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A powerful movie asking important questions about the digitization and democratization of art.
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The Hidden Legacy of Helen Frankenthaler
“The artist’s central dogma was beauty, and beauty is protean.”
The painter Helen Frankenthaler died December 27, 2011, in Darien, Connecticut. Obituaries by The New York Times and The Washington Post construe Frankenthaler’s importance as the inventor of a “revolutionary” soak-stain technique in which poured paint unites with the canvas; a method which made possible the Color Field movement. Continue reading “The Hidden Legacy of Helen Frankenthaler” »
Christ as Sign
This is an excerpt from the book “The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth” by David Bentley Hart:
…The incarnation is the Father’s supreme rhetorical gesture, in which all he says in creation is given its perfect emphasis. Continue reading “Christ as Sign” »
The Continuum Is Now An Official IAM Affilate
The International Arts Movement (IAM) is an organization based in New York City; it was founded by the acclaimed artist Makoto Fujimura. IAM is, according to its website, “a cultural movement dedicated to inspiring all people to engage their culture to create a more good and beautiful world.” Continue reading “The Continuum Is Now An Official IAM Affilate” »
Jim Allman Nominated for 2011 Pushcart Prize
Continuum Fellow, Jim Allman, was recently announced as a Pushcart Nominee by the Los Angeles Review for his poem published in Issue 10, titled “Corpus Delicti”. This is Jim’s second nomination for the prestigious Pushcart.
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Jess Erickson, Painter
Jess Erickson is a native of Providence, Rhode Island. She presently lives in Memphis, Tennessee with her five children and husband. She began painting academically in 1995. Her BFA was completed in 2007 at the University of Memphis. She received her MFA from Memphis College of Art in February of 2011.
Jess is primarily a traditional and representational oil painter. She utilizes the human metaphor of vernacular architecture to express the mesmerizing tension of beauty and decay that embodies the entire process of redemption.
Jess has a variety of influences from which she continually draws. She is an avid reader of twentieth century British and American Literature. The history of philosophy and Literary Theory are also areas of constant direction and inquiry, as is Puritan Theology and the work of poets such as Edna St Vincent Millay, Dylan Thomas, and William Carlos Williams. Visually, it is Edward Hopper, William Christenberry, Joseph Cornell, and the courage of Philip Guston that have had an enduring influence upon her work for many years.
Personal website: jesserickson.blogspot.com