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, 02 Sep 2010 22:03:21 GMT Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:03:21 GMT contemporary-art-dialogue.com http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/elements-of-style.html The Elements of Style is one of my favorite books. I am astonished at how important this 75-year-old tome is today, especially since there is so much inaccurate and ungrammatical writing on the Internet. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:06:26 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/contemporary-art-press-releases.html Contemporary Art Dialogue introduces fine art photography eBook BC Space: Defining Artivism. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:42:39 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/photography-art.html Photography art eBook explores art activism, also known as Artivism. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:15:25 GMT 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 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:17:35 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/bc-space.html BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach celebrated its 37 year anniversary as a contemporary fine art photography gallery on April 1, 2010. To commemorate that Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:15:03 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/peter-clothier.html I'll continue to let the words flow where they will, Peter Clothier writes in Persist, a book examining his personal and our universal drive toward Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:25:32 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/arts-journalism.html The National Arts Journalism Program (NAJP) held a National Summit on Arts Journalism on October 2, 2009 at the University of Southern California. New Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:36:23 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/laguna-art-festival.html The Laguna art festival known as Art-A-Fair describes itself as The Finer Arts Festival. It is also the most international art event in this tony beach Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:33:08 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/online-art-gallery.html Welcome to our unique online art gallery, combining an online art venue with quality in-depth art journalism on a variety of art-related topics, producing a unique art-selling model. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:33:48 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/crystal-cove-cottages.html Crystal Cove Cottages, Islands in Time on the California Coast was published in 2005 by Chronicle Books. The book includes magnificent landscape and close-up photos by art photographer, John Connell, soon available for purchase through Contemporary-Art-Dialogue.com. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:28:13 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/crystal-cove-cottages-oblivious.html This is one of my favorite photos. It's a shot of my friend, John Cosby, a nationally known outdoor artist who often paints at that spot at Crystal Cove. I call it Oblivious, because John is so absorbed into his work that he appears to be oblivious to the beauty surrounding him. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:21:34 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/crystal-cove-cottages-overview.html Overview is the best overall view of the cottages at Crystal Cove. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:21:34 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/crystal-cove-cottages-flippy-floppy.html Flippy Floppy is another work of found art created by a long-time Crystal Cove resident. This person collected old beat-up flip-flops that washed up on shore, and hung them with colorful rope from a piece of drift wood, also from the ocean. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:21:33 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/crystal-cove-cottages-crystal-cove-kitchen.html A classic stove from the forties is the centerpiece in Crystal Cove Kitchen. I love that little kitchen, that is probably still in use in a house inhabited by one of the park rangers. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:01:53 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/crystal-cove-cottages-at-the-edge.html At The Edge features a turquoise picket fence installed between the beach and a hidden ramshackle house nestled into the surrounding canyon. Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:40:56 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/crystal-cove-cottages-surf-garden.html Surf Garden was a piece of art I found hidden behind a wall, created by a Crystal Cove resident who worked as an architect. The guy who made this piece of assemblage art collected surfboards, many of them washed up on the beach. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:10:01 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/utility-used-to-create-dedicated-url.html Crystal Cove Cottages, Islands in Time on the California Coast was published in 2005 by Chronicle Books. The book includes magnificent landscape and close-up photos by art photographer, John Connell, soon available for purchase through Contemporary-Art-Dialogue.com. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:32:51 GMT http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/fine-art-photography-for-sale.html Contemporary Art Dialogue's Fine Art Photography For Sale page is our inaugural showing of photographic art works for sale. Each image displayed has its own story told by the artist who shot the picture. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:57:19 GMT 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 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/definition-of-contemporary-art.html The definition of contemporary art is often elusive. When asked to describe how artists create, one responded, We don't simply think outside of the box. We dont recognize the existence of the box... Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:29:10 GMT 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 http://www.contemporary-art-dialogue.com/orange-county-great-park.html The Orange County Great Park in California is the site of a monumental photography project, by six seasoned photographers. They are documenting the transition of the former El Toro Marine Air Station into the park. In so doing, they are creating timeless works of art. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:50:15 GMT 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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