Roads Less Traveled » art http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog "Walker, there is no path. The path is made by walking." --Antonio Machado Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:33:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 The Nature of the Beast http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2009/06/13/the-nature-of-the-beast/ http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2009/06/13/the-nature-of-the-beast/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:06:29 +0000 tracybarnett http://tracybarnett.wordpress.com/?p=165 Whitechapel Gallery in East London, a century-old institution that has been among the first to discover artists like Picasso, Mark Rothko and Frida Kahlo, has just doubled in size with the conversion of the neighboring library into a gallery space.

A year-long exhibit called “The Nature of the Beast” provided a powerful glimpse into what much of the world sees with reference to the Iraq War.

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]]> http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2009/06/13/the-nature-of-the-beast/feed/ 0 Art Car Parade Rocks Houston http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2009/05/10/art-car-parade-rocks-houston/ http://tracybarnettonline.com/blog/2009/05/10/art-car-parade-rocks-houston/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 01:07:45 +0000 tracybarnett http://tracybarnett.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/art-car-parade-rocks-houston/ “You’ll always remember your first one,” promised my friend Dwight. He was right. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much creative whimsy and automotive sacrilege in one place in my life. But where better than Houston, where local fortunes have been built on the fuel that powers them?

Click on “View All Images” for a tour of the 2009 Art Car parade. Without the sweltering heat - or the sunburn!

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