What is art? I can only attempt to answer this, ancient philosophical question by simply sharing my own observations and understadings which Ive gained through decades of artistic endeavor. 2009 marks the 25th anniversary of my published, multi-directional artistic style named Masg, from Gaelic meaning to mix; or infuse. The Purple Tree: Art in Boundless Age, was published in 2009 and details Masg’s twenty-five year history. Please read this excerpt from The Purple Tree: Art in a Boundless Age, LR Emerson II, 2009: Art is my visual voice, a platform which after securing opportunity to speak my mind produces a window for one to see into my personal thoughts. From that viewpoint, by examining my work each observer may bear witness to the very spark which ignited my artistic visions. From an early moment during my childhood, whereby I was criticized for coloring my tree purple, there has existed deep in my art heart an irreverent passion to create work that was deliberately against the common goal. I suggest to every artist living today: study the world and all its art, then go and make your own! My quest has simply been striving to carve out new avenues of expression through experimentation, innovation and invention. Recently internationally accalimed artist Georg Baselitz commented he found my Upside-Down Art “…inspiring”. This is considerable noting that Baselitz’ own art has sold for as much as .1 million dollars at auction and is equally unusual – inspring to many …
In a collaborative effort between The Paul J. Getty Museum, Norton Simon Museum, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Huntington, and The San Diego Museum of Art, Southern California brings together the third largest assemblance of Rembrandt paintings in the United States. Through March 7, 2010, The San Diego Museum of Art’s From Rembrandt’s Studio: The Prints of Ferdinand Bol focuses on printmaking in Rembrandt’s Holland and documents the efforts of the Dutch painter and printmaker Ferdinand Bol to arrive at his own style while working with Rembrandt, the greatest artist of his time. The San Diego Museum of Art’s exhibition is timed to coincide with Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference, a major exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles December 8, 2009 through February 28, 2010. The exhibition, focusing on the artistic relationships between Rembrandt and his followers, will also provide the opportunity to study drawings by Rembrandt and Bol side-by-side. Within San Diego, The San Diego Museum of Art joins forces with the Timken Museum of Art to present a strong combined showing of Rembrandt and Bol in Balboa Park. Other related exhibitions on Rembrandt and his circle will be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena.
Held at 8 pm on the first Wednesday of every month, Target Wednesday After Hours events are free and open to the public. The 2009 series will complement the museums innovative exhibitions with lectures, films, panel discussions, music and dance performances, poetry slams, performance art and more. One of the Frost Art Museums keystone community-outreach programs, Target Wednesday After Hours gives FIU and local community members the opportunity to engage in a multifaceted approach to the arts. thefrost.fiu.edu
“Genius at Work!” is a theatrical performance created as a pre- or post-tour enhancement to the “Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius” exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. During this performance, students will learn about Leonardo’s life, work, and creative process as they try out to be one of his apprentices.
Folk Art Everywhere takes to the streets to ask “Who Are The Folk?” Check out what people had to say and what we learned along the way! “Who are the folk? Among others, we are” -Alan Dundes
