Baren Digest Monday, 27 May 2002 Volume 19 : Number 1842 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Lyon Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 10:18:10 -0500 Subject: [Baren 18176] Exchange 12 and May Newsletter READ ALL ABOUT IT, READ ALL ABOUT IT !! Exchange #12 participants complete unbelievable hosoban print exchange!! Pictures at http://www.barenforum.org/exchange/exchange_12/exchange_frame.html BAREN SUJI hot off the press !! http://www.barenforum.org/newsletter/issue08/issue08.html BAREN-SUJI NEWSLETTER ONE OF OUR BEST EVER, quipped an exhausted Editor-in-Chief Julio Rodriguez as he emerged from a three week long seclusion after completing the latest issue. David Bull, MD examined Editor Rodriguez and declared he would be "fit as a fiddle" and ready to resume a more-or-less normal life after only "a week or two of bed-rest". Dr. Bull assures us that Julio's fingers will soon return to normal length after suffering many weeks of punishing joint compression due to the repeated key depressions required for the production of the most recent newsletter. Gratefully submitted, Mike Mike Lyon mailto:mikelyon@mlyon.com http://www.mlyon.com ------------------------------ From: David Bull Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 16:55:06 +0900 Subject: [Baren 18178] Interesting new book ... New book out which might be of interest to many of you: Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color. > On a wall in London's National Gallery hangs one of van Gogh's famous > Sunflowers paintings=97an understated arrangement of thickly layered > ochres, muted oranges, and russet browns depicting a flower-filledvase > against a brownish-yellow background. The thoughtful viewer might seek > to analyze why van Gogh used such uncharacteristically subdued and > harmonious colors. (Perhaps, one might guess, the painting was created > during a period of respite from his notorious torment?) And the thick > daubs of crudely applied paint might seem to suggest an impulsive > approach on his parta giving over to spontaneity in place of careful planning. >In fact, as pigment analysis indicates, van Gogh's painting today > little resembles the way it looked more than a hundred years ago when > it was first completed. The "chrome yellow" pigment that figures > heavily in the work was, at the time, a vibrant, brilliant colorin > keeping with van Gogh's more typically lurid color schemes. But over > time it faded to the lusterless brown-yellow that it is today, > transforming the overall feeling of the work. As for the thickness of > the paint, that can be explained at least in part as symptomatic not of > impulsiveness but of the artist's foresightful awareness that some of > the pigments he was using might not stand the test of time becausethey > had only recently been developed by the fledgling chemical industry. > One might as well "lay them on ... crudely," he wrote in a letter to > his brother, because "time will tone them down only too much." Here is a discussion of the book, and an interview with its author: http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/int2002-04-04.htm Dave ------------------------------ From: David Bull Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 18:06:42 +0900 Subject: [Baren 18179] WTC Prints now on line ... Thanks to Sharen and Don Linder, who scanned, cropped, and emailed them all ... the images of the 9/11 prints are now up on the website. The page will be permanently living in the 'Events and Activities' section, but for the moment, there is a special link on the front page: http://barenforum.org Dave ------------------------------ From: John and Jan Telfer Date: Mon, 27 May 02 19:01:37 -0000 Subject: [Baren 18180] Re: Coming to Canada and the US Hi everyone, Just to let you know that Iwill be leaving Western Australia tomorrow for Bootcamp and Seattle and Los Angeles in June. I will be "out of the office" for personal replies, but will have my email on while I am away (until 1st July)...I have left Strict instructions for hubby not to delete or file anything!!! Looking forward to meeting old friends and new ones. See you soon, Jan ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V19 #1842 *****************************