Henry Moore Sculpture

On By ResaIn Sculptures44 Comments

Rebecca at Chasing Art and I have had a few conversations about Henry Moore’s sculptures.

I’ve been wanting to shoot this sculpture for Rebecca (and all) for a while now. It’s in a park  by the AGO. Every time I go by the AGO & the park, I think of her.

I began at one side, and shot my way around the sculpture.

This sculpture was in front of the AGO since 1974. It was moved to the park in 2017.

It was replaced with: Elephant on a Ball

The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre
“The Art Gallery of Ontario is known internationally for its extraordinary and extensive collection of Henry Moore works. The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre at the AGO originally opened in 1974, to house Moore’s original gift to the AGO, now totalling more than 900 sculptures and works on paper.”

Pics taken by Resa – July 19, 2023

Toronto, Canada

Can You Draw a Face Without Taking Your Pencil Off the Paper?

On By ResaIn Anser, Garage Doors74 Comments

Anser can draw a face without taking his spray off the garage door, and without taking his finger off the aerosol actuator.

It was a swiftly drifting big clouds, little clouds, dark clouds, pale clouds and sunny day.

This must be the reason the garage doors came out off-white to dark beige.

Anser’s  faces were some of the original street I ever found.

They were everywhere.

I don’t see them around much, anymore.

Pics taken by Resa – July 3, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The artist:

Anser (unsigned)

Two Women on a Wall – A Tapestry

On By ResaIn Murals, Ness Lee84 Comments

The day was a washout. I’d been all the way to Kensington Market, and only captured a raccoon …… on my camera.

Almost home, I espied an “Anser” bit on a garage door, so got off the streetcar. I walked down a lane off that alley, then turned into another alley and Voilà!

What luck!

As fortune wold have it, there was a clean shiny black car parked there.

Because of the brick, the reflection of the painting took on a “Tapestry” look.

Pics taken by Resa – July 3, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The artist:

A morning walk, New York

On By ResaIn Street Art

I’ve wanted to reblog one of Brian’s street art posts for awhile now. He’s got a really fine collection. However, I’ve chosen this post that has street art in it, as well as other art. I love New York! Street Art only post coming soon!

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November sky, New York.

Women washing (Les lavandières), 1888, by Gauguin. MOMA. In Arles, (thanks to Gilles Labruyère for the correction), during Gauguin’s brief stay with Van Gogh.

Shine on. South of Houston.

“Retrospective bust of a woman”, 1930. Salvador Dali. MOMA. The two peasants praying on top of the baguette remit to L’angélus by Millet. Strangely enough, I’ve seen exactly the same sculpture at the Botero museum in Bogotá, Colombia. Botero’s personal collection. I’ve heard that there many “authentic” copies of Dali in circulation…

A very nice little Chagall. “I and the village”, 1911. MOMA.

The Burglar in Love. (By Lawrence Block? No, no… just a joke)

Le charnier. (The charnel house). Picasso, 1945. MOMA. Maybe inspired by photos of the concentration camps. The style and structure has a hint of Guernica. I couldn’t help but think of the Bucha massacres of…

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Morrison

On By ResaIn Street Art

I’m honoured that Holly wrote a poem inspired by one of my drawings. Thank you forever, dear poet!

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Art by Resa McConaghy (copyright)

“There are things known and things unknown and then there are the Doors” Jim Morrison

They linger at the headstone

barely visible beneath dead Daffodils

reminiscing glory days

waiting for the phoenix to rise

thunder breaks the calm

a sudden disconnect

of enlightenment

they wander away

hymning the anthem

of the same old rock and roll

Poetry by H. Rene Hunter

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Scheheraholly II

On By ResaIn Poetry, Street Art203 Comments

Scheheraholly is inspired from a poem  written by Holly – House of Heart

It was like “A Thousand and One Arabian Nights”, and Holly was like a Scheherazade.

The day she posted the poem, I had found a piece of alley art that played into the whole idea, especially the second last line.

I named it Sheheraholly. Now, I have found Scheheraholly II

Behind a van on an urban desert sand,

no one can see her eyes through her art.

The amazing violin solo is 2.5 minutes

Pics taken by Resa – June 19, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The Artist:

It’s All Over Now Baby Blue

On By ResaIn Faces, Street Art103 Comments

This is the Blue Face that lured me to an abandoned convenience island in midtown.

I have found many blue faces on walls over the years.

They are a braw high octane bohemianism to me.

Big Asp square sunglasses are all important for that je ne sais quoi look.

Someone had tagged this with an RIP done in felt pen.

I removed the bit from the chin on some, and left the rest.

Love those car reflections!

Pics taken by Resa – June 19, 2023

Toronto, Canada

The artist: Unsigned