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LATEST ARTICLES ( 134 )

• On Meaning

  

  Das Bett / The bed (c) Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) Richard Wollheim’s meticulous and absorbing book Painting as an Art stands, all three hundred and fift... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Work of Art

  

  Der Brief / The letter (c) Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) Paul Ziff casts a penetrating eye over the term ‘work of art.’ Rather than trying to define it,... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Scholars & Painters

  

  At last I begin to pull the threads of my life together—to pare back the things that distract me, to braid my core pursuits together into one strong cord. Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Painter Virtues

  

  Selbstbildnis als Philosophin / Self portrait as philosopher (c) Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) Painter virtues stray a little from those of ordinary people. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Eloquence and Drawing

  

  Russian plant © Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) Language, woven of conventions, adapts and evolves, but Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s account of its progression... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• In the Air

  

  Site © Ryan Daffurn (Oil on linen) Daffurn and Sagrera hold their breath in the space that widens in their paintings. Daffurn’s paintings mutate and multiply... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Gentle Ones

  

  Für Oma / For Oma © Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) We reserve our respect for the tough people, and the gentle ones often get pushed aside. But maybe the... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Ortsbindung

  

  Die Ecke / The corner © Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) Stability is not my main requirement to work, though painting is such a material career, and too... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Going Underground

  

  © Beniamin Urbanek Vienna is a guarded, secretive city, where people go about their business privately, and very often, quite literally, turn underground. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Secrets

  

  Balthus I peered into the disquieting world of Balthus last week. A collection of his works is gathered in Vienna, which seems particularly fitting to me,... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Disrespect

  

  Philosophy demands a certain arrogance. Clear and deep thinking requires a solid grounding in and familiarity with the thought of our forebears, as intelligent... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Gemütliche Gesellschaft

  

  Diana (oil on linen) Our peripheral community of artists in Vienna is steadily growing. Our fluid group moves between two locations: Mikes Werkstatt in the thir... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Lernen & Lehren

  

  Morgens / Mornings © Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) I have begun to teach drawing. It’s a dizzying experience: a job for which I have full... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Dialogue

  

  Erdbergstraße © Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) I find the metaphor of language to be very illuminating when talking about painting. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Stille

  

  Pflaumen © Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) There have always been things too profound to express, and humanity has always sought ways to grapple with these... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Habit and Curiosity

  

  Steffi (2.5 hour oil sketch) There is an inherent tension between a painter’s sensory encounters with the world and her own habits. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Little by Little People Began to Come to the Rue De Fleurus

  

  Anfang © Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) Paintings, as we’ve discussed before, are to be seen. The painting, the work itself, is an object, not merely an... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2016 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Good Art

  

  The October night © Samantha Groenestyn (oil on linen) When one is persistently critical, sometimes people tire of you at parties, and they demand a positive... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Gnädige Frau

  

  Edith Schiele in gestreiftem Kleid, Egon Schiele (1915) Sometimes life forces you to consider what it is to be a woman—what it is to be strong, or weak; made... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Jahreszeiten

  

  The suburbs (oil on linen) © Samantha Groenestyn In Australia I attempted, as I always do, to live as fully immersed in where I was as possible. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE