If you are around Zurich, Switzerland in the next few weeks, you should visit the Gallery of Andrea Caratsch to see some of Damien Hirst’s impressive pieces, including the famous sharks moulded in formalin.

In the 90ties, Damien Hirst was the star amongst the young British artists, with his scandalous pieces that made him to one of the high remunerated living artists on the world.

more info for this exhibition

Read what Josh says about his piece:

My first big public art piece went up in the Bryant Park subway stop at
42nd and 6th Avenue last week through MTA Arts for Transit! You can see
it at the bottom of the stairs at the northwest corner of Bryant Park
(the videos below show you where it is).

Four students at NYU Tisch School of Arts Interactive Telecommunications
Project (ITP) co-created it — Brett Murphy, Igal Nassima, Eyal Ohana,
and Molly Schwartz — with Submedia providing equipment and support
(using no MTA funds).

If you’ve seen my work, you know the medium: still images that appear
animated when you move past. This display is digital, which is new, so
the images cycle between our 1.5 second animations, each inspired by
Bryant Park — images of nature, ice skating, fashion week, the
carousel, abstractions, etc.

The display took almost two years of development. As usual, most of the
work was in the last two weeks — late nights, moving stuff in
blizzards, approvals, etc. If anyone wants stories, just ask, there are
plenty. I also make smaller pieces for individuals and am working on a
large series for a gallery show. In the meantime, check out these videos
and links of the display (keeping in mind videos don’t compare with
seeing it in person):

* Video, including a family of five peering at the display:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIfi71_ffG0
* Arts for Transit page:
http://www.mta.info/mta/aft/lightbox/lightbox.html?station=5&img=5
* A guard and subway rider looking at it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0aTJH0jL5o
* Just the kids and family from the first link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwg1BhkAFU
* My blog: http://www.spodek.net

DUVIER DEL DAGO

*1976 Villa Clara, Cuba, lives and works in Havanna

His installations are certainly an eye catcher. He works only with cords and light, creating 3-Dimensional objects, such as planes, bikes or persons. It seems you look at a 3-D computer design but its in real size and in front of you. Turning off the lights would cause the artwork to erase completely, making it a very transparent and exciting style of work.

Price: 15 000 to 30 000 US-Dollar

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.21360

I am more than delighted to post an interview with a very great artist on Artition. Maria Jose Aguilar is extremely talented in classical painting. Classical in every sense, as she paints in a style threatened with extinction that she calls symbolic realism. Her works are so impulsive and as they attempt to be so “out of time” they really reflect a complete attendance in our recent world, giving an insight of the life from spanish women covered in beauty and absolutism. Her methods are so traditional, the composures of the bodies, the places, the objects and the light create unique experience of art in a contemporary manner. Read more on what she has to say about it:

Artition:
How would you describe your work/art/style?

MJA: My works, both creative and technical process is elaborated and reflective. Pictures do not usually result by improvisation, even those that only purpose is to gain attention. The way I try mentally to process and manage the feelings and emotions that I perceive is to take the items carefully for each composition. They act as key elements of an internal language in the play, symbols belonging to a close, everyday reality, which will help decipher the message contained in each work, a message that attempts to go beyond the aesthetic contemplation. Hence the term symbolic realism.

Artition:
What or who inspires you?

MJA: Life, its intensity, with all that entails pain and joy. Sometimes the object
anodyne premonition makes me stop and enclosing a story worth telling.

Artition:

Is there a message you want to communicate with your art?

MJA: The creation of a work has a meaning for me always. It is a reflective dialogue with myself about everything that touches my heart. It is not always the same conversation, although on the same page. The viewer, from his own, perceive and recreate the table getting his own message, but if it was provided with the keys you placed in the context that inspired a painting, you qualify to be introduced, if desired, in the world the artist, perhaps giving a broader understanding of the painting.

Artition:
How do you like artition and what would you like to be added or changed?

MJA: Artition seems to me a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness of artistic diversity. I do not feel qualified to say what should be added or changed.

Artition:
Who would you like to change life with for one day?

MJA: In a world where events unfold at breakneck speed in its events that often prevents us from having a space to think, feel, dream, etc.., Would the message of my work they supposed an invitation to reflection.

Artition:
Who is your favourite artist?

MJA: Their are numerous artists that I admire. Some of them:

Spanish Artists: Velázquez, Murillo, Zurbarán, Valdés Leal, Madrazo, Goya, Sorolla, Picasso, Zóbel …

Other: Tiziano, Leonardo Da Vinci, Miguel Ángel, Rafael, Rubens, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Durero, Ingres, Van Gogh, Degas, Tolouse Lautrec, …

Visit Maria’s profile on Artition

]]> http://www.artition.com/news/2010/03/09/artition-interview-with-maria-jose-aguilar/feed/ 0 http://www.artition.com/news/2010/02/18/video-to-historic-auction-february-2010-london/ http://www.artition.com/news/2010/02/18/video-to-historic-auction-february-2010-london/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:51:05 +0000 Christian http://www.artition.com/news/?p=570 Sotheby’s is taking you to an insight of the auction Impressionist & Modern Art, where a Giacometti sculpture hit the highest price ever for a sculpture:

Impressionist & Modern Art

Post-Sale Report, February 2010

For more information or to view Sotheby’s catalouge, please visit: www.sothebys.com/privateview

Certainly no crisis on the Art market. A sculpture by the famous Swiss art sculptor Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) has hit a new record during auction for the highest price ever of 65 million pounds (74 million Euros).

“L’Homme qui marche I” is a life size bronze figure of a moving man and faces a great recognition value for Giacometti.

According to Sotheby’s it has just beaten Picasso’s record of his work “Boy with a pipe” that has been sold 2004 for about 104 million dollar, which was just under Giacometti’s.

Event details

I am delighted to post an interview with the great Artist Patricia Shin. Her way of drawing lines and circles is very sophisticated. She is great in creating patterns in black and white and most of her works really create a 3-dimensional sphere. Read more to understand her works better:

Artition 
How would you describe your work/art/style?

PS: My artwork is mainly music based. I was trained to be a musician from my early childhood, and I later discovered that I could use my musical intuition in my paintings. I try to translate the music into visual images based on the rhythm of the music I hear.

Artition: 
What or who inspires you?

PS: I am inspired by people who pursue their passions and are driven to accomplish their goals in life. I believe that this world is filled with uninspired people who are full of lost potential. It is those who have a passion for something that truly make this world beautiful. 

Artition: 
Is there a message you want to communicate with your art? 

PS: I want to communicate that music is not only something you can hear, but something that you can feel and is visually pleasing.

Artition: 
How do you like artition and what would you like to be added or changed?

PS: I think artition as a concept is a great idea. I would like to be able to replace flash with html5 on the site. 

Artition: 
Who would you like to change life with for one day?

PS: My 2-year-old nephew. It would be fascinating to see the world in the eyes of a child. 

Artition: 
Who is your favourite artist?

PS: Liubov Popova

Visit Patricia’s profile on Artition

Visit Patricia’s website