"The Afterlife of Buildings" - Zacheta

When visiting Poland in December 2008, I went with my young friend Gosia (who wants to attend the Art Academy in Lodz, Poland this year) to see the new exhibitions in Zacheta, in Warsaw. The Zacheta National Gallery of Art is the oldest exhibition site in Warsaw, with a tradition stretching back to the mid 19th Century. It is located in the heart of Warsaw. (The Zacheta building was one of the few to survive in Warsaw’s city center after the destruction of the Second World War).

They were a few very interesting exhibitions: such as “Welcome to Disco Zacheta - The Afterlife of Buildings” and “Up against the Wall”.
Personally I liked the first one the most. “The Afterlife of Buildings” project was recently presented in the Polish Pavilion of the 11th International Architecture Biennale and it is a provocative presentation of 6 important buildings constructed in Poland in recent years. The curators and artists consider what will happen to these buildings in the future, once the function for which they were constructed is no longer appropriate.
Some of the six buidlings are: the Warsaw University Library, the airport terminal in Warsaw and the sanctuary at Lichen (the biggest church in Poland).

What futures await all the buildings under the new circumstances of the new time? These buildings are important and prestigious today. They are presented in the form of pictures ‘before’ and ‘after’ these great changes. I have to tell you that the future is surrealistic! This project is absolutely amazing. You have to see it!

Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland – address:
pl. Malachowskiego 3
00-916 Warszawa
tel. (48 22) 827 58 54
fax (48 22) 827 78 86
Gallery opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 12 a.m. – 8 p.m.Thursdays entrance free.

Merry Xmas from Betelgeuse and Mintaka

Xmas Greetings from Betelgeuse and Mintaka!

As long as space endures,
And as long as sentient beings exist,
May I, too, remain
to dispel the misery of the world.

SHANTIDEVA

Fantastic art & fantasy art & surreal?

Not doubt I am an alien from the end of a rainbow.

A new dream

(My new digital painting - mixed media: traditional oil painting, photography, photo shop)


I would like to spend my life gazing at the stars up in the sky wondering about ………..it is a surreal painting, fantasy art, fantastic art, imaginary art.........

Betelgeuse and Mintaka, the Boltzmann Dragons - introduction video version II

A new version of Introduction Video "Betelgeuse and Mintaka, the Boltzmann Dragons"



I would love you to take the time to watch the new video and then the old one again and decide which version is better.

The old version:

2009 Calendar - Mintaka and Betelgeuse

The 2009 Fantasy Calendar has just been released. I hope you like it.

The Fantasy Calendar as you can imagine is about imagination, dragons, fantasy, space and Betelgeuse and Mintka ofcourse. All the images come from the story "Betelgeuse and Mintaka, the Boltzmann Dragons". The are lost of new images, you will find them in the new video that I hope to finish soon.

2009 Fantasy Art Calendar by kasiamuminek

The same calendar has also been released by RedBubble.
2009 fantasyartcalendar by kasiamuminek

Have a look and compare the different shops and different prices :-))

Mintaka out of the egg

Mintaka is awake for a few months by now and he grew up and changed his shape......and I forgot to tell you about this.
He looked at me today very upset and somehow sad and I had no choice than to promise him to put him online. And here he is, my sweet Mintaka with his funny-brush-like tail.
I didn't suspect an alien species of narcissism. Maybe he is already to long on Earth. Probably Jim had a bad influence over Mintaka. Ha......ha. It is not my influence on Mintaka, as an artist I am very humble of course. :-)))

Here he is, do you like him?

Mintaka, Kasia and sleepless night

©kbt 2008 -mixed media

I am painting millions paintings in my brain

I don't sleep. I can't sleep.

As a substitute for a sleep I imagine that I paint and

Indeed I am painting millions paintings in my brain.

I am dreaming and Mintaka is watching over me.

My brain creates millions images and impressions in my memory

My memory is trying to remember my dreams and my visions.

My hands are drawing the encoded scraps of the past reality in my sleepless grey matter -

the wonderful past reality of those nights when I had been painting millions painting in my brain.