About Me
- Mark Warren
- Massachusetts, United States
- I am a painter in search of an audience! Here are words to catch search engine hits: painting artist RISD New England Longmeadow Amherst Boston...more as I think of them. Check out my portfolio on a seperate website. The link is on the top of the righthand column
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Kerry James Marshall
Kerry James Marshall "Untitled (Painter)" 2009
I found this painting over at the always outstanding Weimar blog. This sent me looking for more until I found this interesting series of heads that remind me of some heads (unpublished) that I did myself. The following heads are from Marshall's "Lost Boys" series from the 1990's. There is an interesting interview with the artist about these paintings here.
The Artist Kerry James Marshall
Monday, March 28, 2011
Great Bookstores
Two of the greatest used bookstores in the valley share one space in Hadley, MA. They are the newly moved TROUBADOUR BOOKS and GREY MATTER BOOKS both at 47 East St. Call 413-387-0160 for more info.
I am posting this now because the two stores are sharing a big 35% off sale this Thursday, March 31, through Sunday, April 3, 2011. They have great Art Book selections and a huge inventory of poetry, philosophy, literature and on and on.
I am posting this now because the two stores are sharing a big 35% off sale this Thursday, March 31, through Sunday, April 3, 2011. They have great Art Book selections and a huge inventory of poetry, philosophy, literature and on and on.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Check Out My Interview
I filled out a questionaire given me by Sonia over at ARTHASH . Please read it and take a look at some of the other artist interviews.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Non-Fiction I am Reading
"Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice" by Janet Malcolm
This is a well written look at circulating rumors of wartime connections between the ladies and Nazi collaborators and there own possible anti-Semitic "self-loathing". While the answers remain hard to pin down I was surprised at some of the right-wing sympathies that Gertrude expressed including her support of Spanish dictator Franco. Another important topic covered is the difficulty the average reader has in comprehending Ms. Stein's prose. Like much of experimental modern literature it requires a doctorate and years of study to penetrate. I love it! The book's main point seems to be an exploration of biography's ability to ferret out "The Truth". This is a slim volume that only hints at these issues and makes me want to read Ms. Malcolm's longer biography of Sylvia Plath, which is a longer meditation on the purposes and problems of biography.
Monday, March 21, 2011
New Old Painting
Mark Warren "Bather" 48" X 58" oil on linen
I really should start dating my work; I have no idea exactly when this was painted but probably, maybe, 2007?
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Emmanouil Bitsakis
Emmanouil Bitsakis
Bitsakis is a Greek painter. I was not very enamored of his other work but was stunned by this beautiful portrait. Of course I only saw a smattering of other paintings.
Smattering: “a smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing” -Charles Dickens
Friday, March 18, 2011
Duchamp's Schmutz
Man Ray photo of Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp "Paysage Fautif (Wayward Landscape)" 1946
seminal fluid on Astralon, backed with black satin.
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan.
Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan.
Mark Warren "The Archbishop of Nothing" 48" X 58" oil on linen
Joseph's Backyard
Harry Roseman Photos Of Joseph Cornell
Harry Roseman was Cornell's assistant for a time. He didn't mind Harry photographing his house but did not want his own picture taken. Harry managed to sneak a few distant snapshots.
Joseph Cornell Loved Dance
Joseph Cornell did many magazine covers including a large group of covers in the mid-1940's for "Dance Index". The top cover was done for an issue where he did most of the interior design and the writing. See examples below. He also loved the circus and anything else a eight year old would enjoy.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
What Keeps Me Awake #12
John Collier, The Land Baby, 1909
Anything that suggests a hybrid of human and animal scares me; specifically marine life/ human crosses. I once had a dream where I was walking along a pebble strewn beach and when I looked down I saw a little creature that was octopus like with a little human head that resembled mine. I bent down closer and it was crying out, much like the creature in "The Fly", "Help Me!", in a high whiny voice. I don't remember anymore even though I have had this dream many times. I am pretty sure it was originally a dream?
Monday, March 14, 2011
It's The Little Things
I am impassioned for independence; I sacrifice all for it... and am tortured more by all the smallest strings than others are by chains. -Nietzsche
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