tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56348612011-04-21T15:38:20.766-04:00pretty serendipitiesphotography / the arts / sights / musingsElena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1109439201236962572005-02-26T12:50:00.000-05:002005-02-26T19:00:11.976-05:00
One of the pleasures of diving in and out of blogging is revisiting old favorites and reaffirming fondness for their offerings. I am happy to see familiar treasure troves like conscientious, eeksy-peeksy, language hat, quarlo, and wood s lot still going strong.
Another perk is discovering new enticing blogs. Probably the most memorable recent find is The Glory of Carniola, a blog Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1107111411931324882005-02-05T15:15:00.000-05:002005-02-05T15:27:45.483-05:00
Those of you who like to rummage through online image archives of various kinds might enjoy leafing through the following sites, links to which I have assembled over the past couple of years.
The collection of Japanese photography of the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period (1860-1899) at Nagasaki University Library is very extensive in scope, featuring photos of rural life, home interiors, Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1087660692655421152005-02-01T21:30:00.000-05:002005-02-05T15:21:42.560-05:00
Hello, folks. Almost an entire year has trickled by since my last appearance here, and I am tickled pink to be back. I cannot vow to post regularly and dutifully hereafter, but I will try, genuinely, to treat you and myself to fun finds now and then.
Blogging about the arts is a dangerous pursuit, though, making it oh so tempting to abandon the obligatory bustle and indulge in a by Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1075767654522638712004-02-09T22:10:00.000-05:002009-02-06T18:51:10.012-05:00
Meet Viggo Mortensen - painter, poet, photographer, publisher, and, oh yes, actor. Effortlessly recognizable as the ubiquitous incarnation of Aragorn, this disarmingly handsome man has enjoyed a successful art career alongside his Hollywood stints. Represented by the Robert Mann and Stephen Cohen galleries, among others, Mortensen has held exhibits in the U.S., Europe, and New Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1075608128973993242004-01-31T23:02:00.000-05:002009-02-06T18:51:10.020-05:00
 
Lest the weary and faithful visitors think that I have abandoned this pursuit for good, here's a fresh installment of serendipities, discovered near and far.
At Yossi Milo, Loretta Lux, many a blogger's favorite, presents a show of increasingly creepy and consistently mum children's portraits. It follows December's exhibit of new and noteworthy imagery by Simen Johan, whose Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1070931498139912322003-12-08T19:58:00.000-05:002009-02-06T18:51:10.027-05:00
Another extended hiatus later, today's offering consists of a wishful collection from a hypothetical wish-list.
Available for viewing at Photo Review's website are the remaindered items from its 2003 Benefit Auction. The following images strike my fancy. Are there any that entice you?
"Living Soul, from the "Heart of Man" series", 1984. Patt Blue.
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Two terrifically different still-life themed exhibitions are currently on view in Manhattan.
"Untitled 16", 1999. Laura Letinsky.
"Tomatoes", 2003, oil on board. Julien Landa.
Julien Landa was a photographer before he turned to painting, while Laura Letinsky found her forte after switching from painting to photography.
"Untitled Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1067568916160952212003-10-30T21:55:00.000-05:002009-02-06T18:51:10.039-05:00
This evening - notices of two coming audiovisual attractions.
Beginning on November 4, The Film Society of Lincoln Center will present "A Tribute to Lenfilm Studios". From the silents of the 1920s to the motley releases of the past decade, more than two dozen movies produced by and associated with the St. Petersburg film studio will be shown at Lincoln Center's cozy Walter Read Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1066778678260894742003-10-26T17:52:00.000-05:002009-02-06T18:51:10.048-05:00
Here is a compilation of lovely things that have landed in my (e)mailboxes over the past couple of weeks, courtesy of the mailing list fairy.
"Izu Cactus Garden, Shizuoka Prefecture", from the 'Zoo' series, 1986. Takanobu Hayashi.
If you are in Portland, OR, you may wish to pay a visit to the esteemed S K Josefsberg Studio for the second installment of Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1066592128481064992003-10-19T15:35:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.054-05:00
"Queen Anne's Lace", 1999, Victor Schrager
"Prickly Lemon", 2000, Victor Schrager
Online -- Victor Schrager's sparse website and a luxurious presentation of his Botany series at the Edwynn Houk Gallery.
The Palm And The Pine
From the German of Heine.
Sidney Lanier. 1864.
In the far North stands a Pine-tree, lone,
Upon a wintry height;
It Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1065895589236430512003-10-18T23:23:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.060-05:00
"In this age and in our society, the faculty of problem-solving is overrated." (Chuck Close, paraphrased, at a recent speaking engagement in NYC.)
"Autumn Tree in Movement", 1912, Egon Schiele
"At the time, I may have not known what I wanted to do but I knew for sure what I did not want to do." (Ibid)
"October Noon", 1891, George Inness
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I have been meaning to share a sampling of Joel Meyerowitz's "Cape Light" and "A Summer's Day" photographs here since the debut of "pretty serendipities" in August. The series is brilliant. I never tire of it, seeking out the images in hope of quenching the frequent onsets of thirst for the Cape. Cradling the absolutely undiluted essence of the place, they do just the opposite and Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-106574818887106592003-10-09T21:09:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.074-05:00
My apologies for having disappeared without warning. My schedule has shifted rather dramatically, leaving little wiggle room for maintaining an online presence. But I have been longing to return and hope to linger in the blogosphere in the near future. So, do check back now and then for new goodies, which may become terser and more fragmentary. Thanks for dropping by.
For Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1064271766223267552003-09-22T19:02:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.083-05:00
This evening - a look at 9 photography exhibits currently up at galleries on and below 25th street.
First on my itinerary (mapped primarily through pointers at the Photography Guide) was the Leica Gallery with an exhibit of B/W and color photography by Constantine Manos, a Magnum photographer, and the winner of the 2003 Leica Medal of Excellence. Leica never disappoints, stagingElena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1063729397463374522003-09-16T12:23:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.095-05:00
Earlier this week, as well as today, wood s lot featured the topic of rock balancing as a form of art and therapy. Coincidentally, last Sunday, Thirteen.org ran Living Edens: The Lost World, an exquisitely filmed and narrated account of a trek to the summit of Mt. Roraima and the history of Venezuela's Canaima National Park region. Inspiration for Conan Doyle's "The Lost World", Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1063655723184047932003-09-15T15:55:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.105-05:00
The tapestry of circumstance is intricate and dense.
Ants stitching in the grass.
The grass sewn into the ground.
The pattern of a wave being needled by a twig.
...
When I see such things, I'm no longer sure
that what's important
is more important than what's not.
-- "No Title Required", Wislawa Szymborska
Scratched, punctured, bruised, and oozing -- such is the land as seenElena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1063482213740085182003-09-13T15:53:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.113-05:00
Although I realize that most of the U.S.-based readers are already familiar with the glories of PBS and indulge in the station's nectar, I want to extend the paean to its programming, triggered by the last post on ART-21, the series. If you have drifted from tuning in to public television or have not explored its newer offerings, consider what's cooking there now. Here's a list of Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1063213983233959762003-09-10T13:13:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.121-05:00
"Beauty is just an accident. Beauty is just a happenstance. Beauty is the remainders of being a painter. The work become pretty because I wouldn't be able to look at a work about something as grotesque as what I'm thinking about and as grotesque as projecting one's ugly soul onto another's pretty body, and representing that in an ugly way. I have always been attracted to the lure. Work Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1062980350847999682003-09-07T20:19:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.129-05:00
"The swift drop to the floor signaled eager forces into play: gravity was the trigger, clay and shape the material, the loving hand that shaped the bowl-had unconsciously stored an unguessed form in it. With the crash transmutation worked, metamorphosis took a deep breath and an object found itself. The death of the bowl was the birth of an object."
-- Minor White
An undeniable Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1062607230017646542003-09-03T12:40:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.138-05:00
Graphomaniacs everywhere love to pen haikus. Few adhere to original guidelines for form, flow, and content. Fewer still sprout verses that are memorable and clever. But the activity is often engaging, entertaining and wholesome. Innovative approaches to haiku that stretch and remold the practice of poetizing are especially peculiar. Here are two examples of haiku's latest Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1062268892795565672003-08-30T14:41:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.146-05:00
"...All the pretty things put by
Wait upon the children's eye,
Sheep and shepherds, trees and crooks,
In the picture story-books..."
-- from "Picture Books in Winter", Robert Louis Stevenson
In follow-up to my recent post on the paintings of Ivan Generalic and other Eastern European "naive" artists, I would like to mention the work of a contemporary British illustrator whose Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1062044763184451212003-08-28T00:26:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.153-05:00
Monday's berry-fest prompted Beth at The Cassandra Pages to consider an example of American folk painting and initiate a discussion on "primitive" art. That, in turn, inspired me to explore the tradition of Eastern European "naive art", manifestations of which I have enjoyed instinctively via its derivatives for a long time. In mid-20th century, this genre thrived in Poland, Croatia,Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1061830891051028792003-08-25T13:01:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.160-05:00
"...'Country life has its conveniences,' he would sometimes say. 'You sit on the verandah and you drink tea, while your ducks swim on the pond, there is a delicious smell everywhere, and... and the gooseberries are growing..."
Gooseberries, Anton Chekhov
Berries are morsels of nostalgia for me. Reminders of fragrant summers, familiar trails, juice-stained hands. Remainders of Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1061761678925720532003-08-24T17:47:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.165-05:00
Unconventional underwater photographer Connie Imboden uses water's reflective and reshaping faculties along with a supply of mirrors, light sources and nude models to concoct gutsy phantasmagorias. By colliding the realities of three para-aquatic planes she performs painless dissections, incisions and extractions, and arrives at forms and figures that are wild, tantalizing and Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1061436772253886112003-08-20T23:32:00.000-04:002009-02-06T18:51:10.171-05:00
Like other mainstream genres, contemporary wildlife photography serves primarily two purposes - mimesis and entertainment. Sporting the sleekest gear outfits, the largest telephoto lenses and capturing animals in the most vivid colors and crackling sharpness, professional wildlife photographers often arrive at images that are striking in representational precision. The creatures' Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1061235034025853682003-08-18T15:30:00.000-04:002004-02-02T21:15:15.780-05:00
High contrast, weighty grain, and stretched shutter speeds define the imagery of Franco Carlisi and Michael Ackerman. Both artists manifest a special fondness for the marvels of nighttime photography. Carlisi and Ackerman also share a preference for the technique of using extreme wide angles and often shallow depths of field to pin enlarged features of foreground character(s) against Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1060966435607199762003-08-15T12:53:00.000-04:002004-02-02T21:10:31.860-05:00
Frida Kahlo was the subject of at least as many photographs as paintings. Her prominent and magnetic features were captured by many significant photographers of the era, including Imogen Cunningham, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Nickolas Murray, Leo Matiz, Fritz Henle and others. But before she entered their lives and faced their lenses, she posed for the photographs made by her father, Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1060963372546996122003-08-15T12:02:00.000-04:002003-08-15T16:56:53.213-04:00
Electricity returned to my nook of NY earlier this morning. In my experience, its lack, while causing some anxieties, was almost exhilarating and refreshing in many ways. Humbling, too, of course, along with a renewed realization that some comforts are terribly artificial and superfluous. Presence of loved ones and access to clean water are wondrous enough.
Concerns remain forElena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1060692545935716562003-08-12T08:49:00.000-04:002004-02-03T21:25:44.560-05:00
In the weeks and months ahead, the art world will probably be abuzz with talk on the reappearance of Lee Bontecou’s work in the exhibition sphere. A retrospective of her creations, spanning five decades, is scheduled to open at the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in October. The show will appear at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art in February of 2004, and will move on to New York’Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1060574616674253552003-08-11T00:03:00.000-04:002004-02-02T20:59:57.123-05:00
Being on a gallery's or a museum's mailing list is a privilege gone unclaimed by many. Relying on reviews, heard and read, on arts calendar listings, and on chance occurrences of "happening upon the neighborhood" of a venue with an interesting show -- without a doubt, all can be rewarding as well. But there is something more intimate, prized, and tactile in receiving an advance Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1060468174829054892003-08-09T18:29:00.000-04:002003-08-13T16:39:05.240-04:00
For today, a couple of weekend diversions.
Tango - award-winning Flash animation by Mirek Nisenbaum. Inspired by the work of Astor Piazzolla. Music by Igor Tkachenko. A Studio Mobile presentation.
Six Degrees Game by PBS at the "American Masters" series' website. It may make you believe that not more than a mere six links separate Placido Domingo from Bob Marley, and CharlieElena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1060374159766265052003-08-08T16:22:00.000-04:002004-02-02T20:56:54.840-05:00
Cig Harvey's photographs, completed during study at Rockport College's Photographic Workshops, glow with gossamer exquisiteness of languid afternoons in New England. Filtered light enters the spacious interior of a clapboard cottage and spreads lovingly across skin, fabrics, and objects. Most of Harvey's photographs are low on contrast, moderate on eventfulness, and sky-high on playful Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1060211133017690432003-08-06T19:05:00.000-04:002004-02-02T20:52:35.780-05:00
Like Jean-Luc Mylayne, the photographer I wrote about several days ago, Terri Weifenbach toys with the pliable depth of field in her color photographs. She subjugates a smattering of foreground elements and unleashes everything that lies beyond towards (supervised) jubilation. Nature, in turn, is ecstatic, drunk, giddy.
Terri Weifenbach, "In Your Dreams, 12. April Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1060026128393776892003-08-04T15:42:00.000-04:002004-02-02T20:49:28.640-05:00
Although a trip to the J. Cacciola Galleries was not on my agenda during a recent sprint through Chelsea, a glimpse of its inside through the open doors drew me in. Their small summer show is a delight. Shea Hembrey's finely painted, delicate but earthy works were a highlight for me. Against luxurious jet-black backgrounds -- exquisitely detailed arrangements of fraying taut and loose Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1059941828252950762003-08-03T16:17:00.000-04:002004-02-02T20:42:11.780-05:00
Today's mildly brusque but informative NYT article on the Amedeo Modigliani exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art prompted me to revisit some of Modigliani's graceful, melancholy and alluring images. They are, indeed, such lovely, tender, and clever works. The exhibit originated at Buffalo's Albright-Knox Art Gallery, where a special website, affectionately titled "Who is Modi?"Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1059779186132824972003-08-01T19:06:00.000-04:002003-08-21T16:26:18.350-04:00
Having finished the previous entry, I peeked out of the window and faced a scene strikingly similar to those that captivate Mylayne. A most miniature and fluffiest sparrow sat perched on a sycamore's branch. It was only faintly discernible in the premature twilight of a humid, thunderstorm-brewing day. Neatly camouflaged against the backdrop of the tree's sprawling foliage, the bird's Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634861.post-1059773116061265332003-08-01T17:25:00.000-04:002004-02-02T20:27:41.293-05:00
Although I say,
"Come here! Come here!" the fireflies
keep flying away!
- Uejima Onitsura (1661-1738)
Jean-Luc Mylayne, "#B4 Novembre Decémbre 2000-Janvier 2001"
Jean-Luc Mylayne's "Blazing Red" show at Barbara Gladstone Gallery has been vigorously lauded by critics and placed on the gallery-hop itinerary by several publications. Glimpses of the images on Elena Rosenberg (Tickled Pink Knits)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01210267511492285837noreply@blogger.com0