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The Immersive Experience: Monet at the de Young, February 16 to May 27By Bill Carmel, MFA Few artists have the opportunity to be the agents of change in the course of art history throughout their lifetimes. After years of struggle,...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Mar. 18, 2019Last comment by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel, on Apr 2, 2019 at 4:35 pm | 4 comments | 5544 Views
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The Evolution of ‘Vanity’ PublishingBy John A. Barry The ads were omnipresent. I remember seeing them in theNew York Times, the Boston Globe, and even in my hometown paper in...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Mar. 6, 2019Last comment by avakin life on pc, on Mar 25, 2019 at 4:28 am | 2 comments | 4054 Views
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You Can’t Kill These ParasitesI have to go frequently to my/Bill’s posts to kill/edit digital disease spread by online parasites trying to sell crap through various links. The problem is...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Nov. 8, 2018Last comment by Cholo, on Nov 29, 2018 at 2:21 pm | 3 comments | 4315 Views
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Eugene O’Neill in Danville, Past and PresentBy John A. Barry It’s surprising how few people in the area know that one of America’s greatest playwrights lived in Danville in the 1940s....
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Aug. 29, 2018Last comment by Elle, on Oct 12, 2018 at 1:22 am | 1 comment | 4434 Views
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Painterly PlagiarismEight sections of this van are painted in the style of eight artists. Can you identify them?
Hints (left to right): color theorist, color fields,...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Jul. 17, 2018Last comment by John Barry, on Jul 22, 2018 at 8:12 pm | 5 comments | 4364 Views
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Magritte at the SFMOMA: Enigma, Conundrum, ParadoxA review by Bill Carmel, MFA The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents an extensive exhibition titled René Magritte: ==I The Fifth Season,...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Jun. 6, 2018Last comment by bolton, on Jul 5, 2018 at 12:33 am | 11 comments | 6857 Views
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Sublime SeasA Review by Bill Carmel, MFA SFMOMA is host to an exhibit titled Sublime Seas that features a video installation Vertigo Seas by John Akomfrah;...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Apr. 16, 2018Last comment by Cholo, on May 19, 2018 at 11:14 am | 7 comments | 5580 Views
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Rauschenberg at SFMOMAReview by Bill Carmel, MFA The soon to conclude (March 25) exhibit at SFMOMA of the work of Robert Rauschenberg, entitled “Erasing the Rules,”...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Mar. 22, 2018Last comment by Cholo, on Mar 23, 2018 at 3:11 pm | 2 comments | 4648 Views
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Proto-trAction PaintingI (John) paint with bikes, scooters, skates, and other wheeled conveyances. I count Jackson Pollock as a primary influence. Pollock was the avatar of Action Painting,...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Mar. 7, 2018There are no comments yet. 4596 Views
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Jazz and Abstraction
The jazz program at Peace Lutheran Church is one of the best deals in the area. On the first Sunday of seven months out of the year, you can catch,...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Jan. 10, 2018Last comment by Cholo, on Feb 13, 2018 at 2:30 pm | 9 comments | 4889 Views
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How Many Artists Does It Take to Hue in a Bight Bulb?By John A. Barry If the Albany Bulb is any indication, an indeterminate number. The Albany Bulb is a former landfill at the foot of Buchanan Street. Until it...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Nov. 29, 2017Last comment by Cholo, on Jan 3, 2018 at 10:15 am | 3 comments | 4181 Views
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Rodin and Klimt: The VisitBy Bill Carmel As part of the series of exhibitions that celebrate the Centennial of Auguste Rodin’s death, the curators of the "Klimt and Rodin, An...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Nov. 8, 2017Last comment by Matthew_Arty, on Nov 14, 2017 at 5:51 am | 4 comments | 5384 Views
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Centenarian Going StrongAll too many artists have gone before their time: van Gogh, Poe, Pollock, Rimbaud…. Arthur Fiedler, longtime conductor of the Boston Pops, made it to 84,...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jul. 31, 2017Last comment by Cholo, on Oct 3, 2017 at 8:54 am | 3 comments | 5538 Views
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Adult Ed
The physical and intellectual pacing may have been more deliberate and deliberative, but the adults in their 60s and 70s were kids at heart as they...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Aug. 19, 2015Last comment by andy, on Sep 29, 2017 at 12:39 am | 7 comments | 7106 Views
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Copying, Stealing, HomageA friend who recently attended the Matisse/Diebenkorn exhibit at SFMOMA expressed astonishment that Diebenkorn’s Nude on a Blue Ground (1966) was in...
Original post made by John A. Barry on May. 16, 2017Last comment by Richard Daniels, on Sep 12, 2017 at 3:47 am | 3 comments | 5921 Views
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Material MattersBy Bill Carmel Consumerism is a capital experience. People shop all over the world and purchase items needed to keep body, mind, and spirit alive. The stuff...
Original post made by John A. Barry on May. 23, 2017Last comment by John A. Barry, on Aug 28, 2017 at 8:06 am | 4 comments | 5554 Views
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trAction AbstractionIn January I profiled Rossmoor resident Karl Livengood, a retired social worker involved with the Rossmoor Senior Tutors Program. He also coordinates the Fine Arts...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jun. 17, 2016Last comment by UdyRegan, on Aug 26, 2017 at 7:52 pm | 6 comments | 5770 Views
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Don’t Get Cute with Me1. attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty 2. appealing and delightful; charming 3. affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious 4. mentally...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jul. 22, 2017Last comment by Fausta Facciponte, on Aug 4, 2017 at 7:09 pm | 5 comments | 7325 Views
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Women’s History MonthMarch is Women’s History Month. Toward that end, I’ve festooned my bike o’ the month with names of inspirational women in such fields as Sciences...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Mar. 22, 2017Last comment by lenacharles, on Jul 4, 2017 at 4:58 am | 7 comments | 6526 Views
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Speed Painting
How do you get 40 second, fourth, and fifth graders to create a 7 x 11 foot painting in less than two hours, using Razor scooters as their "brushes"?...
Original post made by John A. Barry on May. 21, 2015Last comment by John A. Barry, on Jun 22, 2017 at 2:34 pm | 13 comments | 8240 Views
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