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Ed Buziak / Artist
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Abstract artist, stock photographer, occasional writer… plant-based… fixie rider… ‘60s art student (if you can remember the ‘60s).

My main photography account is @buzzed44.bsky.social
Plus a new page for Postal History @postalhistory.bsky.social
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Ed Buziak / Artist @artbuzz.bsky.social · Mar 10
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I'm in Europe but feel that this visual message needs spreading... so just ordered a bunch of these buttons and stickers for passing around. Take a look at their website for more positive thoughts to wear and share!

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dzynwrld.bsky.social dzynwrld @dzynwrld.bsky.social · Mar 6
The late great civil rights activist and Congressman John Lewis once said "Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America".

#buttons #pinbackbuttons #buttonart #buttonpower #badges #graphicdesign #activism #civilrights #resist #getingoodtrouble
March 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Very interesting video on an artist I was not previously aware of. Her brushstrokes have wonderful detail - as do those of my favourite abstract painter Sean Scully when viewed in the real - and in a way similar to some portrait works by John Bratby... i.e. full of passion!
March 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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March 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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An entry for the popular #BlueSkyMonday theme...

#BlueSkyMonday #Art #Artwork #Collage #ZigZag
buzzed44.bsky.social Ed Buziak / Photographer @buzzed44.bsky.social · Feb 24
One of my several complicated collages composed of overlapping zig-zag angled shapes of blue cartridge papers. The original idea for the angled shapes is based on the fortified walls of the 17th century French military engineer General Vauban.

#BlueSkyMonday #Art #Artwork #Collage #ZigZag
An almost completed abstract collage in an art studio with many pieces of blue cartridge papers of different shades all interlocked and overlapping so creating an impossible maze of angles and zig-zag shapes. In the background a mugs of pencils and art accessories, more pre-cut paper angles and a roll of kitchen paper.
February 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Concentrating on a 1,000-piece jig-saw for three evenings (after dinner and wine, of course) is a mentally interesting way of viewing a famous painting, and especially all its many, many fine details... now to shop for another Bruegel, or an equally challenging Bosch!

#Art #Jigsaw #BruegelTheElder
buzzed44.bsky.social Ed Buziak / Photographer @buzzed44.bsky.social · Feb 18
"The Fall of the Rebel Angels" is an oil painting by Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder made in 1562. This 1000-piece jig-saw completed last evening shows a different take to my 'gold' post three days ago of the Angel slaying Lucifer statue on a church in Vienna.

#Jigsaw #Artwork #Bruegel
A completed 1,000-piece jigsaw in full colour of the religious oil painting made by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1562 titled "The Fall of the Rebel Angels". The subject shows Lucifer falling with his fallen angels and is taken from a passage from Revelation 12, and reveals the artist's profound debt to Hieronymus Bosch who was thought to be the artist for more than three centuries. The painting shows many grotesque, ugly or distorted, figures painted as half-human and half-apocalyptic creatures going through various stages of agony. The upper blue half of the work depicts Heaven, the lower half representing Hell.
February 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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It has been dubbed one of the world's rarest treasure troves of art. For decades, masterpieces by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock have been kept in the basement of a museum in Iran's capital Tehran, shrouded in mystery.

#Art #ModernArt #Tehran #Iran
The treasure trove of art worth billions 'hidden' in Tehran
Masterpieces by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh feature in the collection in Iran's capital.
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February 17, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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I'm reminded of the "From today, painting is dead," quote by the French academic painter Paul Delaroche after he viewed a daguerreotype (photograph) for the first time. Will painting survive the threat of AI this time?
theartnewspaper.bsky.social The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · Feb 11
Thousands call on Christie’s to cancel AI art auction in open letter

The sale has sparked backlash from critics who say AI programmes exploit human artists

https://buff.ly/42QlsPd
February 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Posted earlier in my photography stream as an interpretation of a film title, which is this week's 'Alphabet Challenge'. Nevertheless, it is an example of my past decade of collage work in notebooks... now numbering 26, and on-going!

#Art #Artwork #AbstractArt #Collage #CutAndPaste
buzzed44.bsky.social Ed Buziak / Photographer @buzzed44.bsky.social · Feb 7
"The Towering Inferno" - a 1974 American disaster film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Irwin Allen, featuring an ensemble cast led by Paul Newman and Steve McQueen.

The image is one of my more than a thousand abstract collage exercises!

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilms #Art #Collage
A collage of black and sand coloured striped paper cut into small shapes and glued into a notebook,. Additional red curved pointed pieces of paper and red biro lines representing burning or flames are streaking from the top of the collage composition which represents buildings. To the right are more pieces of paper, a pair of scissors, a biro and cutting knife, all on a green cutting mat.
February 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Alex Katz (b.1927) an American figurative artist known for his large paintings, divided into portraiture and landscape, whose bold simplicity and heightened colors are considered as precursors to Pop Art. His works seem simple, but according to Katz they are more reductive.

#Art #AlexKatz #American
February 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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This painting by Samuel John Peploe - Scottish Post-Impressionist and one of the group of four painters known as the Scottish Colourists - really does feel as if there's a strong gale blowing.

#Art #Seascape #Barra #Hebrides #Scotland #SamuelPeploe
February 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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The Musée Marmottan Monet in the Paris 16th is always a great gallery to visit not least for the permanent Monet collection downstairs. In 2023 the presentation of works by 100 different artists was extraordinary... such detailed work close-up was eye-opening!

#Art #Engraving #MarmottanMonet #Paris
buzzed44.bsky.social Ed Buziak / Photographer @buzzed44.bsky.social · Feb 4
Art books on my shelves No.025...

"Graver la Lumière" 208pp, pub. 5 Continents Editions to accompany the major etchings exhibition held at the Musée Marmottan Monet in 2023. I could have spent all day there, but, downstairs was the Monet permanent collection!

#Books #BookSky #ArtBook #ArtBookShelf
Front cover illustration of the hardback exhibition catalogue handbook "Graver la Lumière" with 138 works from 100 artists including Durer, Rembrandt, Canaletto, Piranesi, Dégas, Corot, Manet, Picasso and many others. Double-page spread from the exhibition catalogue handbook "Graver la Lumière" with a work by Odilon Rédon. Double-page spread from the exhibition catalogue handbook "Graver la Lumière" with works by Jacqueline Oyex (left) and Louis Soutter (right).
February 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Hung this painting in my bedroom office recently to try to warm-up the plain grey wall. It felt odd at first that having painted it seven years ago - doesn't time fly - I hadn't hung it for more than three years... but I'm pleased to see it again.

#Artwork #Painting #Abstract #Acrylic #Geometric
buzzed44.bsky.social Ed Buziak / Photographer @buzzed44.bsky.social · Feb 4
This morning, as a weak sun penetrated the fog, a strange reflection appeared in my bedroom office cast, I discovered, by a slightly bent sheet of cellophane on my worktop. The artwork is "Shibuya Crossing No.1" a 115 x 75 cm abstract acrylic.

#Art #AbstractArt #AcrylicArt #GeometricArt #Shibuya
A geometric abstract painting hanging on a plain grey wall. The colours of the painting are reds, oranges and yellows with some blue and white. The composition is basically lots of short parallel stripes criss-crossing and overlapping each other; the original subject being the complex pedestrian crossing in the Shibuya business quarter of Tokyo, Japan.
February 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Another beautifully produced pair of art books by the German publisher Hatje Cantz Verlag - these two volumes published for the major exhibition of Russian artist Vladimir Tatlin at the Museum Tinguely in Basel in 2012.

#VladimirTatlin #HatjeCantz #MuseumTinguely
buzzed44.bsky.social Ed Buziak / Photographer @buzzed44.bsky.social · Feb 3
Art books on my shelves No.024...

"Tatlin" 2 vols, 240pp (illustrated) +320pp (text), pub. Hatje Cantz in Russian, German and English to accompany the major Vladimir Tatlin exhibition held at the Museum Tinguely in Basel, Switzerland in 2012.

#Books #BookSky #ArtBook #ArtBookShelf #Tatlin #Russian
Front covers of two hardback volumes on the Russian Constructivist artist Vladimir Tatlin, showing a detail one of his three-dimensional works titled "Eck-Konterrelief" 1914. The second volume contains descriptive text of the exhibition and is printed in Russian, German and English. A double-page spread from the art book on the Russian Constructivist Vladimir Tatlin which shows three three-dimensional works made in 1923. A double-page spread from the art book on the Russian Constructivist Vladimir Tatlin which shows three works made in 1915; drawings based on masts and rigging of sailing ships.
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Cul de Sac

acrylic, pastel

#womenartists #houses
Looking down on a cul-de-sac with a pollarded tree in the middle. Semi abstract.
February 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Philip Guston's 1934 anti-fascist mural, "The Struggle Against Terrorism," hidden for decades behind a false wall in Morelia, Mexico, has been fully restored and unveiled. This powerful artwork addresses themes of persecution and resistance. #PhilipGuston #ArtRestoration #AntiFascistArt #ArtHistory
Restored mural by Philip Guston, Reuben Kadish and Jules Langsner unveiled in Mexico
The work at the Museo Regional Michoacano Dr Nicolás León Calderón was obscured behind a false wall for decades
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February 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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I don't often express myself with "en plein air" artwork although on three occasions I did try at friend's garden table with my bits and pieces to create a pencil drawing, a water-colour and a collage of a group of buildings in a local town.

#Art #Artwork #Drawing #Watercolour #Collage #EnPleinAir
A pencil drawing of a group of buildings; one with a tall pointed roof. There are the branch outlines of two trees - leafless in the Spring, and a telephone pole in the center. The nearest building is a garden shed constructed from stone blocks and with a door visible. A water-colour painting of a group of buildings; one with a tall pointed roof. The two trees to the left of center are still leafless. The buildings are a soft terracotta colour revealing the stonework of the region. and the roofs are grey indicating slates. A collage artwork of a group of buildings; one with a tall pointed roof. All of the buildings seen in the previous examples are now rendered with cut-out pieces of old faded French newspapers and various legal documents with neat handwriting. The blue sky is a water-colour wash, and the trees have been drawn with a soft grade lead pencil.
February 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Graham Nickson (1946-2025) was a British artist known for large-scale figurative paintings and drawings. He was a renowned artist and teacher developing the "Drawing Marathon," a two-week program of intensive study. Nickson worked in oils, acrylics, charcoal, and watercolor.
hyperallergic.com Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · Jan 30
A passionate advocate for drawing and multi-faceted arts education, Graham Nickson, who led the New York Studio School for over 30 years, died on January 28.
Artist Graham Nickson, Who Led New York Studio School, Dies at 79
A galvanizing arts educator and accomplished painter, Nickson is also remembered for his fervent belief in the discipline of drawing.
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January 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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This is the third fanzine I have purchased from Fred Sochard and the quality of the commercial printing is very good. Fred has a super range of graphic products on ETSY. I'm ordering a T-shirt next... and so hoping for better weather!

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buzzed44.bsky.social Ed Buziak / Photographer @buzzed44.bsky.social · Jan 28
Art books on my shelves No.023...

"72 Jours" not a book, but a very good 76 pp A4-size communal fanzine by Bluesky graphic artist Fred Sochard describing the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune, and worth support!

#Zine #Books #BookSky #ArtBook #ArtBookShelf #FredSochard #French
Front cover of "72 Jours", a communal fanzine by Fred Sochard. Alongside are bookmarks and a presentation card. Double-page spread from "72 Jours" which was created as a “Diary of the Commune”, drawn and produced day by day between March and June 2021, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune when a French revolutionary government seized power in the capital on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. Double-page spread from "72 Jours" which was created as a “Diary of the Commune”, drawn and produced day by day between March and June 2021, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune when a French revolutionary government seized power in the capital on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871.
January 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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This huge exhibition changed how I looked at and thought about art... 'modern' became my thing and I have remained that way for the past sixty years. I even used Letraset to add my name and date of visit in a more 'brut' style than my hand-writing.

#ModernArt #TateGallery #London
January 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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This is the type of 'abstract geometric' composition that stirs my creative juices!

#AbstractArt #GeometricArt #Bauhaus #MoholyNagy #Hungarian
duille.com Duille @duille.com · Jan 26
“Red Cross and White Balls”. László Moholy-Nagy. 1921.
January 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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The well-illustrated volume accompanying the 2023 retrospective exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, of 'New York School' Robert Motherwell's abstract artwork spanning half a century.

#Art #ModernArt #AbstractArt #RobertMotherwell #American #ModernArtMuseumFortWorth
buzzed44.bsky.social Ed Buziak / Photographer @buzzed44.bsky.social · Jan 26
Art books on my shelves No.021...

"Robert Motherwell - Pure Painting", pub. Hanje Cantz 2023, 208 pp. More than 60 large artworks, four critics and Motherwell's writings make a valuable profile of the work of this important artist.

#Books #BookSky #ArtBook #ArtBookShelf #RobertMotherwell #American
Front cover artwork of hard-back book "Robert Motherwell - Pure Painting" showing a black on white abstract action painting with the book title in red above and the publisher Hatje Cantz below in small lettering. Part double-page spread from book the art monograph "Robert Motherwell - Pure Painting" showing a black-and-white photograph of Motherwell in his studio, surrounded by pots and tins of paint and other artist's materials. On the right is part of a page of text. Part double-page spread from book the art monograph "Robert Motherwell - Pure Painting" showing a large colour detail of an abstract artwork titled "Elegy to the Spanish Republic No.171".
January 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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An untitled piece of mixed-media collage - one of a series - using a page torn from an old Spanish language technical text-book overlaid with strips of an old French newspaper plus additional black crayon and red acrylic paintwork.

#Art #Artwork #Collage #Newsprint #Acrylic #Crayon #EdBuziak
A mixed-media - collage, crayon and acrylic paint - created on a page from an old Spanish language text-book. The squared grid pattern was 'discovered' by rubbing crayon lightly on the paper on top of a well-used cutting mat with 1cm squares. The red paint was scraped across the surface using a small piece of cardboard with a roughly torn edge; and the cross piece of collage was from an old faded French newspaper with black crayon and red paint applied brefore-hand.
January 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Art books on my shelves No.020...

"The History of Don Quixote", by Cervantes, pub. Cassell & Co. 1885, 855+ pp. My oldest, treasured art book - presented to my grandfather at school in 1899 - with many illustrations by Gustave Doré

#Books #BookSky #ArtBook #ArtBookShelf #GustaveDore #DonQuixote
Intro flyleaf pages and protective tissue from "The History of Don Quixote" book published in 1885 by Cassell & Co. with illustrations from engravings by Gustave Doré. Double-page spread from "The History of Don Quixote" by Cervantes showing text and chapter ending and intro illustrations. Full-page illustration from an engraving by Gustave Doré of Don Quixote in armour hanging from stone wall, his wrist tied with a rope, and with his horse rearing its head.
January 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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An truly excellent book by Mary Gabriel... I was so impressed with her research, writing and readability I then bought her "Love and Capital: Karl and Jenny Marx and the Birth of a Revolution" which is equally impressive and gets deep into the hard life of Marx.

#Book #BookSky #ArtBook #MaryGabriel
buzzed44.bsky.social Ed Buziak / Photographer @buzzed44.bsky.social · Jan 23
Art books on my shelves No.019...

"Ninth Street Women", by Mary Gabriel, pub. Back Bay Books 2018, 928 pp. A truly comprehensive account of five women artists who challenged the art world in the 1950s... a long, enjoyable, revealing read on abstract art. Buy!

#Books #BookSky #ArtBook #ArtBookShelf
Front cover artwork of softback book "Ninth Street Women" on the abstract art of Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell and Helen Frankenthaler... five painters and the Movement that changed modern art. Double page spread from "Ninth Street Women", the left page showing text; the right page two colour reproductions of artwork... the top a self-portrait by Lee Krasner, the lower image a still-life by Krasner. Double page spread from "Ninth Street Women", the left page showing (top) a self-portrait by Joan Mitchell and the other four illustrations abstract paintings by Mitchell created in the 1950s.
January 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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The real-life models for Grant Wood’s American Gothic – Nan Wood Graham (Wood's sister) and Dr Byron McKeeby (Wood's dentist) – sitting in front of the painting at an exhibition at the Cedar Rapids Public Library (Wood's hometown) in 1942
B&w photo of two people sitting in front of Grant Wood’s painting “American Gothic”
January 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM