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Ariadne's Afternoon by Richard Serra

Ariadne’s Afternoon

by Mark Whitney January 4, 2020January 4, 2020

The last painting on our blogseum tour of finding the story in art is Ariadne's Afternoon from 1982 by Richard Serra. Hmmmm, not much to go on here. Is there a story in ...

Photograph by Mark D. Whitney

Geometric Photography

by Mark Whitney July 27, 2019July 27, 2019

A while back I had the chance to photograph an old steel bridge that spanned the Erie canal. It had been declared unsafe for traffic and was blocked off for a couple years ...

Right Bird Left by Lee Krasner

Not to be Trusted

by Mark Whitney June 2, 2019June 2, 2019

A few posts back we talked about the idea that some artists get stuck in a rut creating similar works over and over again throughout their career. And then there are the artists ...

Reflections

Photograph by Mark D. Whitney

Can a Photograph be Abstract?

by Mark Whitney November 18, 2018November 18, 2018

I was reading an article on the Art Blart blog about an exhibition at the Tate Modern titled "Shape of Light: 100 years of photography and abstract art". The idea of the show ...

photograph by Mark Whitney

Trails of light

by Mark Whitney December 16, 2017December 25, 2017
When I was in the fifth or sixth grade I found a Kodak travel camera tucked away on the top shelf of the hallway closet buried under a pile of winter gloves and hats. It had ...

Photography in the Abstract

by Mark Whitney November 26, 2017November 26, 2017
Let's talk abstract photography. To do that we'll need to talk a bit about abstract art in general and to do that we need to talk about music. Stick with me here.

Imagine that ...

Mark Whitney Photography and Art

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