Amrita Sher Gil – The James Dean Effect
Amrita Sher Gil is one of the most impressive and the most gifted Indian artists of the pre-colonial era. India’s Revolutionary Artist She is considered as a revolutionary woman artist and Continue reading
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Rob Skeoch – Interview on Street Photography and What it means to be a gritty outlaw
Today I speak with pro photographer Rob Skeoch, whom I met through a street art show we’re having together along with sculptor Barbara Di Renzo at the Homer-Watson House and Continue reading
The Rise of Modern Art
The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art’s audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the Continue reading
The Cultural Significance of Manga and Anime
Definition of Anime, pronounced AH-knee may, and derived from the English word ‘animation’ is the term used for cartoons in Japan. Although profoundly influenced by Western models, including the work Continue reading
Otaku Subculture History
A wide range of youth subcultures have appeared in Japan since World War II, many of them shocking polite sensibilities and subverting mainstream society with behaviors considered self-centered, hedonistic and Continue reading
The Superflat Art Movement And Its Purposeful Absence Of Depth
It can be seen that embedded in the apparently vivid Superflat works, with their total absence of depth, are a variety of cultural, political, social, and historical contexts concerning the Continue reading
My Chat with Wolverhampton Artist Stephi Konstantinou
Today I speak with artist Stephi Konstantinou, a painter out of Wolverhampton, England, who originally hails from the island of Cyprus. Stephi has been creating art from a young age, and, Continue reading
Sava Šumanović – A Tragic Painter In A White Suit
Life is only one sad nothing. – S. Šumanović Sava Šumanović’s life was brilliant, joyless, inspiring, sad, noble, tragic – all at once. This artist was born in 1896 in Continue reading
Takashi Murakami – Everything’s Melting
“In Japan, the line (between high and low) is less defined, both by the culture and by the post-war economic situation. Japanese people accept that art and commerce will be Continue reading
Discussing Watercolours With Candice Leyland
As an artist myself, I like to know what makes other artists tick. There are so many different mediums an artist can apply to their work, with each having its Continue reading