Meredith Bergmann: Beauty and Irony in Sculpture The Society September 19, 2012 Art By Christine Lin NEW YORK—Walking along an avenue or through a city park, one is likely to encounter sculptures. They are permanent or temporary, historical or avant-garde. They are so ubiquitous that...
New Works of Classic Byzantine Iconography The Society September 14, 2012 Art By Tim Gebhart In a little studio in Madison, Wis., Drazen Dupor carries on a tradition that flourished in the sixth century—the art of Byzantine iconography. The techniques of Byzantine iconography...
Meredith Bergmann’s ‘September 11th’ The Society September 10, 2012 Art A moving sculpture that vividly depicts a woman with two airplanes crashing into her forearms, Meredith Bergmann's monumental bronze sculpture “September 11th” was unveiled this month in its permanent home...
Patricia Watwood: Art That Reaffirms Value in Human Life The Society September 6, 2012 Art NEW YORK—Patricia Watwood and two other artists came together in June at the Forbes Galleries, where she held an exhibition to espouse the virtues of contemporary classical realist art while searching for...
Germany Resurrecting Baroque Palace by Popular Demand The Society September 5, 2012 Art By Christian Watjen BERLIN—Standing in a green field in the cultural heart of the German capital, an Italian tourist desperately looks around, and then points at a concrete wall covered in graffiti. “Is...
The Watercolors of Jeffrey L. Benson The Society September 1, 2012 Art 1 Comment Jeffrey L. Benson, an artist living in Orland Park, Ill., paints landscapes with architectural elements, in part to preserve the history of old buildings. His realistic paintings are created with transparent...
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery: Bastion of Contemporary Realism The Society August 31, 2012 Art NEW YORK—Thirty-five years since it opened its doors in SoHo, the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery is a rarity in New York City. It is one of the last bastions of realist and representational art in a market...
Amazing “Grand Central” Painting by Stone Roberts The Society August 29, 2012 Art Like a modern day Norman Rockwell, the monumental works of contemporary realist painter Stone Roberts capture in vivid form and color the beauty of modern America. Among the four works on display is his newly...
Comic: Practicing Falun Gong in China Today The Society August 29, 2012 Art For the full comic by Illustrator:Lam & Joel Benjamin click...
Zhen Shan Ren Art Exhibit in Wisconsin (Video) The Society August 24, 2012 Art https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf-_d7iaRAs&feature=youtu.be The Art of Zhen, Shan, Ren (Truth, Compassion, Tolerance) International Exhibition is an extraordinarily moving, intimate and...
The Life-changing Art of Li Jinyu The Society August 23, 2012 Art Li Jinyu is an artist living in Brooklyn, New York. Her paintings are strongly influenced by her practice of Falun Gong. According to Faluninfo.net: “Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese spiritual...