November 18, 2017
All Art is Telepathy
Angelica Paez, Telepathy, collage, 2011 When I think of magicians, an image of a gentleman…
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November 13, 2017
Joan Miró’s Posters
J oan Miró’s work has been influencing generations of artists, designers and architects. What draws…
November 11, 2017
Lines in Piet Mondrian’s art and the scientific significance behind it
Significance of lines in Piet Mondrian's Art Mondrian devoted his entire artistic life exploring the…
November 11, 2017
On the importance of learning to see
One of my first assignments in a drawing class was to draw a simple aeroplane from memory. But my attempt came out looking nothing like it. The difficulties I had…
November 11, 2017
M.C. Escher on the evolution of art
Still Life with Spherical Mirror, 1934 Evolution of art has been a subject of argument…
November 8, 2017
M.C. Escher on Regular Division of the Plane
The story of Escher’s life and work is of a loner, who’s freed himself from the dogma of division between art and science. Impossible as his dreams might look, the…
November 4, 2017
17th Century Note On Power Of Makeup
The following excerpt – Hallucination – is from a book Fin del Mundo por de…
November 3, 2017
Andy Warhol’s Mother And Her Influence On Pop Art
Lesli Herman's illustration of Julia Warhola Andy Warhol is the most recognisable art figure of…
November 2, 2017
W. Zinnisser And M.C. Escher On Battling The Inner Critic
Have you ever been in a situation when you felt a writing block? You want…
November 2, 2017
What is Popism?
“Popism wasn’t about what people did - it was about people.” What is Pop Art…