#20Artists20days Any reason, no reason. Day 6 Yayoi Kusama
I discovered 8 her years ago, and she is a favorite.
Kusama has Schizophrenic tendencies, hallucinations and etc. She moved into a mental institution in 1977 & still lives there, her studio across the road.
She is known for infinity rooms/nets, polka dots and installation art. Go to an exhibit if you can!
My take is that she sees the universe at the cellular & atomic level, enough to make anyone "crazy"
#20Artists20days Day 5 Pablo Picasso.
Not a favorite, but once I saw the documentary "Mystery of Picasso", I was firmly aware of his genius.
I can't link the film, paywall everywhere, but the video in this article gives a preview, the flavor, of how he figures, refigures and shape shifts.
Three Musicians
#20Artists20days No reason, any reason. Day 4 The incomparable Vincent Van Gogh
"I am a fanatic! I feel a power within me…a fire that I may not quench, but must keep ablaze."
Wheat Field With Crows #mood
#20Artists20days Day 3 Hilma af Klint
Hilma af Klint was a pioneer of abstraction. This fascinating female artist turned to abstraction several years before Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944), Piet Mondrian (1872 – 1944), and Kazimir Malevich (1878 – 1935). Knowing that her work was ahead of its time, she demanded in her will that her abstract paintings must not be made public until at least 20 years after her death.
https://artincontext.org/hilma-af-klint/
They tens mainstay IV
#20days20Artists Day 2 No reason, any reason, I am posting my favorites. Wasssily Kandinsky, the father of Abstraction, but oops no, a woman got there first. Tune in tomorrow
Black Lines - Wassily Kandinsky
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