Sunday, November 29, 2015

BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 12.01.15


Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving Holliday and last week's special visiting artist John Murray.

We have two classes left and want us to focus on our own stylistic concerns and try to move the needle on a project of our own that may take 2 sessions (meaning if you've got that big canvas left you've been itching to paint, now is the time).

As a theme for this I can offer you a focus of HARD or SOFT.
Most of abstract painting can fall under these too broad descriptions of shape and here are some examples:




Anton Henning



Helen Frankenthaler


And of course there's somewhere in-between:



Hans Hoffman


Eva Lundsager






Friday, November 20, 2015

ENOC PEREZ - Digs @ Koenig and Clinton Gallery


Enoc Perez


Enoc Perez


Enoc Perez


Enoc Perez


Enoc Perez










FRANK STELLA - A Retrospective @ Whitney Museum of Art


Frank Stella


Frank Stella


Frank Stella


Frank Stella


Frank Stella


Frank Stella


Frank Stella


Frank Stella












Saturday, November 14, 2015

BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 11.17.15


Hello All,

Last week went into interesting ways investigating a specific color theme.
I would like you to continue in this vein - now as a DOMINANT COLOR theme.
This means you can use more colors in your palate, but in your painting you want to focus on one or two colors driving the composition overall.  This affects the mood, the space, the feeling of the painting.
Take a look at how this works in Hans Hoffman's work:


Hans Hoffman

Hans Hoffman

Hans Hoffman




Hans Hoffman has more kinds of work than I could ever post here:  LINK
He paints abstract, figurative, drips - he does it all.
For more geometric inspiration look at Sarah Morris: LINK




LISA YUSKAVAGE - The Brood @ The Rose Art Museum


Gallery Install


Lisa Yuskavage









CATHY NAN QUINLAN - The Earth Poised in the Enveloping Air






music performance of Giancarlo Vulcano musical piece 



Gallery install of Cathy Nan Quinlan's paintings

Gallery install of Cathy Nan Quinlan's paintings


Gallery install of Cathy Nan Quinlan's paintings





LINK





Wednesday, November 11, 2015

WENDY EDWARDS and EVE LUNDSAGER - Inspired @ Drive-By Projects



Wendy Edwards, You Too, 2015
Eva Lundsager, Regain Her Lost Territories, 2014




LINK



Thursday, November 5, 2015

HUMA BHABHA @ BU







Visiting Artist: Huma Bhabha
Monday, November 9, 6:30 pm
Sleeper Auditorium, 871 Commonwealth Ave.
Free and open to the public









Tuesday, November 3, 2015

BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 11.10.15


COLOR:

What is it?  What does it do?  How does it work?
Let's do something specific with COLOR
I want you to bring in paint chips that you have selected to work with one another as a color scheme.
2-3 should do as a COLOR arrangement.





Bring lots of white.
You can bring house paint (its acrylic, right?) - just not in the colors of the paint chips you are going to use.  You must be able to mix up your color to color match the paint chips you are going to use.
Got it?


See you next week.
Watch this:
LINK





Sunday, November 1, 2015

SARAH MORRIS



Sarah Morris


Sarah Morris


Sarah Morris

Sarah Morris











ADAM MORRIS - Foundations @ 42 Carlton Place, Glasgow


Installation Shot


Adam Morris, Reservoir II, 1976




LINK






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I'm an artist originally from Flint, MI now residing in Boston, MA. In-between I practiced my art in NYC and overseas in Scotland. I've been using this blog to situate Boston art and artists amongst the International scene of contemporary art. You can find my art on www.brent-ridge.com