Joseph Swan
Clyde Street from Catholic Chapel and Public Offices jail &c, two images on nineteenth page of plates in the book Strath-Clutha or the Beauties of Clyde by John M. Leighton (Glasgow: Joseph Swan, [ca. 1840]
wood engraving
ca. 1840
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Australian Centre for Photography: MOBILE: DI BARRETT ANN SHELTON REBECCA SWAN
Challenging the notions of the typical, Mobile crosses borders,
investigating psychological and physical spaces, through work that asks
questions as often as it answers them.
Perhaps the memory will always evade me, because I cann...
Julia Friedman Gallery: Pablo Helguera: Swan Song
In a 100-page book that constitutes one of the works in the exhibition, the
artist puts forth a theory of creativity based on the art of memory. While
loosely following the spirit of early XXth century manifestos, this theory
is rooted in a com...
New Art Gallery, Walsall: Jigar: Films by Alia Syed
Syed places allegory at the forefront of her film language. Typically
using black and white 16mm film, Syed's elegiac works revel in
ambiguities of time and place. Spoken Diary (2001), which is being
re-made as a four-screen installation for Th...
Talwar Gallery: Alia Syed: Film Works
Interspersed are layers of words emanating from the fleeting movement of the pen on the diary pages while simultaneously being spoken in the third person, distancing the protagonist from the self. The vastly textural visual collage of fragments of...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Symbols of Faith and Belief: Art of the Native American Church
The traditional expressive forms of
beadwork, carving, metalsmithing and featherwork
were combined to produce exquisite fans, rattles,
drumsticks, jewelry, ritual staffs and other ceremonial
objects used...
Agora Gallery: Pixel Perfect: The Digital Fine Art Exhibition
>Digital artists use powerful visual programs to render imagery or create completely original forms. Amongst the unity of its shadowy depths and classical appearance, the art of Tim Brumbeloe belies its creation as a multi-layered digital imag...
Mississippi Art Pavilion: The Glory of Baroque Dresden
Among the highlights of the exhibition are Johann Vermeer’s “The Procuress” and the 41-carat “Dresden Green Diamond.” Other artworks include twenty-seven Old Masters paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Titian, van Dyck, Veronese, Tintoretto, and Mant...
National Arts Club, Gregg Galleries: Magna Mater: Reflections on Women of Mythology, History and Literature to Benefit Seeds of Peace
Ilana Raviv is an accomplished Israeli-American artist who has exhibited her works in the United States, Europe and the Middle
East in various galleries and museums. Her works are woven into rhymes and tied up in a geometry of poetic expre...
North Shore Arts: Relics of the Sea: Still Life Painting by Melody Phaneuf
The recent recovery of the Black Swan by Odyssey Marine Exploration unveiled riches swallowed up by the sea long ago. The saga is still unfolding as experts aim to discover the shipwreck's identity. "It's an exquisite synchronicity," states Phaneu...
Koori Heritage Trust Cultural Centre: Pitcha This: Contemporary Indigenous Imagery
PITCHA THIS - uses film, photography and digital storytelling to inspire, strengthen, educate, and entertain by promoting positive images of six Victorian Indigenous communities.
The communities involved are Gippsland, Swan Hill, Mullum Mullum, H...
Heide Museum of Modern Art: Thinking Out Loud: Installations by Christian Marclay (USA), Ed Osborne (Finland), Tony Oursler (USA), Jana Sterbak (Chech/Canada)
The sound and primarily - that one of the human speech and words in various languages, including the sign language, are presented very differently in the works of every artist. Ed Osborne plays individually a multitude of recorded sounds on severa...
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