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Dike Blair
Dike Blair (born 1952) is a New York-based artist, writer and teacher.Princenthal, Nancy. "Dike Blair," ''Art in America'', May 2002, p. 148–9.Rian, Jeff. "Dike Blair, New York, New York," ''Apartamento'', 2011, p. 194–207. His art consists of two parallel bodies of work: intimate, photorealistic paintings and installation-like sculptures assembled from common objects—often exhibited together—which examine overlooked and unexceptional phenomena of daily existence in both a romantic and ironic manner.Richard, Frances"Dike Blair,"''Artforum'', March 2007, p. 315. Retrieved November 17, 2020.Schjeldahl, Peter"Dike Blair,"''The New Yorker'', December 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2020.Wilk, Deborah. "Dike Blair," ''Modern Painters'', September 2013, p. 110. Blair emerged out of the late 1970s New York art scene, and his work relates to concurrent movements such as the Pictures Generation, Minimalism and conceptual art, while remaining distinct from and tangential to them.Smith, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Castle, Pennsylvania
New Castle is a city in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lawrence County. It is northwest of Pittsburgh, and near the Pennsylvania–Ohio border, just southeast of Youngstown, Ohio. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 21,926. It is the commercial center of a fertile agricultural region, officially the New Castle micropolitan area, which had a population of 86,070 in 2020. New Castle also anchors the northwestern part of the Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton combined area. History In 1798, John Carlysle Stewart, a civil engineer, traveled to western Pennsylvania to resurvey the "donation lands", which had been reserved for veterans of the Revolutionary War. He discovered that the original survey had neglected to stake out approximately at the confluence of the Shenango River and Neshannock Creek, at that time a part of Allegheny County. The Indian town of Kuskusky was listed on early maps in this location. Claiming the land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
