- Timothy Brooks’s Vermeer’s hat – A Christmas gift. I have started it, but I find it a bit…random, as these kind of books often are. I’m not sure I’ll ever managed to finish it. But I will try.
- Hertha Muller’s The Appointment – The bleak -but beautiful written – tale about the everyday life of a woman In Romania, during the regime of Ceausescu. A heavy read indeed.
- Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit – I’ve heard so much about it, it was time to read it. Interesting, but I have already developed my own Creative Habit, so nothing new.
- The Art of the Renaissance – To refresh some knowledge.
- Peter Carey’s Parrot and Olivier in America – I’ve read a few of Carey’s books and enjoyed them very much. I have started this one, but then stopped. I keep it on the side as a reminder.
Tm
20 February 2012 tagged books, reading in books
The first exhibition I visited this year has been Grayson Perry’s The tomb of the unknown craftsman, at The British Museum. It was a great way to start the year, and I am looking forward to more inspiring exhibitions.
It consists of a selection of Perry’s work, alongside artwork from the British Museum collection, chosen by Perry himself to explores different “themes connected with the notions of craftsmanship and sacred journeys”.*
It is a celebration of the physical act of making art and of the created object, it is a celebration of ideas and materials, and above all, a celebration of the artist as a craftsperson.
I have found it incredibly touching and inspiring. I strongly recommend it to anyone who appreciate arts, crafts and history.
It is still on, till the 26th of February.
Tm
*extract from the exhibition catalogue.
5 February 2012 tagged art, British Museum, crafts, Exhibitions, Grayson Perry in Exhibitions
I’m experimenting with ideas, using black and white photography, and thinking about huge canvasses.
Tm
27 November 2011 tagged art, black and white, creativity, photography, researches in art, creativity, photography
Creatures, black & white and stripes…back into familiar territory.
At least for a little while.
Tm
28 October 2011 tagged art, black and white, costumes, creatures, drawings in creatures
I have dedicated the past few weeks to experimenting with abstract ideas and colours.
Like mentioned already, I needed to move away from the “creatures”, I needed to stretch my creativity in other directions, experiment, get dirty with both ideas and techniques.
The results are a series of very colourful oil paintings of various sizes, some stretched and some not.
I am still unsure of the results and that if this is something I want to take further.
At this point I’m enjoying the process, allowing myself to play with ideas and make mistakes.
Something I don’t allow myself to do enough.
Tm
25 October 2011 tagged art, colourful, creativity, oil colours, painting in journal
