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Odyssey of These Days – New Paintings by Wesley Hurd
This essay comes from the exhibition catalog for Odyssey of These Days, a multimedia exhibition featuring new paintings by ECA co-founder Wesley Hurd, and original music by composer Eliot Grasso. The exhibition takes…
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Art and Its Powers Part 4 – The Process of Making Art
Part four in a four part series by Wesley Hurd MFA, Ph.D; The Process of Making Art – At least two levels characterize the artist’s effort to make art. The first level is a composite of three essential components of a work of art: (1) the artist must competently control the craft of his medium; (2) she must seriously engage the…
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Art and Its Powers – Part 3
Part three in a four part series by Wesley Hurd MFA, Ph.D; The Languages of Art – We must remember that all art is allusive or indirect—that is, by its nature, art “points to” or presents its subject in ways that call on us to engage in deciphering its meaning and message.
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Art and Its Powers – Part 2
Part two in a four part series by Wesley Hurd MFA, Ph.D; What Is Art Anyway? A most basic definition of art is this: inner human idea/belief/sensibility taking outer form. I think of art as the special human voice or language we call upon when communicating in ordinary ways seem to fall short of…
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Art and Its Powers – Part 1
Art can be powerful. History and common human experience witness to this fact. Art can alter our conscious intellectual and emotional sensibilities evoking in us reflection on our lived experiences in this world.
