The Vyner Studio Blog -T H I N G S W O R T H S E E I N G

Robert Seidel @ The Vyner Sessions

2011-11-08T08:07:00.000-08:00

The Vyner Studio enjoyed a great screening by German artist Robert Seidel on two different dates:

For the opening on 3rd Saturday Seidel attended the event.
A quieter date than the usual busy First Thursday (second and last screening) allowed me to have a chance to talk to the artist about his work, his references and the intense process of work that results on what we us, the spectators contemplate in calm, almost effortlessly.

Robert likes to call his work moving paintings rather than video. Looking at the selection of works by Seidel we screened at The Vyner Studio, I did actually wonder what type of work would have certain past painters develop with the technology that surrounds us nowadays...

Here´s a selection of pictures by Fran Hales that capture The Vyner Session by
Robert Seidel.

See more on this link:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150186833966531.311609.707301530&type=3

http://www.robertseidel.com/
http://www.vimeo.com/robertseidel

Next artist for The Vyner Sessions: Davide Quayola
Dates: 3rd Saturday November 19th 12-6 pm. + Firts Thursday December 1st 6- 930 pm.
http://www.quayola.com

FREE EVENT

The Vyner Sessions are curated by César Pesquera for The Vyner Studio.

"Barcelona Design meets London" @ The Vyner Studio

2011-09-19T12:54:00.000-07:00

Come and join us at The Vyner Studio´s opening tomorrow from 630 to 930!

Barcelona's design showcased in an exhibition in London

(http://w42.bcn.cat/web/en/noticies-i-premsa/noticies/actives/Una-exposicio-presenta-a-Londres-la-Barcelona-del-disseny.jsp)

From 20 September to 6 October the Barcelona brand will be the subject of an exhibition organised by The Vyner Studio, Barcelona Design Centre and GR Industrial Design.

From 20 September to 6 October Barcelona's design scene will be showcased in London. To coincide with the London Design Festivaland the 100% Design 2011 fair, the contemporary art gallery The Vyner Studio is hosting the exhibition “Barcelona Design meets London Design”, featuring 4 professional studios from Barcelona and 2 studios based in London: AloyMas, Causas Externas, GR Design, Tomás Alonso, Oscar Diaz and OutOfStock.

The main aim of this exhibition, organised in conjunction with Barcelona Design Centre (BCD) and GR Industrial Design, is to promote the Barcelona brand and identify it with the international design world. The initiative similarly seeks to support the internationalisation of the Catalan companies that will be present in London during the week in question and raise the profile of Barcelona's design industry amongst British studios.

The United Kingdom is currently one of the key markets for Catalonia-based design services firms. London has long been regarded as one of the design capitals of the world, and is home to prestigious institutions such as the Design Council, the Design Museum and the Royal College of Art. Featuring more than 200 activities organised by almost 160 organisations and companies, the London Design Festival 2011 is one of the top events in the sector.

Live Painting at Hackney Wick Festival 2010

2011-07-17T08:21:00.000-07:00

Iker García Barrenetxea_Hackney Wicked 2010 from Beatriz Fernandez Garcia on Vimeo.

The Vyner Sessions presents D-Fuse on Saturday 12-6

2011-06-15T13:02:00.000-07:00

The Vyner Studio

Hey there,

This Saturday... we are proud to present... D-Fuse!

Come and check the selection of videos D-Fuse has prepared for The Vyner Sessions.

2 hours of selected videos will be playing continuously.

COME ANY TIME FROM 12 TIL 6 PM.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT.

D-Fuse are a collective of London based artists who explore a wide range of creative media. Working in atrans-disciplinary
method with cutting edge technology, D-Fuse encourage their audience to reflect on the process of experiencing art in a
multidimensional, multi-sensory way.

See you on Saturday!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169322933127710

Alvaro P. Posadas opened The Vyner Sessions

2011-06-08T06:20:00.000-07:00

The Vyner Sessions at The Vyner Studio were opened by Alvaro P. Posadas.

The Vyner Sessions= 7 months -7 artists

3rd Saturdays 12-6 pm. FREE EVENT

Note that this is a one day event only!!

Next artists: London based collective D-FUSE.

SATURDAY 18 JUNE!!!

Photos by Vanessa Bejarano.

Collective Exhibition of Spanish Artists @ The Vyner Studio

2011-04-27T04:31:00.000-07:00

5. May - 12. May 11 The Vyner Studio

free

Opening Times:

Friday 1230-4; Saturday 1230- 6; Sunday 1230-4; Monday +Tuesday 1230 - 3; Wednesday + Thursday 1230-6

Limited Edition t-shirts by The Vyner Studio

2011-04-18T15:59:00.000-07:00

The first t-shirts have arrived...

Trumpet Player- by Iker García Barrenetxea.

-Black on White Series

-Fluorescent Orange.

Men´s and Women´s are in two colours.

*Women´s white t-shirts with rolled short sleeves and open neck as seen in the picture.

Only one size at the moment: Medium. E-mail info@thevynerstudio.co.uk if you want a different size. More sizes will be printed soon.

For those in London that want to pop by The Vyner Studio the prices are:

- £20 Black on White Edition. 100 copies

- £25 Fluorescent Orange. 50 copies.

Contact to arrange collection.

The Vyner Studio is one year old!!

2011-04-01T04:58:00.000-07:00

TODAY THE VYNER STUDIO IS OFFICIALLY ONE YEAR OLD!

I hope that on this second year the project keeps defining itself, growing, improving, sharing, learning, and pretty much being what is intended to be: a great platform for culture.

On Thursday 630-930 come and celebrate one year with us.
1-5 Vyner Street. We have a new entrance closer to Cambridge Heath Road.

All the best from The Vyner Studio,

IkerONE YEAR OLD!

I hope that on this second yea...r the project keeps defining itself, growing, improving, sharing, learning, and pretty much being what is intended to be: a great platform for culture.

On Thursday 630-930 come and celebrate one year with us.
1-5 Vyner Street. We have a new entrance closer to Cambridge Heath Road.

All the best from The Vyner Studio,

Iker

Shape and Material-Next Exhibition at The Vyner Studio

2010-11-17T08:09:00.000-08:00

On Thursday 25 Nov from 630-930 The Vyner Studio welcomes Shape and Material, a sculpture group exhibition with:

Mikael Alacoqve, Rania Bellou, Henry Byrne, Rob Chavasse, Elleanor Fawcett, Matthew McGuiness, Natuka Honrubia, Kristina Jimenez, Julia Mariscal, Jonhatan Moreno, Irene Perez Hernandez.

More information about all the artists and the group show on Laura Plana Gracias´s blog (Curator):
http://lauraplanagracia.blogspot.com/2010/10/shape-material-sculpture-group-show.html

The gallery will be open on Saturday 11-430 pm.
Press No. 4 on 1-5 Vyner Street London E2 9DG (see map and how to get to The Vyner Studio, and info about the exhibition on Artrabbit)

BIG BANG BIG BOOM- the new wall-painted animation by BLU

2010-11-17T07:04:00.000-08:00

10 hypnotic minutes of a fantastic painted animation by Blu.

http://blublu.org/

About food and paintings and friends

2010-11-14T16:13:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Although I don´t often post things related to hospitality, today I would like to introduce you to two places that are worth visiting.

First, Buenavista in San Sebastian, Basque Country.

A second house in my childhood. A family run restaurant with amazing views overlooking the sea at the top of Igueldo Mountain. This views were one of my first inspirations to paint, wich I depicted on a serie of three oil paintings.

Eneko Irizar, my good friend and school mate that I grew up with, leads the kitchen with the best views I have ever seen and that delivers amazing food and desserts.
Arantxa Irizar, an aunty to me, was actually the first person that bought my art. I now smile looking back and remembering those paintings that helped me on my trip moving to London, ten years ago.

The second place is El Baruco de Anero in the outskirts of Santander. Alfonso Ruigómez, has built a restaurant that is already having good reviews and he has done it all from scratch. Well done Alfonso!
Three of my works hang on the walls of El Baruco.

Have a nice week!

Group Show by Artycok TV at The Vyner Studio

2010-11-03T05:32:00.000-07:00

The Vyner Studio Group Show 7 - 31 October from Alice Masters on Vimeo.

Alice Masters and Ruben Hale (Artycok TV) arranged a visit to The Vyner Studio a few weeks ago to interview Jon Braley and to also film the Group Show.

The video is now on the official website of Artycok, where you can also read the review by Ruben Hale.

http://artycok.tv/lang/en-us/group-show/6447

For those in London, tomorrow 630-930 and Saturday 12-430 are the last chances to see this show.

Find all the information of how to get to The Vyner Studio on Artrabbit.

http://thevynerstudio.co.uk/exhibitions.html

Group Show @ thevynerstudio

2010-10-08T08:25:00.000-07:00

October @ thevynerstudio

Group Show 7th - 31st of October

Artists:
Alessia Avellino | Nina Gehl | Natuka Honrubia | Jon Braley

Curator:

Iker Garcia Barrenetxea +44 7588 103 932 | info@thevynerstudio.co.uk

Private View
7th of October- First Thursday
1830 - 2200 hs.

Frieze Art Fair Week End
15,16,17th of October
1200 - 1900 hs.

The gallery will be open to the public on the Private View and during Frieze Art Fair Week End.
Viewings on other days can be arranged by appointment.
For sales and appointments please contact info@thevynerstudio.co.uk.
* All the work exhibited is for sale. Prices under request.

www.thevynerstudio.co.uk

über kitsch - german contemporaries

2010-09-01T01:44:00.000-07:00

Hi there!

I'd like to invite you to come along to The Vyner Studio for the opening of über kitsch - german contemporaries tomorrow from 6 till 930 pm.

Description:

über kitsch - german contemporaries takes place at the Vyner Studio in East London, 2nd til 4th September 2010. 7 young artists from fine art academies in Nürnberg and München combine living tradition with a playful freudian irony to create a happy but broken nostalgia. Colourful camp oil paintings, animation videos and quirky photographies let your living room die a pink retro death. Sigmund freud was from austria, which feels much closer to artists from cozy southern german cities like Munich or Nuremberg than cold Prussian north. Kitsch ‘n‘ sink rules! Less is a bore. too much is not enough.

Find out more baout the artit on the official blog for this group show:

http://uberkitschlondon.blogspot.com/

Have a nice day!

1300 visitors at Michal Cabaj One Man Show at The Vyner Studio!

2010-08-06T03:39:00.000-07:00

Lips. 2009. Acrylic on canvas. 90 x 90 cm.
"Only one letter makes a difference between the lips and lies. But one can not do without the other. From the distance you see the lips...when you come closer you´ll see two slugs...come even closer and you will see hundreds of worms forming the slugs...it´s like unfolding the truth - sometimes the deeper you go the more disgusting it gets. But from the distance it´s really pretty...A lie" (Michal Cabaj)

For Michal Cabaj every painting has a story. Texts like this accompained the paintings and drawings that were exhibited at The Vyner Studio yesterday on the busiest night at the gallery ever.

The visitors could get a close look at the inner world of an artist who´s work goes deep.

From here I would like to congratulate Michal for a show that people will remember.

Have a nice day

Painting Performance at Lord Napier / Iker García Barrenetxea

2010-08-04T18:02:00.000-07:00

As promised the Lord Napier got covered in paint. It was a great experience to do this painting performance wich I hope people enjoyed.

In resume, about 14 hours over Saturday and Sunday of full on painting. I used a lather with three legs that put my life at "risk" and I guess that added a bit of excitement to the viewer...

I had a very young art critic that said to me that the painting was scary...(he was six), but hey, it´s an opininion to take in account.

A review of the festival by Clare Callan for Run Riot would say:

"Stepping off the train the next day we came upon a performance artist with a gaggle of people watching him, he seemed to be in character as some kind of prophet of doom, “see” said my friend “apocalypse.” (read the rest of the article)

Other Criteria also mentioned the performance with a picture of the work in progress. Click here to view the article)

On Sunday I already felt the pain of this overexercise that was doing such a large painting in a short period of time, but at the same time I had a great feeling. I had lots of fun and I think that people enjoyed the show. Friends looked after me bringing me beers, coffee and food, also the organizers and volunteers that did a great job.

Although I couldn´t see much of the festival I heard great things about it and I saw people definetly having a great time. Well done all the artists and people of Hackney Wick!!

Finally I have already seen nice pictures of the performance, that will serve me as a way to rememner this experience.

The following photos are by my good friend and photographer Barnabe Freixo who I believe captured very nice moments of the two day event. Thanks Barny.

Have a nice day!

Hackney Wicked Festival 3rd Edition this week end!

2010-07-28T05:25:00.000-07:00

Hey!

For the 3rd year and coming stronger than ever The Hackney Wicked Festival will start on Friday and untill Sunday.

Here´s a little video from last year´s festival by Beatriz Fernandez.

All sort of events from open studios, exhibitions, live art events, open air film screenings, and a lot more...

Check the main wensite to find out what´s on
http://www.hackneywicked.com/

I have been invited to do a live painting performance at Lord Napier on Saturday from 12 pm, an event sponsored by Red Bull.
Please come and perhaps add something on the walls to help me cover the whole space with paint, it will be fun!

Bele Alrbechts / "Uber Kitsch- German Contemporaries" Group Show at The Vyner Studio

2010-07-21T16:27:00.000-07:00

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Bele albrecht | MySpace Video

Bele Albrechts is one of the seven young artists from Fine Art Accademies in Nürnberg and München that will be exhibting at The Vyner Studio in September 2010.(2-4th Sept.)

The group show, curated by Uli Blanchet brings animation, photography and painting.

The Private View will be part of Firts Thursdays on Vyner Street.

Find out more about this show on the following link:
http://uberkitschlondon.blogspot.com/

INTERACTIVE FIRST THURSDAY AT THE VYNER STUDIO

2010-07-08T06:05:00.000-07:00

So here there are a few more pictures of the event last Thursday.

On the hat, Francisco Centofanti, the invited artist to play with the Cube.

It was great to see how everybody got involved drawing over the lines of a painting-drawing where the theme is actually the action of drawing. From kids to adults, groups to individuals, it seemed that everybody felt confortable to perform on their own way.

The action of drawing or painting takes many decissions that end up composing a final result: the art work.
I found very interesting inviting the visitor to add something on a big scale painting-drawing. Every sentence or drawing was a decission to keep developing one whole image.
At the end, a transformed image made by the artist, and followed by the people.

It was my pleasure to invite all of you to my creative process.

All the best,

Iker

FIRST THURSDAY JULY AT THE VYNER STUDIO

2010-07-05T14:21:00.000-07:00

Hi there!

How are you?

Busy days...very very busy days these ones for me...The Vyner Studio is absorving all my time (in a very good way) and that´s the reason why I have not been posting as much stuff as I used to.

Now, in another level, a further step, I am having real contact with a serie of artists that are either creating at The Vyner Studio using it as their studio space or actually exhibiting their work.

Being in contact with all these artists and having seen like I have more than 2000 people visiting the actual space over the last 3 months makes me very proud : ).

At the moment exhibitions are being schedulled and I will soon present a programme untill October.

On last Thursday I exhibited my work and the invited artist was Francisco Centofanti who showed his art work but also did a painting performance encouraging people to take part in it as well.

On this pictures, some paintings I presented for this exhibition, where the blackboard and chalk where the main media.

I´d like to invite to the new real thing: The Vyner Studio, where hopefully I will showcase many artists that I have selected for this blog.

All the best!
a
Iker García Barrenetxe

The Vyner Studio welcomes Michal Cabaj from today

2010-04-19T08:13:00.000-07:00

The Vyner Studio welcomes Michal Cabaj from today.

This architect, photographer and also a painter will be using The Vyner
Studio as a part time studio on Tuesdays evenings, Thursdays evenings
and also Sundays afternoon-till late.

This is his website by the way.

http://www.seemehow.co.uk

There could be an extra space for an...other painter on this days, who will be sharing the space with Michal and myself.

Send me your details if you are interested and I will let you know more about it.

Cheers,

Iker Garcia Barrenetxea

First Artist Led Course at The Vyner Studio

2010-04-03T10:46:00.000-07:00

I am sooooooooo proud to announce the first artist led course:

Learn how to Draw and Paint like the Great Masters, a one day introduction workshop by Francisco Centofanti. Next Saturday right after the Drawing Sessions at The Vyner Studio on 1-5 Vyner Street, London.

This is actually a rare opportunity to attend a course by such great artist since Centofanti lives in Japan, but he is in London for a short period right now.

The Drawing Sessions at The Vyner Studio

2010-04-03T10:35:00.000-07:00

It´s official. From next week, every Saturday The Vyner Studio will turn into a big studio full of strugling minds fighting to understand the anatomy and the language of drawing!
One life model and 2,5 hours where through a combination of short and longer posses we´ll consume paper and graphite in the best possible way.

I worked out this e-flyer wich it has what it will probably be the logo for The Vyner Studio. If you know of people that might enjoy this activity, i¨d thank you forward this link to them.

For bookings e-mail me on garcia.iker@gmail.com. The website is in progress and info@thevynerstudio.co.uk is not working yet but it will be soon

Have a nice Easter!!

The Vyner Studio is officially open

2010-03-16T15:32:00.000-07:00

Today I picked up the keys for The Vyner Studio. It´s official: the studio is now open. I will keep you informed about courses and exhibitions.
Welcome onboard everybody!

Join The Vyner Studio Facebook Group

2010-03-15T08:58:00.000-07:00

Hi there!

I have created a facebook group for The Vyner Studio. I will provide information about upcoming exhibitions, courses and you can also find contact details about the teachers for every course.

So far Spanish lessons all levels and Yoga and Acroyoga are being arranged. Lessons will start on the 1st of April. You can book a course now.

Have a nice week

www.facebook.com/group

Ver este vídeo en una ventana nueva Georges Schwizgebel - Ravissement de Frank N Stein [1982]

2010-03-13T05:00:00.000-08:00

Georges Schwizgebel - Perspectives [1975]

2010-03-13T04:30:00.000-08:00

Morning all. Here´s an animation by Georges Schwizgebel (1944,Switzerland).
I´d like to thank Ariadna Bejarano for her collaboration.

By the way, since the 1st of April The Vyner Studio will welcome a serie of events including exhibitions and short courses by some selected artist. Also I will finally produce the acclaimed t-shirts and I will schedulle certain days where you can come to the studio and a mini shop will be set up for you. I will keep you informed.

Have a nice week end!

Bhopal Medical Appeal

2010-03-07T14:38:00.000-08:00

This is the drawing I donated for the art fundraiser show for the Bhopal Medical Appeal.
You can see more works donated by other artists at the following link:

www.pureevilclothing.com (click on the top left on "bhopal medical appeal")

Have a nice week!

Art fundraiser show for the Bhopal Medical Appeal.

2010-03-04T07:35:00.000-08:00

Hi there!

On a visit to Pure Evil Gallery this afternoon I managed to see the hanging of the following show wich opens tonight.

At the very last minute I have joined the cause, so I am actually exhibiting and donating a framed drawing of measures 83 x 64 cm.. All the money goes for the charity.

DONATE ART. BUY ART.

Help the people of Bhopal who are still suffering the effects of the World's worst industrial disaster- the chemical gas leak of December 1984- and are now being slowly poisoned by the toxic waste that was never cleaned up... This is 'Bhopal's Second Disaster'.

Right Now:
We are preparing for our London ‘Skullduggerous’ group show at the PURE EVIL GALLERY, 4th-13th March. All sale proceeds go to The Bhopal Medical Appeal see www.bhopal.org

PURE EVIL UK ,

108 Leonard st,

London EC2A 4XS.

United Kingdom

020 7729 2866

07805 420 771.

Prem Dance 1

2010-02-15T14:24:00.001-08:00

Check Yamuna´s website to see her full profile:
www.yamuna80.webs.com

Prem Dance 2

2010-02-14T16:39:00.000-08:00

Performed at The Place Theatre, London January 2008. This was a beautiful show I was lucky to attend two years ago. Choreographed by Yamuna Devi and Marcella Cappelletti and Live music by Miguel Marin aka Arbol and Indi Kaur.

Very soon Yamuna Devi will be teaching Yoga at The Ramp Project in London East End. If you are interested assisting her classes, you can send me an e-mail and I will keep you informed of available days.

e-mail: garcia.iker@gmail.com

Bye now!

New Studio in London

2010-02-14T11:57:00.000-08:00

Hi!

I have a call for artists and individuals or collectives for a new studio/project:

This is a call for artist led courses/workshops, language teachers and anyone that might be interested in using a big studio space (most of the space of a 650 sq. ft. available). The space is on a second floor and has very good light (facing South). It´s also in a very good location for transport, near Vyner Street, London East End.

I provide chairs and desks for up to 20 people, 32" flat screen TV that can be connected to your computer for your lessons. Internet provided as well.
Central heating and receptionist at the entrance. The building is shared by architects and creative people.

Please, send me your proposal for a short course-activity or long term for availability and I will let you know about prices (very reasonable).
At the begining of April the space will run Yoga lessons and Spanish lessons as well. If you are also interested on booking a course you can e-mail me to garcia.iker@gmail.com and I will pass you information about the teacher and prices as well.

Have a nice week!

Iker Garcia Barrenetxea

2010 Iker García Barrenetxea Calendar and Atormentado Poster

2010-01-02T18:42:00.000-08:00

I designed a calendar for 2010. Each month a different character to observe. I hope you like it.
Have a nice sunday!

www.zazzle.com/ikergarcia*

Iker T-shirt Online Shop!

2010-01-01T16:43:00.000-08:00

Happy 2010 to all of you guys! This the first Xmas for THINGSWORTHSEEING and from here I wish you all a fantastic year.

After I posted the information about the idea of producing t-shirts I found a wicked website that is gonna allow me to offer you guys a propper collection!
I wanna thank you all for voting so quickly and I am glad that there´s quite a few of you willing to wear my artwork, wich makes me very proud.

This people produce on order, they will produce that specific thing you selected and they will post it to you. It´s easy and it will allow any of you no matter where you are to buy a t-shirt or other things that I am working on. How cool is that?!

About the designs you guys voted for I will make some when I get back to London, but this will take a bit longer.
I hope that is good news for you guys.

All the best,

Iker

www.zazzle.es/ikergarcia*

Drawing Dreams and Alex Andreyev

2009-12-27T16:56:00.000-08:00

Hi again! Today I received an e-mail from Drawing Dreams inviting me to participate supporting the project. Drawing Dreams is a Berkeley, California-based non profit organization that helps provide art supples to children´s hospitals, and other organiztions where need arises.

Of course my answer was yes, I will paricipate. While checking their website I found these cool works by Alex Andreyev an artist from Sant Petesrburg that participates with his work for this charity.
I selected many of his works and I suggest you log on his site to see more of his works:
http://alexandreev.com/
I hope you guys are having a great Xmas, I am!
Bye now!

Selecting drawings for Iker t-shirts

2009-12-10T06:05:00.000-08:00

Here´s the firts 3 options for possible drawings for t-shirts:

Click "very interesting" for the dancers, "interesting" for the drumer and "not intersting" for the trumpet player.

Although I´d love to make lots of everything I will produce in terms of what I think it will sell. So have your say!

Your feed back about Iker´s t´shirts!

2009-12-10T03:02:00.000-08:00

Noventa Grados

It seems a long time ago, and it actually is a while ago..., that I decided to print some of my oneline drawings on t-shirts. I am talking about 2002, in London. It was a nice experience to wear my drawings and see people wearing them. I used to have my store at the Old Spitalfields Market on Thursdays and the big day: Sunday.

I have not printed any t-shirts for a while now although a lot of people ask me about them every now and then. Therefore I am considering to do so and I´d like to let you know about this initiative. Noventa Grados in San Sebastian is the last place where they were available while exhibiting Inside Out.

Your feed back will help me take a decision:

If you like the idea of having one of theses t´shirts click "very interesting". Basically, if there´s a lot of you willing to get one I will get it done! Then I will try to make it easy for you to get it by post or I will choose one or two shops where you can find them.
Have a nice day!

Collin Van Der Slujis

2009-12-09T05:02:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I visited Pure Evil Street Art Gallery and I discovered Collin Van Der Slujis, an artist from The Netherlands who is showing about six works this time. I´ve just checked his website and here´s a litte selection of works I liked. Twisted and dark, animals and people brought to the canvas with some registers that reminded me of Basquiat and some of Brazilian Os Gemeos. I recommend you to go along and see it by yourself, as paintings always look different in reality.

Pure Evil Street Art Gallery is on 108 Leonard Street London EC2A 4XS.
www.collinvandersluijs.com
www.pureevilclothing.com

TateShots Issue 15 - Paula Rego

2009-12-07T14:55:00.000-08:00

"Tate Shots was invited to observe Paula Rego and the team at The Curwen Studio in Cambridgeshire as they set about turning one of her drawings into an editioned print. Our film captures Rego at work and she tells us why drawing and printmaking is so important to her practice." (Tate)

Fantasia- Night on Bald Mountain

2009-12-03T17:11:00.000-08:00

Fantasia, a classic in animation by Walt Disney. I am amazed to find out that it was first produced in 1940!!!
I was very little when I went to the cinema to watch this film although I have a clear image of that day. For a kid this film (and also for adults, although some might have lost this ability...) it is simply food for the imagination. "Fantastic" music directed by Leopold Stokowski for a "fantastic" animation where there´s no dialogues and actually no need for them.

This fragment of Fantasia, Night on Bald Mountain, probably takes me to the first time I experienced fear other than in my nightmares...
Enjoy!

Iker Garcia Barrenetxea at Eyre Brothers Restaurant

2009-12-02T07:49:00.000-08:00

This are some pictures of my exhibition at Eyre Brothers Restaurant, wich I hanged last wednesday. Three oil paintings that portray London and also Barcelona. The paintings are for sale and will be replaced for new paintings when sold.

I´d like to thank Gastón Tegeiro for this pictures.
The Eyre Brothers has got a new website that was uploaded last week:
Web Design by Gastón Tegeiro (E: jdm_elreylagarto@hotmail.com)

www.eyrebrothers.co.uk

INTOART: SEE THE REVOLUTIONARY ART EXHIBIT

2009-12-02T06:14:00.000-08:00

INTOART: SEE THE REVOLUTIONARY ART EXHIBIT

7 November-6 December 2009
Outset Project Gallery (Gallery 5) & 176 / Zabludowicz Collection Project Gallery (Gallery 6)

"South London art collective Intoart was founded in 2001 by Guy Allott, Sam Jones and Ella Ritchie. Here the group present their distinctive approach to studio practice, that includes people who have a learning disability. The exhibition includes new work by Ntiense Eno Amooquaye, Selina Helene, Mawuena Kattah, Doreen McPherson, Philomena Powell and Clifton Wright with four short films which document the lives and working processes of the artists.

Alongside this exhibition, Whitechapel Gallery has commissioned theorist and art historian Malcolm Bull to reflect on the group’s work. Bull has used language articulated in the Intoart studio for a new text considering their collective working method. His commentary does not attempt to provide a definitive description of Intoart’s approach, rather, it offers scope for further reflection.

See the Revolutionary Art Exhibit is part of the Gallery’s Education Programme, that engages with artists to investigate and present new modes of education and community practice."

www.whitechapel.org

Iker Garcia Barrenetxea at Eyre Brothers Restaurant

2009-11-26T06:59:00.000-08:00

Exhibition at Eyre Brothers Restaurant in London. Yesterday I hanged three oil paintings and I will change them for new works periodically in the future.
I would like to thank Eyre Brothers Restaurant for their support and specially David Eyre for his help and support.

Address:
70, Leonard Street
London
EC2A 4QX

Morning Sun by Edward Hopper

2009-11-23T16:09:00.000-08:00

Peine del Viento XV by Eduardo Chillida

2009-11-20T07:23:00.000-08:00

Architecture, sculpture, music and nature in perfect armony. Peine del Viento XV is situated in Donostia- San Sebastian, Basque Country, my home town. Creating a dialogue between the sea, the mountain and the limit of the city itself this is a very special place where when visited it has some magic to it, turning into a temple.

The three sculptures of Chillida are made of steel and are perforated in the actual rocks that resist the powerful waves of the Cantabrico Sea. Such an unsual location for sculpture makes you wonder how Chillida one day figured this out on his imagination. I guess that sculpture being a human act is often more about the human rather than anything else. This sculptures integrate so well with their simplicity and strength in relation to nature that it feels like they have always been there, having nothing to do with humans.

Have a nice day.

Odilon Redon, Cactus Man, 1881. Charcoal on paper

2009-11-17T07:37:00.000-08:00

I´d like to thank Kris Hoffman who suggested me to check Odildon Redon´s work. I hope you had a great time in Viena Kris. Checking Eduard Munch´s and Goya´s paintings sounds like a great plan already.

Henrik Von Gerber

2009-11-13T12:15:00.001-08:00

Paintings by Sweedish artist Henrik Von Gerber. Back in 2003 I exhibited with Henrik at Mall Galleries in London in a group show. The show was titled "I Dreamt in The City". Von Gerber lives and works in Sweeden.
To check more of his works check:
www.henrikvongerber.com
Have a nice week end!

Vincent Van Gogh

2009-11-12T04:35:00.000-08:00

Simon Schama's Power of Art - Rothko, part 1 of 7

2009-11-09T16:04:00.000-08:00

Here´s a special documentary about the american abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko. A BBC program.
You can easily see the rest of the parts on youtube.

At the moment I am very busy working on a project to create an interesting space in London in collaboration with reputed artists and that will beneffit the community. I have been working on this for the last couple of months and it´s taking a lot of my time, so I´d like to apologize for those that check the blog every day and didn´t find as many posts as usual.
I´d also like to say that I was recently invited to talk about art for a couple of minutes once a month on a radio station in London; the first one will be next week. I will keep you informed.

Also, I´ve got three oil paints at the frame shop that will be hanged at The Eyre Brothers Restaurant in London very soon. I will also let you know about that.
All the best from the freezing London guys!

Marc Rothko

2009-11-09T00:06:00.000-08:00

Matt Stuart

2009-11-05T06:11:00.001-08:00

Photographs by Matt Stuart.
www.mattstuart.com

YUKO NASU

2009-11-02T16:46:00.000-08:00

“I am interested in portraits because I am surrounded by them everyday in the media. However I am not interested in drawing someone special but someone whom no one knows. I love to imagine the history and personality of a person simply through what they look like. I usually draw imaginary people rather than specific people because I have learned from many cases that we can never judge a person by his or her appearance. I am curious about what sorts of things can make a person be recognized/ differentiated from others. In order to find what the most important thing to differentiate people is, I create a lot of drawings. Through these drawings which were inspired by the public, I have made my "Imaginary portrait series." (Yuko Nasu /Sesame Gallery)

Yuko Nasu was born in Hiroshima and lives and works in London. Nasu´s paintings will be part of "Represent" at Blackall Studios in group show opening this coming thursday in Leonard Street, London. On this show we´ll see Mathew Small´s work as well. Funny enough I met Matt in person this morning as he was carrying his work to the gallery.
Bye now!

Francisco Centofanti

2009-11-02T00:45:00.000-08:00

This is the first painting I saw of this great painter that I met nine years ago when I first got to London, and that became a very good friend of mine. At the moment Centofanti lives in Japan, although he will be back in London soon and we will provably be working together in a nice project. Very much looking forward to it.
All the best from London Cisco!

Women in mirror

2009-10-29T02:52:00.000-07:00

Eduardo Anievas Cortines, Egard Degas, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Pablo Picasso, Georges Rouault and Dino Valls. These are a few paintings I selected from Carmen Pascual´s blog under the subject Women in mirror. Check her blog to see the rest of her great selection: Carmensabes.
Bye now!

El valor de una firma (The value of a signature)

2009-10-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

I´d like to thank Mariaje Barrenetxea (my mother) who sent me this moving video animation.

Lucian Freud

2009-10-25T16:04:00.000-07:00

"Factory in London" 1972, by Lucian Freud. I guess this is an unsual work from a great painter mostly known for his powerful portraits often of naked bodies; but his style of painting is very recognisable. He paints in a way that it feels like he sculpts with thick colour. His paintings are very rich in materia and the viewer can almost breath the time Freud spent observing his model.

As you guys might know I have painted quite a bit of London, specially the East End. I´ve got some sort of attraction to London´s streets and its buidings. There´s something very intriguing about "the old" when it comes to architecture. Someone said the face of a person reflects their soul. The time Freud spent observing and painting definetly reflects something.
Have a nice week!

"The Flying Scud" by Iker García Barrenetxea

2009-10-23T12:34:00.000-07:00

Frank Miller´s Sin City

2009-10-23T01:56:00.000-07:00

Chunky Move's Mortal Engine

2009-10-20T07:50:00.000-07:00

"Founded by Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek in 1995, Chunky Move has earned an enviable reputation for producing a distinct yet unpredictable brand of genre-defying dance performance." (www.chunkymove.com)
Beautiful dance performance, I hope one day I can get to see it life. I´d like to thank Yeukai Makoni for send it to me.

Gilbert Garcin

2009-10-19T16:52:00.000-07:00

More photographs by Gilbert Garcin.

Gilbert Garcin

2009-10-17T11:02:00.000-07:00

Gilbert Garcin

2009-10-17T09:17:00.000-07:00

I saw this photography of Gilbert Garcin on Buamai, a select collective posting unique imagery from various sources with a focus on Graphic Design, Architecture, Fashion and Art.

Buamai is curated by César Pesquera, a director, graphic designer and audiovisual artist that is always involved in many interesting things. A while ago I posted "Passier 8", a great short film directed by Pesquera. I have only checked a little bit of of Buamai´s archive, and I got absorved by this fantastic photographs. by Garcin. Thanks to Vanessa Bejarano, who sent me the link of Buamai.

Soon I hope to post the new short film of Pesquera: "Círculo Uno". In the meantime, I am sure that I will reffer to Buamai many more times with great art works.

Tomorrow I will provably make it to Frieze Art Fair In London. You guys enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Rebekka Gudleifs

2009-10-15T06:57:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I got an e-mail from Daniel Pianesi, who sent me a link to Rebekka Gudleifs work. Here´s a few pictures I chose from the blog and the website of this great self taught photographer from Iceland.
I am very glad that I am getting more and more feedback from you guys making this blog interactive and exciting. Today I want to thank Daniel for his collaboration but also all of you for your interaction and for following the blog wich is about to reach 2000 visits since I started it.

At the moment I am working on the next step for THINGSWORTHSEEING: a real dynamic space where workshops, exhibitions, video screenings and many more things will happen. The location will be in London´s East End. I will keep you informed.

Notice that at the bottom of the page you can add comments. Your opinion for THINGSWORTHSEEING SPACE will be appreciated. Ideas welcome!

Bye now!

"Interior In Paddington" 1951 by Lucian Freud

2009-10-14T03:16:00.000-07:00

Edward Hopper

2009-10-13T01:42:00.000-07:00

Edward Hopper

2009-10-13T01:28:00.000-07:00

The Omo people

2009-10-11T16:17:00.000-07:00

I´d like to thank once again Beth Thomson for sending me a nice link. Photographs taken over six years by Hans Sylvester of this tribe in the Omo River in Ethiopia. Music by Ryuichie Sakamoto. The sense of armony of colour on this people is just amazing. Enjoy and learn of this people that turn themselfs into art.
Have a nice week!

"Early Sunday Morning" by Edward Hopper

2009-10-11T06:35:00.000-07:00

The beauty of the light in the silence. I think that on certain paintings there´s a certain colour that stands out, a colour that we remember and we associate with that painting. This is a painting of Hopper that stays in my mind.
On my memory that warm orange seems to stand out, and it is the key colour for me to actually remember the rest of the painting.
Enjoy the rest of this Sunday!

Frank Auerbach

2009-10-10T07:56:00.000-07:00

Frank Auerbach

2009-10-08T15:44:00.001-07:00

REPRESENT at Blackall Studios

2009-10-08T04:37:00.000-07:00

REPRESENT brings together a group of contemporary artists whose work deals with exactly these issues.
Matt Small and Best Ever, posted on my blog in the past, and amongst others are part of this group show.
Private view November 5th 6pm-9pm
Blackall Studios 73 Leonard Street London EC2A 4QX.
Thanks for the info Matt and I will see you there!

Francisco de Goya

2009-10-07T15:52:00.000-07:00

"The Eye" by Salvador Dalí.

2009-10-06T18:14:00.000-07:00

Gerhard Richter

2009-10-06T05:28:00.000-07:00

Back in London from a nice holiday in the sun I will be again posting "thingsworthseeing".
Today Gerhard Richter. Have a nice day!

Miquel Barceló

2009-09-15T04:06:00.000-07:00

Paintings by Miquel Barceló from 1984. Today I am glad to be working on my blog from a similar landscape to these ones by Barceló. On a bar terrace now in Ibiza on my holiday. Apologies to those that checked the last two weeks and didn´t find many posts. I have been very busy working on a project for next year.
Have a nice day! (I am gonna jump into the sea now!)

David Hockney

2009-09-13T12:47:00.000-07:00

Philip Guston National Gallery of Art Video

2009-09-12T09:32:00.000-07:00

She Who Measures

2009-09-07T09:52:00.000-07:00

Check this animation out. I went along to Alpha-ville Audiovisual Festival on saturday at the Horse Hospital In Bloomsbury, Central London. "She Who Measures" is a short film that amongst others was curated by Future Films.
Director: Veljko Popović / Croatia / 2008
www.shewhomeasures.com

Martin Melcher

2009-09-05T04:35:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago I visited the AOP (Asociation of Photographers) Gallery in London where I saw the AOP Awards 2009. The exhibition actually finishes on the 10th of September. This is Martin Melcher´s work. (www.martinmelcher.com)
Have a nice week end!

Gordon Cheung at his studio

2009-09-03T04:55:00.000-07:00

Gordon Cheung

2009-09-02T16:08:00.000-07:00

Gordon Cheung is of Hong Kong origin and born in London 1975 where he lives and works. I saw his work for the first time at the Keith Talent Gallery in London in 2002.

"Cheung’s paintings capture the hallucinations between the virtual and actual realities of a globalised world oscillating between Utopia and Dystopia."(gordoncheung.com)

"I use the Financial Times newspaper stock listings as I think of the stock market as a global dream-world that literally flows through all of us. This for me is a contemporary form of landscape from where I take inspiration and fuse images from the Internet on computer before printing directly onto sections of the stock listings to jigsaw back together on canvas.

When I started using the stock listings around 12 years ago we were going through a digital and communications revolution. Mobile phone technology and the Internet were being made readily available and this totally reconfigured our perception of space time into a state of constant flux. There was talk about globalisation, cyberspace, global villages, information superhighways and digital frontiers – we experienced a kind of digital euphoria over the prospect of a potential Utopia. This of course dissipated with the tech stock dot com millionaire crash which was followed by the techno-hysteria over the Millennium bug. We then experienced the twin tower attacks that consequently gave us the War on Terror. So for me I am taking inspiration from what is around us rooted in that Utopic technological revolution and the consequent threatening waves of apocalypse.

If you look through the body of work recurring motifs do exist such as the ruinous skyscrapers, luminous voids and rainbows. They’re all symbols of hope and despair brought together into a beautiful dark ambiguity."(full interview)

www.gordoncheung.com

JR

2009-09-01T11:19:00.000-07:00

"JR´s work is about much more than size. He uses surprise and humour and courage to break down boundaries between people. He takes his art on to the street and into war zones and places where art seems to have no place. He creates odd juxtapositions that forces people to ask questions and to smile.
He started by creating large stencils and then industrial-size photocopies of his pictures and pasting them up in the streets of Paris. He then took photographs of street scenes wich included his own fly-posted photographs or "photograffs". He posted these photographs in the streets as well."
"In the past two years JR has exporetd the idea of "grimaces for peace" across the globe. He took close-ups in Israel and Palestine of grimacing people who did the same jobs: taxi-drivers, hairdressers, chefs, security guards. He blew them up and stuck them side by side, on buildings on either side om the Israel-Palestinian divide and on the wall that separates Israel from the West Bank.
Wich were the grimacing Paelestinians? Wich were the grimacing Israelies? Most people could not tell. JR took pictures of Israelies and Palestinians staring at his pictures. He posted those up as well."
"I own the biggest art gallery in the world, JR says. I exhibit freely in the streets of the world, catching the attention of people that are not museum visitors. My work mixes art and act. It talks about commitments, beauty, freedom, identity and limit.
JR takes art into places ruled by suspicion, poverty, violence and oppression but insists he is making an artistic statement, not a political one. I am an not an artist with a cause, but an artist who causes people to think - he says." (The Independent)
(full article on Press)

JR

2009-09-01T00:12:00.000-07:00

http://jr-art.net/

Pablo Picasso

2009-08-29T06:26:00.000-07:00

On my research to be able to post something new every day on this blog I find that certain artists lead me to others and this a good example. Ksenia Simonova´s work led me to Picasso, perhaps Guernica was the first painting that came to my mind. Watching the process of this artwork gives you an extra view and maybe a better understanding of the creative process of an artist.
I guess that sometimes the artist plans ahead what to draw or paint or sculpt; but I think that starting from a blank canvas and leting the creativity flow has something more interesting to it. Seeing that process of decissions that end up having a final result full of expression is the richest bit.
Have a nice week end!

Ksenia Simonova

2009-08-28T06:26:00.001-07:00

Ksenia Simonova and her amazing art performance. Using only a light box, sand and her hands she draws History, the invasion of Ukraine by the Naziz in 1941 and the end of it with the end of World War II in 1945.
It´s amazing to see this Ukranian artist doing a life animation with such simple media and getting a superb result that keeps the observer guessing what she´s going to create next with her hands moved by the music.
Definetly a prove that great results don´t necesarily depend on ridiculous expensive budgets and the most ultimate technologies.

Tekkon Kinkreet - NEW TRAILER

2009-08-26T08:31:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Michal, who sent me the link to this fantastic anime film.
"The story takes place in the fictional Treasure Town and centers on a pair of orphaned street kids: the tough, canny Black and the childish, innocent White, together known as the Cats, as they deal with yakuza attempting to take over the city of Treasure Town."(wikipedia)

Street Art interview with Matt Small (BBC Blast)

2009-08-25T12:45:00.000-07:00

I got to see Mathew Small´s work at the Leonard Gallery in London in 2007. Here´s a nice video where you can get to know the artist a bit more. I also reccomend to check his website. The paintings and prints are worth seeing.

"I paint portraits of people that I meet and I see on the street so I suppose some people call me an urban artist; I just call myself an artist, that´s what I do."
"I am a painter and I paint, I wanna paint something truthfull."
"The city is my canvas as such but I just bring it into my studio. I wanna depict people as I see them and as I observe them. The face communicates so much about the person. That´s what my work is about; it´s about me looking at the individual and trying to communicate that that individual is worth something."
"My work is about not known people, about people that don´t offten get observed."
"The best way of doing art is to have fun, and to experiment and play, and just to have your own ideas, and to have your own reasn why you are doing it."
"Basically art doesn´t have any rules, and whatever anyone tells you you don´t have to listen to it. Technically you can just get on with it and do what´s in your heart, anmd do waht you feel is waht you wanna do." (Matt Small)

http://www.matt-small.com/

Brazilian Dreams of Os Gemeos

2009-08-22T10:39:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the world of Os Gemeos!

"Brazil is famed for carrying a sense of the carnivalesque in everyday life. You can smell and taste it even if the festivities are a long way away.

The work of Os Gemeos ("The Twins") reflects this celebration as they offer audiences a vibrant taste of everyday life portrayed through a fantastic caste of characters, real and imagined.

Largely self-taught, the brothers started out by tagging the streets with the name "Os Gemeos" in their distinctive style. Later, they started to weave surreal narratives of Brazilian subconsciousness into their graffiti.

Over the years their street painting reached such high levels that officials invited them to paint Brazilian trains.

Now, they're equally at home on the street and in museum and galleries. While still tagging Os Gemeos, their work has been recognized by the Tate Modern in London, MAM in Sao Paulo, Museum Het Domein in The Netherlands and Deitch Projects in New York.
This summer Deitch Projects is showing the largest gallery exhibition of Os Gemeos to date. Called Too Far Too Close, the show fills the gallery with the dreams and fantasies of Brazil: street kids, family portraits with mermaids, bathing girls, street musicians, favelas, flying animals, clowns and the reoccurring theme of twinship.

The show invites viewers to visit the childhood of the Pandolfo brothers as well as revisit their own. "(Scribemedia Arts and Culture)

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Studio DDT

2009-08-22T09:31:00.000-07:00

This is a nice video-interview that takes you to the studio of DDT, a Barcelona based company that produces state-of-the-art special effects.
Click here for full article.

Golden Shield by Actop / D-Fuse

2009-08-22T06:50:00.000-07:00

Golden Shield from Alvaro Posadas on Vimeo.

"Film part of the Undercurrent instalation curated by D-Fuse. The project feeds from a pool of audio, video and photographic material collected by D-Fuse from cities in China and UK.This is being re-interpreted by dufferent artists in response to questions of urban architecture, economic and social change as well as our personal relations to the space that surrounds us.

The Golden Shield Project is a censorship project owned by Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China. It was formally known as the Great Firewall of China (in reference both to its role as a network firewall and to the ancient Great Wall of China). A major part of the project includes the ability to block content by preventing IP addresses from being routed through and consists of standard firewall and proxy servers at the Internet gateways." (http://www.reformcomm.org/about.php)

http://www.actop.net/
http://www.dfuse.com/

More works by Vhils

2009-08-19T06:23:00.000-07:00

Scratching the Surface by Vhils

2009-08-19T06:11:00.000-07:00

http://www.Vhils.com/

Gerhard Richter

2009-08-18T06:30:00.000-07:00

"Gerhard Richter was born in Dresden in 1932 to a middle class family. Like many Germans of his generation, his relatives were involved in the Nazi movement; his mother's brother, Uncle Rudi died a young Nazi officer, while Richter's mentally disabled aunt was imprisoned in a Hitler euthanasia camp. Rigorous ideology and death have haunted Richter since he was just a child, perhaps causing his strong dislike for ideology of any kind and underpinning the attraction that nature, as an indiscriminate force, holds for him."

"The 2001 Retrospective at MOMA displayed how diverse Richter's paintings are. His early work is of blurred figurative paintings, both with and without colour followed by seductive abstract paintings, with a colour palette that is either brilliant or subdued. His surprisingly diverse range of work has received prolonged discussion from critics, especially due to Richter's disregard for "traditional" stylistic progression and his use of photographs."

"Unlike American artists Richter wasn't interested in the purity of art. Idealism had disillusioned him from an early age. Instead he painted images without glory; images that rendered the ridiculous, ordinary; the tragic, ordinary; the beautiful, ordinary. Throughout his career Richter has shrunk from giving a psychological insight into his art, leaving his admirers and critics guessing and at times confused. According to him, his work forms from structures and ideas that surround him, nothing more profound than that." (full text at www.gerhard-richter.com)

Nina Gehl

2009-08-15T06:33:00.000-07:00

This is some of Nina Gehls work. I met Nina a while ago and it was only a few months ago I knew she´s a great artist. This are her future shows:

-"Missing" at Blyth Gallery in London. 7 Oct 2009 to 6 Nov 2009.
-Trolley Gallery in London . 25th November- 9th January.

Nina will also be a contributing artist, along with Jake and Dinos Chapman,Tracey Emin, Patrick Hughes, Michael Landy, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Cornelia Parker, Marc Quinn, Jason Shulman and Rachel Whiteread: The Shoreditch Ball.

The website for that is www.shoreditchball.com

All the best Nina!

ABSTRACT AMERICA: NEW PAINTING AND SCULPTURE 29th May 2009 - 17th Jan 2010

2009-08-13T02:02:00.000-07:00

These works are part of the exhibition "Abstract America: New painting and Sculpture" at Saatchi Gallery in London. In order of display Geidi Sibony and Marc Bradford. Opened untill 17th of January.

Eric Fischl sculptures

2009-08-13T01:56:00.000-07:00

Eric Fischl

2009-08-11T16:40:00.000-07:00

"Born in New York City in 1948, Eric Fischl grew up in the suburbs of Long Island , his parents having moved there shortly before his second year."Safer place to raise a family", they used to say. Against a backdrop of alcoholism and a country club culture obsessed with image over content, Fischl became focussed on the rift between what was experienced and what could not be said. Until the late 70's, suburbia was not considered a legitimate genre for art. With his first New York show at the Edward Thorp Gallery, epithets like "psycho-sexual suburban dramas" became velcroed to his disturbing images of dyfunctional family life." (Ericfischl.com)

PETER DOIG

2009-08-10T13:35:00.000-07:00

"Peter Doig paints white like it’s got every colour in it; he paints dark like it’s got every colour on it."(Saatchi Gallery)
Click here to read full article at Saatchi Gallery.

Article by Beatrix Ruf:

"Contrary to his hooded figure, Peter Doig does not sit in the landscape reconstructing the romantic image of the painter in nature. His own and other people's photographs, the sum total of the media image archives, the images of art history, the cinema, music, architecture, sports, landscapes -they are all realities in his studio that call forth but do not model his paintings. In his works, these realities overlap, generating the present as a juncture of places, times, ideas and styles. In the composition, all the methods of image generation from photography, film, and painting, as well as painterly reproduction techniques are used: the optical options of photography make use of perspectives, relations of size, and segmentation; his painterly technique uses all the artifice of art history: the specific styles of Segantini, van Gogh, Munch and Edward Hopper appear just as much as pointillist effects, impressionist traits, Pollockian all-over patterns, clumsily-naive illustrative techniques, or water colour effects painted in oil. In so doing, Doig's painting insists on the triviality of painting as such, allowing itself to become hypersensitive, or smudging its contours, or cancelling itself out."
Read the entire article Source: (www.postmedia.net)

J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851)

2009-08-09T04:14:00.000-07:00

" Turner's talent was recognised early in his life. Financial independence allowed Turner to innovate freely; his mature work is characterised by a chromatic palette and broadly applied atmospheric washes of paint. According to David Piper's The Illustrated History of Art, his later pictures were called "fantastic puzzles." However, Turner was still recognised as an artistic genius: the influential English art critic John Ruskin described Turner as the artist who could most "stirringly and truthfully measure the moods of Nature." (Piper 321)

"Suitable vehicles for Turner's imagination were to be found in the subjects of shipwrecks, fires , natural catastrophes, and natural phenomena such as sunlight, storm, rain, and fog. He was fascinated by the violent power of the sea.

Turner placed human beings in many of his paintings to indicate his affection for humanity on the one hand , but its vulnerability and vulgarity amid the 'sublime' nature of the world on the other hand. 'Sublime' here means awe-inspiring, savage grandeur, a natural world unmastered by man, evidence of the power of God - a theme that artists and poets were exploring in this period. The significance of light was to Turner the emanation of God's spirit and this was why he refined the subject matter of his later paintings by leaving out solid objects and detail, concentrating on the play of light on water, the radiance of skies and fires. Although these late paintings appear to be 'impressionistic' and therefore a forerunner of the French school, Turner was striving for expression of spirituality in the world, rather than responding primarily to optical phenomena."(wikipedia)

George Grosz

2009-08-06T03:00:00.001-07:00