Art HardWare online: The Definitive Guide to Artists' Materials. Published in 1987 but worth a look.

There are many new and updated guides to artists materials, I came across on online version of this guide from 1987. I was looking particularly for straight forward information, suitable for painting students. Looking beyond the expected americanisms and outdated links to suppliers, the online version is still relevant for painters today. I particularly liked the quotation used to introduce the section on materials...an ancient artist’s saying, “If you do not know your materials, all you do is express your inability to express yourself.” (Steven Saitzyk © 1987). I tracked down a copy for around £6.00 on amazon, however heres a link to the online version....http://www.trueart.info

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Sucess of Leeds College of Art painting Student

Alex at the Art Party Conference Scarborough Alex has had an overwhelmingly positive response to his work from a range of different audiences. Prior to Free Range his work featured in the New York Times and he recreated the paint throwing piece at Leeds College of Art’s End of Year Show which was broadcast live on BBC Look North. He has also been contacted by Saatchi Gallery to submit an application for the New Sensations Exhibition, by Kindle Public Arts to submit a proposal to exhibit at an arts festival, and as part of his prize is entered into the Signature Art Prize. Alex on the front page of the New York Times alexander-dodgson-free-range-emerging-art-award-

Painting Beyond Itself: The medium in the Post-Medium Condition

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Luc Tuymans is not shy about admitting that he is easily one of the most influential figurative painters working today. His work - which often deals with heavy historical subjects like the Holocaust and postcolonial guilt - resists easy interpretation. So fans and the creatively curious alike will be delighted by the Whitechapel Gallery 's launch of On & By Luc Tuymans , a collection of Tuyman's writings (one of them is appropriately entitled, "I Still Don't Get It") on not only his own ideas and images, but those of El Greco, Giorgio Morandi, and Neo Rauch, to name a few. Edited by historian-publisher Peter Ruyffelaere, it also includes critical essays, dialogues and interviews by art historians, critics, and artists like Ai Wei Wei and Takashi Murakami. I actually managed to catch Tuymans after his recent Whitechapel Gallery talk in London with art critic Adrian Searle (who also wrote On & By Luc Tuymans 's introduction) abou...

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