Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Blue Velvet (David Lynch)


30"x24" oil on linen 2025
by Gregg Chadwick

My oil on linen painting "Blue Velvet (David Lynch" is an homage to a visionary director and his artistic vision.
Lynch thought of Los Angeles as a place of hidden mysteries and breathtaking light. Lynch said: “What I really like about {Los Angeles} if you drive around – especially at night – you can get a little gust of wind of the great days of the silver screen. All there in, like, living memory... it was an incredible place to be at the beginning of cinema.” In my artwork, David Lynch stands beneath the Aero Theater marquee in Santa Monica, California which is emblazoned with the words - "David Lynch's Blue Velvet, Sold Out." Just days after his death, the American Cinematheque held a special screening in his honor. I walked up to the Aero to honor the memory of David Lynch. As I arrived the sun was setting across the Pacific and an elegiac glow lit up the theater on Montana Avenue. In this moment my painting was born.

Friday, March 07, 2025

Today and Every Day I Stand for Science!

 



Today and Every Day I Stand for Science!


Many dedicated researchers/educators/scientists attended @standupforscience2025 rallies all around the country today to protest funding cuts, illegal firings, and censorship of scientists. In response to the attacks, one of the most important things we can do is to visually show that science has strong support in this country, so please join the cause!
My painting "Evidence Based Science" is in the collection of the esteemed Dr. AfAf Meleis: Professor of Nursing and Sociology and Dean Emerita at @uofpenn where she served from 2002 through 2014. This followed her 34-year tenure as a nursing faculty professor at @uclanursing and @ucsfnurse



#science #medicine #health #publichealth #environment #climatechange #standupforscience #nursing #art #artandsocialjustice

Monday, October 21, 2024

Lumen The Art and Science of Light at the Getty Museum

 



Wonderful weekend at the @gettymuseum -
"To be human is to crave light. We rise and sleep according to the rhythms of the sun, and have long associated light with divinity. Focusing on the arts of western Europe, Lumen explores the ways in which the science of light was studied by Christian, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers, theologians, and artists during the “long Middle Ages” (800-1600 CE). During this period science (or the study of the physical universe) served as the connective thread for diverse cultures across Europe and the Mediterranean, uniting scholars who inherited, translated, and improved upon a common foundation of ancient Greek scholarship. Several contemporary artworks, including special installations by Helen Pashgian and Charles Ross will extend the exhibition’s reach throughout the Museum."


Lumen The Art and Science of Light at the Getty Museum
photo by Gregg Chadwick


This exhibition is presented in English and Spanish. Esta exhibición se presenta en inglés y en español.

Supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities

Southern California’s landmark arts event, PST ART, returns in September 2024, presenting over 70 exhibitions from organizations across the region exploring the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art"



Astrolabe with a Geared Calendar Isfahan, Abbasid Iran, 618 or 619 AH / 1221 or 1222 CE
Muhammad b. Abi Bakr (Iranian, active 1200s CE)
Copper alloy, silvered copper alloy, silver, and wax
Lumen The Art and Science of Light at the Getty Museum
photo by Gregg Chadwick


Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Santa Monica Airport Artwalk 2024 Was A Huge Success!

 

Wow! Over 1400 folks visited our studios during the latest 2024 edition of the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk. Thanks to all the folks who visited my studio and engaged with me, my family, and my art. Producer and creator Austin Ross and his partner the amazing (The Harder They Fall) Annabel Durst brought scintillating energy into my studio. My recent painted homage to Basquiat found a moment with Austin while @sergioarau looked on from the background with a copy of @la_weather_novel by @mariaescandon in his hands. Good vibes, good folks, good hope! Thank you @18thstreetarts , @cityofsantamonica@stgactor 


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Miwa Matreyek: Infinitely Yours


From OzArts Nashville - 

"Dazzling animation meets live performance in the ingenious work of Miwa Matreyek. 
The LA-based multimedia artist confronts the climate crisis with her creation, using multiple projectors to interact with her dreamlike animations as a silhouette."

Thursday, May 16, 2024

History of Women Artists at Tate Britain

#NowYouSeeUs is open now at Tate Britain! 🎨 Discover the story of how women artists in Britain championed access to art training and broke boundaries, forging a path for generations to come. 🎟️ Book your tickets today. Until 13 October ➡️ bit.ly/3It10IG



Monday, February 26, 2024

Harlem Is Everywhere

Sunday, January 07, 2024

Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych (1490 - 1500)

Saturday, January 06, 2024

"Velázquez, troppo vero. The painter and his techniques" by Jaime García-Máiquez



Conference "Velázquez, troppo vero. The painter and his techniques", given by Jaime García-Máiquez (technician of the Technical Documentation Cabinet of the Prado Museum), on February 23, 2021. It is part of the Francisco Calvo Serraller "Velázquez" series of lectures, organized by the Fundación de Amigos del Museo del Prado.




Transcript (Rough Translation from Spanish to English)