Category Archives: Arts-a-Poppin’

Special focus on the Visual Arts (or when I am being extra artsy with the camera) with a side hustle of nature photography

TELL-TALE OMENS

Posted on October 14, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

What is this about? Have I decided to add cartoonist to my jack-of-the-arts-box? No. I am quite aware that my drawing skills are more on the feeble side. These sketches are for practical reasons, which however are … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Poe Musicabres | Tagged cartoon, Edgar Allan Poe, graphic art, music theater, musicabre, o, sketch, The Tell-Tale Heart | Leave a comment

Sensual Statues of the Musée D’Orsay

Posted on October 5, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Tensions of the world making you anxious? Here is much soothing, sculptural sensuality but also some less comforting, chiseled objectification Continuing my fascination with sensual statuary in Paris, the greatest concentration of such aesthetically, artistically, and, let’s admit it, amorously … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Brahms, Chopin, classics, Degas, female, male, marble, Musee D'Orsay, museum, nature, Nocturne, objectification, Paris, Sappho, Science, sensual, statue, Symphony #3 | Leave a comment

Sensual Statues in the Streets of Paris

Posted on September 19, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Nude statues are all over Paris. I don’t know if statistically there are more nude statues there than in other European cultural capitals, or if the nude statues of Paris are particularly more sensual than elsewhere, or if it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged angel, Arts and Metiers, Bacchus, bastille, Beethoven, church, classical music, Fountain of Medici, jardin, Like a Prayer, Louvre, Luxembourg, Madonna, nudes, Opera, Paris, pieta, Romance, sculpture, Seine, sensual, sensual classics, Tuileries | Leave a comment

MONA LISA & ME

Posted on September 5, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Yep that’s me. And that’s the Mona Lisa. And this is a little tale of how I spent some time with her. It starts with a trip to Paris. And a whole day set aside for the Louvre, the immense … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged I M Pei, Leonardo Da Vinci, Louis XIV, Louvre, Michelangelo, Mona Lisa, Painting, palace, Paris, Pyramid, Versailles, Wedding at Cana | Leave a comment

FALLING INTO JACKSON POLLOCK

Posted on August 15, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

This Sunday I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and found myself in front of their monumental Jackson Pollock “Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)”. And once again I had that hallucinogenic experience I often have in front of Jackson Pollock’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin' | Tagged acid trip, African American, art, Autumn Rhythm, Dream, drip painting, Ed Elder, hypnosis, Jackson Pollock, Jon Bunge, LSD, Met, Metropolitan, museum, photography, portrait | Leave a comment

FACES. REFLECTIONS. REFRACTIONS.

Posted on August 10, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Some more expected and unexpected impressions at the Brooklyn Museum First, encounters with some singular faces. It’s hot and humid out, but she is eternally the embodiment of frigid winter.

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin' | Tagged Americas, brooklyn, busts, Ed Elder, faces, glass, idols, museum, Painting, portrait, reflection, refraction, statue, transformation | 1 Comment

BEFORE THE SUNSET – with the Sun Song Quiz

Posted on July 21, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

The lady saw me walk onto the middle of the street with my phone out, and said to Ed “he’s taking a picture of the sunset” in that universal “that’s so sweet” tone of voice. Except it wasn’t quite the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On | Tagged A-Ha, Another Day of Sun, Blondie, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Ed Elder, Elton John, Fiddler on the Roof, Fish People, George Michael, Hair, In the Sun, Invisible Sun, Kate Bush, La La Land, Let the Sunshine In, Moonlight, Sun King, Sunrise Sunset, sunset, The Beatles, The Flesh Failures, The Police, The Sun Always Shines On TV | Leave a comment

NATARAJA – The Dancing King

Posted on July 1, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin' | Tagged ABBA, dance, Dancing King, Dancing Queen, George and the Dragon, India, Nataraja, photography, sculpture, Shiva | 1 Comment

Museum Impressions

Posted on June 17, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Yesterday at the Brooklyn Museum with an unwitting special focus on the feminine

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged brooklyn, Female form, feminine, feminism, mirrors, museum, nudes, photography, reflections | Leave a comment

These Roses are Ready for their Close-Up, Mr. DeMille!

Posted on June 3, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Another year… another June… This year the rose garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden had received a “hard cut”, as we heard a passerby explain. Which made it still lovely but less lush than in years past. So I’ll focus … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged A Rose by any Name, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Beth Ditto, Bette Midler, Blondie, botanic garden, brooklyn, Debbie Harry, Ethel Merman, For the Boys, Imelda Staunton, James Horner, June, Kate Winslet, Linda Lavin, Makin' Whoopee, Patti LuPone, Rosalind Russell, Rose, Roses, The Rose, Titanic, Tyne Daly | Leave a comment

ARTS-A-POPPIN’

Posted on May 24, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

There’s a new category here at Notes from a Composer: Arts-a-Poppin’. (This category, like all the others, can be accessed on the right side of every site page, just below the tweet stream.) After posting a double bill of selections … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News | Tagged Arts-a-Poppin', Brazil, Hellzapoppin, memorial, New York, Notes from a Composer, Painting, photography, sculpture, Visual Arts | 2 Comments

SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES at ART NY 2018

Posted on May 20, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Part 2 of my glimpse into ART NY 2018. Some more “celebrity sightings” in artist and subject just as in Part 1. Even more “shifting perspectives”, featuring videos of art work that show how they change, either because they include … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On | Tagged 2018, Alexandra Pacula, art, ART NY, Badlands Cockney, Bjørn Okholm Skaarup, Brandon Murphy, Bruce R. Macdonald, Carole Feuerman, Chagall, Chris Antemann, Diadji Diop, Dick van Dyke, Etienne Garceau, Florian Eymann, Frederico Uribe, Fredy Hadorn, Hendrik Kerstas, Henry Calso, John Atwood, Kaï, Klar Reis, Klari Reis, Leonor Anthony, Marck, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Jenkins, Mary Poppins, Michael Moebius, Nemo Jantzen, Niloufar Banisadr, Norah Jones, Oliver Czarnetta, Paint it Black, Painter Song, Patrick Rubenstein, Pavement Artists, Picasso, Puzzles, Roberto Fabelo, Rolling Stones, Roy Lichtenstein, Shepard Fairey, Speedy Graphito, Tom Otterness, Victoria Kovalenchikova, videosculpture, Will Kurtz, Yong R. Kwan, Zhang Hang Yi | Leave a comment

Celebrity Sightings at ART NY 2018

Posted on May 13, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

The large Yigal Ozeri portrait of Whoopi Goldberg behind the information desk by the entrance into ART NY 2018 was a hint that this year’s exhibition would have more than its fair share of celebrity sightings. Not only celebrities being … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On | Tagged 2018, A Sar is Born, Adrien Brody, agitprop, art garfunkel, ART NY, ART POP, Bart Simpson, Bernadette Peters, Bradley Cooper, Brandi Milne, Bright Eyes, cartoon, celebrity, Children and Art, David Moreno, Gavin Rain, Gene Kiegel, Hidden Treasure, Jacky Tsai, Jessica Drenk, Joe Namath, Josh Agle, Keith Haring, Kenny Sharf, Lady Gaga, Les Icônes sont fatiguées, Luke Chueh, Manuel Felguérez, Marilyn Monroe, Mario Soria, Martin C. Herbst, Metis Atash, NOART, Patrick Rubinstein, Picasso, Rim Chae, Ron English, Ronen Sharabani, SHAG, Sunday in the Park with George, video installation, Viktor Freso, Watership Down, Whoopi Goldberg, Yigal Ozeri, Yves Hayat | Leave a comment

The Views from THE VIEW

Posted on May 3, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Ed and I were treated to dinner at The View restaurant on the top of the Marriott Hotel in Times Square. 48 stories high, the whole restaurant is perched on a circular platform that, like a very slowly rotating record, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged ABBA, Billy Idol, Billy Joel, Charlie Chaplin, Chrysler Building, City Lights, City of Stars, Cole Porter, Down in the Depths (in the 90th floor), Hot in the City, Hudson River, I am the City, Kate Bush, La La Land, Manhattan, Marriott, Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway), Portia Nelson, restaurant, Ryan Gosling, skyscraper, The Lion King, The View, Times Square, Top of the City | Leave a comment

ORPHEUS. EURYDIKE. HERMES

Posted on March 15, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

My Entry in the Carl Orff Competition I composed a chamber work, a song in the tradition of the “Lieder” of the salon, called “Orpheus. Eurydike. Hermes”. It describes the moment in Greek mythology when Orpheus, leading his wife Eurydice … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Chamber Works, Literary Lyricism, Notes in the News | Tagged Antje Tesche-Mentzen, Art Song, baritone, Carl Orff, Competition, Eurydice, Eurydike, frame drum, harp, Hermes, Lieder, Monteverdi, morse code, Orpheus, Peter Clark, Rilke | 7 Comments

LIGHT ENTERS THE HOME – with a “light”hearted music quiz

Posted on February 7, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

I’ll have a picture with my puzzle, please Longtime visitors to my site will have noticed that I love sharing photos, under the “Two-fisted Touristing” rubric, of scenic vistas from around the world or places and events in New … Continue reading →

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