Posts Tagged ‘Expressionism’

Artition: Member interview with Vladimir Hristov

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Vladimir Hristov joint us recently and instantly caught our attention with his provocative works, that are in the same way so harmoniously and illustrative. The compositions, the colors and his attempt to create abstract atmosphere will define him as an expressionist, such as Macke or Chagall; but by modern influences in beauty as well as bloodiness he defines himself as a contemporary expressionist, absorbing our daily nature into an aesthetic matter.

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

VH:
Mix of traditional methods with contemporary and modern way of painting. On a contrary of being afraid of heaving different styles in one painting, I love having all those diametrically contrasted genres mixed up in one piece. What really matters is which emotion and/or which visual impression the work evokes in the viewers minds.

Artition:
What or who inspires you?

VH:
Mix of: Botticelli and Kandinsky with Nick Cave & Sonic Youth, that might be about where I want to go…
Starting with Byzantine and Renaissance art, going forward through: Klimt & Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka and Chagall, plus Russian Avantgarde & Pop Art altogether with music & PoP Culture. There are many sources from where I feed my inspiration.

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

VH:
Sex & religion… death, love, hope, fear, serial killers & guns, gods and angels… are, among others, the objectives that I am fascinated with. My paintings are not made in representational manner. Instead of putting up one image that represents this or that specific matter I prefer to play with the uncertainty of the forms and the transformations of one shape into another, and the free associations that they might bring up. I try to put all this together in a way that whenever the viewer pays some attention to the painting, he/she will always have some new feelings and new things to discover.
I intent to leave the painting “open” enough for ones perception and translation of its message.

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

VH:
Since I am new member of artition I am still discovering what this site is offering and until now I am delighted with it’s content.

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

VH:
Well this is the far most difficult question to answer… first thing that comes to my mind is to have the chance of being The Art Agent of some most successful artist today and discover the art of Hristov, or just being Silvio Berlusconi for a day and have all the fun…

Artition:
Who is your favourite artist?

VH:
I am hugely impressed with Christian Boltanski lately, I love his work.

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$130 million Picasso gets ripped by accident

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

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.

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Artition: Interview with Shaun Gribouski

Monday, January 25th, 2010

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.

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