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Happy Birthday to artist
Jim Dine
Rosecrucian Interior Scene, with Lemons , 2010. acrylic, charcoal, sand and wood on linen
Hbd Mr. Dine!
Learn about the chameleonic artist here.
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Roy looked at the sketch that had been punctured by the rifle shot
This Roy Lichtenstein print could be another frame in the comic...
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The headline is still startling decades later.
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The high desert is beginning to bloom with the colors of early Spring and in the gallery new work is arriving every week. This promises to be an exciting year.
Check out new artwork in today’s e-newsletter, including a wonderful Roy Lichtenstein lithograph from his most valued period.
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The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald's."
Andy Warhol
He also said, “The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald’s. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald’s...”
Here’s what Warhol was getting at.
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"The irony, of course, is that Marfa’s appeal was always its edge-of-the-planet vibe. Today, what with all the protocol, one can end up feeling incredibly observed." Has obscure art mecca Marfa, Texas lost its charm?
More great sculpture here.
The stars align.
Keith Haring paints Grace Jones in this photograph by Andy Warhol. 1984.
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2.
Jim Dine
Nutcracker
1973, lithograph on paper, Tate Gallery
More on chameleonic artist Jim Dine here.
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“I thought your cover picture was really marvelous,” Kennedy wrote the artist after the work appeared on Time, “but I don’t have red spots all over my face.”
Roy Lichtenstein, famous for his comic book-style pop art, created very few portraits. Our National Portrait Gallery writes about this rare commission from Time Magazine and the process the artist used to create it.
Source: face2face.si.edu
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* A very cool KEITH HARING exhibition poster from February 3rd-27th, 1983 at the FUN GALLERY in NY.
Good vibrations.
Source: haring.com
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Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person good night.
Andy Warhol
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Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.
Andy Warhol (via dailyart-i-facts)
Source: artpromotivate.com
Famous art lovers! Marilyn Monroe buys a Roy Lichtenstein.
Who wore it better?
1. Keith Haring
2. Bill T. Jones
3. An Elephant
4. Rihanna
5. Rihanna's Zebra
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People are always so boring when they band together. You have to be alone to develop all the idiosyncrasies that make a person interesting.
Andy Warhol (via acrylicalchemy)
Source: acrylicalchemy