National Maritime Museum (UK) Joins Flickr Commons ( Filed under: FotoFriday, maritime art, maritime heritage, social media, storytelling )
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwch, England has joined The Commons on Flickr project. NMM stands alongside these other world class institutions: The Library of Congress (web) (Flickr) The Powerhouse Museum – Australia (web) (Flickr) The Brooklyn Museum (web) (Flickr) Smithsonian Institution (web) (Flickr) Bibliothèque de Toulouse – France (web) (Flickr) George Eastman House (web) [...]
( more )Maritime Art Week – Lawrence Weiner, Navigating the Conceptual ( Filed under: Sea-Fever Style, Vision, maritime, maritime art, work )
There are some cool contemporary maritime influenced art projects currently on exhibit across the globe, so we’ve declared this Maritime Art Week on the Sea-Fever blog. Here’s the final and maybe most challenging and interesting installment of this series. Lawrence Weiner was born in the Bronx, NY in 1942. Early in his life, Weiner had [...]
( more )Maritime Art Week – Arden Scott’s Beautiful Sculptures ( Filed under: Sea-Fever Style, maritime, maritime art )
Arden Scott, a life long sailor who actually built her 28’ schooner herself, is a contemporary artist who’s beautiful works are both modern and ancient at the same time. The following 2 pictures are from an exhibition this summer at the Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY. (June 1 – August 10, 2008 ) From the [...]
( more )Maritime Art Week – The Art Boat ( Filed under: Sea-Fever Style, maritime, maritime art )
Since there are some cool contemporary maritime influenced art projects currently on exhibit across the globe, we’ve declared this Maritime Art Week. Here’s a peak at a another. “That boat is a work of art.” No I’m not talking about one of the classic yachts designed by Olin Stephens, who by the way turned 100 [...]
( more )Maritime Art Week – Simon Patterson’s "The Undersea World and Other Stories" ( Filed under: Sea-Fever Style, maritime art, maritime heritage )
Since there are some cool contemporary maritime influenced art projects currently on exhibit across the globe, we’ve declared this Maritime Art Week. Here’s a peak at a another. Simon Patterson is a British artist that is probably best known for his work The Great Bear, a London Underground map in which the names of the [...]
( more )Maritime Art Week – Container Art Show ( Filed under: Sea-Fever Style, maritime )
Since there are some cool contemporary maritime influenced art projects currently on exhibit across the globe, we’ve declared this Maritime Art Week. Here’s a peak at a another. The Wooster Collective is one of my favorite art blogs. Their interest is primarily street art and I’ve previously posted some of their incredible discoveries. Last week [...]
( more )Maritime Art Week – David Byrne’s "Playing the Building" ( Filed under: Sea-Fever Style, life, maritime heritage )
Since there are some cool contemporary maritime influenced art projects currently on exhibit across the globe, we’ve declared this Maritime Art Week and we’ll take a peak at a few. One of my all time favorite bands was the Talking Heads and long after they broke up, I’ve followed the music, art and activities of [...]
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