Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “modern artists”
Hunter and Bain stare at the moonless sky. They sit in a cafe at the cliff edge of a plateau overlooking the landing bay. A constant stream of small craft arrive, halt for a few moments then fly off again, ferrying hordes of queuing people to the starships above. A huge circle of spinning sliver lights perpetuates the dark sky, …
Hunter and Bain wait in a cafe at the end of a wide corridor. Above them, visible through the vast domed windows looms the presence of Wolf 359, the nearest star, gazing down at the holographic art exhibition Shi Xiu had insisted the three of them should visit. An exact replica of the Museum of Modern Art, just off 6th …
Art and Artists The first post of this two-parter looked at the naming of things in music, fiction and poetry. This one tackles the painted arts, and the philosophy of naming. Representational art is very popular. It appeals to our sense of the familiar and even when it tackles the big life issues, it offers one redeeming quality: a sense …
The true skill of an artist is revealed by the bare lines of their drawing. It might be a finished pencil piece, a working sketch for painting, or the pencils for a comic book, waiting for the inker to carve their black definitions and the colourist to splash the tones. A decent artist’s talents lie naked amongst the interplay between …