CSM: "Stylometry"

Christian Science Monitor | Is that painting real? Ask a mathematician : Engineers use a mathematical process dubbed 'stylometry' to set apart real Van Gogh paintings from forgeries.

Excerpt:
"Is it true that every artist has one clearly identifiable, characteristic style that can be picked up by this technology?" wonders Ellen Handy, an art historian at the City College of New York. "Can artists really be resolved to a single pattern?"

frieze: Dana Schutz

frieze.com | Image Search : Referencing such wildly disparate subjects as Google, ‘self-eating’, headless dogs and imaginary births, Dana Schutz examines what it means to be a painter

I don't usually admit to disliking (or occasionally liking) Dana Schutz's work, but I found this article to be a good entrance point for reconsidering her work.

Derwent Inktense Pencils

Found a review of these in the Winter Ampersand journal. Might be worth a try sometime... Will have to find a few individual pencils in the store to sample. Anything that isn't a variation of white or black seems a bit much for me, though.

Alex Paik

http://www.alexpaik.com/
Donkey Kong Boogie Woogie
acrylic on canvas
58 x 58"

You should know that I am very much resisting the urge (need?) to post more Morrissey-related things. I'm not a "super fan," as some have suggested, but it's true that it's easy for me to become obsessed with things.

The latest New American Paintings has some images of Alex's work, and I thought I'd share his site with you all. Love the Mike Tyson's Punch Out! (TKO) piece, too.