Two Biographies Inform Each Other By Martin Mugar, WTP Guest Writer Reading Calder: The Conquest of Time required an adjustment of my habitual expectations of the reading of Jed Perl’s writing. I always enjoy his incisive critique and deflation of the art “powers that be.” I have spoken with many artists who are part of…
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Book Review: Cold Wax Medium
A Different Kind of Wax Art By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor COLD WAX MEDIUM: TECHNIQUES, CONCEPTS & CONVERSATIONS by Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin (Squeegee Press, 2017). 320pp, $42. Until now, there has not been a comprehensive resource specifically dedicated to Cold Wax Medium. This beautiful and informative book is the state-of-the-art reference source that…
Book Review: Imaginary Realms
George Fellner on Stones and Crystals By Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor IMAGINARY REALMS: THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF STONES AND CRYSTALS, George Fellner (Stone Insight Books, 2016). 104pp with 77 full-color images. $57.99 or free on Kindle Unlimited. Stones and crystals have been a source of fascination throughout the ages, but through a most modern medium—macro…
Book Review: Tula Telfair
Invented Landscapes by Richard Malinsky Tula Telfair: Invented Landscapes; Abrams; October 18, 2016; U.S.; 160 pages; $60 Hardcover Tula Telfair: Invented Landscapes presents a wide range of Telfair’s major paintings, at once both intimate and grandiose. Its focus is on the power of the landscape and fragility of nature informed by her childhood divided between four continents, and…
Latest Read: Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century
An Exercise in Range by Richard Malinsky, Arts Editor Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century By Anne Lee and E. Ashley Rooney. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2016. $59.99. The precise temperature regulation of the wax in the honeycomb is the same basic principle applied to the encaustics medium. With the addition of damar resin and color pigments, today’s artists can…
Fine Arts and the Literary
Fine Arts and Literary Book The Woven Tale Press Selected Works By Editor-in-Chief Sandra Tyler [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he idea for a selected works was generated last year, when we were collaborating with a gallery featuring Woven Tale Press artists. The intent of the book was similar to that of the exhibition: to present the diversity of fine arts and literary…