I’m confused
QuestionsDo you ever confuse two artists who have similar looking artworks? Which artists?
Linen or Canvas?
QuestionsTo painters: Whats the difference between painting on linen versus canvas?
Give Me A Title
QuestionsWhat is a good title for this painting? 48”x62” oil on canvas artist:Robert Tokley http://www.roberttokley.com
Up For Interpretation
QuestionsWhat do you think of this? (tempera and gold on wood) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/458967?sortBy=Relevance&ft=cars&offset=60&rpp=20&pos=75
Tim Gunn
Quotes“Men have escaped the criticism, and it’s high time they came under the microscope as well. Elected officials need to get with the semiotics of fashion, because the clothes we wear send a message about how we’re perceived, and they have constituents they’re serving.”
Mark Pol
InterpretationsThe blue man, is a drawing from Mark Pol. www.markpol.nl. He was thinking about the Humankind. He can’t deny that the Humankind is in the blue period. The world is quite cold, not cool, slowly it will turn to red maybe. There is a rage going around. The people are angry, why? We do not
Family Photos
QuestionsDo you like to take corny family photos? What do you think of them?
Doodles
QuestionsDo you doodle in the margins of your notebooks? What do you doodle? Why do you doodle? Is it something that keeps your hands busy, helps you concentrate, capture artistic inspiration, or another reason?
Anonymous
Quotes“‘I don’t know anything about art, but I know what I like,’ really means, ‘I don’t know anything about art, but I like what I know.’”
Marcel Duchamp
Quotes“I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.”
Genesis
QuestionsWhat first got you interested in art? A friend or family member, art class at school, a specific artist or artwork, a visit to a museum… how did it all start for you?
Sol LeWitt
Quotes“Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.”
Roy Adzak
Quotes“Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us.”
Mandatory Art Class
QuestionsDo you think a studio art class or an art history class should be required of college students? What about high school students? What kind of art class should be mandatory?
Whats up with unlabeled artworks?
QuestionsI know a lot of times that when people display art in their homes, they might not need a high quality label like in an art museum, if they decide to use a label at all. But what I don’t understand completely is why public works are often missing labels. Is there a reason for
