjects into a kind of personal poetry – featuring his surroundings and significant moments as well as the social-political landscape. See also: About This Man Called Ali: The Purple Life of an Arab Artist.

Murdered gay artist Ali Jabri’s drawings, sketchbooks and journals selected from the Ali Jabri Human Heritage Foundation’s collection, are inspired by Cairo’s historic sites as well as the aesthetics of the everyday, turning the least monumental subjects into a kind of personal poetry – featuring his surroundings and significant moments as well as the social-political landscape. See also: About This Man Called Ali: The Purple Life of an Arab Artist.

Murdered gay artist Ali Jabri’s drawings, sketchbooks and journals selected from the Ali Jabri Human Heritage Foundation’s collection, are inspired by Cairo’s historic sites as well as the aesthetics of the everyday, turning the least monumental subjects into a kind of personal poetry – featuring his surroundings and significant moments as well as the social-political landscape. See also: About This Man Called Ali: The Purple Life of an Arab Artist.

Lane Hagood - “Books I Have Possessed”, and other drawings by Lane Hagood from Boooooom.

Lane Hagood - “Books I Have Possessed”, and other drawings by Lane Hagood from Boooooom.

Annie Leibovitz

“The Leibovitz story, however, is more than a tale of a photographer who got absorbed into the high-spending world of the people she portrays. It is a reflection of something unexpected – that, despite all her celebrity and talent, Leibovitz lacks earning power as an artist.”

Naked in the Vatican or Crucified in the Desert, Luizo Vega, Argentine performance artist, plays the illegitimate son of Madonna. The artist talks to Têtu about his work (French Only).

Naked in the Vatican or Crucified in the Desert, Luizo Vega, Argentine performance artist, plays the illegitimate son of Madonna. The artist talks to Têtu about his work (French Only).

Alex Varanese - “My Life as a Teenage Asymptote” from The Pavement Loop Series.

Alex Varanese - “My Life as a Teenage Asymptote” from The Pavement Loop Series.

Jeffrey Deitch Is a Little Bitch

Dude, you’re wearing a pink suit deriding a guy twice your size, shut your cake hole bitch.It was an accident. File under gallery owner, art hoo haa, I hate shepard fairey, hissy fit, god help you l.a., soon to be director of moca, tsk tsk.