Natasha Gural
Fine Art and Business Writer at Forbes
An award-winning journalist, I write about fine art and the business of art for Forbes. Other writing includes @lubachka_novel, finance, biochem, technology.
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2 days ago |
forbesjapan.com | Natasha Gural
約2.1メートル×1.2メートルのキャンバスに３人の姿が並ぶジャン・ミシェル・バスキアの『Baby Boom（ベビー・ブーム）』は、中央にバスキアの父ジェラード、右側に母マティルダ、そして左側に本人が、いずれも頭上の光の輪とともに描かれている。複雑でありながら深い絆で結ばれていた家族の関係を表現したものとされている。 何本もの太い黒線で描かれた人物は、顔の部分だけに明るい色が使われており、マティルダからは女性らしさがにじみ出ている。一方、ジェラードは上にあげた手が必要以上に大きく描かれ、強調されている。子どもに体罰を与える父であったことを、暗に示しているのかもしれない。 家族をひとつに結び付けているのは、バスキア本人の姿を取り囲むように塗られた澄んだブルーのアクリル絵の具だ。そのブルーは大きな父親の手を際立たせているが、母親の周囲にはほとんど使われていない。脚の部分を軽くかすめるように塗られているだけだ。 「21世紀イブニング・セール」に出品...
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4 days ago |
forbes.com | Natasha Gural
A pair of anthropomorphic creatures embrace and appear ecstatic, one with round yellow lined eyes, the other seemingly squinting. Their entangled limbs float in a hot pink background, evoking a raucous frenzy. Daniel Richter’s Angst, mein BROT (2024) draws viewers into a mosh pit of brazen colors and chaos, borrowing from the German artist’s previous career designing posters and record sleeves for punk bands.
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6 days ago |
forbes.com | Natasha Gural
Throughout his presidency, John F. Kennedy averaged a 70.1% approval rating, handily the highest of any post-World War II U.S. president.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Natasha Gural
As the rain cleared on Saturday afternoon, light poured through the spaces between each triptych panel of the towering tetraptych sculpture crafted from cast-resin slabs to represent the four seasons. Viewing from a distance in the South Fields of Storm King Art Center, it was unclear what mediums were used to create an array of colorful swatches.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Natasha Gural
A nude goddess figure with cropped dark hair and green eyes bends her arms at the elbows and lifts her forearms to extend open palms, indicating her nurturing and protective nature. White lilies sprout from her plump lips and hands, symbolizing purity, rebirth, and innocence, as they frame her form and draw together the natural landscape and the figure.
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