Deep Black – Benoit Courti
Dimineaţa devreme pe o plajă normandă
Miniseria 3: Street
Dimineaţa poate fi perfectă
Grădinile ȋncȃntătoare ale Domnișoarei Du
The artist Dodo, German women and the Weimar Republic
The long lines, of a strange elegance, show the desire for beauty, a simple, transparent ether. On the other hand, there is a permanent sadness, which resides in the ineffable of the vulnerable female figures, in contrast to the dominant and indifferent male partners. The compositions…
Tribute to a brilliant photographer-Erwin Olaf
When his destiny was tragically broken, on September 20, 2023, he was mourned by the King of Holland himself. An artist of astonishing complexity, with works that cover vast cultural fields and who has navigated professionally casually through commercial photography, fashion, conceptual, philosophical, cinematographic, portraiture…
The wood recovered from the waters becomes an art exhibition
Today, ecological approaches to art and nature are very varied. From raising awareness to militancy, representations of environmental issues are everywhere in art fairs and exhibitions. Through their work, artists try to raise public awareness to create a better world, putting humanity in harmony with…
EcoArt 2023: photography between heaven and hell
Motto: Man, this possessed king, as Pascal calls him, is condemned to slip over things. There is an essential difference between knowing and naming, even if the latter form of thinking brings benefits. (Petre Ţuţea, Romanian philosopher) Our world is revealed to viewers and artists…
„Les Batailles des Fleurs”, the spirit of spring on the shores of the Mediterranean
Winter is not a time of rest for a large part of the inhabitants of the city of Nice, on the famous French „Côte d’Azur”. They gather their strength in preparation for an event that takes place during February, a moment that coincides with an…
Interestingness 2023 – trends in the visual arts
Just as life desperately clings to survival, art constantly pursues human society. Many voices lament a certain decay of the contemporary cultural quality, including the visual arts, but the vigorous talents fighting for existence and helped by the power of information can be noticed relatively easily.…
„Tightrope of Our Hope” or how art reminds us of the sadness of history (“Tightrope of Our Hope” sau cum arta ne aminteşte de tristeţea istoriei)
“Tightrope of Our Hope” sau cum arta ne aminteşte de tristeţea istoriei Opera grafică a lui William Kentridge, expusă la Marian Goodman Gallery, este intitulată “Tightrope of Our Hope”, şi este lucrată în cărbune, creioane colorate, tuş şi colaj pe hârtie. Această creaţie ne aduce…
Lowbrow Art, a surrealism „à la pauvre”? (Lowbrow Art, un suprarealism „à la pauvre”?)
Lowbrow (English) – adjective (mainly), disapproving, unassuming, not complicated or requiring much intelligence to understand; art that is not serious and is intended for people who do not know much, unintelligent, with low tastes. Lowbrow is an antonym for highbrow. As adjectives, the difference between…
Moments of the Gulliver International Animation Festival
The theatrical show is a wonderful source of entertainment as well as education, the stage raising the creativity of children and youth, at the same time introducing them to universal culture. Cultural ability combined with creative imagination are essential for the development of the young…
O (aproape) istorie
O (aproape) istorie recenzie de Violeta Stanciu De la strada Antim la cartierele rezidențiale bucureștene, de la demagogul Stănică Rațiu la o întreagă clasă politică, de la Pascalopol la Costin (într-o oarecare măsură, ca să nu spun „specie”), Cristian Fulaș face o radiografie a societății…
The painter who defeated ancestral fears (Pictorul care a învins spaimele ancestrale)
The painter who defeated ancestral fears The Chilean artist Guillermo Lorca García Huidobro, born in 1984 and currently living in Barcelona, thinks, feels and works in a manner of the splendid grandiose. His large-scale works are a revelation of contemporary art, being appreciated internationally, the…
Blow-Up, the movie that changed our youth
An icon film from 1966, it is the modern model of the visual story, in which the magical charge is intertwined with the dramatic thrill of the „murder” type. Launching a „mods” vibe, with a dynamic that inspired later films, including Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation…
The perfect illustration of the concept of existentialism
The artist Alex Plechko builds through his creations a metaphysics of the image that could always illustrate the existentialist philosophy. The sober monochrome accentuates the strong visual impact, the technique used by the artist from Birobidzhan, being Maxon Cinema 4D („The boundaries of nothingness” Project, Visura.net)…
Interestingness 2022 – trends in the visual arts
The population on Earth has reached 8 billion people. Official. Probably a quarter flirts with the idea of artistic creation and another quarter must appreciate the first ones. The digital onslaught is a virtually endless supply of works from various fields of visual arts, contemporary creators…
The peasant carolers-minstrels announcing Christmas
With archaic roots, starting from ancient Rome, the artistic rituals that herald Christmas, bring joy to Romanians in December. In the Romanian village, the tradition of caroling is a very strong one, with the role of sacred revitalization, purification, purpose of abundance and social cohesion,…
Pas cu pas prin curcubeul cultural și emoțional – Însemnări despre volumul de proză scurtă – „Sfârșite și nesfârșite călătorii”
Însemnări despre volumul de proză scurtă „Sfârșite și nesfârșite călătorii”de Violeta Pușcașu (Editura Coresi, 2022) de Violeta Stanciu Motto: „Vrând să-mi pun capăt zilelor mohorâte, am hotărât să înghit un curcubeu.” Poate că niciodată nu se încheie o călătorie în care te-ai angajat la…
Mystery books written or not yet written – Cărţi misterioase scrise sau nescrise încă
In a long and painstaking work, the hand armed with the graphite pencil, brush or nib bent over the paper. The effort to revive the fantastic in an era of modernity appears as a metaphysically condensed art. M. Merleau-Ponty, reformulating an idea taken from Sartre, said:…
O frământată romanţă postmodernă: Jeff Koons şi Ilona Staller (Cicciolina) – A turbulent postmodern romance: Jeff Koons and Ilona Staller (Cicciolina)
A turbulent postmodern romance: Jeff Koons and Ilona Staller (Cicciolina) What can contemporary sculpture and porn movies have in common? It can intensify the desire for freedom and the dissolution of customs. The show, the glitter and the money. Challenging the viewer already tired of…
(Santa) Madonna (nu) este cu noi!
Un text dramatic de Elise Wilk, pus în scenă la Teatrul din Buzunar Galaţi, cu premiera pe 20 septembrie 2022. Atunci când maşina de spălat devine instrument psihanalitic al familiei post-comuniste aruncată brusc în consumerism. Speranţe şi visuri în camera oglinzilor deşarte, fum, spectacolul arătându-ne sensul…
SCURTCIRCUIT 15 – între nostalgia barocului şi revoluţia simţurilor
Printre artiştii contemporani care încearcă să descifreze secretul existenţei umane se află doi care sunt dominaţi de teamă ca rezultat al speranţei metafizice că lumea are un temei non-lumesc. Ei gonesc după o speranţă şi spre un acces eliberator pentru fiinţa umană, într-o relaţie polimorfă…
Metamorphosis, in contemporary artistic visions – Metamorfoza, în viziuni artistice contemporane
One of the great advantages of global connectivity is the ease of traveling to a space where the intellectual and artistic productions of millions of people are exhibited. And so art galleries become gigantic, visiting them being a constant human adventure. The virtual labyrinth appears…
Critical approach to contemporary society through photography – Abordare critică a societăţii contemporane prin fotografie
The 20-year-old photographer from Alcala (Spain), Carlos Ladrón de Guevara, is an enthusiast who is now launching his project, „El Avance de la Regresión”. His cultural concept wants to reflect the progressive dehumanization that we experience in today’s society. Inspired by the genius of Joel…
Hirosi Nagare ( ながれ ひろし) and the rhetoric of Japanese abstractionism
Hirosi Nagare ( ながれ ひろし) and the rhetoric of Japanese abstractionism The brush of Japanese artists moves with the precision of a watchmaker and the ease of a bird in the sky, and the inspiration comes from the line of cherry blossoms and an ancestral…
Prietenia, curajul și generozitatea povestite copiilor de toate vârstele
Prietenia, curajul și generozitatea povestite copiilor de toate vârstele O recenzie de Violeta Stanciu „Poveștile somnifere” ale lui Vlad Stroescu, ilustrate extraordinar de frumos de Andreea Dobreci, te seduc de la prima vedere. E greu să hotărăști ce să faci mai întâi: să admiri ilustrațiile…
Avem nevoie de educație emoțională
Avem nevoie de educație emoțională de Violeta Stanciu Moto: Mulți dintre noi suntem niște copii mai mari sau, altfel spus, ne-am îmbrăcat în hainele părinților noștri având în interior dimensiunea psihologică a unui copil. Apărută la editura Humanitas în 2022, cu un cuvânt înainte de Vlad…
„Vrabia” – curajul și sinceritatea autobiograficului
Despre familie, timp și creștere se poate vorbi în multe feluri, dar autoarea Leta Popescu a găsit o manieră inedită de expresie teatrală și, alături de echipa sa, ne-a oferit o demonstrație de curaj și sinceritate. Prin piesa „Vrabia”, cu premiera în 3 iulie 2022, …
1975, a photograph won the Pulitzer Prize and sparked ethical controversy
„Woman Falling from Fire Escape”, 1975, Stanley Forman I came back off the ladder truck and of course I was shaking. The little baby had already gone in the ambulance and the woman, who was the baby’s grandmother, was still on the ground and they…
A better engraver than Albrecht Dürer? (Un gravor mai bun ca Albrecht Dürer?)
Motto: Goltzius is one of the best draughtsmen ever! ( micheledanieli_arthistory) Goltzius was insane.. Definitely a hero of mine. (ericb.art) In a discussion with a specialist in art history, I caught an idea: That the great Dürer has a rival, contemporary with him and…
Metamorphosis, in contemporary artistic visions – Metamorfoza, în viziuni artistice contemporane
One of the great advantages of global connectivity is the ease of traveling to a space where the intellectual…
History in photographic images or how nostalgia can become delicious
Motto: The Greek word for „return” is nostos. Algos meaning „suffering.” So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning…
Cine a inventat “selfie-ul”? (Who Invented the Selfie?)
Who Invented the Selfie? A sometimes obsessive form of portrayal of the 21st century, the optical recording of one’s…
Proprietarul norilor: Aurel Mihailopol, unul dintre cei mai mari fotografi români
Unfortunately, in this age dominated by speed and anger, memories hang on the Internet. This makes great talents and names,…
Un paradis în care poţi să crezi – Seminariştii lui Mario Giacomelli
Motto: Mă interesează o realitate care respiră, care continuă să se miște, pentru că spune ceva și acest lucru contează…
Covid19 în artă: Marco Mandolini şi autoportretul din spatele măştii
Motto: Am văzut cel mai de sus cerc al puterilor supreme. I-am dat acelui cerc numele de Dumnezeu. I-am…
Fotografia de portret sau ȋntre dionisiac şi apolinic (Dmitry Ageev şi Brett Walker)
Este greu de sintetizat un concept fãrã sã greşeşti sau sã jigneşti un artist. Mã gândeam la contrastul dintre cei…
SCURTCIRCUIT 7: Irving Penn şi Denis Rouvre, magicieni ai portretului ȋn fotografie
Fotograful newyorkez Michael Comeau, pasionat de portretisticã şi fondator al OnPortraits.com, spunea cu umor ȋntr-un articol: Irving Penn este cel…
Camere, cămăruţe, hurdubăi, opere nebune…dar toate obscure…. cu citate din două doamne
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” ― Dorothea Lange Today everything exists to…
