Pupolar ART Painting Blog

Rabu, 29 Maret 2006

Gerhard Richter: the self-critical optimist

Of course I constantly despair at my own incapacity, at the impossibility of ever accomplishing anything, of painting a valid, true picture or even of knowing what such a thing ought to look like. But then I always have the hope that, if I persevere, it might one day happen....

Senin, 27 Maret 2006

Breast

picture by Viktor Ivanovski

What other artist does this remind you of?

Rabu, 22 Maret 2006

Two Iranian women by Shadi Gadhirian

(From the Qajar series)(from the Like Every Day series)I am a woman and I live in Iran. I am a photographer and this is the only thing I know how to do. I began work after completing my studies. Quite by accident, the subjects of my first two series were "women". However,...

Snail on Zebra

This is apparently a fairly old video, but I have just received it now. Hail to street-wise grassroots performance!(Click on the image above) The video is apparently by one Johan van Hensbergen.Technorati: performance, performance art, movies, art, contemporary art, new...

I have been desperately trying to make the Fluxus Films work on my computer, alas, to no avail. Hope you have more luck!

Jack Vettriano as wall decorator

"I just consider myself a trader. I take my goods to the marketplace and try to get the best price I can." The greater glory of art doesn't come into it, he confirms. "That's not why I paint," he said. "It's wall decoration for me, I don't regard it as this big meaningful...

Sabtu, 18 Maret 2006

Women Say No To War

On the picture are "women and crosses and coffins on a beach in Santa Monica", a few days ago.
(found here)

Kamis, 16 Maret 2006

Nude Art? Exhibitionist? Provocative? Lazy?

Alessandra Cestac in São Paulo.

Selasa, 14 Maret 2006

The Search for the Perfect Dress

Burkha, by Spanish designer/artist Alicia Framis, is made of Twaron, also known as kevlar or aramid fiber, an ultra-resistent material that is bullet-proof, but also resists flames and dog bites. This is to protect its wearer in dangerous extreme right-wing neighbourhoods...

About Performance Art (I)

In the days of my blogsilence, I went to Coimbra, where I was invited to talk about performance art at the Santa Clara Gallery. I spoke about how performance art has changed in the last few years, and why it has been so often practiced by minorities. Obviously, I wasn't...

Senin, 13 Maret 2006

Post-Private Post

Swipe could be seen as anything but art. It seems simple: the bar has a special ID card reader, just like in a grocery store, or rather - a police car (in the U.S., that is). It allows the bar owners to see a lot of things about the customer. If it sounds to you like a...

Selasa, 07 Maret 2006

Ernesto Neto's latest fluff

Ernesto Neto's Humanoids are my favorite piece of his. Most of his pieces are somewhat creepy. Yes, there is light in them, and a playful spirit, but there is also something sleazy, the smell is often intensive, and they seem distant, almost inhuman. It is not the case...

Senin, 06 Maret 2006

A game for those who like to take it slow, get a little confused, a little charmed and above all, who find there is magic in the keyboard.

Jumat, 03 Maret 2006

Pretty plagiarism?

As much as I like this picture by Nicoletta Ceccoli, which adorns the cover of the last Born Magazine, it seems like...well, I'll say it - plagiarism. The Lithuanian-Polish artist Stasys Eidrigevicius painted incredibly similar pictures some 30 years ago or more, in a children's...

Monika Hoinkis: humanizing the object

Why is the metronome only listening to its own rhythm? Can't it ever listen to me? React to me?And this compass? Why should it always point to the North, ignoring me completely?What if it actually lived with me? Monika Hoinkis decided to live with the objects and see if...

Kamis, 02 Maret 2006

Women by women

Billboard (2003) by Heta KuchkaBillboard (2003) by Liv Carlé Part of the Billboard project www.women2003 :From 23. March to 4. April [2003] one hundred and two Scandinavian female artists will present their own personal and artistic female image in the public space ? entering...

Rabu, 01 Maret 2006

Breath?

From a performance by Zhu Ming