Realism Videos

James Kalm proffers kudos to the curator who came up with the idea of juxtaposing the works of these two master painters.

Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich talks about her latest book, Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. This program was recorded in collaboration with the Commonwealth Club of California, on October 24, 2009. Barbara Ehrenreich presents a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism. Americans are a "positive" people -- cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity. In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the strange career of our sunny outlook from its origins as a marginal nineteenth-century healing technique to its enshrinement as a dominant, almost mandatory, cultural attitude. Evangelical mega-churches preach the good news that you only have to want something to get it, because God wants to "prosper" you. The medical profession prescribes positive thinking for its presumed health benefits. Academia has made room for new departments of "positive psychology" and the "science of happiness." Nowhere, though, has bright-siding taken firmer root than within the business community, where, as Ehrenreich shows, the refusal even to consider negative outcomes -- like mortgage defaults -- contributed directly to the current economic crisis. - Commonwealth Club of California Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of thirteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Nickel and Dimed. A frequent contributor to the New York Times, Harpers, and the Progressive, she is a contributing writer to Time magazine. She lives in Florida.

Vampire Birth Certificate 4:09 Wanda is wrapping up another day at her service desk at the County Clerk's office. But when Michael, a well-meaning yet stressed-out vampire, shows up needing a copy of his 150-year-old birth certificate, Wanda is challenged to do what she fears most: help. A government employee and the living dead face off in this clash to determine which of them is the greater of two evils. Submitted by: ovalteens) Kinda Cute Keywords: vampire comedy county clerk zombie horror humor office sassy mystical realism halloween Views: 1,687

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James Kalm makes his way to the Thursday night power-opening of Chuck Close. These massive portraits are Post-Modern icons that meld ideas about photography, abstraction and celebrity worship into a heady m lange of color line and inside the art world politics. Recent paintings include the artist s daughters and the former president Bill Clinton. Larger black and white wool tapestries reproduce examples of the artist s photo portraits, and present huge images that are as rich in velvety texture and detail as they are in historical precedent (being produced in Belgium using 400 year old techniques).

James Kalm drops in unexpectedly and snags Jenifer Riley for a spontaneous tour of her New York debut. Riley has been a presence on the abstract painting scene since her arrival in 2001. Working not only as a painter but also writing incisive criticism, her work has elicited praise from local aficionados, and with this show, now garnered her big league exposure. Hitting the back streets and unexpected art enclaves of Brooklyn can lead to interesting discoveries. Work Gallery presents two distinct takes on figurative painting in Without featuring works by Meleko Mokgosi s Jack the Pelican Gallery we sneak a peek at Gregory de la Haba's installation Equus Maximus , a study in grotesquery and sexual kitsch. We wind up at the opening celebration for international sculpture star El Anatsui s Process and Project at the Rotunda Gallery.

This show at Mackenzie Hall in Windsor Ontario was stunning. Very proud to see this artistic talent in our city. And so much amazing work in one building!

makes brushing teeth look rather disgusting...

Novint look to reinvent the way you Frag with the Falcon Pistol Grip which replaces your mouse with.... well a pistol grip.

Just before Christmas 2008 I tried painting a more real looking cat. This video is the result. Unfortunately the video isn't up to my usual standard. However I've uploaded it anyway otherwise I'd forget and you'd miss me painting in this different style. For those of you that care to read more, I've had lots of technical difficulties with my three main editing programs (including Windows Movie Maker) no longer working as they should and becoming unusable. I used some different editing software that is really awful but at least it works. Hence the bad audio, awkward editing and not being able to show a sped up version of me painting the artwork in full (as I usually would). However if I waited until I sorted all this out I'd never finish this video and you would've missed it. So here it is... with all its flaws.

Leah D'Emilio drops by Santa Monica-based Image Metrics, a motion-capture company on the cutting edge of rendering realistic faces, used on feature films ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix") and video games ("Grand Theft Auto 4"). Leah dons on the headcam used in performance based facial animation and discusses the Uncanny Valley. Uncanny Valley Robotics Animation For more, see http://mahalodaily.com

Actual time about 4 hours. Painted from a hard copy reference photo... Strictly for practice. Photoshop CS Wacom INtuos 3 Mac osX

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