A visit to Dia Beacon – Other artists I liked – Imi Knoebel

According to Artnet:

Imi Knoebel is a German painter and sculptor known for his contributions to and shaping of 20th century Minimalist abstract art. Often working with large-scale modular shapes, Knoebel’s work is regarded as an ongoing, elliptical investigation into formalism and the medium of painting itself. Born in Dessau, Germany in 1930, he went on to study at the Darmstadt School of Arts and Crafts and then the famed Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he befriended Joseph Beuys and Blinky Palermo. Though his early work was often monochromatic, Knoebel became interested in the teachings of renowned colorist Johannes Itten, and much of his later work is characterized by its bright palette and strong color relationships. One of his best-known pieces, 24 Colors for Blinky (1977)—made in memoriam of his friend’s untimely death—consists of a irregularly shaped panels each painted in a specific, memorable hue, and is featured in the permanent collection of Dia:Beacon in upstate New York. Knoebel has been the subject of solo exhibitions at such institutions as the Haus der Kunst in Munich, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. He lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany.

For more information see here at the Dia Beacon website.

Taken with a Sony A7IV and Samyang 45mm f1.8

Found Still Life

I went with some friends for breakfast at the excellent Tasty Table in Ossining, NY. While I was there I needed to use the rest room and in there I came across this lovely little cabinet with a number of little curios in it. So I took a picture.

It wasn’t until I got back and looked at it on the computer that I noticed that it wasn’t a cabinet at all, but rather a nice Trompe l’oeil painting. For anyone who may not be familiar with this term it’s French for “to deceive the eye”, an art historical tradition in which the artist fools us into thinking we’re looking at the real thing. Well it certainly fooled me.

Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XF 35mm f1.4 R

Lunch in Yonkers, NY – A Couple of Murals

Yonkers seems to have a lot of murals. Here are just two of them.

Above: Detail of a mural by Dutch artist, Eelco van den Berg overlooks Mill Street Courtyard in downtown Yonkers. The public space was designed around a newly recovered portion of the Saw Mill River.


A contemporary wall mural by street artist Fumero on the side of the Herald Statesman building in Yonkers, New York.

Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II