I’ve been a huge fan of Leonard Lopate for years and have probably made more than a few comments about him but A Fabulous Radio Interview on Food Issues was the first time I ever devoted a diary to his show.
Piet Mondrian is one of my favorite artists from the early 1900s, and pioneered a form of art referred to as Neo-Plasticism, the defining features of which are a white ground, upon which was painted a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the three primary colors.
Mondrian was a major figure in the Paris art scene in the early 1900s, which was the Mecca for artists during that time. Although I haven’t seen direct references to such, it seems to me that his work may have influenced the Prairie school, whose most famous proponent was Frank Lloyd Wright. Here is an example of one of Wright’s windows…
For those interested in seeing Mondrian’s work in person, this website includes a listing of art museums where his work can be viewed.
For more info about Mondrian’s life, you can go here. The oil on canvas artwork that appears at the beginning of the music video is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and is considered by some to be Mondrian’s best work. The following, courtesy of wikipedia, tells more about this great artwork…
Broadway Boogie-Woogie is a painting by Piet Mondrian completed in 1943, shortly after he moved to New York in 1940.
Art critics consider Broadway Boogie-Woogie to be Mondrian’s masterpiece, and a culmination of his aesthetic[citation needed]. Compared to his earlier work, the canvas is divided into a much larger number of squares. Although he spent most of his career creating abstract work, this painting is inspired by clear real-world examples: the city grid of Manhattan, and the boogie woogie music to which Mondrian loved to dance.[1] The painting is owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Joe Jackson is undoubtedly a very talented and versatile artist, although I’m not particularly pleased with his campaigns against smoking bans in the U. S. and the U.K. I believe his greatest hit was in 1982, when “Stepping Out” rose to #6 on the Billboard Top 40 charts and pulsates with energy. For a nostalgic trip in the way back machine (sorry, Peabody and Sherman were not available to narrate today due to a prior engagement) to 1982…
We’re out in semi-sunny Oklahoma (instead of stuck under another foot of snow at home in No’ Cackalackie) getting Mom moved into assisted living. It was time, despite her being an extremely stubborn cowgirl of long standing – one time barrel racer Queen of the Rodeo who can hardly walk anymore and is half blind. Not fun, just necessary. I think I’ve figured out finally what’s wrong with this state everybody’s “from” and nobody admits to currently… way, way too much dueling rapture-ite/armageddon-ready religious denominations, way, way too much belief in De Debbil under every rock (and in every dead skunk/armadillo on the highway waiting to sneak into your pick’em up truck along with the smell when you drive by), and something very gnarly in the water. Everybody’s seriously constipated… §;o)
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I’ve been a huge fan of Leonard Lopate for years and have probably made more than a few comments about him but A Fabulous Radio Interview on Food Issues was the first time I ever devoted a diary to his show.
I tuned in today and today is Leonard Lopate’s Twenty-fifth anniversary on WNYC.
(I did) … FDL did a blog interview yesterday with AFT (Teachers Union) Prez Randi Weingarten…. on Education Reform. Very good.
you’been awfully quiet lately, buhdy. Hope you have some good news. 🙂
Piet Mondrian is one of my favorite artists from the early 1900s, and pioneered a form of art referred to as Neo-Plasticism, the defining features of which are a white ground, upon which was painted a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the three primary colors.
Mondrian was a major figure in the Paris art scene in the early 1900s, which was the Mecca for artists during that time. Although I haven’t seen direct references to such, it seems to me that his work may have influenced the Prairie school, whose most famous proponent was Frank Lloyd Wright. Here is an example of one of Wright’s windows…
For those interested in seeing Mondrian’s work in person, this website includes a listing of art museums where his work can be viewed.
For more info about Mondrian’s life, you can go here. The oil on canvas artwork that appears at the beginning of the music video is on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and is considered by some to be Mondrian’s best work. The following, courtesy of wikipedia, tells more about this great artwork…
Joe Jackson is undoubtedly a very talented and versatile artist, although I’m not particularly pleased with his campaigns against smoking bans in the U. S. and the U.K. I believe his greatest hit was in 1982, when “Stepping Out” rose to #6 on the Billboard Top 40 charts and pulsates with energy. For a nostalgic trip in the way back machine (sorry, Peabody and Sherman were not available to narrate today due to a prior engagement) to 1982…
We’re out in semi-sunny Oklahoma (instead of stuck under another foot of snow at home in No’ Cackalackie) getting Mom moved into assisted living. It was time, despite her being an extremely stubborn cowgirl of long standing – one time barrel racer Queen of the Rodeo who can hardly walk anymore and is half blind. Not fun, just necessary. I think I’ve figured out finally what’s wrong with this state everybody’s “from” and nobody admits to currently… way, way too much dueling rapture-ite/armageddon-ready religious denominations, way, way too much belief in De Debbil under every rock (and in every dead skunk/armadillo on the highway waiting to sneak into your pick’em up truck along with the smell when you drive by), and something very gnarly in the water. Everybody’s seriously constipated… §;o)