Tag Archives: Pablo Picasso

Midnight in Paris, In Love with the Fantasy

Early on in 2011, I ran into Boston photographer Jonathan Stark who was raving about the newly released Midnight in Paris. He went on about the film’s casting, intriguing narrative, aesthetic qualities and the fact that it would be up my alley. … Continue reading

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The Women of the Surrealist Art Movement

(Salvador Dali with his wife and muse, Gala) I was recently thinking about prominent female artists involved in the Surrealist Art Movement and how little I knew about them. Even though their works were often exhibited on the same gallery walls, it … Continue reading

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Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein

(Girl with a Beach Ball) “Picasso’s always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself … Continue reading

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Matthew Collings: This is Modern Art

(Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Pablo Picasso) Have been obsessed with these Matthew Collings videos ever since local artist J. Rebecca Trueblood posted them to the Boston Area Artists Facebook group. I have been stealing 10 minutes here and there.  Collings takes a straight … Continue reading

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Most Expensive Paintings. Ever.

Usually my office fwds me large fonted e-mails about cats and dogs cohabitating, far-side comics with butt cracks, and Consumer Reports scaretales of Toyotas locking up and running over pedestrians(aside:All real. just went through my inbox.) But every now and … Continue reading

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Celebrating Picasso’s Birthday

           In honor of Picasso’s birthday(October 25, 1881), I have elected to celebrate the painter the only way how-by eating a cupcake and sharing a timeline(complete with cheesy and bulky collages) of some of his many … Continue reading

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