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What motivates artists to paint what they do?
Is it true as Picasso once said that to talk of "religious art ... is an absurdity. How can you paint religious art one day and another kind the next?"
Maybe Picasso's right - it seems logical that Christian faith (if strongly held) should permeate every work an artist creates - though some works might be more overtly Chriastian than others. See what other artists have to say about it:
"The religious paintings were concerned with expressing a point of view, of painting into my own personal terms subject-matter that had already been done." Michael Smither NZ 28 March 1983
We're going to be looking at what's new in Christian Art and Artists, and if there's anything in the art world generally that's enlightening, we'll include that from time to time also. Check out the latest News Items below:
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Jesus Photographed in Italy
Posted on 25th February 2010
A recent presentation by photographer Michael Belk has revealed the fruits of his inspired photographic work in Italy, in the form of a collection of beautiful sepia images and striking video footage, reports an article of 20 February published on Ocala.com.
‘Sacrilegious’ East Van cross?
Posted on 20th February 2010
“The striking quasi-religious Monument for East Vancouver has the best qualities of effective outdoor sculptures: It’s simple but complex, historic but contemporary, irreverent but meaningful,” reports The Vancouver Sun in an article on 19 February.
Art and Christian Outreach
Posted on 20th February 2010
A story in the St Petersburg Times of 20 February tells of an 87 year old Pasco artist who combines his artistic talent with missionary work to spread the Gospel, particularly among at-risk children, both locally in Florida and through missionary work in South America.
Art and Worship
Posted on 20th February 2010
Well, I said it only 2 days ago in Modern Christian Art in Churches, and now here is Father W. Thomas Faucher, Pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho relating how using new works of art in the major renovation of his church has impacted favorably on the worship of his congregation.
Bible Births Christian Comic Books
Posted on 19th February 2010
A Christian publishing company, Kingstone Media Group, is already well under way with plans to make the Bible available to young people through a series of comics with titles like The Beginning, Exodus, Babylon, and The Revelation, The Christian Post reported on 18 February.
Modern Christian Art in Churches
Posted on 18th February 2010
Seems like the days when the greatest of contemporary art resided in churches are long gone. I for one think we need a revival. And from what I hear, there are pastors who feel the same way.
NZ’s Greatest Artist Suffered Rejection
Posted on 30th October 2009
Colin McCahon (1920 – 1987), arguably New Zealand’s greatest artist, was described by Gordon Brown as “a powerful and unique force in New Zealand painting.” Yet for many years he suffered from misunderstanding and rejection. Many still miss the point of his work.
Modern Art Speaks in the Daily Kansan
Posted on 30th October 2009
A student at Kanses University describes in The University Daily Kansan how for the first time he made a connection with a piece of modern art, and how that experience led him to a better undrstanding of what modern art is about.
Saint Francis – Art Compared
Posted on 28th October 2009
Right now there is an exhibition of Spanish Painting and Sculpture on at the National Gallery in London featuring religious works from the 17th Century Spanish Golden Age, including Spain’s remarkable polychrome sculptures.
Michael Smither: St Francis in Ecstasy
Posted on 28th October 2009
This second painting of Saint Francis by Michael Smither depicts the patron saint of ecology – Smither’s favorite saint – in a state of ecstasy in the presence of nature. Like many NZ artists, Michael is strongly influenced by the landscape.
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