One of Akira Kurosawa’s many gifts was staging scenes in ways that were bold, simple and visual. Here’s another short by Tony Zhou’s “Every Frame a Painting” series, with ideas …
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The Geometry of a Scene
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Texting and Internet in Film and Paintings
We spend our lives around and within the internet, using email and text messages. But these digital layers of information have yet to integrate into our paintings. Why? These images present us …
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The Poetry of Details
What can one detail tell us about a scene? If you’re Lynne Ramsay: absolutely everything. In this episode from “Every Frame a Painting” Tony Zhou considers the poetic possibilities of cinema. …
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Nicolas de Staël
1914-1955 Nicolas de Staël was a French painter of Russian origin known for his use of a thick impasto and his highly abstract landscape painting. He also worked with collage, …
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At the Table
Happy Thanksgiving, friends. Thank you for listening to my thoughts. Without you I’d just be muttering to myself. Cheers, Ruthie
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Casey Klahn: Color, Unity, & Form
I posted a V-Note about Casey Klahn’s pastels a while ago, and received a letter of thanks from him. We chatted a bit and I asked him if he’d be …
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Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even
French: La mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même (Le Grand Verre) Artist Marcel Duchamp Year 1915–23 Type Oil, varnish, lead foil, lead wire, and dust on two glass panels …
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Kiki MacInnis
Kiki MacInnis is a painter who lives and works in Seattle. In her current practice she focuses on drawing with brush and ink on paper. She draws large drift trees and roots …
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Sculpting a head in clay
I’m sending this stuff because I’m watching this stuff, and I’m watching this stuff because I want to do this stuff. I’m gonna make some heads in clay! Sounds like …
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