art:
Andre Kertesz | Flowers for Elizabeth, New York, 1976 | Gelatin silver print
In Flowers for Elizabeth, New York, taken four decades after his move to New York, André Kertész takes a portrait without the actual presence of the subject. The artist’s wife, Elizabeth, is felt in the bountiful bouquets; the artist himself is felt in the shirt haphazardly slung over the chair, his reading glasses strewn on the seat, and a book casually opened to two pages of nude figures. Kertész’s beloved Elizabeth passed away the year after this picture was taken, rendering this image a lasting and charming memento of their lives together.
Igor Bakht, from whose collection the print originates, was a fellow Hungarian exile of Kertész. In the 1960s they began a long lasting collaboration as photographer and printer.
Through Ai Weiwei’s Eyes
Study of Perspective (1995-2003) is a series of photographs by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Each photograph shows the artist flipping his middle finger at many iconic landmarks and places across the world. His gesture confronts the viewers with a universal statement of political opposition. (via MoMA)
A Brief History of John Baldessari | Directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman for LACMA.
This video just proves that every artist should be profiled by Tom Waits
