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Living Through the ArtsPost from New York Art Trip 2012
Barns in the Field (Reflections of the icscis New York Art Tour 2012) by Virginia Dupuis Of all the places one would least expect to see a painting of a barn in the field, it would the leading edge Armory Show in New York City. All year long we Ottawa School of Art...
Posts from icscis painting workshop and art history trip Atelier Provence & Paris Art Tour 2012
Painting "sheeps" in Provence "Tomorrow, said Yves, we are going to paint the “sheeps”! But we are not going to paint "gning-gning sheeps", but the essence of the «sheeps"!» Because there is a plural in French for mouton, Yves applied it to English and since then we...
Joan Miró’s sculptures currently in the UK and major retrospective travelling to Washington D.C.
An exhibition of seventy-nine monumental sculptures of the Catalan Surrealist artist Joan Miró (1893-1983) recently opened at the Yorkshire Sculpture Garden in Britain. Miró, one of the most important 20th century artists, was able to convey his deep preoccupation...
rencontre icscis night April 12 avril & Studio Colombia 2013
To all icscis/walkthearts friends in the Ottawa Region Join us next Thursday April 12 for drinks at Mambo Nuevo Latino (77 Clarence Street) starting at 5:00 p.m. As you know icscis nights are very informal and open to everyone. So feel free to arrive with your...
The Three C’s in Art: Concept, Content and Context (2)
Personal stories as the source of strong art concepts Creativity implies the existence of a basic concept behind the work of art. A concept is simply an idea. As artists, we aim to come up with an innovative idea that fosters our creation. Good art clearly manifests...
Palindrome: ecce at La Nouvelle Scène on view until May 11
Palindrome: ecce (part 2) Thanks to everyone for attending the opening of our show Palidrome: ecce last Saturday March 17th. The exhibition features the works of ten artists who managed to create art palindromes trough canvases and video screens. As in palindromes,...
Commitment, proof of true passion!
“Commitment” in art is indeed the thriving force behind talent and a proof of true passion. Just came out from visiting the Steins Collect at the Met in New York; I am writing this post of cafeteria napkins (on left). This exhibit shows the crucial impact that...
The Three C’s in Art: Concept, Content and Context (1)
Art is just a matter of faith! Lecture given by Prof. Yves M. Larocque in the context of New York Art Trip 2012 (March 8-11) This lecture explores three elements—concept, content and context—through which we can explore and become more aware of the aesthetics (beauty...
Ego Show in Qatar
Takashi Murakami’s new show “Ego” At the Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall in Qatar features 70 key works created since 1997, and more than a dozen new pieces that show the artist’s latest preoccupations on Japanese suffering after the March 2011 disaster. These new works...
Another walkthearts exhibit opening on March 17, 2012 at La Nouvelle Scène
Palindrome: ecce (part 1) When returning from New York City last year, I have to admit that I was a bit frustrated to return to a city where community art instruction is still embedded in the old 19th century academic ways. Why teaching the same old stuff found in...
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