“In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is – as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art.” Josef Albers
Josef Albers, On Tideland, 1947-1955, oil on fiberboard, 27 1/4
Category Archives: In Their Own Words
Josef Albers, On Tideland, 1947-1955, oil on fiberboard, 27 1/4
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In Their Own Words: Paul Gauguin
“There are two sorts of beauty; one is the result of instinct, the other of study. A combination of the two, with the resulting modifications, brings with it a very complicated richness, which the art critic ought to try to … Continue reading
Berthe Morisot, The Cradle, 1872, oil on canvas, 22" x 18.1", Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
In Their Own Words: Berthe Morisot
“It is important to express oneself… provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.” Berthe Morisot Happy Mother’s Day from The Art Minute.
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Shuttlecock, 1994, aluminum and fiber-reinforced plastic; painted with polyurethane enamel, 17 ft. 11 in. high x 15 ft. 1 in. crown diameter and 4 ft. nose cone diameter, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Photo by April Rinne via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.
In Their Own Words: Claes Oldenburg
“I am for an art that is political-erotical-mystical, that does something other than sit on its ass in a museum.” Claes Oldenburg
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Neue Nationalgalerie, 1962-1968, Berlin, Photo by seier+seier via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.
In Their Own Words: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.” Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Takashi Murakami, Oval Buddha exhibited at the Palace of Versailles, 2007-2010, Photo by Magic Ketchup via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.
In Their Own Words: Takashi Murakami
“We want to see the newest things. That is because we want to see the future, even if only momentarily. It is the moment in which, even if we don’t completely understand what we have glimpsed, we are nonetheless touched … Continue reading
Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, 1907-1908, oil, silver and gold on canvas, 70.9
In Their Own Words: Gustav Klimt
“All art is erotic.” Gustav Klimt Happy Valentine’s Day from The Art Minute.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, 1871, oil on canvas, 56.8
In Their Own Words: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.” James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913, bronze, 48
In Their Own Words: Umberto Boccioni
“A portrait, to be a work of art, neither must nor may resemble the sitter… one must paint its atmosphere.” Umberto Boccioni Happy New Year from The Art Minute.
Andy Goldsworthy, Stone Room, 2007, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Photo by Barkaw via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
In Their Own Words: Andy Goldsworthy
“Movement, change, light, growth, and decay are the life-blood of nature, the energies that I try to tap through my work.” Andy Goldsworthy
Man Ray, Les Larmes, 1932, gelatin silver print, 9
In Their Own Words: Man Ray
“I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.” Man Ray
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater or the Kaufmann House, 1936-1939, Mill Run, PA, Photo by Happy Via via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution License.
In Their Own Words: Frank Lloyd Wright
“No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill, belonging to it.” Frank Lloyd Wright