“The Origin of Painting” by Disinformation – luminous graffiti, live electromagnetic sound and shadow photography, autodestructive portraiture and experimental painting installation, live at Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, UK, Nov 2001. A huge new version of “The Origin of Painting” features in “The Party Project” fiesta (organised by J&B, Diageo and Advanced Music / Sonar Festival) – a major exhibition of urban street art and graffiti culture that tours Seville, Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, La Coruña, Malaga in July and August 2008. “The Origin of Painting” has also been exhibited at NIMK / Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst / Montevideo (Amsterdam), the Sonar festival at CCCB (Barcelona), The Hayward Gallery (London), The Huddersfield Art Gallery, Wrexham Arts Centre, The Mac (Birmingham), South Hill Park (Bracknell), Q Gallery (Derby), Saltburn Artists Projects (Teeside), Quay Arts (Isle of Wight), Fabrica (Brighton), The Ashcroft Arts Centre (Fareham), in a Festival of Light organised by Home Live Arts and Moti Roti (London), on The Brunswick Centre housing estate in Kings Cross (London), for The Wembley Public Art Programme (London), for “The Art of Permanence and Change” (in a disused railway tunnel under Sydenham Hill Woods, London), at Study Gallery of Modern Art (Poole), and in a “Major” Music TV Awards event at Palau Sant Jordi – the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona. This Disinformation installation was first exhibited under the title “Artificial Lightning” at The …
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Video footage of Nick San Pedro painting a portrait of Lady Gaga and sharing it with her after her show at the Pearl Theatre, Las Vegas. Lady Gaga painting by Nick San Pedro Music by Lady Gaga ladygaga.com Filmed by Nick San Pedro httpNick San Pedro was born in Las Vegas, NV on November 15, 1978 to a Cuban-Chinese father, and a Spanish-French mother. As a young child, San Pedro immersed himself in art, spending most of his time drawing. People quickly grew fond of the young artist’s creations. San Pedro was surrounded by all types of music and live stage shows, being raised in Las Vegas. The artist’s father was friends with Siegfried and Roy, which led to Nick having many opportunities to share his works with them throughout his adolescence. Roy was especially encouraging, and his acknowledgment of San Pedro’s talent was all the artist needed to believe that his artwork was truly magical. San Pedro’s love for music and performance led to the creation of many works of art that would eventually gain attention from musicians coming to perform in the entertainment capitol of the world. In 2002, while attending college, San Pedro was commissioned to produce artwork for ‘NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly’. The following year, The artist was hired to paint eight musicians, including Madonna, for the 45th Annual Grammy Awards Pre-Party. After debuting his artwork in New York City in the prestigious Rainbow Room, San Pedro went on to share many of his paintings with numerous people …
Painting Outside the Box Ilan Wizgan The painting of Mirit Ben Nun avoids accepted definitions. On the one hand, an objective examination would classify it as Contemporary art since indeed it is created in the present by a young sizzling artist. On the other hand, it lacks “Contemporary” features such as those that reflect the spirit of time and place. This is painting that speaks in an alien tongue that apparently belongs to another time and place; however, when we try to come close and point to them, we find ourselves wandering in time and space without finding a foothold. Ben Nun’s work is graced with powerful sensuousness and color. It has naïve characteristics and archetypes that refer to folk art relationships among various images in the same work that are not true to reality; and “erroneous,” in proportions – similar to those found in native tribal art in Africa, Oceania, and Australia. The surface is laboriously worked and the motifs are replicated as in the techniques of carpet weaving. This said, it is also possible to find in many paintings Western Pop Art. This combination of primeval motifs and Western Modernism charges Ben Nun’s painting with historical and cultural tension, between the then and now and the there and here. From the standpoint of form, the painting is generally divided in a schematic way, according to areas of color without intermediary transitions. Clear boundary lines separate the various areas and each area contains a different happening …
Bugatti Veyron, $ 1700000 car in Madrid presented by Casol Magazine Luxe: www.marysecasol.com Maryse Casol is a French contemporary artist who uses the method of Fauvism, a style of painting that lasted 7 years during the first part of the XXth century. Known for her bright and vivid…