new to the collection

We won this exceptional kid-made riff on the Scream from the Firefly Autism House silent auction today. Oh yeah!

Variations on a Theme

A couple of weeks ago I posted a photo of my studio with my current progress and a painting by Edvard Munch that I have been enjoying lately - Self-Portrait with Burning Cigarette (1895). After that post, Norwegian artist Markus Brendmoe emailed me a few examples of his works that also ruminate on Munch's self portraits. I'm particularly fond of his recent work interpreting Munch's Self Portrait: Between Clock and Bed.

Edvard Munch, Self Portrait: Between Clock and Bed, 1941,
Oil on canvas 149.5 x 120.5 cm

Markus Brendmoe, Self Portrait: Between Clock and Bed, 2009

Jasper Johns has also done numerous variations on the patterning found on Munch's bed spread (from Self Portrait: Between Clock and Bed) including this print, made in 1976.

Edvard Munch, Self-Portrait with Burning Cigarette

1895; Oil on canvas, 110.5 x 85.5 cm - photo from the WebMuseum.

Markus Brendmoe, Self Portrait with Cigarette

Markus Brendmoe, Quiet, Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 100 inches, 2007

Art and Film Friday; Vol. 13 - Punch Drunk Love

Still from Punch Drunk Love - more here.
Ross Bleckner, Hands and Faces, 1994, Oil on Linen, 96x120"

Still from Punch Drunk Love
Dan Flavin, The Diagonal of May 25, 1963, 1963, blue fluorescent light

Still from Punch Drunk Love - by Jeremy Blake
Gene Davis, Royal Canoe, 1977, Screenprint
Paper Size: 37 1/2 x 43 inches, Edition of 100
Published by Pace Editions, Inc

Still from Punch Drunk Love

Brice Marden, "Grove IV". 1976, Oil and Wax on Canvas, two panels, 72x108" overall
Still from Punch Drunk Love
Edvard Munch, Kiss by the Window, 1892

Still from Punch Drunk Love
Brice Marden