Exhibitions
Women in Art
This is a great video that’s been circulating the Internet for some time, by Philip Scott, but I’d like to post it here for inspiration: I love how this video progresses through Art History, which looks like Byzantine to Post Modern periods. I only wish there was a documentation/catalog of all the artists and artwork. Most are recognizable and familiar but some are not. I think its creation is artistic in itself. It’s inspiring to me because I draw a lot of strength from my mother and sister, who are my new business partners. I couldn’t have started casart coverings without them, and I’m eternally grateful. We are a female,…
Joseph Cornell
Collecting things reminds me of Joseph Cornell (1903–1972). An artist known in the 1930’s for assembling his many collections into miniature and large scale dioramas, which were like mini sculptures. I really like his work and saw the Smithsonian’s exhibit, Navigating the Imagination dedicated to him in February 2007. Here are a few websites for Joseph Cornell that I found very worthwhile for seeing and learning more about his work: http://josephcornell.org/ An interesting blog post on Collections and Archives as Creative Practice http://www.josephcornellbox.com/ I have one of these boxes that I picked up at the exhibit and it’s pretty cool. I’ve been collecting things to finally put it together and…
Exhibition Design
Regardless of making it to the Cooper Hewitt exhibition from the last post, my son and I attended something similar, Pompeii and the Roman Villa at The National Gallery of Art, my favorite museum. It was a wonderful exhibit, both in content and exhibition design. The staging was meant to replicate the interior Tablinum of a Pompeiian Villa, complete with deep red & black walls, partially-painted red columns and an abundance of decorative finishes: marbling, colorwashing, plaster, and ornamental filigree. Upstairs included an interior atrium where the huge fresco of the famous Garden Scene from The House of the Golden Bracelet was on view. The entire three-wall frescoes of the…
