tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44222855922335939672024-03-13T05:00:17.579-07:00Promised LandKristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-3950942543372111612009-11-03T13:44:00.000-08:002009-11-03T13:58:41.285-08:00Joan Semmel - Sexuality for women<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SvCnQghGIiI/AAAAAAAAAMw/mTAxXe9nv4Y/s1600-h/57.105.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SvCnQghGIiI/AAAAAAAAAMw/mTAxXe9nv4Y/s320/57.105.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399999855265718818" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SvCmSwsuhNI/AAAAAAAAAMo/wqoVELqqFmc/s1600-h/mytology+and+me.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 131px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SvCmSwsuhNI/AAAAAAAAAMo/wqoVELqqFmc/s320/mytology+and+me.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399998794457580754" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SvCmNHeZh4I/AAAAAAAAAMg/KcNoSKIfcNI/s1600-h/joan-semmel1.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SvCmNHeZh4I/AAAAAAAAAMg/KcNoSKIfcNI/s320/joan-semmel1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399998697492285314" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SvCmEMwl9lI/AAAAAAAAAMY/B8ENTP66jic/s1600-h/sunlight.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SvCmEMwl9lI/AAAAAAAAAMY/B8ENTP66jic/s320/sunlight.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399998544291952210" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SvCl4amPcgI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/eisaYP-cH6E/s1600-h/erotic+yellow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SvCl4amPcgI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/eisaYP-cH6E/s320/erotic+yellow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399998341848199682" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">B</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">orn in 1932 in New York City, Joan Semmel graduated from Cooper Union and Pratt, and lived in Madrid Spain for seven years in the 60’s. She currently lives in NYC.</span></span></div></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Feminist Artist Statement</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: "My intention has been to subvert the tradition of the passive female nude. The issues of the body from desire to aging, as well as those of identity and cultural imprinting have been at the core of my concerns. Sexuality for women has changed radically in the last century, and the possibility for female autonomy is connected to these changes."</span></span></span></span></div></div>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-24493023885751623382009-07-03T22:10:00.000-07:002009-07-04T13:47:04.933-07:00Mario Schifano<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_iqNkIDI/AAAAAAAAAL4/9r7s2Earx6A/s1600-h/mario_schifano.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_iqNkIDI/AAAAAAAAAL4/9r7s2Earx6A/s320/mario_schifano.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354709084134449202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Mario Schifano / 1934-1998<br /><br />He is considered to be one of most significant and pre-eminent artists of Italian postmodernism, alongside contemporaries such as Francesco Clemente , Sandro Chia and Giulio Paolini . His work was exhibited in the famous 1962 "New Realists" show at the Sidney Janis Gallery with other postmodern luminaries, including Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein .<br /><br />He became part of the core group of artists comprising the "Scuola Romana". Reputed as a profilic and exuberant artist, he nonetheless struggled with a life-long drug habit that earned him the label <em>maledetto </em>, or "cursed".<br /><br />In attesa di poter ammirare il catalogo con i lavori di questo straordinario pittore, da alcuni definito l'erede di Andy Warhol, posto sul blog alcune dei quadri che sono stati esposti di recente in mostre italiane.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_eSpeoXI/AAAAAAAAALw/dwJvGHpICrI/s1600-h/scobie3-23-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_eSpeoXI/AAAAAAAAALw/dwJvGHpICrI/s320/scobie3-23-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354709009089601906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_Yw2TBqI/AAAAAAAAALo/ZEzqS3cS4bY/s1600-h/mschifano2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_Yw2TBqI/AAAAAAAAALo/ZEzqS3cS4bY/s320/mschifano2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354708914117215906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_Vhq0tuI/AAAAAAAAALg/Lq4gE_xzN58/s1600-h/mschifano1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_Vhq0tuI/AAAAAAAAALg/Lq4gE_xzN58/s320/mschifano1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354708858502952674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_RMUwyiI/AAAAAAAAALY/Z4wxmzIFr7o/s1600-h/C_3_Media_46451_galleryitems_galleryitem7_immagine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_RMUwyiI/AAAAAAAAALY/Z4wxmzIFr7o/s320/C_3_Media_46451_galleryitems_galleryitem7_immagine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354708784053799458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_LnaDJ4I/AAAAAAAAALQ/FYxK0kaWaPI/s1600-h/schifano_-cocacola.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk-_LnaDJ4I/AAAAAAAAALQ/FYxK0kaWaPI/s320/schifano_-cocacola.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354708688244516738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk--_CQ6PPI/AAAAAAAAALI/bJniyinpPwQ/s1600-h/fb9214b459e757fcc639caf7585fa7dd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk--_CQ6PPI/AAAAAAAAALI/bJniyinpPwQ/s320/fb9214b459e757fcc639caf7585fa7dd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354708472115641586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk--13m1_nI/AAAAAAAAALA/C2pV_8iifs8/s1600-h/ead6b763697cac25f7840d307c63b394.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sk--13m1_nI/AAAAAAAAALA/C2pV_8iifs8/s320/ead6b763697cac25f7840d307c63b394.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354708314636025458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-55956931784239213112009-06-20T06:48:00.000-07:002009-06-20T07:00:52.049-07:00A tribute to Dado Belgrado's art<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">A 10 anni dalla morte di Dado Belgrado avvenuta nel 1999, appare nella sua città natale Udine, presso La Galleria del Girasole, una mostra dedicata alle sue opere pittoriche. Personalmente ritengo Dado Belgrado un grandissimo talento artistico, gli rendo omaggio nel mio piccolo con questo blog e con l'invito ad approfondire la sua arte al seguente link: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.dadobelgrado.it/">www.dadobelgrado.it</a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SjzrL8hX5JI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/qptKy0On3VY/s1600-h/confronto.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 383px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SjzrL8hX5JI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/qptKy0On3VY/s400/confronto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349409047866500242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SjzrBls5QII/AAAAAAAAAJI/38bss_NQy3I/s1600-h/percezionemorbida.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SjzrBls5QII/AAAAAAAAAJI/38bss_NQy3I/s400/percezionemorbida.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349408869942116482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SjzqdYOsXeI/AAAAAAAAAI4/ha9ArsAnWGc/s1600-h/borboletas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 361px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SjzqdYOsXeI/AAAAAAAAAI4/ha9ArsAnWGc/s400/borboletas.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349408247850491362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sjzqw_gvqvI/AAAAAAAAAJA/ltKF4Zee3Ko/s1600-h/untitled80.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/Sjzqw_gvqvI/AAAAAAAAAJA/ltKF4Zee3Ko/s400/untitled80.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349408584812702450" border="0" /></a>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-90876427977261842312009-02-04T13:48:00.000-08:002009-02-04T14:03:27.091-08:00Thumbing in the winterwonderland-the art of ElbowToe<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">A volte le mie navigazioni sono davvero sorprendenti...quest'oggi sono partita alla ricerca di Poster boys e sono atterrata nella terra di un grandissimo artista <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/guy_on_the_streets/sets/">Elbow Toe.</a> Quasi impossibilie non restare abbagliati dal suo stile e dal suo tratto. Un artista che ricorda El Greco e Bacon ma con la stessa potenza evocativa di Basquiat. </span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SYoPfpfh6xI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/I6wiBWMuhv8/s1600-h/elbowtoe-gallery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SYoPfpfh6xI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/I6wiBWMuhv8/s400/elbowtoe-gallery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299064947943271186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SYoPfMeyZzI/AAAAAAAAAII/wPwQ8lByTbE/s1600-h/elbow4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SYoPfMeyZzI/AAAAAAAAAII/wPwQ8lByTbE/s400/elbow4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299064940155529010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SYoPe14ByuI/AAAAAAAAAIA/mNPK-24mXTM/s1600-h/elbow2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SYoPe14ByuI/AAAAAAAAAIA/mNPK-24mXTM/s400/elbow2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299064934087379682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SYoPe0HtrEI/AAAAAAAAAH4/cHfOcwcYOxc/s1600-h/chalicebegoniarid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SYoPe0HtrEI/AAAAAAAAAH4/cHfOcwcYOxc/s400/chalicebegoniarid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299064933616299074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SYoPepCsskI/AAAAAAAAAHw/zfL1fdPPinI/s1600-h/elbow1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 423px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SYoPepCsskI/AAAAAAAAAHw/zfL1fdPPinI/s400/elbow1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299064930642473538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Straordinario. Mi sembra che non sia ancora stato davvero scoperto dai galleristi ma spero quanto prima di avere la notizia di una sua personale magari in Italia.<br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2QGSTDyr4jY&hl=it&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2QGSTDyr4jY&hl=it&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /></span></span>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-91731351528506185752009-01-18T09:00:00.000-08:002009-01-18T09:36:38.752-08:00CARNAL CRITERIA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNlMHCC6UI/AAAAAAAAAHg/0k5dl2finTU/s1600-h/domaradzki3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 391px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNlMHCC6UI/AAAAAAAAAHg/0k5dl2finTU/s400/domaradzki3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292685245810927938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNlLqK-moI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/M1bgggjyOrk/s1600-h/domaradzki1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 381px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNlLqK-moI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/M1bgggjyOrk/s400/domaradzki1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292685238063766146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNlL3aLQRI/AAAAAAAAAHY/G4esCdNlDAI/s1600-h/domaradzki2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 371px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNlL3aLQRI/AAAAAAAAAHY/G4esCdNlDAI/s400/domaradzki2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292685241617170706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />E' con grande sorpresa che nel mio blog inserisco un artista che tanto per sbarcare il lunario fa il graphic designer quando, in realtà, è davvero un grande pittore e illustratore...ma così va il mondo! Polacco, dal nome impronunciabile </span></span><a href="http://www.studiokxx.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Krzysztof Domaradzki</span> </span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">aka kxx lavora per un buon numero di grandi imprese dalla Volkswagen alla Coke ma soprattutto collabora con KDU world e non è poco! Ma, quello che mi ha colpita sono i suoi quadri e le illustrazioni.<br />Di seguito una serie di illustrazioni tratte dal sito personale di kxx. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Altri disegni a matita sono visibili sul sito personale dell'artista nella sezione illustrations o sul pdf magazine della KDU (<a href="http://www.studiokxx.com/en/illustration/trust_thekdu/">Solstice book 2008</a>).<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNjQQt6G9I/AAAAAAAAAHA/WEj11vZX2Wo/s1600-h/kxx_drawing_03_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNjQQt6G9I/AAAAAAAAAHA/WEj11vZX2Wo/s400/kxx_drawing_03_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292683118107040722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNjQU6T8-I/AAAAAAAAAG4/F8NPPK35R6g/s1600-h/kxx_drawing_01_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNjQU6T8-I/AAAAAAAAAG4/F8NPPK35R6g/s400/kxx_drawing_01_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292683119232807906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNjQnd0hhI/AAAAAAAAAHI/fq31Nf88hv8/s1600-h/kxx_drawing_07_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SXNjQnd0hhI/AAAAAAAAAHI/fq31Nf88hv8/s400/kxx_drawing_07_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292683124213581330" border="0" /></a>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-46926344685674422342009-01-09T09:35:00.000-08:002009-01-13T11:34:02.419-08:00This is how I feel, how I see things. Do you see it this way too?<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.kentwilliams.com/">Kent Williams</a> fa parte di una nutrita schiera di giovani talenti riuniti da <a href="http://www.allenspiegelfinearts.com/information.html">asfa</a></span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">cioè Allen Spiegel Fine Art e tra i quali il talento più famoso è David Mckean! Ma è di Williams che ammiro in assoluto tecnica pittorica e contenuti creativi...di <a href="http://www.mkgallery.com/exhibitions/kentwilliams_berlin/index.html">Williams </a>consiglio una visita alla galleria <a href="http://www.mkgallery.com/index.html">Merry Karnowsky</a> per ammirare una preview della esposizione di opere recenti.<br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWePyrJMM0I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/5uuAzZ0lMmQ/s1600-h/williams_l2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWePyrJMM0I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/5uuAzZ0lMmQ/s400/williams_l2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289354388107440962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWePyWSDJCI/AAAAAAAAAGI/pHBVyOA0S5g/s1600-h/williams_two.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWePyWSDJCI/AAAAAAAAAGI/pHBVyOA0S5g/s400/williams_two.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289354382507451426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWePyVOnnRI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Zxk-lev-JMY/s1600-h/williams_animator.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWePyVOnnRI/AAAAAAAAAGA/Zxk-lev-JMY/s400/williams_animator.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289354382224629010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-86832912638817358042009-01-06T14:08:00.000-08:002009-01-09T09:34:18.051-08:00I’m a storyteller working with the absence of words<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Così di autodefinisce </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://francoisescalmel.com/">Francois Escalmel</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> il pittore canadese che tanto seguito ha guadagnato in Italia attraverso le personali alla galleria <a href="http://www.mondobizzarro.net/index_mondo_bizzarro.htm">Mondo Bizzarro</a> di Roma. Ed effettivamente ciò che colpisce maggiormente nei suoi lavori è la presenza di elementi figurativi colti dai fumetti dai cartoni animati, dagli horror e dai cartoni animati. E accanto a questo mondo bizzarro proprio di Escalmel c'è la rivisitazione costante della sua storia personale. E' lui, il personaggio principale di molti dei suoi quadri. Con la faccia da clown, da soldato colto da un attacco di panico, il Gesù che si è fatto uomo e tutto di più... La tecnica pittorica di Escalmel è stupefacente. Consiglio di osservare nel video clip alcuni istanti di una intervista nella quale l'artista si trucca per poi riprendersi e dipingersi sulla tela...stupendo.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWPYjsEtzsI/AAAAAAAAAFg/mwvpJZt9Nls/s1600-h/escalmel4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 424px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWPYjsEtzsI/AAAAAAAAAFg/mwvpJZt9Nls/s320/escalmel4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288308495101054658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWPYjqG4tkI/AAAAAAAAAFY/b6VumahLZtQ/s1600-h/escalmel3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWPYjqG4tkI/AAAAAAAAAFY/b6VumahLZtQ/s320/escalmel3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288308494573286978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWPYi1kuGJI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/xDdq6cU6eUU/s1600-h/escalmel1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 279px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWPYi1kuGJI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/xDdq6cU6eUU/s320/escalmel1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288308480471341202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWPYi9SlbmI/AAAAAAAAAFI/VkBK4CkFaZY/s1600-h/escalmel2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 172px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SWPYi9SlbmI/AAAAAAAAAFI/VkBK4CkFaZY/s320/escalmel2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288308482542759522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ud6lGP1dNCM&hl=it&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-37361584053505948522008-12-30T07:52:00.000-08:002008-12-31T13:01:51.266-08:00MAL DE OJO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVpKbzE1QcI/AAAAAAAAAFA/A6X0nkbohI0/s1600-h/maldeojoblog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVpKbzE1QcI/AAAAAAAAAFA/A6X0nkbohI0/s400/maldeojoblog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285618954100097474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Corpi senza testa, carni evaporate, immagini schizzate di sangue…<br /><a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/sanchezisdead">Alvaro Sánchez</a> ha un suo personale stile per rappresentare la realtà utilizzando la grafica digitale. In Sánchez tanto il designer come l’artista è in grado si canalizzare nelle sue opere tutto ciò che lo inquieta maggiormente della realtà: “baso le mie opere su concetti visuali che non elaboro con l’utilizzo di filtri di Photoshop.” E’ un sentimento di sarcasmo che prevale in ciascuna dei suoi lavori che riflettono la personale opinione sui sentimenti, la violenza, il sesso e la solitudine.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://casadelmango.blogspot.com/2008/07/lvaro-snchez-y-su-mal-de-ojo.html">Mal de Ojo</a> è il tema dato alla sua recente esposizione alla Casa del Mango ad Antigua Guatemala lo scorso luglio.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">I lavori che lo contraddistinguono sono stati pubblicati su numerosissime riviste digitali in Australia (Blanket magazine) in Spagna, Italia, Germania (Bastard magazine) e Polonia.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;">Inoltre Alvaro Sanchez ho ricevuto riconoscimenti internazionali per la sua produzione di "corti" ,in qualità di regista, quali Mónimo (2000), Monotony (2000), Dolls (2003) y History from the street (2004).</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVpKKVrKEqI/AAAAAAAAAE4/GKyCZAXPLlM/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVpKKVrKEqI/AAAAAAAAAE4/GKyCZAXPLlM/s400/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285618654150005410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVpKKeCVQEI/AAAAAAAAAEw/gUkxkg2maqA/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVpKKeCVQEI/AAAAAAAAAEw/gUkxkg2maqA/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285618656394690626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVpKKLxYhkI/AAAAAAAAAEo/lVe7Ht8JKlU/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVpKKLxYhkI/AAAAAAAAAEo/lVe7Ht8JKlU/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285618651491763778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVpKJw8G7zI/AAAAAAAAAEg/mW3KMT9_ebQ/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVpKJw8G7zI/AAAAAAAAAEg/mW3KMT9_ebQ/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285618644288991026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-73503575004586485552008-12-25T13:22:00.000-08:002008-12-25T21:37:56.420-08:00NIGHTMARES AND DREAMS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVP6VzJfSlI/AAAAAAAAAC4/XmlbGdrUoz8/s1600-h/witching_hour.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVP6VzJfSlI/AAAAAAAAAC4/XmlbGdrUoz8/s320/witching_hour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283842040249928274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Catherine McIntyre</span> è una artista scozzese che lavora utilizzando Photoshop per montages ossia fotomanipolazioni digitali.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Una tipica manifestazione artistica che si può ottenere da Photoshop è il <a href="http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=332336">collage o <span style="font-style: italic;">montage</span></a> di diverse immagini fotografiche ritagliate (scontornate) e poste su più layers modificandone la grandezza la posizione ecc. e le proprietà del layer stesso.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVP6WAgi2NI/AAAAAAAAADA/yZehiwheRCI/s1600-h/horsesbones.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 296px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVP6WAgi2NI/AAAAAAAAADA/yZehiwheRCI/s320/horsesbones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283842043836291282" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVP6WBKib8I/AAAAAAAAADI/U2NFJMI6J20/s1600-h/moneytalks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 295px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVP6WBKib8I/AAAAAAAAADI/U2NFJMI6J20/s320/moneytalks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283842044012425154" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Riporto alcune riflessioni dell'artista sul suo modo di procedere nella creazione dei suoi lavori</span></span>:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The images work, I hope, on <span style="font-weight: bold;">two levels</span>.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">On the <span style="font-weight: bold;">aesthetic level</span> of texture, colour and pattern,</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> the work is often about finding correlations between </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">natural and manufactured objects in decay.</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The laws of physics act equally upon nature and the work of man;</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> some pictures show nature asserting itself</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and reducing man's efforts to their original elements,</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">while others have nature under threat from encroaching industrialisation.</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">This latter feeling of weight, crushing, compaction, pinning down</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">and hemming in, isolation and ultimately of threat,</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">became elements of the second, <span style="font-weight: bold;">emotional level </span>of the work.</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The theme of aging is also important in the textural elements of the work;</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">the beautiful effects of weathering and distressing</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">on often very unprepossessing substrates</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">being at once destructive and creative</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">carries a paradox mirrored in the aging of the individual.</span></span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Una raccolta delle sue immagini la potete trovare in alcuni libri autoprodotti quali "Renaisance" e "Nightmares and dreams" ed alcune fotomanipolazioni davvero belle si possono vedere sul sito personale della fotografa</span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >http://members.madasafish.com/~cmci/frontpage.html</span> </div></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVP9-HZOCgI/AAAAAAAAADQ/eWPehHTcXE8/s1600-h/jump.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVP9-HZOCgI/AAAAAAAAADQ/eWPehHTcXE8/s320/jump.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283846031414266370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-27071754009846547432008-12-25T12:26:00.000-08:002008-12-25T13:20:25.399-08:00PANICO NEL NUOVO MILLENNIO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPw9xaIktI/AAAAAAAAACQ/Lxr1tk4jsW4/s1600-h/JJPsmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 246px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPw9xaIktI/AAAAAAAAACQ/Lxr1tk4jsW4/s320/JJPsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283831731861361362" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >L'arte di <span style="font-weight: bold;">John Jude Palencar</span> possiede il potere di attraversare il tempo.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Dagli scenari catastrofici di Hieronymous Bosh agli equilibri prospettici di Leonardo da Vinci le immagini che questo immenso illustratore americano (nato nel 1957 nell'Ohio) ha prodotto sono tutte caratterizzate da una produzione singolarmente in bilico tra l'illustrazione e la pittura. Non a caso sono di Palencar la maggior parte delle covers dei libri di H.P. Lovecraft (Dreams of terror and death) e di molti autori di </span><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > Sci-Fi, fantasy e horror.</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPyriH9s4I/AAAAAAAAACo/BsoowmAUAnY/s1600-h/MythosLovecraft.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 130px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPyriH9s4I/AAAAAAAAACo/BsoowmAUAnY/s320/MythosLovecraft.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283833617544229762" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Probablimente questo grande artista ama l'approccio alla </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b> </b>'Hitchcock' lasciando intuire che altri mondi altre realtà forse altri demoni possono nascondersi dietro alla porta.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >Segnalo una serie di piedi realizzati in diverse occasioni che mi hanno particolarmente colpita per la loro bellezza plastica.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPwfP-cFCI/AAAAAAAAACA/qtb43GN-LhI/s1600-h/feet3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 120px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPwfP-cFCI/AAAAAAAAACA/qtb43GN-LhI/s320/feet3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283831207490753570" border="0" /></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPwetbwbjI/AAAAAAAAABo/EnPuFkXR0JI/s1600-h/feet0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 120px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPwetbwbjI/AAAAAAAAABo/EnPuFkXR0JI/s320/feet0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283831198218481202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPweyALm7I/AAAAAAAAAB4/gPZ1gtO4QAU/s1600-h/feet2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 120px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPweyALm7I/AAAAAAAAAB4/gPZ1gtO4QAU/s320/feet2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283831199444999090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPwe7U7HFI/AAAAAAAAABw/oOLOl1vIAYs/s1600-h/feet1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 120px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVPwe7U7HFI/AAAAAAAAABw/oOLOl1vIAYs/s320/feet1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283831201947917394" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Vi lascio ad ammirare queste poche immagini e aggiungo alcun i links relativi all'autore:</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.johnjudepalencar.com/</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">un blog in lingua inglese con moltissime covers ben commentate</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/?p=412</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">il calendario del 2009 "Mystic visions"</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://budsartbooks.com/prod.cfm/pc/MYS9/cid/12</span></span><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVP1nEFpGUI/AAAAAAAAACw/-wUeVDcC6iE/s1600-h/mysticvisions.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SVP1nEFpGUI/AAAAAAAAACw/-wUeVDcC6iE/s320/mysticvisions.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283836839296833858" border="0" /></a>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-72390003073934681932008-12-22T11:16:00.001-08:002008-12-25T21:40:53.332-08:00CERCANDO L'EQUAZIONE...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SU_8oAUS5XI/AAAAAAAAABY/OLGBxCRhOqQ/s1600-h/butto1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 234px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SU_8oAUS5XI/AAAAAAAAABY/OLGBxCRhOqQ/s320/butto1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282718652138972530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Spesso capiterà ai lettori (pochi) di questo Blog di non capire il nesso tra titolo e testo...ed io non sempre lo spiegherò perchè son convinta che il fascino delle parole debba restare inviolato, almeno in parte. "Cercando l'equazione..." potrebbe essere il tentativo di ritrovare la strada del ritorno oppure quello di lanciarsi alla ricerca di qualcosa di non troppo ovvio. Il mio mondo fantastico è sempre stato popolato da personaggi inusuali, ho sempre amato molto il cinema e i libri illustrati o le fotografie. Il mio canale preferenziale di percezione della realtà è la vista. La mia memoria è quasi solamente visiva e i miei sogni sono un pandemonium d'immagini! E più vedo e più immagino!...sembra comunque che questa stimolazione del canale visivo abbia effetto su tutte le persone che amano l'arte e con esse i registi. Uno di questi, tra i miei preferiti è <a href="http://www.lynchtown.com/lynchtown-mostra-milano.html">David Lynch</a>.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hAj7SvktAEQ&hl=it&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hAj7SvktAEQ&hl=it&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />Ma torniamo a noi. Recentemente ho incontrato, virtualmente, uno dei pittori italiani di maggior talento ed anche uno di quelli che preferisco...si tratta di Saturno Buttò. Artista veneto di cui avevo ammirato alcuni lavori preparati per When the Saints a cura di Piermario Ciani ma che allora -era il 2005- non considerai a fondo perchè semplicemente non era il momento. ;-) Ebbene, di S. Buttò come artista, mi ha colpito praticamente tutto! Ho letto le interviste ho ripercorso la storia della sua evoluzione artistica e mi sono ripromessa di visitare quanto prima il suo atelier (se possibile) o la galleria a Bibione. In particolare da un'intervista del 2003 a P. Dell'Aquila Saturno Buttò spiega "... M'interessa il corpo, il ritratto e le implicazioni psicologiche, voglio evidenziare la parte inquieta della personalità dei miei modelli e voglio arrivare prima possibile al compimento dell'idea che ho in mente, anche in termini tecnici. " ed inoltre " La rivelazione l'ho avuta poco più tardi, quando all'Accademia ho scoperto le avanguardie più recenti… pur leggendo tra gli altri Freud e Jung, la mia iniziazione artistica la devo alla conceptual art, alla minimal art, alla land art e soprattutto alla body art di Gina Pane. Per la prima volta ho avuto la consapevolezza che il corpo umano sarebbe stato il tema dominante della mia futura ricerca. Dapprima preoccupato per il dubbio che la pittura tradizionale come mezzo di espressione fosse inadeguato (soprattutto negli anni '70). Poi anno dopo anno sempre più convinto che avrei potuto unire la tradizione classica ai temi attuali. Privilegiando una linea (in termini di contenuti) che evidenziasse l'aspetto inusuale nel trattare la figura ed il ritratto, libera da condizionamenti e tabù."<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SU_8oS7yg-I/AAAAAAAAABg/9njp9ZWJe38/s1600-h/butto2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SU_8oS7yg-I/AAAAAAAAABg/9njp9ZWJe38/s320/butto2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282718657136460770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />E dunque, questo artista si è inoltrato in una selva oscura dalla quale ha portato a termine una delle serie più belle di lavori che l'arte italiana contemporanea potesse produrre.<br />Vi invito a vistare il suo sito personale :<a href="http://www.saturnobutto.com">SATURNO BUTTO'</a><br /><br /></span></span>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422285592233593967.post-13291764722972879192008-12-22T08:28:00.000-08:002008-12-25T21:29:31.505-08:00Dove crescono i cristalli?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SU_DMxkjwvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/J_IsqnUriJY/s1600-h/avatar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 115px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_k1ikOx0xLvg/SU_DMxkjwvI/AAAAAAAAAAM/J_IsqnUriJY/s200/avatar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282655512161403634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Questo è il Blog personale di Kristal Blanco.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">L'idea di scrivere alcune riflessioni sul mio personale percorso artistico mi è venuta nel momento in cui ho realizzato che una parte della mia maturazione personale si stava in qualche modo perdendo. Dove crescono i cristalli di Kristal? Da dove nascono le idee che realizzo poi nei miei lavori? Sicuramente una parte delle risposte possono arrivare seguendo le mie navigazioni sul web.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gli elementi caratterizzanti questo blog saranno di volta in volta i links collegati ai siti od ai lavori dei miei artisti preferiti, tutorials e immagini.</span><br /><br /></span><br /></span>Kristal Blancohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174065832697374155noreply@blogger.com0