Passionate about Namibia, Piet makes a living by showing off its raw beauty to others.
In those days there were no racial connotations, implications or complaints that I remember about Zwarte Piet.
About the artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was the greatest master of modern abstraction.
THE ART WORLD about Dutch painter Piet Mondrian and the current retrospective of his work at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) titled "Piet Mondrian: 1872-1944".
By Simon Schama The New Yorker, October 9 , 1995P. 42 THE ART WORLD about Dutch painter Piet Mondrian and the current retrospective of his work at the Museum of Modern Art MOMAA) titled "Piet Mondrian: 1872-1944".
As one writer put it, "millions of black people were killed or enslaved by white people over four centuries, and millions more continue to suffer discrimination all over Europe and in the States, so this Zwarte Piet character is about as funny as wearing a swastika".
T: DESIGN An article on April 14 about the Dutch designer Piet Oudolf, who is responsible for the planting at various public projects, omitted the name of one of the principal firms that designed the New York High Line.
The exhibition will include pages from Wassily Kandinsky's diary with jottings about Steiner, fan mail from Piet Mondrian, a note from Franz Kafka requesting Steiner's comments about a new manuscript and a 1923 invitation from the architect Richard Neutra, then a disciple of the Expressionist master Erich Mendelsohn, to visit the new Einstein Tower in Potsdam, Germany.
The Future Perfect's shop in Williamsburg will close June 24, and many items will be discounted up to 90 percent while supplies last (FAT ceramics by Piet Hein Eek, shown, originally about $8 to $47, are about $6 to $32 11515 North Sixth Street (Berry), Brooklyn, (718) 599-6278, thefutureperfect.com.
Florian Cramer, the course director of the Media Design program at Piet Zwart, wrote further about the project Friday on Nettime, a mailing list that covers Internet culture and art.
