Category: Contemporary Art

05/01/2013 Emilien Neron | Mohamed Fellag | Monsieur Lazhar | Monsieur Lazhar Movie 2012 | Philippe Falardeau | Sophie Nelisse Feitosa-Santana

Monsieur Lazhar (2012)

Monsieur Lazhar touches the children world, the death world, the immigrant world, the silent world, the unfair world. In other words, it is about oppression and omission. All a child need is love and safeness to express themselves… Review by Stephen Holden: “”In the indelible opening scene of Philippe Falardeau’s “Monsieur Lazhar,” Simon (Émilien Néron), a sixth grader at […]

30/12/2012 arts | illustration | Vogel Contemporary Art Collection Feitosa-Santana

Herb & Dorothy

“A couple of very modest means manages to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history.” pbs.org “It all began in a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan… An art collection built by a postal clerk and a librarian that has now spread throughout America.” They have spent their lives paying the bills with […]

09/11/2012 art institute of chicago | current-events | deceased family member | Hunger Steve McQueen | ira volunteers | Michael Fassbender | politics | Queen and Country | Shame Steve McQueen | Static Steve McQueen Feitosa-Santana

My Birthday with Steve McQueen

It is not everybody that is keen of contemporary art but – for sure – everyone is capable of appreciating it. All we need is sensitivity and education.  The Black British artist Steve McQueen is only a little more than 40 years old but already acclaimed all over the world. So, today was my birthday […]

31/07/2012 Audrey Heller | Color Constancy | constancies | Constancy | science | Shape Constancy | Size Constancy | visual angle Feitosa-Santana

Perceptual Constancy and Audrey Heller’s Photography

Perceptual constancy is an important aspect of our interaction with the world. The size constancy is the easiest one to understand. For example, two telephone poles look the same size when the first is viewed from 100 meters and when the second is viewed from 1 meter, even though the visual angle is very different. A […]