In 1907 Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque shocked the art community with their abstract way of painting. Film maker Arne Glimcher created a remarkable documentary capturing the story of how cubism changed the world.

The American Visionary Art Museum is a place where self taught artists can express their inspiration through art. In this exhibit artists have a pure, open way of expressing the meaning of “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. Artists can take an unexplainable emotion and express it through creating a work of art.

The term ‘new media’ includes a mixture of traditional media, such as film, images, music and the spoken word, enhanced by the interactive power of computer technology. New media, and its acceptance by gallery directors, provides artists who have the necessary technical skills with an opportunity to expand the scope of fine art.

In this video at Fecal Face Dot Gallery Mel describes how she creates her unique art on book pages with coffee colored stain.  Her art brings back the nostalgia of  grandma’s old pillow cases and pajamas. More of Mel Kadel

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