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Andrés Ovalle: "The Unknown Land" view detail comment email this

Companion to an exhibit of works by contemporary "Chilean visual artist" Andrés Ovalle. Includes images of over a dozen of Ovalle's colorful paintings, and an artist's statement with this comment: "The relationship between the primitive artist, the surreal artist and the language of children is a portal for my creative work." From the Center for Latin American Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
http://clas.berkeley.edu/Gallery/ovalle/index.html
Topics: Art by Region

Last updated Sep 4, 2009


Cranbrook Art Museum view detail comment email this

This is "a contemporary art museum located at the heart of Cranbrook Educational Community [in Michigan], one of the nation's greatest architectural complexes." The site features information about current exhibits and selected images from the permanent collection. It also provides a virtual tour of Saarinen House, "the home and studio designed by Eliel Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect and Cranbrook's resident architect from 1925 to 1950."
http://www.cranbrookart.edu/museum/
Topics: Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Schools of Art

Last updated Oct 26, 2005


Hammer Projects view detail comment email this

"Hammer Projects are a series of exhibitions that focus primarily on the work of emerging artists, and reflect the [Hammer] Museum's commitment to contemporary art." Features links to pages with introductory essays and images of works of individual artists in areas such as painting, drawing, collage, photography, and sculpture. From the Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/projects
Topics: Artists

Last updated Nov 6, 2009


A Sight for Sore Eyes view detail comment email this

Critical, though thorough, analysis from July 2005 of the group of young German artists known as the "New Leipzig School." The article includes information about the development of this group of representational painters, images, and links to sites with information about specific artists, such as Neo Rauch, the leader of the group. From a website that provides essays related to the arts in Germany.
http://www.signandsight.com/features/287.html
Topics: Art by Region, Schools of Art

Last updated Jan 9, 2006





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