I just now remembered that I missed my blog's one year anniversary. It was July 6th... How awful is that?! Thanks to all you readers and those who have commented along the way! And as a gift to you all (or at least those who love art as much as I do), I wanted to share with you an artist I stumbled upon today. His name is James Grashow and he makes massive installations out of cardboard. Yeah, you heard me right, cardboard. All of his pieces are amazing, but I was just dumbfounded when I saw this one. It's a cardboard version of Bernini's Fountain of Four Rivers in Rome!!! So stinkin' fantastic!!! And it doesn't hurt that Bernini is my all-time favorite sculptor. Check out James' other works on his site HERE.
Dude. I love Bernini. I stumbled upon a book with all his work and flipped out. My little sis and her friend were there and I went off on this Dr. Choate-esque teaching rant about how he's so awesome. They just kind of stared back and said something like, "I haven't heard of him." "I only know Michelangelo."
ReplyDeleteI shook my head in shame. Art in schools has failed our youth.
Wow. That's a total shame. I about drooled my socks off when I saw his David in Rome. Soooo much better than Michelangelo's.
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