Vincent's Yellow

a[n] [auto]biography and a love story.

Van Gogh Sculptures

This work of art  was recently brought to my attention, and I find it positively breath-taking. This is definitely my favorite artistic response to Vincent of anything I’ve seen, so I wanted to share these beautiful images with you. Vincent, could you have imagined? Self-Portrait, 1889 Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Paul Gauguin), 1888. I was forwarded […]

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Mon, February 22 2010 » Artists Inspired by Vincent, Personal, Theater piece, Video Entries » 3 Comments

Jo

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger Today I’d like to take a moment to honor one of the most important and most forgotten figures in Vincent’s work and life: Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Lovely, lovely Jo. Jo married Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s brother, on May 2nd, 1889. Since Vincent died July 29th, 1890, Jo only met Vincent on a […]

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Tue, February 16 2010 » Research » 3 Comments

The Myth

In the beginning, I avoided the “Van Go” aspect to this project right and left, I instead dug for the truth, and the truth could only be found in his letters, in his paintings, in history… Or so I thought. But the commodification, the misinterpretation, the drama, the mythology of Van Gogh is all important, […]

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Mon, February 8 2010 » Artists Inspired by Vincent, Popular Culture, Research » 4 Comments