January 31, 2004

Arhat [9]: Jivaka

 

 

                                           
               
           
         
               
           
   
   
   
   
               
     
     
             
           
 
   
     
     
               
       
               
       
       

Jivaka (Arhats)

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 12:05 AM

January 30, 2004

Arhat [8]: Vajraputra

 

 

                                           
             
   
                 
                   
       
       
     
         
             
 
 
   
   
   
         
           
 
   
         
           
         
     
   

Vajraputra (Arhats)

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 10:04 AM

January 29, 2004

Arhat [7]: Kalika

 

 

                                           
             
   
     
       
                     
   
         
                 
   
           
           
           
   
       
           
                   
   
             
             
   
       
     
 
Kalika (Arhats)

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 04:09 PM

January 28, 2004

Arhat [6]: Bhadra

 

 

                                           
                   
         
           
           
               
     
   
                             
                 
                     
             
   
     
             
         
     
                     
                         
                 
     
     
       
       

Bhadra (Arhats)


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More dead solderis. See the count- around 524.

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 04:00 PM

January 27, 2004

Arhat [5]: Nakula

 

 

                                           
             
               
       
       
           
   
       
   
         
             
                   
         
     
                 
     
   
         
         
           
             
     
     
 


Nakula (Arhats)

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Lloyd: beautiful pix and text, great display.

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Where does a painting, and more specifically, an abstract painting, fall, when it's not just busy being itself, between metaphor and analogy?

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Jerry Saltz on Arshile Gorky:

I revere Gorky's work. Yet sadly, I know this is not his time. His forms look erotic to me, or otherworldly in very real ways. And his touch is scintillating. Yet to younger artists these days, Gorky comes off as relentlessly abstract, too rigorous, serious, pure and formal. Nowadays, his hard-won surfaces and meticulous shapes strike people as labored or too idealistic. His phantasmagoria comes off more platonic than it is.

Sounds great to me. Guess I'm not a young artist anymore.

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 02:33 PM

January 26, 2004

Arhat [4]: Subinda

 

 

                                           
                 
         
       
       
     
             
               
     
     
         
     
             
   
 
   
     
       
                   
     
               
     
       
       

Subinda (Arhats)

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 09:25 AM

January 24, 2004

Arhat [3]: Kanakabharadvaja

 

 

                                           
     
               
   
           
               
     
       
           
       
                       
     
   
             
     
 
             
   
       
                   
     
     
   
       

Kanakabharadvaja

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 08:49 PM

Arhat [2]: Kanakavatsa

 

 

                                           
         
       
 
       
         
     
 
 
     
     
     
     
     
       
             
 
   
 
         
   
         
   
 

Kanakavatsa

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 08:48 PM

Arhat [1]: Pindolabharadvaja

 

 

                                           
           
     
 
   
               
   
         
   
           
           
   
 
 
             
       
     
     
     
             
   
 
     
     

Pindolabharadvaja


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Arts Research Center Annual Conference : When Is Art Research?


February 6, 9am-5pm

Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Free admission

When the Arts Research Center was established at UC Berkeley in 2001, its stated
goal was to "create a deeper appreciation within the academic community
of art-making as a vital form of research that both interprets and re-imagines
our world." This year's ARC conference will advance this mission by focusing
on what research means to practicing artists. Some questions that may be addressed
include:



  • What constitutes research for the artist and what typical roles does it
    play in the finished product?

  • What is the focus of the participating artists' inquiries/experiments/explorations?

  • To what degree do they see what they're doing as contributing to an inquiry
    that others are also pursuing? Is their work "in conversation" with
    the work of others?

  • To what degree do they find the term research useful or accurate in describing
    what they do? What are the term's limitations as applied to artists' work?

  • For artists who operate within research universities, how does this environment
    and its definitions or expectations of research effect or modify their creative
    practice? Are there other "environmental" factors (for instance,
    the pressures of fundraising) that influence the role of research in an artist's
    work?

  • Are there certain artistic media, techniques, or forms that are easier or
    more difficult to conceive as research? What is it about certain activities
    that makes them amenable to being perceived in this way?


Visual Arts as Research, 11:15am

Squeak Carnwath (panel chair), Professor in Residence, Art Practice, UC Berkeley

Greg Niemeyer, Assistant Professor, Art Practice/New Media, UC Berkeley

Anne Walsh, Assistant Professor, Art Practice, UC Berkeley

John Zurier, painter

Melissa Day, MFA candidate in Art Practice, UC Berkeley

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 08:48 PM

January 23, 2004

16 Arhats

 

 

                   
                   
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
       
 
 
 
 
     
 
                   
                   
         
           
   
         
           
   
         
           
   
         
             
     
                   
             
           
             
           
           
             
           
           
             
           
           
             
           
                   
   
     
       
             
                   
                   
   
             
       
     
 
   
   
[1] Angaja holds a fly whisk and incense bowl. [2] Ajita has the head covered and the hands in the meditation mudra. [3] Vanavasin with the mudra of explication and holding a fly whisk. [4] Kalika holds a gold earring in each hand.
                   
                   
   
 
         
       
     
     
     
 
 
     
   
 
                   
                   
   
             
       
               
       
                 
       
                 
               
               
     
               
                   
     
                 
       
         
   
     
         
         
       
           
       
         
   
                   
   
   
   
 
             
       
         
         
     
 
 
             
       
[5] Vajriputra with a fly whisk and hand gesture. [6] Bhadra performs the mudras of explication and meditation. [7] Kanakavatsa holds a jewel lasso in both hands. [8] Kanaka Bharadvaja has both hands in meditation.
                   
           
       
           
 
           
     
   
       
           
       
   
     
   
                   
     
 
 
 
 
 
       
 
 
     
   
 
 
                   
   
 
 
 
   
                 
         
         
         
             
         
         
         
                   
           
 
 
           
 
 
 
           
   
   
   
   
 
[9] Bakula holds a mongoose. [10] Rahula holds a jewelled tiara. [11] Chudapantaka has both hands in meditation. [12] Pindola Bharadvaja holds a book and begging bowl.
                   
       
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
       
       
   
       
       
                   
     
 
     
 
 
     
 
 
     
     
   
 
 
                   
   
   
     
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
   
                   
         
   
       
   
       
   
     
             
         
                   
                 
   
 
[13] Pantaka holds a book and performs the mudra of explication. [14] Nagasena holds a vase and staff. [15] Gopaka holds a book. [16] Abheda holds a stupa.

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 10:19 AM

January 21, 2004

12/16 Arhats