Leah Gregg is a photographer or as she writes in her website: a visual storyteller and creative instigator, living in Vancouver, BC - Canada.
Among her collections #EastVanLove, Empire.State.Ment, instant-gramification, postcards from PVR collection, onetwofiveVANCOUVER collection, Granville island collection, south-east Asia collection and Mediterranean collection I chose to present in Hidden Room Art Blog the latter one. Decision was made because I liked the way someone coming from a culture completely different than the Mediterranean shot these photos giving us a fresh perspective.
Estonia born Art Grammar School graduate Heikki Leis
is a freelance artist, sculptor and photographer who specializes in hyper-realism. Living and working in his home town, it is Leis’ drawings created in pen and pencil that have brought him the most attention, with each piece containing an almost photographic level of detail. Capturing the lives of ordinary Estonians going about their everyday business, Leis’ drawings bring excitement to the monotony of everyday life. In his “Everyday Reflections” series, Heikki Lies creates drawings of people’s daily encounters with the bathroom mirror, bringing to life the things we generally do in privacy, from shaving to squeezing spots. Drawings from his…
Alwar Balasubramaniam is an artist from India(born in 1971) that had his Rest in Resistance artwork displayed in MoMA's On Line exhibition.
A. Balasubramaniam used materials such as fibreglass, acrylic, fishing hooks and elastic to create an artwork with dimensions 94 x 101.6 x 38.1 cm (37 x 40 x 15") trying to stimulate viewers mind for what is real and what we think it's real.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower once described a painting by Jack Levine as “more of a lampoon than a work of art as far as I'm concerned.” That was not a controversial statement.
Nor was it a reaction Jack would have been surprised by from a person of power in 20th century America. Because that was Jack – a man whose artwork satirized and mocked the crooked politicians, plutocrats, and those he felt were inflated by hypocrisy. Jack Levine most famous paintings Gangster Funeral Created in 1952-53, this piece is regarded as a seminal moment in the career of Levine and is regarded by many as his best work. The commentary on mob life in America was a narrative referred to by Levine as a “comedy”. The Patriarch of Moscow on a Visit to Jerusalem Completed in 1975, this painting was the culmination of a series of paintings that were inspired by a trip Levine took to Jerusalem
earlier in the decade. The Syndicate Painted in 1939, this work depicts the relationship between those in power and the mob – a theme that Levine would continually revisit throughout his career. Welcome Home The painting famously dismissed by President Eisenhower was completed in 1946 on Levine’s return from military service. Depicting a feasting general, Levine described the painting as not “so much of an attack on the Army as an expression of great joy at getting out of the Army.” Born in the South End of Boston on 3 January 1915, Jack Levine was the youngest of eight siblings. Talented from an early age, Jack was encouraged to pursue his art from an early age by his parents, Mary and Jack Levine – an…
Klimt was born in 1862 to a gold engraver father; into a family whose children -- seven in total -- all displayed artistic talents early on. Gustav was not unique among his siblings at first. And in fact, he and brother Ernst began their careers working together to paint murals commissioned by local municipalities. When Ernst decided to follow his father's footsteps as an engraver, Gustav struck out on his own as a painter.
The Influential Gustav Klimt The year was 1892. Artists in Austria were growing weary with the societal norms they felt were restricting their creative ambitions to traditionalism and historicism. Many were ready to resign from the Association of Austrian Artists and strike out on their own. Resign they did, under the leadership of none other than Gustav Klimt. Then just thirty years old, Gustav Klimt was a new breed of the artist; a painter who delved into deep symbolism and subjects previously thought too taboo for public displays of art. He was the founder of the Vienna Secession movement and the first president of the Union of Austrian Artists. But Klimt was far more than just his politics; he was an outstanding artist in his
own rite. Klimt's style was very traditional in his early years. It wasn't until after the deaths of his father and brother that he embraced a new lifestyle and the artistic interpretation for which he is now famous. About the time Klimt began experimenting with less traditional art, psychiatrist Sigmund Freud was turning Austria upside down with his new theories regarding psychoanalysis and human sexuality. Klimt was an avid follower of Freud, being heavily influenced by him in his own art. The favourite subject of Klimt's painting was the female body. Combining that subject with his admiration for Freud led Klimt to produce a lot of work with an underlying theme of eroticism. Some of his work, like his Frau bei der Selbstbefriedigung (Masturbation) sketch,…
Athens International Airport museum hosts a permanent exhibition dedicated to Eleftherios Venizelos while frequently hosts many other cultural events such as this painting exhibition from Bike Art.
Bike Art is in the Air is the latest exhibition at the Museum of Athens International Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" Hall “Art & Environment” & Departures Level. Bike Art is in the Air project will take place from 1st September to 31 December 2012 at AIA and will include three art-actions: An art exhibition presented at Hall “Art & Environment” & Departures Level of 12 original artworks made by 6 Greek and 6 foreign renowned artists. Artworks can be seen below: 4 Greek artists KEZ, POSTER, PUPET & SAME84 will paint a mural live in front of the public in Hall “Art & Environment” In the departure level, there will be presented 22 special bikes and 10 kid bikes by artists APSET, A. VASMOULAKIS, KEZ, KROKO, LIVE2, NADE, NASTWO, NERS, POSTER, PUPET, SAME84 & TAXIS. Project creators comment about their Bike Art is in the Air exhibitions: "The aim is to try to give a unique visual experience for passengers and airport visitors and above all an opportunity to envision and realize each through its personal space, a healthy, happy and sustainable life. The bike offers this feature as a work of art and as a tool of transportation."