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Blackfish Art: Protest Posters: Art with a Message
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A portal into the world of art. Wednesday, October 26, 2011. Protest Posters: Art with a Message. This poster created by the Art Department. Was published as a pull-out poster. In the September/October issue. It was on newsstands in July. It set the date for the occupation of Wall Street. The question, "What is our one demand? Rests above a graceful ballerina alight the raging bull of Wall Street. Behind them cops in riot gear approach through the haze, a foreshadowing of tear gas? Artwork of The Day.
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Blackfish Art: Kapa and the Hawaiian Renaissance
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A portal into the world of art. Sunday, December 11, 2011. Kapa and the Hawaiian Renaissance. Kapa Loincloth, Photo: Oliver Koning. Hana Hou: The Magazine of Hawaiian Airlines. Vol 14, no.2 April/May 2011. I'e kuku ho'oki - flat-sided hardwood beaters, Photo: Dana Edmunds. Hana Hou: The Magazine of Hawaiian Airlines. Vol 14, no.6 Dec 2011/Jan 2012. Malia Solomon at Ulu Mau Village. It was not until the 1960s and 70s that Hawaiians finally were able to begin reclaiming some nearly lost parts of their rich...
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Blackfish Art: January 2011
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A portal into the world of art. Tuesday, January 25, 2011. The Evolution of Beauty. Denis Dutton explains a Darwinian theory of beauty. Kimberly Brooks Creative Process. Still in my artist's malaise using all my arsenal of tactics to avoid getting to work. Miss Brooks here no doubt has a good point about needing to turn off the facebook/email. Kimberly Brooks Creative Process. Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Inspiration From the North. In is inspiring me right now. Talelayu Opiitlu (Talelayu with Owl). Posted...
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Blackfish Art: February 2011
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A portal into the world of art. Friday, February 25, 2011. Banksy at the Oscars: Anonymity and Fame Collide. 8220;The last time there was a naked man covered in gold paint in my house it was me.” Banksy. Britain’s enigmatic street artist Bansky is up for an academy award for the film, Exit Through The Gift Shop. A documentary featuring among others, street art stars Banksy and Shepard Fairey. Banksy as he appears in the film concealing his identity with a dark hoodie. 8221; None the less Banksy seems to ...
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Blackfish Art: May 2011
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A portal into the world of art. Thursday, May 19, 2011. David Hockney's iPad illuminations. Digital image, iPad 2011. Featured his iphone and iPad art with the work displayed on iphones, ipads, and as animations. Digital art has the advantage of being easy to transport and copy without loosing any quality in fact the duplicates will be exactly the same as the original. Possibilities of drawing with an iPad include duplicating the process with a finger tap and the Brushes. Digital image, iPad 2011. Painte...
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Blackfish Art: July 2011
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A portal into the world of art. Monday, July 25, 2011. Walking Mammoth: America's Earliest Known Art. Experts in the field assumed it was fake but after passing through a barrage of tests University of Florida forensic scientists believe that the etched image of a walking mammoth carved into fossilized bone is America’s oldest known piece of artwork. Fossilized bone, 11,000 BCE. Thursday, July 14, 2011. Starting a New Painting. Sandpaper and Gesso: A Fresh Start. Thangka Painter, Sanje Elliot. Thank you ...
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Blackfish Art: August 2011
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A portal into the world of art. Sunday, August 28, 2011. Summer Painting at Thornbush. I arrived for a week at Thornbush with three pale yellow panels. My assignment: to attend the chickens and Suzie the poodle while Anita and Roger were on vacation. My goal: to work on the triptych that Anita commissioned from me over a year ago inspired by a small Moon Mandala. I stuck pretty close to the Moon Mandala. Inspiration but unlike the original Moon Mandala. Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry. One more insp...
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Blackfish Art: Postcards from Maui
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A portal into the world of art. Monday, February 6, 2012. If you lug your paints with you all the way to Maui you really do have to take them out at some point between the bobbing around in warm ocean water, watching whales, and scaling volcanoes to put brush to paper. Maui Palms and Surf - Watercolor on Paper - Maui 2012. Maui Valley with Palms and Surf. Watercolor on Paper - Maui 2012. Painting Palm Trees on the Kitchen Table at Poni Place. I always like working at a kitchen table best and the nice thi...
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Blackfish Art: Hang Art! Not Workers! Occupy MoMA!
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A portal into the world of art. Saturday, January 14, 2012. Art is Not a Luxury Item. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Thank you for visiting my blog. View my complete profile. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Artwork of The Day. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Timeline of Art History. National Gallery of Art. Donate to Blackfish Art. Shop to Support Blackfish Art. Your purchase of books and DVDs through this blog will help support Blackfish Art. Subscribe to Blackfish Art. Blackfish Art Zazzle Store.
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Blackfish Art: March 2011
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A portal into the world of art. Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Recent disastrous events in Japan, a major earthquake followed by devastating tsunamis, a volcano and then finally the terror of exploding nuclear power plants brought the whole world's focus to the island nation. Here in Katsushika Hokusai's The Great Wave at Kanagawa. We see a quintessential image of Japan that seems to foreshadow the coming deadly wave. The Great Wave at Kanagawa,. Color woodblock print, 1830 - Edo Period. The pinching of cour...