Art Now and Then

"Art Now and Then" does not mean art occasionally. It means art NOW as opposed to art THEN. It means art in 2020 as compared to art many years ago...sometimes many, many, MANY years ago. It is an attempt to make that art relevant now, letting artists back then speak to us now in the hope that we may better understand them, and in so doing, better understand ourselves and the art produced today.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Jose de Ribera

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Appearances can be deceiving--exquisite detail  from a painting by Jose de Ribera. The entire painting is pictured at the bottom. A few...
Sunday, March 18, 2012

Jewish Art

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Probably all of us remember from elementary school science classes how much fun it was to play with a magnet and some iron filings. Whether ...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

Jeff Koons

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Jeff Koons poses with his Mylar inflatable Rabbit, 1986, at the Tate Modern in London. When you mention the name Jeff Koons, anyone who ...
Friday, March 16, 2012

Jean-Francois Millet

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A Snow Day, 1959, Jim Lane, my first oil painting. I had a deprived childhood. Not physically deprived. We were never wealthy; but we we...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

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Jean-Baptiste Grueze Self-portrait, 1769 All of us are familiar with the phrase, "overnight success." It is applied most often ...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

An Artist Out of Step

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Jean Dubuffet Self-portrait, 1966 Artists are often accused of being "out of step" with the rest of the world. The excuse is t...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

James Rosenquist

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F-111, 1965, James Rosenquist Until the advent of television commercials, the most garish, godawful form of advertising was the roadside ...
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