Curator's Corner

Curator's Corner

An Art Ode to Labor Day Week: Majapahit Empire

Tuesday, September 5, 2017 | Karl Cole

I know that Labor Day is past, but we can keep it going throughout this week with a few works of art that represent the working class. The subject of labor has been a trend in art going all the way ba ...

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American Artists Appreciation Month: Wendy Maruyama, James Castle, Margaret Wharton

Monday, August 28, 2017 | Karl Cole

August is “American Artist Appreciation Month” continues. We’ll end the celebration with two unusual interpretations of chairs. ...

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American Artists Appreciation Month: Zoe Strauss and Louis Sullivan

Monday, August 21, 2017 | Karl Cole

August is “American Artist Appreciation Month” continues. Here are two artists on the “cutting edge” of their time. I’ve posted my admiration for Zoe Strauss’ ...

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American Artists Appreciation Month: Frank Weston Benson and Preston Singletary

Monday, August 14, 2017 | Karl Cole

My series about August as “American Artist Appreciation Month” continues. Here’s some art on the subject of “fish.”  ...

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American Artists Appreciation Month: Dr. Samella Lewis and Jeremiah Paul, Jr.

Tuesday, August 8, 2017 | Karl Cole

My blog series about American Artist Appreciation Month continues. Here’s some wonderful art by Dr. Samella Lewis and Jeremiah Paul, Jr. ...

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American Artists Appreciation Month: Jim Drain and Sister Gertrude Morgan

Tuesday, August 1, 2017 | Karl Cole

August is American Artist Appreciation Month, so I’m rolling out some artists you may never have thought about, or seen for that matter.  ...

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Sumidagawa in July: Japanese Woodcuts

Monday, July 24, 2017 | Karl Cole

The actual festival of Sumidagawa (“Sumida River”) occurs in Tokyo in the last week of August, but there are fireworks in Tokyo from May through August, starting with the Opening of the Su ...

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An Artist of the "Cool School": Ed Moses

Monday, July 17, 2017 | Karl Cole

Far too often art history texts sum up the pioneering American avant-garde of the mid-1900s with Abstract Expressionism and the New York scene. Believe it or not, there were avant-garde artists all ov ...

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It Isn't All in the Title: Lynda Benglis

Monday, July 10, 2017 | Karl Cole

I’m always a sucker for color. When I see works that I’ve never seen before by an artist I’ve always admired, and they involve color, then I have a sudden Beauty Attack. When Lynda B ...

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What's New Is Old: Stainless Steel Art

Thursday, June 29, 2017 | Karl Cole

I am a really big fan of art made from stainless steel, particularly in the field of the miscellaneous arts. Stainless steel tableware started being made early in the 1900s. At this time, Bauhaus ...

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