Showing posts with label francis cunningham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label francis cunningham. Show all posts
Monday, July 22, 2013
www.franciscunningham.com website
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Looking at Simon Dinnerstein's work with Francis Cunningham.
If you've been following this blog from the beginning, you know that we've been covering mostly Francis Cunningham studio work and exhibitions in our videos. However, recently we've ventured out to cover more. We started with a group exhibition at Westbeth, Grid/ Off the Grid in this video and this blog entry. We liked our readers' and viewers' reactions as well as enjoyed expanding our repertoire to covering painters Francis Cunningham enjoys. We've been inspired to do this by the tireless efforts of James Kalm aka Lornen Munk to cover NY gallery scene in video reports. You can find his ouvre as a "reporter on a bike" here and here. We can only dream to be as prolific as him, and while we can't do that, we can cover more of the unchartered territory of more traditional painting, which James Kalm sometimes covers himself.
Here is Francis Cunningham at Tenri Gallery walking through the exhibition of Simon Dinnerstein, a gifted draftsman/ painter, discussing his large scale paintings and drawings. Before you look at the video, here is his website. And below is our video report. Don't be deceived by the video's top image of Paulus Potter's painting, which is going to change in the next 24 hours, it's all about Dinnerstein!
Here is Francis Cunningham at Tenri Gallery walking through the exhibition of Simon Dinnerstein, a gifted draftsman/ painter, discussing his large scale paintings and drawings. Before you look at the video, here is his website. And below is our video report. Don't be deceived by the video's top image of Paulus Potter's painting, which is going to change in the next 24 hours, it's all about Dinnerstein!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Still Life with Basket Gourds and Oranges (1967)
From the figure we're turning to still life, in particular to Still Life with Basket Gourds and Oranges (1967) oil on linen 34 x 40 in.
In part one of the video Dick talks about the root of painting being a lived experience.
In part two we take up composition on the flat surface and in depth.
In part three we consider light, flatness and space.
...and all of it with a dash of Cezanne and a few others.
In part one of the video Dick talks about the root of painting being a lived experience.
In part two we take up composition on the flat surface and in depth.
In part three we consider light, flatness and space.
...and all of it with a dash of Cezanne and a few others.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Francis Cunningham has a Fan Page
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Weekend of August 22nd: Perke and Dick in the Berkshires
Despite the "micro burst" storm that tore through the Berkshires area and despite merciless mosquitoes, we managed to do quite a lot of work with Dick. I took scores of photos of the barn, of the outside and inside, but especially the studio. Here is the set and here the slideshow, to see almost all of the work and fun in photos an videos. Not yet ready is a longer video, which I'm beginning to edit now.
Talking with Dick about the still life he's currently working on demystified a lot of painting process for me and I hope to show Dick elaborating on it in our video.
This is part of the still life set up, of which only a fragment is visible on the canvas and on the "map."
The rest of the set-up. The dried fruit is a beauty.
Finally, an attempt by me to capture the whole of the setup with my still camera, as it is on Dick's canvas.
Something, I'd not known about Dick's painting process is "the map." He starts his longer projects with a map like this, transfers it to a canvas and then begins his "color spot" painting process. (The many maps that got saved would look great strangely as a B&W graphic novel, in my opinion.) The "color spot" process that Dick uses justly attracted attention of my companion to the Berkshires, partner at NY Art Beat and husband, Kosuke who brought attention to it on his Japanese blog. He touched upon the subject of the technique and wrote in general about our trip and some of the anecdotes that Dick is so good at telling.
Here is the yet unfinished still life on canvas.
When not working on our video and photos, or enjoying a few meals prepared by Kitty, Dick showed us around the area where he's been coming to paint every summer since the 60s. So, here is Perke and Dick by one of the pear trees.
I'm taking the the pear to the barn and then to NY. It was good after a few days of sitting on my fridge.
Walking through the swampy area in the back, from which we had to eventually withdraw, because my shoes were not ready for such an adventure and mosquitoes were biting strong.
At the falls, which Dick claims he used to run to daily after a day of work to cool off. We drove, due to the unstable weather and the mosquitoes.
Saturday afternoon in the barn- resting with tea before Kosuke and my leaving for NY- after a lunch of Sheffield corn, sandwiches and some wine which we'd bought for early Friday dinner in the barn. The dinner was supposed to be followed by Dick and Kitty's trip to a ballet by Ulysses_Dove. All of it was literally cut short by the storm. With the power and telephone out, we made the most of the evening by driving to the nearest restaurant for a good meal and plenty of anecdotes.
Talking with Dick about the still life he's currently working on demystified a lot of painting process for me and I hope to show Dick elaborating on it in our video.
This is part of the still life set up, of which only a fragment is visible on the canvas and on the "map."
The rest of the set-up. The dried fruit is a beauty.
Finally, an attempt by me to capture the whole of the setup with my still camera, as it is on Dick's canvas.
Something, I'd not known about Dick's painting process is "the map." He starts his longer projects with a map like this, transfers it to a canvas and then begins his "color spot" painting process. (The many maps that got saved would look great strangely as a B&W graphic novel, in my opinion.) The "color spot" process that Dick uses justly attracted attention of my companion to the Berkshires, partner at NY Art Beat and husband, Kosuke who brought attention to it on his Japanese blog. He touched upon the subject of the technique and wrote in general about our trip and some of the anecdotes that Dick is so good at telling.
Here is the yet unfinished still life on canvas.
When not working on our video and photos, or enjoying a few meals prepared by Kitty, Dick showed us around the area where he's been coming to paint every summer since the 60s. So, here is Perke and Dick by one of the pear trees.
I'm taking the the pear to the barn and then to NY. It was good after a few days of sitting on my fridge.
Walking through the swampy area in the back, from which we had to eventually withdraw, because my shoes were not ready for such an adventure and mosquitoes were biting strong.
At the falls, which Dick claims he used to run to daily after a day of work to cool off. We drove, due to the unstable weather and the mosquitoes.
Saturday afternoon in the barn- resting with tea before Kosuke and my leaving for NY- after a lunch of Sheffield corn, sandwiches and some wine which we'd bought for early Friday dinner in the barn. The dinner was supposed to be followed by Dick and Kitty's trip to a ballet by Ulysses_Dove. All of it was literally cut short by the storm. With the power and telephone out, we made the most of the evening by driving to the nearest restaurant for a good meal and plenty of anecdotes.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Francis Cunningham exhibiton "Saints"/ St. Francis College
The models were Norman Ader and Katharine Cunningham.
This interview was made by Aneta Glinkowska at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York, where Francis Cunningham exhibition "Saints" was held.
More images of saints and clothed figures on my website here.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Thursday, March 12th 5:00 - 7:30 PM
On view:
March 5, 2009 through March 26, 2009
The full interview (in two parts):
Part 1
Part 2
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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