Thanksgiving Serving Suggestions From Famous Artists

Multi-media artist Hannah Rothstein has playfully imagined Thanksgiving plates arranged in the style of famous artists--see if you can guess who they are before you look at the list at the bottom. And if you are looking for clever serving ideas for tomorrow's meal, let one of these inspire you. Or create one after your own favorite artist.

Top to bottom: Jean-Michel Basquiat; Christo; Dali; Haring; Hirst; Kara Walker; Magritte; Man Ray; Miro; Mondrian; Pollock; Rothko; Seurat; Van Gogh

http://www.hrothstein.com/

BEAUTY: Photography--Matthias Schaller

Painting palettes from legendary artists are emblematic of their iconic works. Amazing work from photographer Matthias Schaller. The Artist Statement about his meaningful series Das Meisterstück (The Masterpiece):

"With his series Das Meisterstück Matthias Schaller considers each palette is a revelation and an indirect portrait of the painter and of his painting technique. These monumental photographs provide historic and unprecedented insight into the artist’s use of color, organization of space, and their brushstroke, for example. Since 2007, Schaller has been capturing the beauty of these artists’ palettes as a window into their creative genius. Through the process of capturing over two hundred palettes from over seventy painters of the Nineteenth and Twentieth century, Schaller sees each paint palette as the unconscious painting, or the painting before the painting. The palette is an abstract landscape of the painters’ artistic production. To better understand the artist’s process and analyze their individual creativity as a painter, Schaller presents large format photographs of the original paint palettes."

Palette of Claude Monet

Palette of Edgar Degas

Palette of Édouard Manet

Palette of Edvard Munch

Palette of Eugène Delacroix

Palette of Georges Seurat

Palette of J.M.W. Turner

Palette of John Singer Sargent

Palette of Paul Gauguin

Palette of Vincent Van Gogh

http://www.matthiasschaller.com/

BEAUTY: Illustration--Eurydyka Kata and Rafał Szczawiński

Graphic artists Eurydyka Kata and Rafał Szczawiński of re: studios have created some amazing, minimalist images representing a variety of cultural and pop cultural phenomena. By using just a few key images, they are able to conjure artists, television shows, and films.

First, their iconic artists series tickles me. It is wonderful to recognize an artist, and his life and work by a few little visual hints. (Answers at bottom.)

Their images for recent television shows are pretty fun too. (Answers at bottom.)

And finally, here is their simple take on a few Disney classics.

(Answers: Artists = Pollock, Warhol, Mondrian, Van Gogh, Magritte, David; TV shows = "Mad Men," "House MD," "Lost")

http://redesignstudio.pl/
http://reramble.wordpress.com/

What Richard Saw Today

Richard Haines is a marvelous artist. He sketches fashion--and by extension, people--for clothing companies and runway shows. I envy the talent he has to see a shape and capture it in a quick pencil stroke. I have done quick sketches of people and faces before and this inspires me to do it again. I would love to sit in a public place with a sketchbook and capture head shapes, face shapes, tilts of chins, arm placements, postures... I think I will do that soon...

Visit his blog "What I Saw Today" to see more of his gorgeous sketches.
http://designerman-whatisawtoday.blogspot.com/