My Sunday Visiting Art Galleries

This week, I geeked out. I went to Austin's Comic Con on Saturday, then toured various art galleries in East Austin on Sunday.

The day couldn't be any better. The temperature was pleasant enough to walk to galleries and spend time outside at the Canopy.

I got to meet some great artists, such as Karen Maness, Vy Ngo, Polina Novozhenets, Malati Vasudevan, and Maria Montoya-Hohenstein. Below is a full list of artists I came across.


Artists

Nicole Anderson, nicoleanderson.info
Jason Archer, thejasonarcher.com
Mary T. Barton, marytbarton.com
Rebecca Bennett, rebeccabennettartworks.com
Neena Buxani, neenabuxani.com
Monica Ceniceros, monicaceniceros.com
Emily Galusha, eegcreative.com
Joel Ganucheau, joelganucheau.com
Tee Hollow, octophotoart.com
Felice House, felicehouse.com
Lucy MacQueen, lucymacqueen.com
Karen Maness, karenmaness.com
Terri McGee, terrimcgeeart.com
Maria Montoya-Hohenstein, arteology.us
James Owen Morgan, welcometothejimbo.com
Vy Ngo, vyngostudio.com
Polina Novozhenets, polinanovoart.com
Julie Pelaez, juliepelaezstudios.com
Jamie Marie Rhodes, jamiemarierhodes.com
Richard Rutner, richardrutner.com
Michelle Lawrence Schwartz, seedsthenroots.com
Trish Sierer, trishsierer.com/
Vera Smiley, artsvera.com
Flip Solomon, flipsolomon.com
Malati Vasudevan, withlvm.com
Caroline Walker, carolinewalker.com
Chris White, cwhiteart.com
Lisa Zinna, thepurplelime.com

Source:

http://east.bigmedium.org/
https://www.austinchronicle.com/east-austin-studio-tour/

Tracks 83: Music Mix 1986 Part II

The world was introduced with the first case of Mad Cow Disease, in 1986. The Soviet Union also launched their Mir space station, and the Rutan Voyager flew around the world without stopping or refueling.

1986 also gave us plenty of great songs, such as John Mellencamp's Small Town and R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A., Michael McDonald's Sweet Freedom, The Bangles' Manic Monday, Bon Jovi's You Give Love a Bad Name, and Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer. We were also introduced to a new subgenre that combined rock and rap with Run-DMC's and Aerosmith's Walk This Way.



Run-DMC - Walk This Way
The Cars - Tonight She Comes
Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town
Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom (1986)
John Mellencamp - Small Town
John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock)
The Outfield - Your Love
Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
The Bangles - Manic Monday
Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling
Bananarama - Venus
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
The Human League - Human
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking
Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All
Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me

Favorite Past Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Performances

2008


via William Statham

2004


via Famous In NY Video

2003



via The Little Shop Archive

2004


via Famous In NY Video

2000


via kyleorlando

Sources:

http://www.playbill.com/article/from-wicked-to-newsies-watch-decades-of-performances-from-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade

El Lissitzky

Art Appreciation

Lazar Markovich Lissitzky, also known as El Lissitzky, was born on November 23, 1890. The Russian artist and designer was an important figure of the Russian avant-garde's Suprematism art movement.

Born in a small Jewish town of Pochinok, El Lissitzky started drawing at a young age. In 1909, he studied architectural engineering at Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany. After traveling throughout Europe, and learning about ancient Jewish culture, he returned to Moscow and attended the Polytechnic Institute of Riga.

While working for architectural firms, El Lissitzky further explored his interest in Jewish culture by studying traditional architecture and ornaments of old synagogues and illustrating Yiddish children's books.

El Lissitzky returned to Vitebsk, in 1919, to teach graphic art, printing, and architecture at the People's Art School. There, he designed and printed propaganda posters that favored Bolsheviks.

Along with Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky introduced an art movement known as Suprematism, a form of abstract art which relies heavily on basic geometric forms and color. For El Lissitzky, many of his work, during this time, were heavily political. He then started to explore and further develop the suprematist style to create a series of abstract and geometic paintings known as Proun--defined as "the station where one changes from painting to architecture."

In 1921, El Lissitzky moved to Berlin and became the cultural representative of Russia, where he established contacts between Russian and German artists. While in Berlin, he developed his career as a graphic designer. He also proposed and developed the idea of the Wolkenbügel, a horizontal skyscraper.

In 1928, El Lissitzky presented a program that revolved around the theme of a film show. It featured continuous presentations of movies, propagandist newsreels and animation.

El Lissitzky died in Moscow on December 30, 1941.

You can see more of his work HERE.

Mathematics Textbook (1919) via artoftherussias

Proun 10 (1919) via archibuild

Red Wedge Beats the White Circle (1919) via thecharnelhouse

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Lissitzky
http://www.designishistory.com/1920/el-lissitzky/
https://www.moma.org/artists/3569
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-lissitzky-el.htm
https://youtu.be/fw2_v3nYZRY
https://artoftherussias.wordpress.com/category/jewish/el-lissitzky/

Album Cover: Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

Album Cover

Album: Doggystyle
Released: November 23, 1993
Arkwork: Joe Cool

Source: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggystyle

Dan Brereton

Art Appreciation

Dan Brereton is an American writer and illustrator known for his famous work, The Nocturnals. Born on November 22, 1965, Brereton's first published work in the comic industry was "Lost Causes Chapter 1" in Merchants of Death #1. His work has also included video games, advertisement, and concept art for films.

You can see more of his illustration HERE.

Nocturnals: The Sinister Path via westfieldcomics

The Punisher via calvinscanadiancaveofcool

Batgirl via pinupcartoongirls

Sources:

http://www.nocturnals.com/
http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=312
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Brereton
http://www.westfieldcomics.com/blog/interviews-and-columns/interview-dan-brereton-on-big-wow-arts-nocturnals-the-sinister-path/
http://pitofrod.blogspot.com/2012/10/dan-brereton-halloween-artwork.html
http://martinpowell221bcom.blogspot.com/2011/04/art-of-spider-by-dan-brereton.html
http://pinupcartoongirls.com/2015/10/dan-brereton.html
http://calvinscanadiancaveofcool.blogspot.com/2017/02/amazing-art-by-dan-brereton.html

R.I.P. David Cassidy

I remember watching The Partridge Family at my Nana's house. She had more TV stations than us, when I was very little. I also remember thinking, "golly... he's pretty."

The pop culture idol passed away at the age of 67 on November 21, 2017.




Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cassidy
http://variety.com/2017/music/people-news/david-cassidy-dead-dies-partridge-family-1202618273/