Archive for February 7, 2015

Post number 2,300! ……….Artist Linda Herritt

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Linda Herritt is a contemporary artist renown for her mixed media works, drawings, paintings, and installations. Herritt attended college at Ohio State University at Columbus earning a B.F.A. The artist went to earn an M.F.A.  from the University of Montana located in Missoula.

The artist is a professor at Pace University’s Dyson College of Arts and Sciences located in New York City.

Price range information: Sorry none available.

In this clip we view a show featuring the work of Linda Herritt and another artist Elana Herzog with our friend James Kalm:

Below a link to the website of Linda Herritt:

http://www.lindaherritt.com/

Herritt has won many prestigious fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Pollack- Krasner Foundation.

I enjoy the artist’s creativity in designing an exiting shape for overall design of her text. Some other artists working with text include Denis Brown, Robert Cottingham, and Stephen Powers. I find Herritt’s work reminds me of French street artist Tilt. Tilt will use a graffiti type lettering to build up three dimensional images.

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Artist of the moment…….Farrah Karapetian

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Farrah Karapetian is a wonderful American photographer born in California in the year 1978. Karapetian attended the Yale School of Art earning a B.F.A. The artist went on to earn a M.F.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Karapetian had her first solo exhibition in 2008.

Her work often deals with people caught up in historical moments such as war or sometimes just doing everyday tasks. Some of her latest work includes images of ice that were taken and glued to a mirror.

If you enjoy this style of photography be sure and check out Man Ray. Karapetian also reminds of Andy Warhol for the fact she uses items we see in everyday life, but breaks them down to simple geometric shapes.

The way the images are cropped the viewer isn’t exactly one hundred percent sure of the image they are looking at. Is the shape a drum or a ferris wheel? A simple form when reduced in shape and color can become very interesting when composed creatively.

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In this clip we view a short interview with the artist talking about her photography. Two other artists are shown in the discussion. The segment featuring Farrah Karapetian begins at 18:30 minute part of the clip:

Below a link to the website of Farrah Karapetian:

http://www.farrahkarapetian.com/work.html

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Artist of the moment…………….Bernard Cohen

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Bernard Cohen is a fantastic British artist renown for his abstract painting style. Bernard Cohen was born in London, England in the year 1933.

Cohen briefly attended the St. Martin School of Art. The artist also attended the Slade School of Art located in London. Cohen went on to become a professor at Slade.

Cohen has multiple pieces included in the Tate Collection.

Below we visit a retrospective of Bernard Cohen’s career:

Price range information: Works range from $5,000 to $50,000.

The artist works in graphite, acrylics, oils, gouache,  and watercolor. Cohen is also an avid printmaker. In his signature works of the 1960s and 1970s the artist often used an airbrush in his artwork.

Cohen considers himself a storyteller and creator of pictorial theater. The artist has a wonderful sense of design and colour. His work is a visual feast for the eyes without overwhelming the viewer with visual information.

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