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Art as a Universal Language, Part 14: Mothers of a Better World
Aug 17, 2020
Judy Chicago Curates International Exhibition with Turner Carroll titled Solstice: Create Art For Earth! She inspires more than 7000 artists to #CreateArtForEarth.
Art as a Universal Language, Part 13: #CreateArtForEarth
Jun 14, 2020
Judy Chicago Curates International Exhibition with Turner Carroll titled Solstice: Create Art For Earth! She inspires more than 7000 artists to #CreateArtForEarth.
Art as a Universal Language, Part 12: Visual Thinking
May 13, 2020
Pablo Picasso – Guernica Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.-Pablo Picasso Art is important because it’s part of the story we tell about ourselves; it’s our culture....
Art as a Universal Language, Part 11: How Art Transforms Humanity
Apr 14, 2020
Raphaelle Goethals – Currents I Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential…creativity is the power to act.-Ai Weiwei Some of the greatest accomplishments of humanity have emerged from bleak times. The European...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 10: Artists’ Point of View
Apr 9, 2020
Walter Robinson, Souvenir, 1996, polychromed wood, 68 x 18 x 4″ Although isolation is the right response in our current environment, social distancing can have an effect on our mental health. We are wired for human connection, which raises some questions: What...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 9: Art Can Make You Happy
Mar 26, 2020
Judy Chicago, Resolutions, 2000, counted cross-stitch and embroidery on cotton, 37 x 25.5″ As we find refuge in our homes, we realize “home” means much more than physical shelter—it is our place of peace, comfort, and aesthetic sanctuary. We find joy in people...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 8: Deconstructing the paintings of Romanian Artist Georges Mazilu
Feb 28, 2017
Georges Mazilu, La femme jardin Georges Mazilu is one of the first artists we represented at Turner Carroll in the early 1990s, after being introduced to his paintings by fellow Romanian artist Traian Alexandru Filip. Before escaping Romania during the reign of harsh...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 7: Why We Should All Be Feminists (Hung Liu, Jamie Brunson, Nina Tichava)
Nov 7, 2016
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in her “We Should All Be Feminists” TED Talk, asserts that every human being has the responsibility to call him- or herself a feminist. She points out that when men or women do not embrace feminism, they are literally denying...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 6: Art as Social Change
Sep 23, 2016
Contemporary Syrian War Poster shows the reality of children’s existence in Syria today Kara Walker’s “Testimony” reveals the injustice in African American history Image by Australian street artist “Meek”, stencil art of his “Begging for...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 5: Color as Communication
Jun 23, 2016
ROY G BIV ROY G BIV Before there was a written language, color was the universal language of mankind. Prehistoric humans used color to describe every aspect of their lives. Red= blood; orange= fire;
Art as a Universal Language, Part 4: Canary in a Coal Mine
Mar 10, 2016
Scott Greene, “FUBAR”, 2007 Antonello da Messina, “Crucifixion”, 1475 National Gallery, London There is the moral of all human tales; ‘Tis but the same rehearsal of the past. First freedom and then Glory–when that fails, Wealth, vice,...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 3: How Art Unites World Religions
Dec 20, 2015
In Art as a Universal Language, Parts 1 and 2, I address some of the universal visual symbolism artists have used since the beginning of human civilization. Certain symbols have become “visual code,” allowing people from vastly different cultures and...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 2: Artist as Historical Storyteller
Nov 4, 2015
As I pointed out in Part 1 of this series (Art as a Universal Language, Part 1: Why Understanding Visual Art is Essential), engaging with visual art of different cultures helps us understand our similarities as a human race. It helps us develop empathy, and thereby...
Art as a Universal Language, Part 1: Why Understanding Visual Art is Essential
Oct 22, 2015
As the owner of Turner Carroll Gallery, I spend a lot of time talking and writing about artwork by the phenomenal artists I represent. Lately, I’ve been consumed by the destruction of some of civilization’s greatest artifacts. Ancient art is one of my...