emmet gowin - artforum.com / 500 words

That first trip to the tropics led to discoveries I would never have imagined. I learned to use a certain mercury-vapor lamp that scientists use. When you look at this light, it seems to remain at a constant brightness, but in fact it flashes sixty times a second. The swollen points you see in the moths’ flight paths are wing strokes. This bit of line, all these intricate curlicues and spirals, is about one-tenth of a second—whoop! When photographed, it reveals this beautiful tracery of flight.

emmet gowin - artforum.com / 500 words

Sally Mann - September 15 - October 31, 2009 - Gagosian Gallery

Proud Flesh is up through October 31 at Gagosian Gallery.  Sally Mann’s (Season 1) new body of work focuses on a photographic study of her husband, taken over a period of six years.

 “Proud Flesh suggests a profoundly trusting relationship between woman and man, artist and model that has produced a full range of impressions – erotic, brutally frank, disarmingly tender, and more.”

Sally Mann - September 15 - October 31, 2009 - Gagosian Gallery

Rosalind Nashashibi and the film as art | Jonathan Jones | Art and design | guardian.co.uk

Rosalind Nashashibi and the film as art

"The days when artists ranged between sculpture, video and paint may be over. Committing to a specific medium reaps greater rewards – as Nashashibi's new show reveals."

Rosalind Nashashibi and the film as art | Jonathan Jones | Art and design | guardian.co.uk

Madison Artists; from the Leff Collection 1950-1990

Our first Furlong exhibit of the academic year:

Madison Artists from the Leff Collection 1950-1990

Opening Reception
Thursday, September 24th
5:00-7:00 p.m.

This event is open to the public, free and refreshments will be provided.

 

A Man and a Woman Examining Orchids which Grow from a Skull

An unusual drawing of a skull that I thought you might enjoy. It comes from artsconnected.org, a newly completed website that searches the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Arts Center collections. From their website :

Explore the combined collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center through hundreds of new features in ArtsConnectEd. Search over 100,000 resources in the Art Finder, including works of art, texts, audio, video, and interactive resources. Save and customize items in the redesigned Art Collector. Comment, tag and rate everything!

Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction -- New York Magazine Art Review

Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction -- New York Magazine Art Review

blog this!

Here's a great bookmarklet for all you bloggers.

• Click on the link and then drag the "blog this!" link up to your bookmark toolbar.
• Then when you come across something you'd like to share on your blog, all you have to do is click on your bookmarklet and it creates a post for you.
• One drawback--it only creates links to images, doesn't actually display the image--but it's a nice way to start a post.

editing photos

I'm using Andrea's photo here as an example, but this post is for all of you. Make sure you edit your photos before you post them on your blog. Make them as professional-looking as possible. This means nothing around the image--no carpet, no wall, nothing. Make sure they are in focus and the exposure and contrast are adjusted to the right levels.

All this takes just a few minutes in photoshop or other online photo editing services--even preview.

Here are before and after shots of one of Andrea's expression studies.

elena kalis

Kalyn posted some images from the photographer Elena Kalis.
Some beautiful work.

it's art mag

Megan posted an interview in her blog from this site. Check it out, especially if you're interested in illustration and/or digital art-making.

it's art mag

here's an image I like from the sketchbook category of the gallery.

skull image

Originally uploaded by moominsean

found this on flickr––I enjoy a lot of the images in moominsean's photostream, but thought this one was appropriate for class right now.

keep this in your mind as we begin to incorporate the skull with the fleshed head.

what a nice self-portrait--expressive use of the skull and live face in combination.

skull studies

These images are from a forum on The Society of Figurative Arts––bookmark this site!

amelie clavier

amelie clavier
check this artist's flickr photostream for some gorgeous drawings–there are more facial studies at the end of the stream.

Check out ACHTUNG: Presentation on Germany Exchange Program

"Achtung" (Attention)
HAWK Exchange Program Exhibition
Sept. 21-25
Opening and Presentation about HAWK, Hildesheim Germany
Wed. Sept. 23, 6:00pm
Gallery 209 Applied Arts Building

uw-stout link on hildesheim 

the upset: young contemporary art

found this book while browsing the web...
definitely looks worth a read.

p.s. i sent a request to the campus library, so if/when we get it in, i'll let you all know.