Paintingmatters

Check out Richards paintings @ Lulu Bright’s pop-up shop runs until 1 January 2011 at 57 Southend Rd, Hampstead, London, NW3

Artist books from A-Z... http://members.chello.nl/j.seegers1/library/artistsbooks.html#can

Reality Show: Otto Dix

The fault is not in our stars, but in our brand: Abstract Expressionism at MoMA

Courbet A Dream of Modern Art 15 October 2010 – 30 January 2011  Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt Römerberg 60311 Frankfurt, Germany phone: (+49) 69-29 98 82-0 fax: (+49) 69-29 98 82-240 www.schirn.de

Giuseppe de Nittis http://en.parisinfo.com/show-exhibition/1282676/giuseppe-de-nittis 'Giuseppe de Nittis loved the beautiful people, parties, clothes and great landscapes. This exhibition presents the work of this Italian painter, a friend of Caillebotte, Manet and Degas; characterized by certain elegance in the choice of his themes but also in the technique of his painters. He was also one of the first artists to experiment with pastels on a large scale.' From October 20 2010 to January 16 2011

'Although photography was a major revolution in the visual arts, it was difficult to give as much legitimacy to photography as to painting at the beginning of the 20th century. Inventing new technical processes, Heinrich Kühn strove throughout his career to give artistic merit to photography. A look back at one of the major figures of international Pictorialism.' http://en.parisinfo.com/show-exhibition/1189637/heinrich-kuehn

Women artists. Elles@centrepompidou

In conjunction with  Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism , (please see the next post).The Jewish Museum has set out to create a record of all women artists known to have participated in special exhibitions at the museum since it's opening in 1947. The hyper link will take you to the paper which also has links to the work of recorded artists. http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/tjmwomenartistsessay

'Over the past fifty years, feminists have defied an art world dominated by men, deploying direct action and theory while making fundamental changes in their everyday lives.  Shifting the Gaze: Painting and Feminism  explores the widespread influence of feminist practice on the styles and methods of painting from the 1960s to the present. The provocative paintings on view here embody the tension between individual expression and collective politics, between a traditional medium and radical action.'  This is quoted from the website. I will however see if I can get hold of an exhibition catalogue so I can consider in more depth the "provocative paintings".  http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/feministpainting

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"Your History is Not Our History" | To repossess the period for themselves, the ’80s art star David Salle and the ’90s-generation painter Richard Phillips have organized “Your History Is Not Our History” at Haunch of Venison Gallery as an argument for the boldness they feel is missing in the market-ready art of today.

'T he Wallraf will contrast more than 80 works from the wide-ranging and impressive collection of Lutz Teutloff (photographic and video art of the late 20th and early 21st centuries) with around 50 rarely shown masterpieces from its own collection (European painting from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century).' Many thanks to Angad for sending me the information about this exhibition.

An Interview with Karl Haendel (I)

Thanks to Helen Sear for pointing out this article from Time out by Ossian Ward, titled Alice Neel versus Alex Katz ‘New York portrait painters Alice Neel and Alex Katz go head to head in exhibitions at The Whitechapel Gallery and National Portrait Gallery respectively. Ossian Ward adjudicates over a style war’. Alice Neel, Self Portrait, (1980) Image by Alex Katz, The Black Dress, (1960) http://www.aliceneel.com/ http://www.alexkatz.com/

This is Tomorrow

Tracey Eastham - Cornerhouse

Peyton was represented in the exhibition " Dear Painter, paint me...  "at the Pompidou in 2002, and Dumas  in The painting of Every day lif e at the Hayward gallery London. (2007). 

Marlene Dumas at MoMA and Elizabeth Peyton at the New Museum

The Painting Undone: Supports/Surfaces

Alice Neel: Painted Truths

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Thanks to John, Rose and Ben from Fitzpatrick for their. All expert Artists that helped with our rummage through the store. If you do want to ask for any advice on materials please contact the store and say that you are from Leeds College of Art. They will be delighted to help you in any way.There is a link to the store in an earlier posting. Also thanks to Sheila and Stephen for arranging the London trip. 

Many thanks to philippa for the documentation and the loan of her camera. 

Thank you so much to those that made it to my studio, you are stars. it was an early in the day so here are a few images. You did miss out on a great range of chocolate biscuits which images do not quite capture.

  The staff at  Fitzpatrick Fine Art Materials will be available to share expert knowledge on a range of fine art materials. Please let me know if you want to know about any particular material or technique and I will arrange for it to be covered during our visit. Just post a comment here. See you Friday 19th in my studio for those that are going on the London trip. For those unable to go I will post any thing useful. Fitzpatrick Fine Art Materials @ 11:45 Friday 19th Feb. 2010.- 142 Cambridge Bethnal Green London,    E1 5QJ My studio @ 10:00   Studio B/b3 Acme studios 44, Bonner road Bethnal Green London. E26JS

Answer: Beeswax... not sure how much, but if you look at the bottom of the bottle there is an area of solid wax. So not that much is needed! 

With the John Moore's Contemporary painting prize calling for entries I have been thinking that it has only once been won by a female painter. So am posting some female painters that I think are interesting. Please let me know of any that come to mind and I will post them up, thanks.

If you are considering applying for post graduate study, it would be well worth checking out this show.

I mentioned using a dry brush for blending oil paint when wet. Here are a couple of images that show the process. I will eventually get around to posting a photo of a range of brushes that are good for this technique.

I t's not a bad idea to wear rubber gloves when you are using oil paint. Cleaning your hands with white spirt and washing up liquid is pretty boring and dries your hands. You can pick up a big box of gloves very cheaply from pound shops, all ways an inspirational excursion for an artist.

Thank-you to every one that attended my talk on Tuesday, and for all the questions. It's interesting that although I stood up and talked for sometime in the lecture theatre It often takes me some time and courage to ask questions. If you do want anything clarified please feel free to ask me, either here in the comments section or by email. All feedback is also useful, it was the first time I had used media clips in a presentation. I hope they added some clarity to the talk, what do you think?  I would be delighted to know.I have attempted to give references to all the artists and information covered but again if you can't find the information you need  in 'Painting matters' let me know. Sarah 

I just wanted to thank everyone that attended the workshops on Tuesday and Wednesday. My ambition was for a re-newed excitement for painting. I certainly went away with this. I think it would have been useful to explore supports for painting and various priming methods in more detail. In the meantime The John Jones web site is worth looking at for this information. I have added this information under art suppliers. Please make any suggestions that you may have for how this type of workshop can be improved, I would be very grateful for your feedback.  Please find some of the initial painting experiments made on Tuesday. I look forward to seeing how the work progresses on my next visit in a few weeks time.  Sarah