There are lots of sites/comments that come up when I google Alice Neel:
-- www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/neel_alice.html
-- http://antiquesandthearts.com/Antiques/TradeTalk/2010-03-30__13-30-00.html . . . Alice Neel called herself "a collector of souls," an accurate description of one of this country's most original and provocative Twentieth Century portraitists.
-- www.youtube.com/watch?v=juZWJOyjQ2M
JDSAVAGE9 (7 months ago) WONDERFUL
almohvn33 (1 year ago) LOVE HER WORK! Have seen her work at National Gallery of Woman in the Arts. It really makes a difference to see the work live, instead of in an art book. Her nude of herself.. ROCKS! at like 80 years old! Thanks Alice!!!!
innertubevideo (1 year ago) Yes! A wonderful artist, a feminist, a great role model for artists and especially women artists. Linda Nochlin is right on about her.
A concise and moving program. A fine DVD for students to see and discuss.
germansos (1 year ago) Had as much beauty in her soul
-- http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500335435/
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Don't touch that Dial
"An 1883 article in the weekly medical journal the Sanitarian argued that schools "exhaust the children's brains and nervous systems with complex and multiple studies, and ruin their bodies by protracted imprisonment." Meanwhile, excessive study was considered a leading cause of madness by the medical community." -- My kids would agree totally. Each new generation has new fears, just like the article said.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Digital Technical Primer Reading
This was very interesting and enlightening. I always hear the terms bits, bytes, etc., but was unclear to their meaning. I got a little lost when it came to the calculations from decimal to binary digits though.
Reading: Is the Web Helping Us Evolve?
This was another not-so-easy-to-read reading, but I got through it. The same debate, just perhaps a different point-of-view. Of course the Web is helping us to evolve. That's what we do - EVOLVE. Is it scary? For some of us , yes; others, not so much - probably more exciting. For me, I don't take to change very well, it takes me awhile. I'm still resisting getting an I-Phone (I use that term loosely, much like the term Q-tip). I really don't feel the need to be available to everyone all of the time; its good to be unavailable sometimes. Anyway, back to the subject, like before, I can see and agree with both sides of the argument. There are pros and cons to EVERYTHING. Most things that were invented/discovered, were discovered through many trials and errors (i.e. the light bulb). There have been great advances in the world, but I think the more important question is: Is evolution always a good thing? Perhaps those who believe that we've evolved from monkeys, I guess that would be a big Y E S. I believe time will tell . . .
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