April 2002
The Wittig
Report - on the interface between Life and Art
Welcome to the Wittig Report.
On the one hand there is 'Art,' and on the
other hand, there is 'Life,'
...and somewhere in the middle, they meet.
March was an interesting month. First
I discovered a 'Yahoo Groups' email list on which a bunch of people were
discussing selling their art on eBay, the largest of the on-line auctions. Then
I came across an article on political cartoons in 'Slate', which is Microsoft's
answer to the news. A week later, I was putting my first crude political
cartoons up for auction on eBay.
Chance favours the prepared mind.
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February 2002, eight easy pieces:
Pencil on Paper - 'Giant Step': http://www.robertwittig.com/full253.html
Magazine Cover - 'American
Psychologist': http://www.robertwittig.com/full254.html
Pencil on Paper - 'WavesOfGrass': http://www.robertwittig.com/full255.html
Charcoal and Pencil on Paper -
'MysteryCans': http://www.robertwittig.com/full256.html
Watercolour on Paper - 'Anthrax in
Colour': http://www.robertwittig.com/full257.html
Watercolour on Paper - 'T.V.I.V': http://www.robertwittig.com/full258.html
Watercolour on Paper - 'Religions
Waging War': http://www.robertwittig.com/full259.html
Watercolour on Paper - 'Lawyers with
Guns': http://www.robertwittig.com/full260.html
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"After roughly two years of
writing social commentaries, and painting in a for the most part
representational, realistic style, I have 'discovered' the political cartoon.
Of course I do not mean that I just noticed its existence, I have been seeing
them all of my life, but in just the last week, I have begun to experiment with
as a form of communication. (you can call it art, or you can call it
politics... depending on the artist, or commentator, it can be either or both)
I did not plan on this sudden zag from the usual course of my work; it just
happened... the confluence of events. Also, it would never replace what I am
doing in other areas of my work, either. It is just the form my work has
decided to take at one of the multiple interfaces in my life; where painting,
social commentary, and eBay come together."
To read the illustrated article,
click here: http://www.robertwittig.com/paper42.html
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In Jeff's words:
"My current work is involved
with the struggle between the desire to create representational art and the
desire to create conceptual art through abstraction. I am using my experience
in the graphic arts field, as well as my carpentry and computer skills, to
create work that goes beyond the limits of two dimensional images on canvas. I
use my rendering skills to create beautiful, often highly realistic images -
but that is only the beginning. I seek to engage the viewer further by
incorporating three dimensional elements to add context and emotional
impact."
To visit Jeff's website, click here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~jcohenstudio/studio.html
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