So, these are all artists that my drawing and painting prof. loves and insists we all should know a thing or two about. So, I did a little google-ing and saw Calder and Lawrence's work in Seattle at the SAM last month.
The Calder exhibit was, to say the least, mind blowing. Photographs of his work just don't do justice to their innovative and crazy construction and composition. I consider his work to be the "theater" of the art world. Like theater is living and changing, Calder's work, more specifically his mobiles, are ever changing and moving compositions. He creates shapes which jump forward and backward in space, he is playful with his color and his use of sound in his works. I could stand and watch just one of his mobiles for any length of time and be continually entertained and amazed by each new composition and angle I find. And Jacob Lawrence's work can only be cheesily described as moving. The way in which he commands and manipulates line to convey pain in The Struggle #2 is awe inspiring. One day my friends, one day I will do that too. And Jack Levine is just fabulous and lives in Greenwich Village in nyc. So woo hoo for fab old men! Here are some of my favorites-
Jack Levine The Calder exhibit was, to say the least, mind blowing. Photographs of his work just don't do justice to their innovative and crazy construction and composition. I consider his work to be the "theater" of the art world. Like theater is living and changing, Calder's work, more specifically his mobiles, are ever changing and moving compositions. He creates shapes which jump forward and backward in space, he is playful with his color and his use of sound in his works. I could stand and watch just one of his mobiles for any length of time and be continually entertained and amazed by each new composition and angle I find. And Jacob Lawrence's work can only be cheesily described as moving. The way in which he commands and manipulates line to convey pain in The Struggle #2 is awe inspiring. One day my friends, one day I will do that too. And Jack Levine is just fabulous and lives in Greenwich Village in nyc. So woo hoo for fab old men! Here are some of my favorites-
35 Minutes from Times Square1956
Art Gallery1942
The Great Society1967
Alexander Calder
Fernand Leger, 1930
Wire
La Spirale, 1958
Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
360" h.
UNESCO, Paris
Jacob Lawrence
The Ordeal of Alice 1963
Struggle #2 (1965)
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