simply complex.
— “A Collision Of Theatre, Visual Art, Music, And More: A Peek At The Industry’s Crescent City” by Kyle Fitzpatrick
(Source: laimyours.com)
Artwork from FOREPLAY: Senior Exhibition 2012 @ Sweeney Art Gallery.
“Winny looking at art”
A few days ago, I went to the opening reception of FOREPLAY: UCR Senior Thesis Exhibition 2012. Winny’s artwork was accepted along with 22 other undergraduate UCR students to exhibit their talents in this gallery. It was very cool to look around and see the artists bring their family and friends. The love and support around the room was very strong.
Winny asked me to take a picture of her looking at her artwork. Being the awkward person that I am, I started taking pictures of her staring at other artworks. This photo set is a bit of a commentary on how people view art, especially in galleries, and definitely in the presence of the actual artists.
— Gene (GKvfx)’s comment on top of Stanley Kubrick’s comment about
2001: A Space Odyssey(Source: therpf.com)
Spider-Eye
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim October 2011 as National Arts and Humanities Month. I call upon the people of the United States to join together in observing this month with appropriate ceremonies, activities, and programs to celebrate the arts and the humanities in America.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand eleven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-sixth. — Barack Obama
(Source: Los Angeles Times)
My favorite part of the Art in the Streets exhibit from the Geffen Contemporary @ MOCA. This section contains Jamie Reid’s artwork; some of the stuff was for the Sex Pistols, one of my favorite punk bands.
Found this through Melanie.
— Toni Morrison, an American writer
There is no historical or cultural inspiration to any of the shots I take; no envisions an orchestrated image or a developed scene in my mind. I play with my time machine, to capture moments and settings both when I stumble and when I search, when I’m off guard and when I’m focused. I impart pressure onto the shutter because as a human being, not as an artist, I have feelings, emotions, taste, and instinct that all whisper “press the button.” Similar to a soldier shooting his gun - when they feel in danger, they will point and shoot at that danger. Parallel with that instinct, when I find something beautiful or when beautiful finds me, I will point and I will shoot. Each individual art project I participate in only involves me walking into a blank room, filling it with items both inanimate and alive, allowing the simple and intricate to blend or polarize, waiting for a desire outcome by nurturing only the elements - never orchestrating, and capturing the birth at the end of it.
In short, I love creating and capturing - because I love the world. How my culture and origin has transcribed a philosophy I would have to delve further, and perhaps in that depth I can meet the demarcated proposal half way. — Jansen Oblena, a Filipinio American photographer and SFSU alumni
— Unknown; commentary on an artwork from the Anachronious Mind Tree exhibit at Bleicher Gallery
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