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Recruiting art talent enhance the creative process: Timur Baysal - Taron - Interview - pt.1
30 June 2010
Recruiting art talent enhance the creative process: Timur Baysal - Taron - Interview - pt.1
Very interesting and cool interview with an original and talented artist names Taron or Timur Baysal. Great imagination.
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Recruiting art talent enhance the creative process: Timur Baysal - Taron - Interview - pt.1
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Recruiting art talent enhance the creative process: Timur Baysal - Taron - Interview - pt.1
30 April 2010
"Imaginarium" - Surrealist shirt featured today by RIPTapparel
Today riptapparel.com is featuring a surrealist photo illustration tee called "imaginarium".
The artist that created the shirt is known for his dreamy collage-type illustrations. His name is Alex Bazinet, although he goes by the name Inner Monster and riptapparel has featured him on their site before.They only sell a shirt for 24 hours and at this moment only 7 hours left.
Here is the image of the T-shirt and the link to RIPTapparel page with the image://riptapparel.com/images/imaginarium.jpg
Two other nice images from this guy
The artist that created the shirt is known for his dreamy collage-type illustrations. His name is Alex Bazinet, although he goes by the name Inner Monster and riptapparel has featured him on their site before.They only sell a shirt for 24 hours and at this moment only 7 hours left.
Here is the image of the T-shirt and the link to RIPTapparel page with the image://riptapparel.com/images/imaginarium.jpg
Two other nice images from this guy
21 February 2010
Frans Verbeeck and the Mockery of Human Follies
“The Mockery of Human Follies” is one of those mysterious paintings that don’t allow me to stop thinking about them. In the first place because it is an excellent art work (in my humble opinion) and in the second place (maybe it should be the first place) because it is a satirical-moralistic-fantastic painting in the Medieval tradition. And I am addicted to medieval art.
My first impression of the painting is that it is a realistic-satirical work a’la Breugel. I see a scene of the life of peasants in a village, with a wonderful renaissance landscape in the background. But then I discover all the unusual things. The faces of the pictured people are odd, some of the ugly, some of them not, but almost everyone is smiling. And the smile isn’t an innocent, nice smile; it is definitely a rascally-devilish smile. There are lots of strange scenes, unexpected moments, shows and associations in this painting. I see lots of resemblance with Erasmus famous book “Lof der Zotheid” (In Praise of Folly, in English). Erasmus used words to describe the folly of humans; the painter of “The mockery of humans follies” used the language of the colours of his paints.
The Dorotheum in Vienna attributed the painting to Frans Verbeeck. He belonged together with Hieronymus Bosch, Peter Breugel and Adriaen Brouwer to the group of the XVI century Flemish painters who painted satirical-moralising work. The fantasy and satire go hand in hand in lots of pictures, drawings, carvings, decorations, sculptures, miniatures, illuminated manuscripts in the art work of the medieval time. The Flemish painters did not have to invent all the monstrous creatures by themselves. They could fall back on a rich and broad collection of peculiar species, exotic monsters and extremely weird people from the medieval artists. What they probably did was add some new symbols, pictures of farmers and poor people, and of course lots of hidden eroticism behind the realistic scenes.
Frans Verbeeck is mentioned in the book written by Carel van Mander about important Netherlands and German painters. The book was written probably in the XVI century. Carel van Mander died in 1606. The first edition is from 1764. Frans Verbeeck was born and worked in Mechelen in Belgium. He died in 1570, but we don’t know his date of birth. His paintings can be admired in the Centre for Old Art 't Vliegend Peert in Mechelen in Belgium.
The painting, “The Mockery of Human Follies” was for sale in 2007 at an auction by Dorotheum in Vienna. The guide price was between €65.000 and €75.000. It was sold of course. I would love to have the painting on my own wall, look at it every day, discover new stories, hidden metaphors, hidden symbols. I'm still trying to work out the significance of the tiny people present in such numbers. Are they us? And are the huge people the gods playing with us? laughing at us? or it is just us, the human species playing with other humans? Please let me know if you have any more information about this painting. My curiosity requires answers!
My first impression of the painting is that it is a realistic-satirical work a’la Breugel. I see a scene of the life of peasants in a village, with a wonderful renaissance landscape in the background. But then I discover all the unusual things. The faces of the pictured people are odd, some of the ugly, some of them not, but almost everyone is smiling. And the smile isn’t an innocent, nice smile; it is definitely a rascally-devilish smile. There are lots of strange scenes, unexpected moments, shows and associations in this painting. I see lots of resemblance with Erasmus famous book “Lof der Zotheid” (In Praise of Folly, in English). Erasmus used words to describe the folly of humans; the painter of “The mockery of humans follies” used the language of the colours of his paints.
The Dorotheum in Vienna attributed the painting to Frans Verbeeck. He belonged together with Hieronymus Bosch, Peter Breugel and Adriaen Brouwer to the group of the XVI century Flemish painters who painted satirical-moralising work. The fantasy and satire go hand in hand in lots of pictures, drawings, carvings, decorations, sculptures, miniatures, illuminated manuscripts in the art work of the medieval time. The Flemish painters did not have to invent all the monstrous creatures by themselves. They could fall back on a rich and broad collection of peculiar species, exotic monsters and extremely weird people from the medieval artists. What they probably did was add some new symbols, pictures of farmers and poor people, and of course lots of hidden eroticism behind the realistic scenes.
Frans Verbeeck is mentioned in the book written by Carel van Mander about important Netherlands and German painters. The book was written probably in the XVI century. Carel van Mander died in 1606. The first edition is from 1764. Frans Verbeeck was born and worked in Mechelen in Belgium. He died in 1570, but we don’t know his date of birth. His paintings can be admired in the Centre for Old Art 't Vliegend Peert in Mechelen in Belgium.
The painting, “The Mockery of Human Follies” was for sale in 2007 at an auction by Dorotheum in Vienna. The guide price was between €65.000 and €75.000. It was sold of course. I would love to have the painting on my own wall, look at it every day, discover new stories, hidden metaphors, hidden symbols. I'm still trying to work out the significance of the tiny people present in such numbers. Are they us? And are the huge people the gods playing with us? laughing at us? or it is just us, the human species playing with other humans? Please let me know if you have any more information about this painting. My curiosity requires answers!
3 February 2010
Dragons and Saints at V&A Museum in London
Last Monday, which was February 1st, I spent a few hours at the V&A Museum in London. That wasn't really enough to see all of the new Medieval and Renaissance galleries, but I had a plane to catch back to Amsterdam in the early evening. You will really need a whole day to study the splendid collection of textiles, paintings, sculpture, glass, metalwork, prints, manuscripts, furniture, ceramics and jewellery.
I very much like the concept of telling the story of European art and culture from AD 300–1600; from the decline of the Roman Empire to the end of the Renaissance period, by using not only strictly art pieces from those periods but also everyday objects, design objects and even pieces of building and churches. There is even one of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks to admire!
However of course I was searching for fantasy and fantastic elements in the paintings, drawings, sculptures, stained glass windows and so on. Here some photos with interesting and wonderful pieces from the collection.
St Margaret and the Dragon, about 1530-1540 (from the Church of Saint Germain, France.)
As the legend has it she made a miraculous escape from the belly of the Dragon.
St. George from a church in Ulm (Germany) about circa 1480-1490. This is a figure of St. George in limewood, and carved from one piece of wood. St George was a saint from the East, but as the result of the crusades he became popular throughout Europe. Having rescued a princess by slaying a dragon, he personified the ideals of chivalry and was often depicted with the tamed or dead beast beside him.
By the way, this Dragon doesn't really look enough Dragon -like. It is more a dog-old man figure then a danger dragon. But at the same time it is more original than the St. Margaret's Dragon.
This is an image of a Lamp of a Dragon, from Padua, around 1500.
I very much like the concept of telling the story of European art and culture from AD 300–1600; from the decline of the Roman Empire to the end of the Renaissance period, by using not only strictly art pieces from those periods but also everyday objects, design objects and even pieces of building and churches. There is even one of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks to admire!
However of course I was searching for fantasy and fantastic elements in the paintings, drawings, sculptures, stained glass windows and so on. Here some photos with interesting and wonderful pieces from the collection.
St Margaret and the Dragon, about 1530-1540 (from the Church of Saint Germain, France.)
As the legend has it she made a miraculous escape from the belly of the Dragon.
St. George from a church in Ulm (Germany) about circa 1480-1490. This is a figure of St. George in limewood, and carved from one piece of wood. St George was a saint from the East, but as the result of the crusades he became popular throughout Europe. Having rescued a princess by slaying a dragon, he personified the ideals of chivalry and was often depicted with the tamed or dead beast beside him.
By the way, this Dragon doesn't really look enough Dragon -like. It is more a dog-old man figure then a danger dragon. But at the same time it is more original than the St. Margaret's Dragon.
This is an image of a Lamp of a Dragon, from Padua, around 1500.
12 January 2010
Once upon a time in Devon, Dunchideock
Once upon a time in the Galaxy of Milky Way, the Homo Sapiens Civilisation was coming to its end……after the time of prosperity and the LONG SUN ERA, the WHITE ICE AGE has fallen over the planet Earth.
1 January 2010
Four Season - Winter and Automn in Dunchideock
Autoumn in Dunchideock by Kasia B. Turajczyk
My fantasy abstract paintings from the series Four Seasons. (it has nothing to do with The Four Seasons of Vivaldi; however I love his four violin concertos, especially when listen to the concertos in Venice)Winter in Dunchideock by Kasia B. Turajczyk
I painted first "Autumn in Dunchideock" acrylic painting , without the intention of it being a part of a series. But yesterday I painted Winter in Dunchideock and now I am sure that spring and summer will fallow.
In both paintings I used acrylics plus lots of weird materials. My fantasies about the seasons, vou la!
16 December 2009
Merry Christmas from Mintaka
Here is a special message from Mintaka:
http://www.zazzle.co.uk/merry_christmas_by_mintaka_card-137920601369759674?gl=kasiamuminek&rf=238205687190890047
My name is Mintaka. I am stranger here; I was born in the Nebula of Orion.
Your species is dominant, but weird. The only time in the long calendar of the year when you are kind, forgiving, charitable and pleasant for each other is the Christmas time. It is the only time when “men and women open their shut-up hearts freely”. (One of your famous writers pointed this out a long time ago).
I am not sure I understand that. Why don’t you behave in such a way on all the other days of the year? I am watching them and waiting to see you brave and beautiful. Maybe one day….
Mintaka meditating about the meaning of Christmas;
mixed media made by Kasia. B. Turajczyk
mixed media made by Kasia. B. Turajczyk
http://www.zazzle.co.uk/merry_christmas_by_mintaka_card-137920601369759674?gl=kasiamuminek&rf=238205687190890047
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