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falling into the ocean

#falling #blue #ocean #art

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Burst of Joy, 2021, oil on linen, 60 x 60 in.

Sweet Summer, 2023, oil on canvas

Ideal, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.

by Yangyang Pan

#abstract art #art #oil painting

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'In my later work, the person who is navigating the space, his or her experience becomes the content. So, the whole subject-object relationship is reversed. The content is you! If you don't walk into the work and engage with it, there isn't any content. That's really what I've been dealing with ever since I saw the Velazquez painting.' (Las Meninas) - Richard Serra - Article/Interview 2008: Sean O’Hagan for The Guardian

Art Quotes About What is Art, Art History and Interpretation

#art quotes #richard serra #citation

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James Jean - Braid III. Acrylic on Wood.

#medusa #art #pop surrealism #sketch

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The Blue Line - 11 x 14 inches

Kevin Foote's website

Painting by Kevin Foote ‘Joy Division’ Mixed Media on Canvas Panel Size 11 x 14 Inches.

#birds #art #portrait art

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Christensen retrospective opening at Berry Campbell 2015. Willy, one of the artist's sons, stands in front of it.

Dolby 1998 | Dan Christensen

#art #dan christensen

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Delfina Vannucci, Untitled (standing figure), 2022, Paper mache over aluminum wire, acrylics, approx 9 inches high

#artists on tumblr #art

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Art Fairs: Art Galleries vs Artists

Artists often find it hard to get a warm welcome in galleries. Gallerists are primarily at art fairs to make money. Understandably, they might get annoyed when artists try to talk to them during these busy times. The investment for a booth is far from minor. However, to an extent, this rejection also happens in art galleries. Is it the only business where the sellers don't welcome the makers? Does the artist have a responsibility in this situation?

“At Art fairs, gallerists are nice and friendly until they realize you are an artist. Then they turn away and don’t talk to you anymore.” - José Freitas Cruz, artist, Mozambic

Source: Art fairs for individual artists

#artists on tumblr #art galleries #artists #art quotes #artist quotes #contemporary art #art world

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Dystopian Surrealism or Becoming Realism...

Zdzisław Beksiński (1929 – 2005) A leading figure in contemporary Polish art.

Beksiński was known to be a pleasant person who took enjoyment from conversation and had a keen sense of humor. He was modest and somewhat shy, avoiding public events such as the openings of his own exhibitions. He had obsessive–compulsive disorder, he referred to his condition as "neurotic diarrhea". But his paintings were mostly about doomsday with a nightmarish lucidity. 

He was adamant that even he did not know the meaning of his artworks and was uninterested in possible interpretations; in keeping with this notion, he refused to provide titles for any of his drawings or paintings.

Beksiński's wife, Zofia, died in 1998; a year later, on Christmas Eve 1999, 

His son Tomasz (a popular radio presenter, music journalist, and philologist who translated media including Silence of The Lambs, Casablanca & Reservoir Dogs, and more) committed suicide by drug overdose. Beksiński discovered his son's body.

On 21 February 2005, Beksiński was found dead in his flat in Warsaw with 17 stab wounds on his body; two of the wounds were determined to have been fatal.

#zdzisław beksiński #art #obsessive compulsive disorder #polish art #cursed #surrealism #realism #dark art

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Chavis Mármol's Neo-Tamene (from the series)

Sculptor Chavis Mármol has never owned a car, but that’s never inhibited his drive. Earlier this month, the 42-year-old Mexico City-based artist (who travels largely by bicycle) dropped a nine-ton replica of an Olmec head onto the roof of a blue Tesla Model 3.

The car was donated by Colima 71,, a boutique hotel in Mexico City.

The work is a mix of humor and criticism that explores the Mexican pre-Hispanic past from a Western neo-colonial perspective.

All photos by and courtesy the artist

#contemporary art #artivism #mexico #tesla

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Elegance in Simplicity: Contemporary Artwork of Naoko Ito

#naoko ito #contemporary art #art

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Art and Individualism?

“If buyers are going to plunk down money, good money, they want to know what they are getting, who they are getting. People don’t buy art. They buy the artist.”

Monarch Legacy of Monsters ep. 3

Writers (They are 3 so I don’t know who exactly wrote it): Matt Fraction, Andrew Colville, Chris Black .

Wild thoughts from a Series quote. By GregBot

#ren watage #art quotes #art #james elkins #individualism #monarch legacy of monsters #berserk #kentaro miura #fine art #art history #thoughts #jeff koons #picasso #joseph beuys #lies #matt fraction

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​Mohammed Sami approaches art as an allegorical representation of the striking image of conflict and violence. His paintings explore belated memories triggered by common everyday objects from when he immigrated to Sweden from his native Iraq. (His Bio)

Sami Mohammed (1943-) The Penetration, 1989 (63 cm high)

#Mohammed sami #artist #viloence #conflict #kuweit #iraq #art #sculpture

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Oil sketch for “The Whale”

Portrait of Brendan Fraser by Mustafa Özel (His Ig)

#the whale #brendan fraser #portrait art #art

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Sometimes, the art is better with the artist beside it.

Sette Savi (The Seven Sages)

Fausto Melotti,

Photo by Ugo Mulas

#fausto melotti #contemporary art #sculpture #art

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Moka with Tiles - Kenny Harris ,  2023.

American, b. 1974 -

Oil on canvas on panel , 36 x 28 cm.

#cafe #art #oil painting

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A.F. Vandevorst: Arnhem Mode Biennale (2011)

#contemporary art #art #death #health #life