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  • Rembrandt and his School at the Frick

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    The Frick Collection in New York, which I wrote about here, is remarkably deep with masterworks for a collection of its size. One area of depth is 3 superb paintings by Rembrandt (images above, top three), as well as a collection of prints and drawings. These form the core of an exhibition ending May 15,…

  • Amy Casey

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    In her most recent series of paintings Cleveland based artist Amy Casey takes familiar structures, largely typical urban and suburban houses and commercial buildings, and arranges them in the context of unfamiliar structures — strands of webbing, extended strings, coils of roads or walls — effectively reframing them and forcing us to look at them…

  • American Masters at the Salmagundi Club

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    The Salmagundi Club, the well known artists’ club in New York, is holding its fourth annual American Masters show and sale from May 4 to May 19, 2011. The show features an impressive list of contemporary American artists, several of whom I’ve featured here on Lines and Colors (see my related posts in the list…

  • Free Comic Book Day 2011

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    Tomorrow, Saturday, May 7, 2011 is Free Comic Book Day here in the U.S. Once again a chance for comic book shops to open their doors to the curious and unaccustomed, hold special events, creator signings and sales; and for publishers to show off their wares in special titles and editions created for the occasion,…

  • Elizabeth Traynor (update)

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    I first wrote about Elizabeth Traynor in a post in 2006, in which I expressed my admiration in particular for her scratchboard illustrations (and gave a brief description of the scratchboard process). In addition to her scratchboard work (images above, 1 & 4), her online portfolio also showcases her work in pen and ink, often…

  • Simon Schubert

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    German artist Simon Schubert works in the novel medium of creased paper, using the sharp creases as lines, and apparently letting the differences in surface provide tones under the controlled lighting in which the piece is photographed. His subjects for this sequence of works are largely architectural interiors of a particular villa. They often include…