My work is featured in the latest edition of Insight Magazine. Committed to uncensored artistic expression, INSIGHT provides a platform for emerging and established artists to share their perspective on art. They’re a publication of the F.O.K.U.S. organization which produces a great series of events in NYC and Michigan. More information is available at their website http://www.onefokus.org
Special thanks to Atiba, Maya, and the whole F.O.K.U.S. family!
Food and art are both sensual pleasures, easily appreciated by all and capable of endless refinement. I remember first seeing the work of Wayne Thiebaud in a retrospective as a high school student in California. The vibrant colors and symmetrical rows of pies spoke of joyous pleasures and platonic order. Apollo and Dionysus meeting at a diner for a slice of Boston Creme or Lemon Meringue.
Tonight I saw the movie Julie and Julia, and completely recommend taking the plunge (and yes, I am a devoted Netflix viewer). I’ve had an interest in cooking for years, immensely enjoyed the PBS show in 1999 featuring Julia Child and Jacques Pepin. I’ve also read the blog and later the book of The Julie/Julia Project. The movie was faithful to the spirit of all of the above.
Of course, my first introduction to the delight of cooking was at home. My mother is an amazing cook and we grew up eating delicious meals. If I was looking for an equivalent in the arts it would be the exhibition of Chardin works at the Met in 2000.
At MOMA my favorites are the Claes Oldenburg sculptures. The double hamburger and pastry case pieces are incredible, they’re practically alive they have so much energy compressed into their form and surface paint.
Now I’m hungry.
Guess what? My site www.ArtinBrooklyn.com has made it past the one year mark! Somehow it slipped under my radar. The mission, as always, is to support local artists. So take a look, there’s a lot of great work!
Just picked up this beautiful book at the used bookshop. Harvey has taught for years at the Art Student’s League and paints using traditional techniques. He’s got mad skills. There’s a nice overlap of subject matter with my own work. Many scenes of city streets, parks, and subways. Always nice to see a different artist’s approach to the same subject. Guess that’s one of those things that you miss from art school. Perhaps a good theme for a group exhibit? I’ll file that away under “future projects”. See the work of HD here – http://www.freynorris.com/artwork_list.php?id=3
Saw the Francis Bacon exhibit at the Met on Friday. Powerful stuff, disturbing images of people portrayed as twisted lumps of meat. A little goes a long way though, and conversions to vegetarianism are to be expected after prolonged viewing.