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(01/25/21 11:00pm)
With his unbridled positivity, calmingly sincere demeanor, and characteristic afro, Bob Ross brought art into the homes of millions. While he can hardly be considered a virtuoso of impasto, chiaroscuro, or any other esoteric technique, he is responsible for a monumental shift in the world of art. Merging entertainment, education, and ingenuity, Bob Ross successfully brought painting out of the academy and into mainstream culture.
(01/20/21 9:00pm)
In 1989, bright yellow posters featuring a reclining female nude with a gorilla mask were emblazoned across public buses in New York City. The poster alluded to the Romantic era, featuring a reproduction of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres’ La Grande Odalisque—albeit with a unique, bestial twist. To the right of Ingres' nude lay a provocative question, splayed across the poster in bold typeface:
(01/18/21 11:00pm)
Our nation’s famed and magnificent Capitol has the power to turn justice, law, and democracy into emotions with its striking design and rich, historic atmosphere. Architecturally, the Capitol Building has a jurisdictional grandeur, evoking oohs and ahs from international visitors, American citizens, and everyone in between. Inside, a variety of artistic mediums—including busts of the Founding Fathers, relief sculptures, and oil paintings—amplify this impressive aura. They help to glorify the history of the nation, essentially making the Capitol Building an American Acropolis.
(12/13/20 3:25pm)
Unable to get involved with existing student art groups at Penn, Paige Golden (C '23) and Alexa Cornacchia (C '23) launched a mission to start something on their own. The two friends co–founded Penn Art and Wellness, an organization combining collaborative art, community service, and mindfulness.
(12/07/20 1:55am)
Not knowing it would be the cause of his scheme’s demise, Wolfgang Beltracchi carefully added details in white paint to his energetic composition, much like Der Blaue Reiter painter Heinrich Campendonk would have. This white paint, containing an amount of titanium so small that it was not listed on the tube, marked the end of Beltracchi’s 45 million dollar early career roughly 10 years ago. But how could such a trace amount of metal cost him so much? Beltracchi did much more than emulate Campendonk—he forged both his and many other pieces by well–known artists, including Max Ernst and Fernand Léger, listing them on the global market with an incredibly high price tag and successfully conning countless museums and dealers.
(12/01/20 2:33am)
A windswept Harry Styles clad in a baby blue Gucci dress graces the December cover of Vogue. As the glossy images circulated online, the internet took to scrutinizing the ex–boyband member. Yes, the cover is most certainly “camp,” but more critically: Could this nod to a future of genderless fashion?
(11/20/20 12:48am)
Much like the thread Amy Krimm (C’23) stitches through embroidery hoops, the practice of sewing has passed through her maternal line for generations. This familial connection is one of the main reasons Amy grew to love embroidery, an artistic medium she now documents online. “I really like how slow and precise it is,” Amy says. “You have to really trust the process with it. You can’t see the full image until you are completely done. I think that’s really rewarding.”
(11/12/20 11:09pm)
Quincy Morgan (C’23) gives a glimpse into her life and background as an artist through her playlist. Originally from New York, Quincy spent much of her childhood in the south of France, explaining in part her attachment to the Brooks remix of “American Boy” by Estelle and Kanye West. “I’m a huge fan of the original, but around 2007, I was growing up in the south of France and I think it was around then when the song kind of hit peak popularity out there. You couldn’t walk into a single restaurant, cafe, or store without hearing it at least once. It reminds me of those days and the memories I have from there in general. Having been raised out of the country so much, I’m also just a very proud American because I was the only American girl of my friend group in my youth. It’s just one of those songs that put me in a good mood.”
(11/15/20 5:01am)
Before the 2020 election, an impenetrable cloud of apprehension was cast over the Penn community, Philadelphia, and the nation at large. The diametrically opposed beliefs of rival candidates and members of their respective parties felt oppressive and irrevocable. However, as information becomes publicized regarding contemporary election issues like immigration law, gun control, police brutality, equitable women’s rights, and global climate change, citizens nationwide are ready for to someone to amend the flaws of the current administration. One pivotal way in which the voice of the nation has manifested itself in regards to the 2020 election is through the trailblazing influence of protest art.
(11/15/20 5:01am)
Early in October, MTV reached out to Bill Strobel, a local artist, and asked him to create the Philadelphia installation as part of their Vote For Your Life campaign.
(11/08/20 10:00pm)
From fashion sketches to drawings, paper collage, photography, digital collage, design, and so much more, Eleanor Shemtov (C’22) has been testing different creative mediums and evolving as an artist from a very young age. Gaining most of her inspiration from image–based social media like Pinterest and old family photos, Eleanor creates art that draws on her past. Now, in both her academic and extracurricular life, Eleanor continues to explore artistic expression.
(10/30/20 9:08pm)
Now that the semester has started and launched into the unceasing “midterms season” that many of us are in right now, and with all the work we’re trying to keep up with, it can be difficult to find the time and space to relax, reflect, and create something just for fun. Sometimes, getting caught up in our commitments and involvements as Penn students also means not slowing down to get to know those around us and in Philadelphia.
(10/27/20 3:11pm)
On October 8th, the Swedish Academy awarded Louise Glück the Nobel Prize in Literature.
(10/21/20 9:26pm)
“I don’t think I would have been smoking weed to feel better if I hadn’t been just sitting at home all day not doing anything.” Emma* (C’23) says. As we come upon our eighth mind–numbing month of social distancing, her sentiments are especially relatable.
(10/21/20 9:22pm)
Farah Sayed (C’23) cherishes both visual arts and creative writing, practicing everything from poetry to printmaking. She always planned on joining a Penn publication, but found that none bridged the divide between artists and writers in the ways that she imagined. Sayed knew she wanted to start a publication that united these two worlds at the beginning of her second year.
(10/21/20 11:04pm)
The entire premise of Lucas Pope's video game Papers, Please is simple, if somewhat bizarre: a border officer, selected through a job lottery in a fictional communist country called Arstotzka, shuffles through entrants’ paperwork to determine whether or not they can pass.a
(10/20/20 1:11am)
Professor Orkan Telhan’s Design 21 class is much more than a requirement for undergraduate design majors. By taking an inquiry and research based approach to different kinds of design, the course “[discusses] how design shapes society, how new generation designers can learn about new technologies’ relationship to design, and how they can address these bigger challenges based on their own interests, whether that is becoming a designer or using design skills in their own majors,” says Professor Telhan.
(10/14/20 11:11pm)
Maritza Moulite is a first generation Haitian–American author and first–year Penn student pursuing a doctorate in education, with a concentration in reading, writing, and literacy. When discussing her upcoming novel, Moulite speaks of her recent love of American scholar Gloria Anzaldúa, a Chicana academic whose work focused on Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory. She particularly admires how Anzaldúa’s academic work offered something for everyone but was unafraid to speak directly to her Chicana audience. Moulite’s work aims to convey her stories in the way that Anzaldúa does, opening a portal into her emotions.
(10/14/20 11:07pm)
The first time they read non–rhyming poetry, “it felt like it belonged to me,” says Erin O’Malley (C’21). As a self–taught poet, much of their inspiration comes from other Asian–American writers like Ocean Vuong or K–Ming Chang who use poetry as a means of expressing cultural narratives. As an Asian–American adoptee, Erin’s personal connection to Asian culture differs from the Asian writers they seek inspiration from. Because of this, they sought other themes to authentically center their creativity.
(10/17/20 6:56pm)
From light hearted novels that serve as comic relief to stories that weigh in on the messiness of real life, literature captures the complexity of human experience, helping us as readers to appreciate what makes us different and to reflect on where we come from. Thus, representation in written works is something that should be both cherished and advocated for, as books provide arguably the richest material for personal reflection.
