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A Great Loss: Susan Rothenberg 1945 - 2020

  Susan Rothenberg in her studio. Photograph by Jason Schmidt / Courtesy Sperone Westwater "I was searching for an image and all I had to find it with was my head and my hand . . . That's what a painter is a hand and a head." -Susan Rothenberg   Blue Head , 1981  5 Eyes (Study) , 1997   Installation view : Susan Rothenberg: The Mayor Gallery Recent Paintings, 12 Feb - 15 Mar, 1980 Red Swans , 1982

RIP, Richard Anuskiewicz: 1930 - 2020

 Richard Anuszkiewicz, 1978, Light Magenta Square, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 in. "Art has been a way of life for me. I have never done anything else. Art was something I needed to say. It made life more than existence. I just hope that in 100 years people aren't worried about when I did something, but what I did." Anuszkiewicz's geometric paintings dazzle the mind and eye with their exquisite use of color, seeming to glow with an inner light. In a 1985  New York Times  article, David Shirey wrote: "[w]e would not know so much about color today, nor feel so much about it, were it not for Richard Anuszkiewicz. He has changed the way we think about and respond emotionally to color, and has even affected our spiritual response to it." His work has inspired us, challenged us, and, in poetic fashion, connected us with our spirits. In Anuszkiewicz's words: "[l]ike the Impressionists, I want the viewer to mix the colors in his e...

Art During Lockdown at Plan B. Artist Studios: Unnati Singh and Siddhartha Kararwal

Unnati Singh, From the project, Stoned , 2020 Photo  © Francis Gomila 2020 In March and April during the height of the Coronavirus pandemic Unnati Singh and Siddhartha Kararwal, two visiting artists from India, experienced weeks in lockdown unable to return home. Below is a photo essay by Francis Gomila that serves as a striking record of the artists working through that experience. PLAN B. Artist Studios is an artist mentoring residency program in which invited artists run a variety of innovative residencies, art encounters, workshops and retreats. The program was founded and is directed by the artist, Francis Gomila. * All images  © The Artists and Plan B. Artist Studios Artists in residence at Plan B. Artist Studios: Unnati Singh (Mumbai) and Siddhartha Kararwal (Jaipur)  Photo  © Francis Gomila 2020   Unnati Singh Unnati Singh's artworks are an exploration into unfamiliar territories, journeys into uncharted dimensions, whic...

Bram Bogart and the Circle Motif

The book, Bram Bogart by Francine-Claire Legrand Lannoo, 1988  The following images of the artist and his work come from the book Bram Bogart (ISBN 90 209 1567 3) by Francine-Claire Legrand and was published by Lannoo in 1988. Images of Bogart's work below focus on his employment of the circle motif - - -  All content of this post  © The Bram Bogart Foundation  ,and Uitgeverij Lannoo, Tielt and  respective copyright holders. Bram Bogart (1921 - 2012) Photo by   Harry Shunk, 1984