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Tag: art
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Tiny Pleasures #11: Tiny Art
Art doesn’t have to be grand to be wonderful. In some ways the tiny pieces are all the more skilful because of the precision required in both execution and composition. On a tiny canvas you have to very picky about what you put on it, otherwise you’re going to run out of room and it’s…
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Tiny Pleasures #8: Art in Everyday Objects
It won’t surprise you to know that I believe that the aesthetics of the environment we live in influence our lives much more than the modern world likes to acknowledge. A beautiful environment makes a more beautiful life. There are myriad ways to enhance the aesthetics of everyday objects, and I love it when producers…
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Tiny Pleasures #3: Calm After the Storm
The wind has stopped blowing. The dogs have stopped barking.The thunder and lightning have taken their leave. The rain has stopped pouring. The birds have stopped squawking. The calm, like a blanket, descends on the world.The city is sleeping. My heart is still beating. Softly, for fear of disturbing the peace. Luke Howard was a pioneer of climate studies, in 1802…
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Happiness as Anarchy #266: Word-based art
I love the language and word-based art of Argentinian artists Léon Ferrari and . Much of his work is illegible, but you make can out some of the letters and it is clear that it is text. Some of it, the text is quite clear, but very carefully placed on the page for aesthetic effect.
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Happiness as Anarchy #254: Rainy Day Drawing
Today’s rain was a welcome change from the preceding days of ferociously hot weather. Lucie asked me to draw with her, which seemed the perfect activity for a rainy day. We set the timer for an hour and the subject – apartment building windows. Here’s what we made:
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Happiness as Anarchy #195: Paper submission
Sending off the paper, finally, with all the angst of ‘it’s probably still garbage’ and ‘I could do more work on it’, is a liberating feeling. That’s it, nothing more can be done. If it’s rubbish, so be it; if it needs works, the reviewers will tell you; but for the moment there is nothing…
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Happiness as Anarchy #40: Open Access Art Collections
One of the wonderful things about technology and the internet is the opening up of previously restricted collections in art galleries, museums and libraries. Increasingly these institutions are digitising their collections and making them available to the public online. Can’t get to New York to visit the Met? Browse over 40,000 artworks online from their collection…