http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/contemporary-art-blog.html The Contemporary-Art-Dialogue Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the Contemporary-Art-Dialogue.com web site. Subscribe here. en-us contemporary art Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:40:51 GMT Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:40:51 GMT contemporary-art-dialogue.com 78b8366901ab9dc0499ff65ca1eb75e0 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/george-gallery.html The following article on The George Gallery appeared in the March/April, 2013 issue of Artillery magazine. A Women's Place at a Gallery Named George Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:13:30 GMT 2db5bd056a061c77247783abb8e89121 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/santa-ana-artists-village.html Santa Ana Artists Village was created in the 1990's when this downscale area became a hotbed of artistic energy. Artists Cheryl Bookout, Chris Burden, Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:33:35 GMT 7a5b3073fc50fef2b7ff2e6377242067 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/jon-serl.html Jon Serl (1894-1993) was an outsider artist, an unschooled painter who created primarily primitive works while working outside the mainstream art world. Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:39:52 GMT 44cef7b0b91b0a70fd4f3dc15ea36a6c http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/index.html Contemporary Art Dialogue is about more than beautiful objects, images, poetry or music. It is taking paper, words, sounds, color, light, forms and transforming these into artworks that resonate within us. Contemporary art inspires, stimulates, provokes us, can help us understand... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:57:07 GMT a1b3363d61e0aa6e2bbbfaea7e0d0886 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/joost-de-jonge.html Joost de Jonge is a deeply intuitive painter, a creator of large colorful abstract canvasses, filled with organic, flowing forms that are often responses Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:53:02 GMT 0c8da2d8700b62ed37e9762e8489efb6 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/art-a-fair.html Art-A-Fair describes itself as The Finer Arts Festival. It is also the most international summer art event in this upscale beach community In a town Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:03:33 GMT e7b46b84880506adf323ccbf10c38c3b http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/josh-agle.html Josh Agle or Shag, celebrates conspicuous consumption in his artworks. His stylish paintings, called lowbrow art by some, recall 50s and 60s pop culture, ads and cartoons. Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:29:57 GMT 08fc653472e0c709662c1e8107da6517 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/online-art-gallery.html The online art gallery proliferates on the Internet. Every week, we see more websites and blogs devoted to this model. Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:57:04 GMT be94e4c6a7abb2548225e39ede461f24 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/art-and-wine.html Art and wine have been intertwined in the visual arts, literature, music, theater and mythology for millennia; they have given each other their raison d'être... Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:36:00 GMT 4d92933c303c688a0c3ee35c88ca9e9b http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/tony-delap.html Tony DeLap may be the best-known unknown artist in Southern California. Mention his name to art connoisseurs abroad, and you're likely to hear about his numerous critical accolades and worldwide reputation. Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:10:31 GMT 59e80796f0ab42af916bbe2b096007d9 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/irvine-museum.html The Irvine Museum is a center for the preservation and appreciation of California Impressionism. Here, paintings evoke an earlier, more bucolic era in Southern California. Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:52:06 GMT 5547f5eb9bf409189a813aaab3db869a http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/graffiti-street-art.html The term Graffiti Street Art was created in cyberspace, not by artists or taggers, but by numerous people searching for information about Graffiti and Street Art on the Internet. Fri, 03 Aug 2012 19:29:11 GMT bf534d1f62291e088700ad0795b1c726 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/ken-auster.html Ken Auster, Laguna Beach artist, paints expressive pictures of San Francisco. Wed, 09 May 2012 20:54:14 GMT 7b004a06a8f7cc4a33e76e89e738ac07 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/chitra-ramanathan.html Chitra Ramanathan, an abstract artist, creates brightly colored paintings that evoke flowers blooming in the spring Thu, 03 May 2012 21:24:09 GMT 65e97cb5c0d0bd720a8b8023841cfebd http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/weegee.html Photographer Weegee with Naked Hollywood show at MOCA was an early paparazzi and performance artist. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:49:37 GMT 208d784b2f724e467099a684a854107b http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/pacific-standard-time.html Pacific Standard Time, Art in LA 1945-1980, a multi-venue Los Angeles art exhibition, looks at, defines and documents LA post-war art as it emerged onto the international art scene. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:40:29 GMT 53672714323d5c44c41e8a03c1305a2e http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/worlds-in-collision.html Worlds in Collision, an art exhibition, was created to draw attention to four illnesses. Through construction of dynamic metal and glass sculpture, glass artist Leslie Davis informs viewers about the gravity of four illnesses and about the pioneering scientists working on alternative cures. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:17:44 GMT 8ccf6ef7929b2c7fd75df8c86f28a0c3 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/contemporary-art-trends.html Contemporary art trends is an ever-evolving topic about art of the late 20th century and early 21st century. Artists’ works today are often hybrids of several styles including abstraction with figurative work; obscure references with blatant writings; symbolic narrative with bold splashes of color. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:26:09 GMT f4a47789ae1c5bcc1f46bb7f5d084f12 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/tom-swimm.html The paintings of Tom Swimm are exquisite renditions of water and light, of boats and fishing villages, inspired by his travels to picturesque spots in places like Italy, Greece and the Caribbean. Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:22:24 GMT 7b73f28d8fc291f2e172393f73d36c0c http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/claudia-meyer.html Claudia Meyer Monographie is a series of elegant, mostly abstract works, made from wood, Plexiglas, stainless steel, acrylic paint, precious stones and sand. Thu, 26 May 2011 22:22:18 GMT 69e0e843095c3c84589bb52401b6e0ef http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/abstract-artwork.html Abstract art is an intense, deliberate process where creativity begins with inspiration and develops spontaneously. The artist makes art through conscious or subconscious techniques, conveying emotion, thought or... Thu, 26 May 2011 20:42:35 GMT 0da3eb347ff333f3f3178b3f972059b6 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/abstract-landscape-paintings.html Ernie Gerzabek's Abstract Landscape Paintings are inspired by the Australian topography, its wilderness regions, wetlands, virgin countryside, deserts and seashores. Tue, 17 May 2011 19:55:00 GMT 3f9e21d84c14ade4d22dc5987b50a899 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/art-in-the-streets.html Art in the Streets at MOCA is a controversial exhibition infused with the good, the bad and the ugly of graffiti and street art. This blockbuster show with works by more than 100 artists rips the lid off this underground art genre, propelling it into a much bigger movement. Tue, 03 May 2011 17:04:38 GMT a48ecfed1bdcfec64864ed33209d02e2 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/double-rainbow.html This double rainbow over Laguna Beach, CA appeared after a spring shower in 1988. Photographer Mark Chamberlain was on his way to lecture at Orange Coast College on the Now of photography, or being in the moment, when he captured this decisive moment on film. Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:02:37 GMT 47a9ffc2a56b64c6af1f8ad1bf7c75f2 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/abstract-art-paintings.html Michael Rosenblatt’s pursuit as an artist - segueing between abstract art paintings and figurative work - is evident when viewing his hundreds of canvasses scattered around his Carlsbad, California studio. Here, expressive paintings in primary and secondary colors often depict whimsical shapes of stars, rainbows, fish and dragons. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:15:46 GMT e4a43234f041bfef2bf873323a40965c http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/graffiti-art.html Before it was graffiti art, it was just graffiti spawned by vandals. Today, with MOCA’s Art in the Streets, viewers can see just how far graffiti has come in 40 years Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:38:40 GMT 1e69b8e9cfe7e2c7263fc7b9b6e9f138 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/ovation-awards.html For Snezana Petrovic, winning the Ovation Awards prize for costume design was the most recent accolade of a long, illustrious career that began with studio Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:48:59 GMT 95e661d064c109e2ad6696ddd3d1652b http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/postmodernism.html Postmodernism is a philosophical term referring to art, literature, politics, social philosophy and other aspects of contemporary society. While the word has been used in only the last 50 years or so, long before then many creative people lived and worked according to the principles of postmodernism... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:59:43 GMT a6a262d06bf5167d96be22211a56fce7 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/pat-sparkuhl.html Pat Sparkuhl creates artworks that focus on personal concerns and relationships to social issues. Recurring themes in his works are sex, war, health, politics, religion and money. His themes encompass the broad range of human behavior and other... Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:54:50 GMT 5d82ccc93ef2de6c8b400c0cedc1cb59 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/photo-mural.html The Tell, a giant photo mural, was erected in Laguna Beach in 1989. Composed of more than 100,000 donated, personal photographs, it was 636-feet long and ranged from 36-feet high, dwindling down to the ground. As the site of numerous demonstrations and an historic walk, its presence helped ward off developers and preserve the artistic face aspect of Laguna Beach. 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