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Symbolike April“April is the cruellest month” opens T.S Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” He wasn’t writing about the IRS, but the fourth month can...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Mar. 31, 2016There are no comments yet. 5971 Views
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Summer Camp, Day 4: FinaleWe wrapped up the camp yesterday, but I was too wiped out to write about it. After two days of brushing our 12 x 7 canvas with skates, skateboard, and scooters,...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Aug. 1, 2014Last comment by Lisa, on Aug 11, 2014 at 10:47 pm | 6 comments | 5904 Views
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hARTz StudiosRemember the Pioneer Gallery? If so, you will recall that it was located on the first floor of 524 Hartz Avenue, a venue now occupied by Rakestraw Books. A membership...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jun. 12, 2011There are no comments yet. 5891 Views
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But Is It Art?By John A. Barry When David Letterman hosted “The Late Show,” he periodically presented a segment entitled “Ape or Artist?” An abstract...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Apr. 26, 2021Last comment by Barry Allen, on Jul 12, 2021 at 3:51 pm | 1 comment | 5862 Views
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Fair Attendance Down AgainAttendance at the Danville Fine Arts Faire [sic for the past three years appears to be a reflection of the sour economy that continues to grip the state and...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jun. 22, 2011Last comment by Roz Rogoff, on Jun 25, 2011 at 2:21 pm | 1 comment | 5827 Views
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'Another One Bites the Dust'"Another Danville gallery bites the dust," remarked an artist as he removed his work from what was once the Tate Gallery in Iron Horse Plaza. Indeed, the list...
Original post made by John A. Barry on May. 17, 2013There are no comments yet. 5777 Views
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Anatomy of a Summer Camp Project: A Visual Essay, Phase 1This summer marks the third art camp event my associates and I have staged at Los Medanos Village in Pittsburg. The first year, the kids painted a 7 x 15–foot...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Aug. 14, 2016There are no comments yet. 5741 Views
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Turbanism Makes Slow HeadwayThe Turbanism movement, about which I wrote back in April, has not exactly taken the art world by storm. As an iconic image, however, this exotic headwear has....
Original post made by John A. Barry on Oct. 5, 2011There are no comments yet. 5731 Views
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Transformations
Currently running at Danville's Village Theater Art Gallery is "Lost and Found: an exhibition of upcycled, recycled, and found objects turned into works...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Mar. 18, 2015There are no comments yet. 5687 Views
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Magritte at the SFMOMA: Enigma, Conundrum, ParadoxA review by Bill Carmel, MFA The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents an extensive exhibition titled René Magritte: ==I The Fifth Season,...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Jun. 6, 2018Last comment by bolton, on Jul 5, 2018 at 12:33 am | 11 comments | 5619 Views
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Women’s History MonthMarch is Women’s History Month. Toward that end, I’ve festooned my bike o’ the month with names of inspirational women in such fields as Sciences...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Mar. 22, 2017Last comment by lenacharles, on Jul 4, 2017 at 4:58 am | 7 comments | 5613 Views
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trAction Painting Summer CampIn the nearly three years since I created trAction Painting, my works have been solo efforts, with much appreciated help from assistants. Employing bikes, skates,...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jul. 23, 2014Last comment by Jan Hersh, on Jun 5, 2017 at 3:21 pm | 4 comments | 5589 Views
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Tissot Goes to the Movies and the LibraryThe exhibition James Tissot: Fashion and Faith is at the Palace of the Legion of Honor until February 9, 2020 By John A. Barry Thomas Campbell, director...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Dec. 1, 2019Last comment by Cholo, on Dec 7, 2019 at 3:45 pm | 2 comments | 5564 Views
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Downbeat on The CornerSeoul-born Stephanie Chang has the credentials to teach music: a bachelor's degree from the Eastman School; a master's from Yale; and six years of study at the Mozarteum...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Feb. 19, 2013There are no comments yet. 5534 Views
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Car'z Longa, Ars BrevisWhat do Times Square and the Carquinez Scenic Drive Trail have in common? The former has been Disneyfied, and the latter is about to be. A fairly well-kept secret,...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jun. 17, 2013There are no comments yet. 5489 Views
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Art Inside-Out, Body of Work (Literally)Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin FAMSF de Young Museum. Through October 6, 2019 See Ed Hardy break through the establishment rubble to see the light of day at the...
Original post made by John A. Barry and Bill Carmel on Sep. 13, 2019Last comment by Cholo, on Oct 10, 2019 at 11:26 am | 5 comments | 5450 Views
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Study in ContrastsI recently watched simultaneously "Cutie and the Boxer" and "Jean-Michel Basquiat: the Radiant Child"?respectively about artist couple Ushio and Noriko Shinohara...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Jan. 27, 2014Last comment by kwills, on Jan 27, 2014 at 7:50 pm | 1 comment | 5430 Views
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Roll 'EmArt In the Park is near; the annual event takes place in San Ramon's Central Park the weekend of October 5-6, at the corner of Bollinger Canyon Road and Alcosta...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Aug. 25, 2013There are no comments yet. 5398 Views
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Merger of Music and PaintingLast Sunday I attended and participated in a combination art exhibit and concert at Peace Lutheran Church in Danville. Adorning three walls of the sanctuary are...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Aug. 30, 2014There are no comments yet. 5397 Views
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Millennia of DesireArtist Bill Carmel was a panelist during this year's Eugene O'Neill Festival. His report follows.
Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the...
Original post made by John A. Barry on Sep. 26, 2015There are no comments yet. 5377 Views
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