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The Material of Public Art

Mark Mennin | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Artists, Artworld, New York City, Plastics, Plastic Art, Green Architecture, Green Art, Sculpture, Architecture, Biodegradable, Organic Art Materials, Corten Steel, Green News
Mark Mennin

The production of plastics, a synthetic, may be greener than the overall impact from fashioning art out of wood, what would seem to be the most organic material.

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Francis Bacon at the Met: A Postscript

Mark Mennin | Posted 09.27.2009 | Style

Read More: Francis Bacon, Artworld, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Museums, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon Abstract Expressionism, Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon at the Met, Abstract Expressionism, Edvard Munch, Graham Sutherland, Francis Bacon Exhibition, Francis Bacon Studies, Style News
Mark Mennin

The Francis Bacon show was a demonstration of how an already relevant painter can become even more relevant in the years following his death. This was a mega-show about a mega-life.

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The Figure is Back...Again

Mark Mennin | Posted 04.26.2009 | Style

Read More: US Economy, Bill Clinton, Beauty, Art Education, Artworld, New York City, Recession, Style News
Mark Mennin

As has happened so many times over history, the re-emergence of the Figure reaffirms that representational art will never die, as many art manifestos would like to declare in their very first sentence.

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