Robison_Art 21 blog

Art 21 Blog
Carrie Schneider Adds a Finnish Touch
http://blog.art21.org/

At first glance of this photo the bright colors in the sky is what grab my attention, then I was taken in by the by the amazing landscape, then as I turned my eyes away to the left I was caught of guard by the female in fitted black and white strips.  The pattern on the material seems to make the figure  blur the longer I looked at it.  The natural layers created in the depth of the landscape is breath taking.  I also love the reflections made by the water.  I found this particular photo amazing....    

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NY Times Art & Design

‘The Eye Is Part of the Mind: Drawings From Life and Art by Leo Steinberg’

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/arts/design/the-eye-is-part-of-the-mind-drawings-from-life-and-art-by-leo-steinberg.html

Scholar and historian Leo Steinberg, was honored by David Cohen and Graham Nickson after his death with a tribute show that was made up of approximately 60 drawings that ranged from ink, pencil, and charcoal done by Steinberg during the fifties throughout the seventies.  What drew my attention to this was at first the mention that this show was being held for a deceased member of the art community, but as I got to looking at his simplistic use of lines to create some very powerful images of the human figure, I also enjoyed that he kept his study to the human form whether it was a more detailed full figure or just a quick sketch of a woman’s face or hand.  Each piece of work seemed to be almost a life like look into the past.  The loss of this great mind reminds me to make the best of everyday and to find the beauty in the simplest of images in life. 

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Robison _Third article review

Conscientious Extended
Amy Friend/Dare alla Luce
http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/2013/02/amy_friend/

When scrolling through the list of artists for this week my eyes could not stop going back the work of Amy Friend.  The images caught my attention at first because of the way she has the spots of light I thought it might have been another experiment of lights and motion, but learned quickly that the images were actually vintage photographs that had been altered in a way that would allow for the light to shine through the photographs. To do this she made numerous pinholes in a certain way that  breathed  new life into some old timeless photos.  The light that is let in not only enhances the original photo buy the holes themselves create a new images all on their own. I think this is best seen in her piece “Afterglow” where that addition of light seeping into the photo makes this piece feel magical.    

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Lenscratch.com

Australian Week: Michael Corridore

http://www.lenscratch.com/search?updated-max=2013-02-02T03:00:00-08:00&max-results=7

The raw Polaroid images that Michael Corridore captures in his work give a sense of nostalgia to when life was more simplistic and carefree. Corridore, an Australian photographer, is best known for his work “Angry Black Snake” but in this article he focuses the conversation on his love and appreciation for the classic Polaroid’s.  It was defiantly his pictures that sparked my interest in his work as well as the fact that he is a very accomplished artist in the world photography, yet he still has a love for the cameras for the past.  Corridore says “The colors are of a past time and so are the classic white borders” and I could not agree with him more!  The photos he showcases in this article were taken along his various journeys in life, with the way he captured these memories it takes me back to my own childhood as my family traveled across the states letting our own Polaroid document our travels and memories. 

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This is my everything, every day, since the day she was born.

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This is just one of the amazing sunsets I get to experience every evening from the comfort of my front porch.  

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