En Plein Air: Exhibit Photos

Art Club was proud to present its first exhibit this past Friday the 30th, 2009. Thank you for all of those who were able to come and enjoy. Also, a big thank you to those who entered their works!

Print Magazine

"Print is a bimonthly magazine about visual culture and design. Covering a field as broad as communication itself - publication and book design, animation and motion graphics, corporate branding and rock posters, exhibitions and street art - Print covers commercial, social, and environmental design from every angle. Print explores why our world looks the way it looks, and why the way it looks matters.

They are a four-time winner of the American Society of Magazine Editors' National Magazine Award for General Excellence, most recently in 2008, Print has been honored many times by ASME, the Society of Publication Designers, AIGA, The Art Directors Club, and The Type Directors Club.

I have picked up an issue myself and have enjoyed it more than any other magazine I have looked through for media design and the sort. I highly suggest you go out to your local Barnes & Nobles or Borders and pick one up today. You can visit their website and download past issues to get a feel for yourself what the real world is doing for the design world.

http://www.printmag.com/

Quotes from Interview magazine

"I don't remember the last time I hated anything."

Gedi Sibony

"People say 'the art world' but that's kind of generalizing. I'm not so concerned with it. I just want to hang out with my baby and make art."

Dash Snow

"I used to walk into a room and get on the table and go, 'hee-hah!' I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not. You can walk into the studio one day and just think, this is not me."

Damien Hirst

"Sometimes I see irony in the pieces, but it's not the intention ... people have different definitions of irony. I always think of irony as basically something that's kind of surprising, where you can maybe see an unforseen connection to something."

Jeff Koons

Read more on these artists and their latest work in the recent issue of Interview (Dec/Jan 2009) Also visit Interview's site and find out more about up and coming artists all ranging from fashion to photography to abstraction. Who knows, you may like Andy Warhol after all ... http://www.interviewmagazine.com/

Tumblr. Who would have thought?!

Tumblr, a neat freak of a blog site. Sure they have no clue how to spell tumbler, which happens to be a person who performs leaps, somersaults, and other bodily feats. But that, is not the definition we are looking for. Tumblr, in words straight from the writer's mouth, would be the site of all sites. One may be thinking, "this is just another blog site, a place to get lost for hours and hours of reading people's blogs, why waste my time!" Sure you could get lost for hours, but let us not think that way. Blogs are the new portfolio and Tumblr let's you create a blog that suits your personality and style. People surf the net all day and there is always a company who happens to stumble upon your tumblr thanks to a link they found on someone else's tumblr. Your tumblr could even be starred in Artists we love on their site!

All this to say that Tumblr has stumbled across my path and I have ran into some great artists already! Help your career out today and start a tumblr, you may just find out how much it could help you...

www.tumblr.com

Chuck Anderson

Chuck Anderson is a brilliant freelance artist & designer based out of the great state of Michigan. He has done graphic design work for companies such as Dolce & Gabbana, Pepsi, Earthlink, Atlantic Records and many more! You can check out his work here:

http://www.nopattern.com/nopattern/home.asp

He also has many a list of other graphic design artists just like him, so if you enjoy his work check them out as well!!!

Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock was a brilliant abstract painter from the late 40's early 50's. He emerged as the most original painter in America. He was originally taught by the famous Thomas Hart Benton, an artist famous for his regionalism, who wanted him to go a different way than abstraction. Pollock found that painting regionalism was not in his future and moved to New York where he began painting pieces that were composed of dribbles and splatters from a variety of palettes he composed himself. His work was most known for the physical involvement he incorporated such as Lavender Mist. Even after Pollock's death of 40 some years, his artwork still brings tears to viewers eyes in places such as the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Want to learn more about Jackson Pollock? Visit these links and soak it all in like a sponge:
http://www.jacksonpollock.com/
http://www.nga.gov/feature/pollock/pollockhome.shtm

Want to paint like Pollock?
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

George Lois

GEORGE LOIS

This was the man who changed the Xerox industry. He made MTV and Vh1 a thriving cultural success. He created the name Lean Cuisine for those almost gourmet frozen dinners. He is and will be a legend of the advertising art world for centuries to come.

Check out his full biography and artwork here:

http://www.georgelois.com/