Author Archive | sculptor

German Sculpture?

I am loathed to put my head above the parapet in this very healthy discussion over the merits of German sculpture, but I’ll risk it! I remember a very “Teutonic” wooden sculpture which had been looted from a large country house in Germany at the end of WW2 but because of its Nazi connections the […]

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Not so crazy aims

I think we should all have an idea where we would like to be in 10 years time I too hope it happens in 2, great stuff and Good luck Jo, I think quite a lot of us have the same aim. Have a look at http://www.crazygoals.co.uk/main.aspx?pg=featuredgoal.aspx@@@IDGoal=66779

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Pre Picassan Brotherhood

I have come across an important seed which needs nurture. They have an important point which is gaining ground but not found the “Art Establishment” yet. The Pre-Picassan Brotherhood by Laura Alport …………………………………………………………We have all been taught in our art history classes that the great subjects have been exhausted, that there is “nothing new under […]

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My bit to Chris Miller’s blog comments

Ref http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19047760&postID=115975910479705435 I am intrigued by your conversation with Lian Neill. First of all the understanding of your comment (in italics); ………Rhythm and Melody……….. These words point to qualities that I think are sorely missing from the re-birth of figurative art — in both painting and sculpture — where anatomy is (regretfully) accepted as the […]

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Local

We English talk about the weather, that’s because we have an awful lot of it.My son is doing “Photography” and here is something he found in the pony’s field. We had a furniture industry in the 18th and 19th century here so there are lots of Wall nut trees around still.

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