Imagine a world without the constant barrage of digital images. The Renaissance was such a world where fantastic paintings like Jan Gossaert’s Adoration of the Kings were viewed only in special places like churches or abbeys. This painting was finished in 1515. Among the greatest technological achievements at the time were European ships just beginning to circumnavigate …
One of the most remarkable artists in the Cedarhurst collection is John Singer Sargent, an American by birth, who lived his entire life based in Europe. Born in Florence, Italy to wealthy American parents, Sargent often traveled to America for commissions, but settled permanently in London. Sargent was the preeminent society portraitist of his …
Since the time of the Greek philosopher Plotinus, Beauty has been regarded as inextricably linked to Truth. Modern writers John Ruskin, Walter Pater, and Oscar Wilde shared this conviction. In appraising Beauty, we sense something greater than the sum of the form’s parts. No single attribute defines the object, it is a cumulative effect. During …
Semiotic analysis uses an approach which connects signs (images, words, or sounds) to codes through which we frame the world for understanding. Codes can be social, scientific, aesthetic, mass media, or ideological, to name a few. Codes are conventions or frameworks through which signs are given force and significance. Every work of art is a …
In this week’s blog, we celebrate three permanent collection artists: Jiyong Lee, Arthur Towata, and Cheonae Kim. JIYONG LEE, South Korea (b.1971), Cube Segmentation, 2014, Cut and carved glass, color laminated, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Cedarhurst Collectors Club, 2015.01 Jiyong Lee on the metaphors in his art: “The segmentation series is inspired by my …
Todd McLellan has been taking things apart since childhood. His love of exploration and discovery led to a deeper exploration of the tools and devices of today and market culture. McLellan’s art is dialectical which means it comes in pairs. A comparison of contrasting forces. A dialectical storyline seeks resolution and this exhibition offers some. …
Born in the 19th-century, Mt. Vernon, Illinois native Ivan Summers established himself as one of the accomplished practitioners of American Impressionism with his colorful landscapes. He studied at the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts where he was an award winning artist. His painting style is dynamic, spontaneous, yet disciplined with an eye …
Thought experiment: Imagine if in every single movie made today, not a single white person was seen. It wouldn’t seem right. What does it mean to be left out, excluded? Those of us who live in the Midwest are not very fond of the term “flyover country”; it’s dismissive. Consider this much …
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James Baldwin is having a revival of sorts, in 2020 and continuing in 2021, in the mass media as renewed attention is brought to his writings on civil rights. The Fire Next Time is again being referenced for its eloquent prose and condemnation of American racism. In Jed Jackson’s painting, titled, The Toilette of Venus, the James Baldwin image plays …
Dennis Oppenheim was a peripatetic artist, working as many did in the 1960s, first in Earth Art, then Body Art and Video Art, combining the last two in Performance Art, before moving on to Sculpture proper. In each discipline, Dennis Oppenheim was an influential artist, well-respected by his peers. Among Oppenheim’s many accolades, he was …
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