Engaged In Contemplation

I took this shot on one of my travels somewhere along the California coast. There's something so totally mesmerizing as one sits and looks out to sea. It's mysterious. The sound of waves as they crash against the rocks parallels an unimpaired tranquillizing sound. It is pure.

When I sit, listen and watch the waves my mind is transported to an unknown place. At times resting on "blank." Some may call it meditating. I call it "letting the mind be."

Francesca

His Work Is Dark. Mysterious. It's About Life

BLACK ICE ~ DAVID BLACKWOOD

ON NOW AT THE ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO ~ a must see!

" There was a dark side to life in Newfoundland, and to life in the small community, to the life in the family. You were aware of dark and light."

David Blackwood

Visit and surf around David's site...you'll hear mesmerizing sounds of the ocean and view incredible offerings. http://www.davidblackwood.com/

An exhibition of the work of one of Canada’s leading printmakers and most popular artists, David Blackwood is on now until June 11, 2011 at the AGO. If you're in Toronto don't miss it! It will showcase some iconic works for the first time, revealing the richness of Blackwood’s imagination and his working methods.

Blackwood has been telling stories about Newfoundland in the form of epic visual narratives for 30 years. To bring this narrative to life, the exhibition will situate Blackwood’s prints in time and space by looking at the history of Newfoundland and the people who settled there. His art explores the timeless theme of the struggle for survival between humans and nature in one of the most exposed and hostile environments on earth. He depicts a town and a centuries-old way of life that has disappeared. His dramas encapsulate class, gender and intergenerational issues that can only be understood in the context of the formation of the landscape, its natural resources, immigration and settlement, religious and political debate, economic and social conditions, and the environmental threat to the survival of traditional lifestyles.

The Burged Whale - A Whale for the Killing

Medium: Colour Etching and Aquatint

Period: Dated 1972

Size: 22” x 16”

He has created an iconography of Newfoundland which is as universal as it is personal, as mythic as it is rooted in reality, and as timeless as it is linked to specific events. This exhibition draws on childhood memories, dreams, superstitions, legends, the oral tradition, and the political realities of the Wesleyville community on Bonavista Bay where Blackwood was born and raised.

Resource: AGO

The Stone Parliament of Art is ecstatic!

Coming to Toronto?

Take a walk on Dundas St. W., you might see the King hanging out!

Excitment is brewing! After 30 years, he's back!

@ THe AGO

Gone for 30 years. Tut is back!

November 24, 2009 to April 18, 2010

It can't get more exciting! What was a once in a lifetime is now a twice in a lifetime event. This rarely happens in life. Tut is on a final world run before the artifacts go home to Cairo. Read more HERE about the King Tut 'come back.'



This exhibit is one for all ages. Parents, this is the perfect opportunity to introduce young children to art & museum culture. Highlights will include the four rooms of the tomb where you can see the boy king's chair, a very persoanl item. There's a game box on display too...don't forget he was a child who loved to play and toys will be part of the exhibit. In the treasure room you'll see items that were brought into the tomb that were suppose to travel into the 'after life' with King Tut.

The model boat will be on display...a beautiful boat so boy King Tut could sale down the Nile after death. A coffinette is also on display - a very small coffin holding the mummified stomach of King Tut.

Stone Parliament of Art urges you not to miss the Tut's visit. It's your last chance.

COMMENTS

Anonymous said...

I'll be in TO soon so thanks for posting this! I'll have to check it out!

November 19, 2009 11:45 PM

FRANCESCA said...

Great, hope you enjoy this monumental 'once in a lifetime exhibit!

November 20, 2009 8:08 AM

High Fashion at the AGO!

The AGO is gettting ready for an incredible photography exhibition.

IN HIGH FASHION: Steichen's Conde Nast Years
Sept 26, 2009 - Jan 3, 2010

As chief photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair, Edward Steichen profoundly shaped the look of celebrity and fashion photography in the 1920s and ’30s. He immortalized leading writers, artists, actors,dancers and politicians in striking portraits. Fashion photography was revolutionized when he began depicting the creations of all the great designers of the age, including Poiret, Chanel, Lelong, Lanvin, Patou and Schiaparelli. This exhibition showcases more than 200 photographs by one of the most influential photographers of thetwentieth century.

Organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis, and the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, in collaboration with the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada. Curated by William A. Ewing, Todd Brandow and Nathalie Herschdorfer.

Little Black Dress, 2005 Alexander (Shura) PetrovOil on canvas. $3400 A

Sepia Photo: Model Margaret Horan in a black dress by Jay-Thorpe. 1935, from the AGO website.