artmastered:

ARTIST OF THE WEEK: Zinaida Serebriakova

I think the moment I fell in love with Zinaida Serebriakova (1884-1967) was the moment I first saw her self-portrait: that hair, those eyes, those glinting pearls in the foreground … it was love at first sight.

Serebriakova was one of the most prominent female Russian painters of the 20th century. What I’ve always admired about her is the way that she avoided transitioning to a style more in tune with the rising Russian Futurists (think Natalia Goncharova). Instead, she stuck with a more realist approach to painting with themes involving the working class, the poor, and family.

deadpaint:

Leonardo da Vinci, Leda

Rene Magritte - Rape
oil on canvas - 1934

artmastered:

Roy Lichtenstein, Artist’s Studio, 1974

fashioninpaintings:

Guitarist by Henri Matisse, 1902-03

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Glenn Ligon - Stranger in the Village #11
enamel, oil, synthetic polymer, gesso, coal dust, and glitter on canvas - 1998

Glenn Ligon - Baldwin #4 (Identity Would Seem…)
oil and acrylic on canvas - 1992

ryandonato:

René Magritte

(via buried-denmark)

supersonicelectronic:

Aneta Ivanova.

Aneta Ivanova’s double exposure photography stands out distinctly and elegantly among a growing trend of photographers.  See more of the fascinating work below:

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Brice Marden - The Attended
oil on linen - 1996-1999

Rene Magritte - Human Condition
oil on canvas - 1933

artmagnifique:

PAUL KLEE. Cat and Bird, 1928, oil and ink on gessoed canvas.

nycartscene:

Opens Thurs, June 20, 6-8p:

“Rebel Dabble Babble”
 Paul McCarthy and Damon McCarthy

Hauser & Wirth, 511 W18th St., NYC

a collaboration between Paul McCarthy and his son Damon McCarthy. On view through 26 July, ‘Rebel Dabble Babble’ is a large and complex installation and video projection work originally inspired by both Nicholas Ray’s 1955 classic Hollywood film ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ and the furious rumors that swirled around the off-set relationships between its director and his stars James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo. Visitors will discover the gallery dimly lit and transformed into a hullabaloo of clanging and clamor, yelling and coital grunting. This barrage of sound envelops two large stage sets installed in the soaring space. One of these is a full-scale two-story house constructed by the McCarthys as a stand-in for Nicholas Ray’s now infamous Bungalow 2 at the Chateau Marmont. The second stage set is a replica of the living room staircase in the home of Jim Stark, the central character played by James Dean in the original ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ and by James Franco (who also plays Dean) in ‘Rebel Dabble Babble’.This set is turned on its side, with props and the residue of filming strewn exactly where they were left at the end of shooting. Video projections of scenes are presented on and around these sets.

Glenn Ligon - Untitled (How it feels to be colored me… doubled)
oilstick on paper - 1991

Alex Katz - Self-Portrait with Sunglasses
lithograph - 1970