Category: About the Artist
-
Writer’s legacy
This afternoon I was listening to an NFL podcast. At the top of the show, before getting into the normal swing of things, the host took a few minutes to give a tribute to a fellow sports writer that had just passed away the week before recording. At the end of it, he said “I…
-
The Life of Hayao Miyazaki
This evening, I watched Never Ending Man, a documentary following Hayao Miyazaki, the famed founder, writer and director of Japan’s Studio Ghibli. It was a fascinating watch, as Miyazaki is, himself, a fascinating man. He wears a white apron in nearly every shot of the film, at home and in the studio, and there’s more…
-
An interview with Jean-Michel Basquiat
This evening, I watched an interview with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. I am not a great lover of Basquiat’s work, but it was interesting to feel a little bit more appreciation after engaging with the artists himself for 35 minutes – even though it was a rather painful 35 minutes. It was hard to tell who…
-
The artwork of Jason Polan
Today, this blog post from Austin Kleon introduced me to a charming new artist – Jason Polan. Jason died on January 27, 2020. I’d like to continue learning more about Jason, “one of the quirkiest and most prolific denizens of the New York art scene.” But from the little I know about him now, it…
-
The Bizarre World of Basil Wolverton
This morning, I read a blog post by Austin Kleon talking about the ‘Gross Up’ in the Spongebob TV show. That post led me to this video, which describes what the ‘Gross Up’ really. (it really gets good and insightful around 2:05) That video briefly talks about an artist I’d never heard of, named Basil…