Art Works of Man Blog October Archive

Equine-Themed Art Contest

10/22/08 23:58

The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) World, the largest paint horse show on earth is looking for artists that can draw or paint an equine a breath away form leaping off the canvas.

The winning artist will have the opportunity of two weeks exposure to the Global Paint Horse community and in the North Texas are public. Read the full details on the article below.

Link: Get your equine-themed artwork noticed!

Free Artwork Festival

We all love free items, especially if those items that will be given to us have significant values, such as a piece of artwork.

Yes, someone is generous enough to run a free artwork festival, where the pieces of art are raffled off to the lucky attendees. Why is the organizer doing this? We can only guess. I just know he's generous.

Link: BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Art lovers snap up free artwork

Creativity linked with Insanity

Works David Foster Wallance, writer, were famous for their obsessively observed detail and emotional nuance. He commited suicide in September 12.

Over more than 20 studies suggest that there is an increased rate of having a depressive mental illness in highly creative people.

Experts doesn't necessarily mean that creativity contributes to mental illness and vice versa, but certain types of ruminating personality may contribute to both.

Link: Experts ponder link between creativity, mood disorders - CNN.com

Kevorkian Heritage: The Passing Away Passionate Art Philosophers

Art has been one of the greatest tool to convey one's perspective, expression, appreciation towards his society, self, nature and many more. Different artists have excelled in different genres of painting and other art forms. One contemporary artist and self-proclaimed controversial philosopher Jack Kevorkian had been trying to educate the public about their freedom and rights through his morbid depictions in his art gallery conveying freedom and the right to death. His cause came to a tragic conclusion with his timely death. More information about the man and his philosophy can be seen at the permalink here.

Link: Death becomes him: Kevorkian’s artwork on display at Armenian Library - Waltham, MA - The Daily News Tribune

Subway Memories

Memories are often connected with places, just like how they are associated with other people. A burned down place may mean a tragedy for someone, or sigh of relief for someone else. A hospital bed may remind one person of his birth, while another one may remind him of the death of a loved one. Certain places mean differently for different people. Hearing them would certainly be delightful for anyone concerned about human memory and emotion.

Such a gallery that tries to capture this was set up in a Japanese subway, where people will hear others' memories using an mp3 player.

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