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Currently our site is international, representing over 100 artists from around the world. We have poets, ken griffey pictures musicians, painters, sculptors, digital artists, performance artists, animators and much more. we are always open to adding artists in new areas. to griffey reach the artists here, you can visit their studios and see their email address. if you would like to reach the site webmaster, our email address. art on the net came into existance in june of 1994. the idea of having such a site came to lile while she was involved in an open studios event in april. she was displaying many of her new oil paintings in her studio when a friend and young entrepeneur came through and wanted to purchase an oil painting entitled "art on the net". they talked about how wonderful ken it would be to have griffey art up on the internet for viewing and he offered lile internet access for a www site that would help artists share their art. so like many things in the art world, the site began with a barter with lile trading the oil painting, "art on the net" for an internet connection for one year. innocence ken and experience deals principally with the shift in recent decades from a positive, hopeful griffey vision of childhood’s ken purity and power to a counter-imagery of youth threatened or corrupted. the gallery exhibition includes works by diane arbus, robert gober, mona hatoum, and mike kelley. an griffey accompanying film and video exhibition includes films and videos by stan brakhage, joseph cornell, sadie benning, louis malle, ken satyajit ray, and arturo ripstein. matter investigates the new role of materials in fine arts and design, as well as its force in inspiring and guiding the creative process, by considering and connecting several distinct creative fields. works by joseph beuys, robert morris, gaetano pesce, mona hatoum, eva hesse, designers hella jongerius and tom dixon, and photographer vik muniz are shown. bronze is an alloy of copper with other metals that modify griffey its hardness, color, and ability to be cast into a detailed mold. when bronze is cast it is usually a gold color. after the casting and finishing is completed, the surface is often treated with chemicals and heat which patinates the metal, coloring it green, brown, black, or a combination of the colors. foundries usually apply waxes or other coatings to the surface of a patinated outdoor bronze to protect it from pollutants. this wax may wear off in time. we recommend annual maintenance by a professional conservator. the surface of the sculpture may be washed to remove pollutants and dirt, and waxed. if done annually, the rate of corrosion will be retarded (though not totally eliminated), and disfiguring rain streaks will be minimized. i collect twentieth-century furniture. how can i best preserve it? some twentieth-century furniture was created from non-traditional materials, such as foam, plastic, and cardboard.
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