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Turbanism Makes Slow Headway
The Turbanism movement, about which I wrote back in April, has not exactly taken the art world by storm. As an iconic image, however, this exotic headwear has. Throughout th... |
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on Oct 5, 2011 at 11:42 am by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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"The Miracle of Turban Boy," a performance piece by Turban Bill
In terms of a Hollywood movie pitch: it's Bollywood meets director Philip Kaufman meets "Beach Blanket Babylon." The following scenario was written by guest contributor Bill C... |
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on Aug 5, 2011 at 1:02 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Masks and the Universal Themes of Art
I'm about to do some traveling. Artist Bill Carmel offered to write a guest column in my absence. He plans to do follow-ups in the future, expanding on the theme of masks.... |
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on May 26, 2011 at 4:03 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Images of Saint Nick
I’m about to head off for the holidays and contemplate prospects for the coming year and column. When I return, I plan to start a culinary/visual arts tour of some local res... |
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on Nov 29, 2010 at 12:45 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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'Bollywood' On Bollinger
The term “Bollywood” (a portmanteau of Bombay and Hollywood) tends to evoke images of “Slumdog Millionaire” or lush, extravagant musical productions. On November 21, local r... |
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on Nov 15, 2010 at 10:33 am by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Art About Art
From the Greek comes the word ekphrasis, meaning description. A synesthetic art form, ekphrasis is a poem written about another form of art—most often a painting. Keats’ “Od... |
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on Sep 21, 2010 at 7:55 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Story Ideas
I’m off to Alaska for a week and didn’t have time to come up with an “Art Space” installment before my departure. But some ideas I’m working on for later:
Art Chat. An oppo... |
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on Aug 30, 2010 at 11:22 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Eyesore or Art?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; art is anything you can get away with. These two truisms came to mind as a I read recently in the “Contra Costa Times” about the temporar... |
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on Jul 27, 2010 at 11:19 am by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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Gallery City
To say that Santa Fe, New Mexico, is an art destination would be an understatement on the order of “a few landscapes featuring Mount Diablo have been painted over the years.”
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on Mar 29, 2010 at 2:45 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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In Vino. . .Ars Longa
If you walk into Kevin Milligan’s gallery at 408 Hartz Avenue, you’ll notice a LARGE piece of art in progress that is not hanging on the walls and is not for sale.
It’s... |
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on Feb 9, 2010 at 10:47 am by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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The Art of Print
The word print in the English language precedes Guttenberg by about 200 years. It derives from the Old French priente, “impression,” as in an impression pressed into a surface... |
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on Nov 1, 2009 at 4:38 pm by John Barry, a resident of the Danville neighborhood |
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