Mosaics as art, presented by Mosaic Art Now
I mentioned Mosaic Art Now the other day in my post about the mosaic in the Bronx MTA station at Bedford Park Boulevard. Mosaic Art Now (MAN) is an organization dedicated to celebrating the mosaic as an art form. MAN was founded in 2008 by mosaic entrepreneur and artist Bill Buckingham with the publication by Mosaic Rocks Press of the first issue of the magazine, Mosaic Art Now. Since then, MAN's operational scope has grown to include a website , blog , and a Facebook page . With MAN's expansion into cyberspace, Buckingham has been joined by co-editors Nancie Mills Pipgras and Michael Welch.
Spin-off (detail), Sonia King
In its challenge statement, MAN describes itself succinctly:
MAN promotes the international knowledge and appreciation of contemporary mosaics through nice publications and a energetic on-line presence. We deliver provocative and inspirational content for artists, curators, architects, designers, creditors and educators.
I applaud their efforts on behalf of this historic and regularly unnoticed art form. What's certainly cool about MAN is their devotion to the records of the mosaic even as at the same time embracing how the artwork shape is expressed nowadays. And except, these things is simply cool.
Mosaic Art Now, the magazine, is a 76-page, full-color publication. As its highlight is The Mosaic Gallery, an exhibit in print featuring the works of 34 artists from around the globe. Artists whose work the editors selected for their excellence in mastery, innovation, audacity and intent. Thought provoking and educational articles about mosaics and the artists who make them round out the magazine's content. You can order a copy from Mosaic Art Now's website. This publication page also lists the magazine's back issues which are now available as CDs.
Maria, 2008 -- Michael Ferris, Jr.
In addition to being a print publication, Mosaic Art Now is also a blog that combs the Internet every day to find and share interesting work and ideas. It is on MAN's blog that I found the MTA piece I wrote about the other day. Nancie writes the Mosaic Art Now Blog in a knowing, passionate voice. Her understanding and insight leap off the screen. I learn a lot about this medium through her enthusiastic descriptions and that's a good and welcome thing. Here was one of her insights into that Community Garden project from the other day:
Check out the cat's paw shadows. That taken into consideration use of tesserae drift, or "andamento" now not simplest separates the shadows from the historical past, but suggests which manner the sun is shining.
This is what separates the "duplicators" from the artists of fabrication. Brilliant.
-- Nancie Mills-Pipgras, 6 June 2009
I observed the shadows once I first saw the pix of that set up, but I lack wholly the language to describe them. Or should I say I lacked them inside the past aggravating. Thanks to MAN and Nancie, I sense like I understand a piece more about all of this.
Mosaic Art Now maintains an extensive Facebook page as well. Follow this link and become a fan, I have.
Many way to Nancie and the relaxation of the crowd at Mosaic Arts Now. Keep up the best work and I'll make certain to test in frequently.
A Walk with Blue, Lynne Moor