niedziela, 14 grudnia 2008

Piotr Naliwajko

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Piotr Naliwajko, Piłat, olej na płótnie, 130x97 cm

Piotr Naliwajko, Apage, olej na płótnie, 97x130 cm

Painting Leszek Bartkiewicz - a balance of opposites

Leszek Bartkiewicz jest twórcą, którego malarstwo wyraźnie wyróżnia się w malarskim środowisku Łodzi. Nie podąża za modnymi kierunkami, nurtami, konsekwentnie realizuje własną wizję sztuki.web

Bosch’s pictures have always fascinated viewers, but in earlier centuries it was widely assumed that his diabolic scenes were intended merely to amuse or titillate, most people regarded him as “the inventor of monsters and chimeras’.
Philip II, though, collected his works more for education than for entertainment. A Dutch art historian in the early 17th century described Bosch’s paintings chiefly as ‘wondrous and strange fantasies… often less pleasant than gruesome to look at’. In the 20th century, however, scholars decided that Bosch’s art has a more profound significance, and there have been many attempts to explain its origins and meaning. Some writers saw him as a sort of 15th century surrealist and linked his name with that of Salvator Dali. For others, Bosch’s art reflects mysterious practices of the Middle Ages. No matter what explanation and comprehension of his art might be, Bosch remains the most extravagant painter of his time. Continued...

Hieronim Bosch, Het Narrenschip (Statek szaleńców), olej, deska, 57,9x32,6, wł. Luwr, Paryż, fot. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Hieronymus Bosch, Śmierć skąpca, olej, deska, wym. 92,6 x 30,8 cm, National Gallery of Art Samuel H. Kress Collection, Washington

Hieronymus Bosch, Sceny Pasji, deska, olej, wym. 63 x 43,3 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Hieronim Bosch, Visioenen uit het hiernamaals (Wizje ostateczne), olej, deska, 87x40, wł. Pałac Dożów, Wenecja, fot. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

środa, 10 grudnia 2008

Rodchenko

Russian avant-gardist Alexander Rodchenko gained an international reputation as a pioneering photographer, painter, sculptor and graphic artist in the years after the Russian revolution. He was a member of INHUK (Institute of Artistic Culture) group of constructivists and a member of the “October Group “.

Even if you have never heard the name Alexander Rodchenko, you may well know that his 1924 image of Osip Brik, the husband of Lili Brik, who was the lover of the poet Mayakovsky. Osip Brik was the co-founder of LEF - a magazine whose acronym stands for Levy Front Isskustva, the Leftist Front for the Arts. Rodchenko’s iconic image shows these three Cyrillic letters in one lens of Brik’s spectacles. . Look some of his photos below.

Morning Gymnastics on the roof of a students’ hostel in Lefortovo, 1932

Degraus/Stairs - 1930

Torre Shukhov/Shukhov Tower - 1929

Edifício Mosselprom/Mosselprom Building - 1926

Olhando o desfile/gathering for the demonstration - 1928-32

sobota, 6 grudnia 2008

Nobuyoshi Araki

http://www.arakinobuyoshi.com/

" Without obscenity

our city would be

gloomy,

life morally boring "

Erwin olaf

Boy 01 from the Rouge series.

If footballers dressed like this I might be more interested in their wretched sport. Erwin Olaf produces some really remarkable photographic tableaux, this piece barely hints at his invention. His site has plenty of examples and—unlike many photography sites—manages to use Flash with some care.

Via Fabulon.