Victoria Febrer is exhibiting the works of her recent project “Vinografias y Vistas II” in Valencia, Spain on
Saturday, 6th February 2010 at 8 p.m. until Tuesday 23rd February 2010, 9 p.m.
All Artitions are herewith more than welcomed to join the event and see some of here great works that are made uniquely with red wine on paper.
Galería Artis
C/ Cirilo Amorós 78, 46004 Valencia SPAIN
+34 96 351 37 61
New York. On friday last week a woman made a 6inch big tear drop on the lower right-hand corner of Picasso’s famous ‘The Actor’, while attending a class at the Metropolitan Museum.
The spokesman of the Museum stated that “She lost balance during this class session.”
The Picture immediately came to the Museum’s conservation studio for repair. “Fortunately, the damage did not occur in a focal point of the composition, and the curatorial and conservation staffs fully expect that the repair, which will take place in the coming weeks, will be unobtrusive,” the museum said.
This is not the first time that a Picasso suffered from a teardrop. The 1932 picture of Picasso’s mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter was about to be sold for a record $139 million. Because of a tear, the sale fell through and the painting’s estimated value fell to $85 million — a drop of $54 million.
Starting off this week with Shaun Gribouski and his interview with Artition.
Shaun seems to be fascinated by humans and urban lifestyle in our modern society. He draws with charcoal and pastel and paints with acrylic in a fascinating way. Creating shadow and light is one of his greatest talents and certainly his brand-mark in the works.
Artition: How would you describe your work/art/style?
SG: I view my art as a cross between expressionism and realism, created by fusing passion with technical calculation. My work usually focuses on people or some aspect of human society because I believe that they are the most powerful and interesting subjects. Humanity, from its beauty to its brutality, is one thing that any viewer will relate to.
Artition: What or who inspires you?
SG: My greatest artistic inspiration is Hip-Hop music. The best Hip-Hop is to me the epitome of that fusion of emotion with the technical. Aside from that, humanity is my inspiration. I draw inspiration from vast and varied sources, some of which directly translate into my art, while others fuel the emotion that drives me to create. A quick list of a few of these many diverse sources: strong and beautiful women, the AK-47, Rio de Janeiro, the legacy of slavery, the Boston Celtics. As you can see, there is little overt connection between all of these things.
Artition: Is there a message you want to communicate with your art?
SG: It can be debilitating to art when the artist focuses too much on the message because it often sacrifices quality in an attempt to say something specific. I might have some idea in mind as I’m making art, but my energy is directed at the process of creation. If a message comes through, so be it, but people can take whatever they want from it. All I hope to communicate is the passion that went into making it, because there is an interconnectedness of all people, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, religion, or any of the other lines we divide ourselves along. I’m not saying that in a “peace on earth”-type way, just that raw feelings are pretty much the same. Anger is anger and joy is joy, regardless of how disparate the triggers of such feelings are.
Artition: How do you like artition and what would you like to be added or changed?
SG: I like that it is designed in an attractive and unpretentious manner and that it is user-friendly. It is excellent as is and at the present time, I don’t see anything that warrants change.
Artition: Who would you like to change life with for one day?
SG: It sounds a bit cliché, but I’ve never wanted to be anyone else.
Artition: Who is your favourite artist?
SG: My favorite artist is Nasir Jones. He is not a visual artist, but I’ve never felt more moved and inspired by anyone else’s work than I have by his. Nas excels in every aspect of his art. He has every unteachable quality that an artist could ever want. For me personally, his album Illmatic is the single greatest piece of art ever made.
Visit Shaun Gribouski’s profile on Artition
After a long break of interviews we decided to focus a bit more on the biggest value in our network again: The artists!
And here is the first interview:
Heather Riccardi has joint our network a few weeks ago and already caught our attention. Her way of playing with color, may it be watercolor or a lot of oil/acrylic, leads always to the outcome she aims for in her works.
Especially her abstract paintings deliver either an illusion or a complete halt, when she paints her authentic “X” on the last layer. All though it seems her works are complete, each one is linked to the other forming an endless ellipse. We asked her some questions:
Artition:
How would you describe your work/art/style?
HR:
I have always been, since a child an Expressionist – in every way really. Expressionism I believe is where I fit in, in my abstract work as well as some of the figurative work I have done.
artition:
What or who inspires you?
HR:
My son most certainly is an extraordinary inspiration, he helps open my eyes and mind again with a child’s detail, brightness and really see things again for the first time, giving a perspective and a contrasting simplistic complexity. He is certainly foremost in inspiring me, however many things are inspirational, conversations, light, a drive in the car, walk near the water, music. If one allows themselves to be open, one will be inspired.
artition:
Is there a message you want to communicate with your art?
HR:
There is, however it is up to each of you to interpret it. This is a very strong belief of mine, and I have had this belief from the beginning, when my work began to have a meaning or message. I refuse to force a message onto another person, if I am communicating properly and well, the viewer will understand and feel the message as an emotion. However I also believe that if two people look at one of my paintings and understand something different or feel a different emotion, it is not a testimonial of my lack of communication but of the differences we all have.
artition:
How do you like artition and what would you like to be added or changed?
HR:
I believe Artition has what it needs to be successful. What I enjoy about it the most is it gives artists a genuine opportunity to see the work of and communicate with other artists on a daily basis from all over the world, that is remarkable prospect, a unique opportunity and advantage our generation has from prior generations, technology. It is important for me as an artist to be in contact with not only artists in my own community or locale, but having the ability to be in contact and view current work of artists outside of the States to me is extraordinary, imagine how much we could influence each other or collaborate on a world level instead of locally – possibly a start of artitionism?? Could be an interesting movement in art, involving artists throughout the world.
What would I suggest as a change? Maybe an easier way to upload and update details of the work. I have not had a chance to thoroughly move around the site to see how it really works, so I may have some other suggestions (or questions more likely) as time goes on.
artition:
Who would you like to change life with for one day?
HR:
This is a difficult question, funny thing.. it took me so long to be comfortable with myself, in my own skin, I think I may just want to be myself and sit in Cy Twombly’s studio for a day, having the opportunity to exchange conversation and ideas. If I had been asked this question 10 years ago… the answer probably would have been a little different.
artition:
Who is your favourite artist?
HR:
Cy Twombly
Visit Heather’s profile on artition
“Style your Smart” will be the next big competition by SMART. You will have the chance to win prices worth 5000 Euros and more, if you send them your design template until 26th February 2010.
For more information visit:
www.styleyoursmart.com
Last Saturday, January 9th, “AUSGEHEN 1-3″ premiered at Schauspiel Köln. The play is a tryptich based on texts by Barbi Markovic, Ödön von Horvát and Georg Büchner, and is all about going out in times of social changes. In 3 acts, each one based in a different generation, “Ausgehen 1-3″ creates a picture of the youth, its movements and depressions.
The next performance will be on Thursday, 14.01.2010, and from there on 21.,22., and 23., February 2010 again.
Marius Bubat of COMA wrote the entire music for this play and does also act on stage. If you’re living in Cologne or plan to visit soon, this is something you shouldn’t miss! Click HERE for more details (sorry, german version only).
Photo credit: Sandra Then / Schauspiel Köln
Beginning the year the arabs started it tall, in fact taller than ever before.
Formerly known as the planned ‘Burj Dubai’, the ‘Burj Khalifa’, in dedication to the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, will be defining Dubais landscape in future.
The opening ceremony for the Burj was marked by a dazzling fireworks display that wreathed the tower in stars and smoke. The final height of the tower, which has been shrouded in secrecy, was also revealed to be 2,717ft (828 metres).
Jürgen Teller is one of the big names when it comes to fashion photography.
In return, he doesn’t think so. He rather likes shooting his models naked, without any make-up, special lighting or a lot of photoshopping…
He tries to find the natural beauty in each woman he is photographing. With this attitude he revolutionized the scene; and made Kate Moss to his muse.
Juergen Teller
Logisch!
10. Dec. 2009 – 14. Feb. 2010
| Kunsthalle Nürnberg im KunstKulturQuartier
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1. November 2009 until 24.January 2010
JENNY HOLZER. Beyeler Museum, Riehen/Basel – Switzerland
It is the first time that the prominent LED installations by American artist Jenny Holzer are beeing exhibited on European ground.
The great venue of the Beyeler Museum in Riehen near Basel will show new works of her until 24th January next year.
The main focus of her work is the use of words and ideas in public space. Originally utilizing street posters, LED signs became her most visible medium.
That, as a world cultural heritage defined, ‘Neues Museum’ in Berlin has opened it’s doors again since over 50 years of absence. The british Star architect, David Chipperfield has been asked 1997 to restore the building under strict preservation orders to give back the charm it used to have before World War II. It has been attacked heavily by bombs between 1943-45, and has been run down during DDR times.
The result however is stunning. He produced a symbiosis of great light incidence methods in modern architecture in relation to the late classicism of the museum and whatever has been rescued from this old ruin.
Lately, the whole cultural scene in Berlin is talking about it. A german architecture critic, Dieter Bartetzko, summarized:
“The first time on, it is not the contrast between a faultless facade and completely damaged ancient relics that soaks the crowd in, additionally. It rather is the fact, mentally and physically, that this Museum must pay tribute to destroyed times such as the antiques it carries.”
To understand his meaning better I recommend the virtual tour on their homepage:
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