It is the result of a most unholy mandate that I have ascended a steep and splintered soapbox, and have thereby assumed the rarefied rank of Minister of Art & Culture (MAC). Firstly, I must humbly request that my status as MAC, at least with regard to this art appreciation web site, be accepted as a truism. I make no bones about it; this web site is a far cry from anything... Read more >
“We could be anyone; we are everywhere.”— The Guerilla Girls The slick surface of this modern world teems with all the color and light that money can buy. Blink, and a thousand flickering ad campaigns blink back. Look anywhere: larger-than-life billboards and mass-produced poster boards blare down from every building, telling us whom to trust, what to want, and how to get it. Walk down the street... Read more >
Compare these two images. Notice the contrast in aesthetic design. Consider how the different types of visual appeal affect you. Francis Bacon "Painting," 1946 Oil on canvas 78 X 52 in. Ando Hiroshige "Moon Pine," 1857 Woodblock Print 13.25 X 8.6... Read more >
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but there are certain academic principles that can be applied to works of art to make them naturally appealing to the eye. Proportions, color schemes, shapes and textures that are derived from visual relationships seen in nature have been used to compose all manner of art and the design of images and objects for thousands of years. An artist can... Read more >
“Risk is essential. There is no growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable.”— Alex Nobel Graffiti is a mural on the side of a building. Graffiti is a slogan or slur found in a bathroom stall. Graffiti is a scrawl of someone's name or nickname—also known as a tag—on the side of a building. Graffiti is a political or artistic logo stenciled on a post office box or... Read more >
When a work of art is referred to as "a nude," the term generally connotes a classical study of the aesthetics of the human body, sans clothes. However, public nudity, "gratuitous" nudity in movies, and nudity in adult magazines are conventionally thought of with less reverence. Compare the following images of people without clothes, and consider how the subject matter varies, even while the physical subject... Read more >
“Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.”— Thomas C. Halibuton Artist Shepard Fairey is truly the anti-authoritarian poster child. The international notoriety achieved by his Andre the Giant paper campaign offers us, if nothing else, gloriously ironic proof of the power of advertising. For over a decade, from Tokyo to London to Philadelphia to San Francisco... Read more >
Are you ready for the MAC to drop the bomb? Be warned, it's a big stinky mess! Here it comes . . . What is this thing we've been calling art? Even for the Minister of Art and Culture, a hard-and-fast definition of the term seems to be elusive. The cultural concept of art has developed primarily through Western culture (although Western culture has, in the 20th century, considered many... Read more >
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