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Category Archives: On Art
Miyazaki and Photography
I spent part of my lunch period at work today watching this video that applies thoughts on life and art and work by Hayao Miyazaki to photography. I will be returning to this one.
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The Hammerman
We have been members at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum for over a year now, and as wonderful as the rotating exhibits have been (two close this month!), I’ve found myself developing relationships with specific works in the permanent collection. … Continue reading
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“He’ll never amount to a thing”
From the Buffalo AKG, a painting Picasso titled “La Toilette”. Here’s the entire painting: Larger version here. Of course, the title of this post comes from the famous (infamous?) exchange from the movie Titanic: CAL: [scoffing as Rose’s paintings are unpacked] … Continue reading
“Self portrait”
Last week I shared a work of art titled “Self portrait”, from the Burchfield Penney Gallery. Here’s a different “Self portrait”, this one by the great Marisol, from the Buffalo AKG: The information placard for this piece read thusly: This … Continue reading
From the Burchfield Penney
Across the street from the Buffalo AKG Museum stands the Burchfield Penney Art Center. This is a museum dedicated to the works of Charles Burchfield and the WNY art community in general. We finally visited this lovely museum for the … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
The Buffalo AKG Museum right now has an exhibit dedicated to “Op Art”. The museum describes the exhibit thusly: In the 1960s, electronic media began reformatting the nature of images and how we see. Unlike static paintings or sculptures, video … Continue reading
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