News - Powered by Yahoo NewsAntoni Tąpies, Spanish Abstract Painter, Dies at 8
Mr. Tąpies grounded his work in the brute reality of the Spanish street and in the turbulent political dramas of his youth in Catalonia.
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Spanish painter and sculptor Tapies dead at 8
Antoni Tapies' works were sprawling, abstract oeuvres that sometimes featured discarded everyday materials and graffiti-like scrawls. He liked the letter X to be in them, and the number 4, for the four elements of nature.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:12:12 -0800 -
A game that combines cats and Kandinsk
If you enjoy video games (perhaps a given, if you're reading this), as well abstract art, be sure to give "The Cat That Got The Milk" a look.
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'Logan Grider: Recent Work': Abstract paintings reflecting a visceral approac
Logan Grider finds personal freedom in painting abstract forms, emphasizing the hue and texture of his painting materials in his show "Logan Grider: Recent Work" at Swarthmore College's List Gallery.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:36:46 -0800 -
Titan Through Time II Workshop: Abstract Deadline Extende
The deadline for abstracts has been extended to FEBRUARY 15th, due to Cassini meetings being held this week.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:30:27 -0800 -
Antoni Tąpies, 1923-201
Antoni Tąpies, the Spanish abstract painter, died on Monday in Barcelona, aged 88, after a long illness. Tąpies started painting as a teenager, when he was recovering from tuberculosis. While studying for a law degree, to please his father, the...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:28:43 -0800 -
New public art at USM extols civic life, servic
The abstract piece by Mark Wethli of Brunswick is three-dimensional and made of interlinked poplar.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:20:52 -0800 -
Art Guild exhibits contrast each othe
Abstract artist Michael Wille likens his work in an upcoming Peoria Art Guild exhibit to hiphop music that pounds the same beat throughout a song or songs.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:24:23 -0800 -
N. Idaho "Tolerance" art structure to come dow
An abstract art structure put up at the Bonner County Courthouse in northern Idaho a decade ago as a counterbalance to an Aryan Nations plan to parade through Sandpoint is slated to be removed.
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Can you guess which painting is by an ELEPHANT
One of theses abstract creations is by a famous artist, and other by an artistic animal, as part of an exhibition at UCL?s Grant Museum of Zoology in London.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:21:59 -0800 - (and which is the work of a top modern artist)?