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“We are what we hide.” I read that somewhere. Must have been sometime ago. Or maybe I wrote it myself. From experience. I’m not really sure, but I know its truth. Our fallen hearts spin artifacts of fear; confining, hiding, confusing, obscuring. Betraying neighbors and friends, family, lovers, with only ever the partial glimpse, a pretense, or a parade. In the end, a fraud. I read that somewhere. Or maybe I wrote it myself. From experience. •• Apps used: Snapseed, iColorama, Stackables, Aerograph, SuperimposeX, BigPhoto (photo credit for male face: Unsplash)
Apps used: iColorama, Distressed, Stackables, Retouch, Superimpose, Big Photo.
Just prior to the full onset of the COVID quarantines I had begun a color study using simple red on red mixed with texture. But as the disruption of isolation grew into a new reality this became a series of pieces exploring how the virus was affecting our common notions of home and health and security. The deep red field became the quarantine's circumscription, its frame disrupting and re-defining otherwise normally ordered life within its boundary.
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"I’m not an abstractionist. I’m not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on."
"L’art recèle toujours des évocations de la condition mortelle.»
- Mark Rothko
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The Watchers - Art By China Alicia Rivera
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Good Fortune - Art By China Alicia Rivera
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"From couch potato to marathon runner in four months", so says Steve Dubois who's decided to run the 26-mile London Marathon on April 17 to raise money for the Charlie and Kathleen Dunnery Children’s Fund. The charity is based in a little town called Egremont, which is where I lived for a few of my pre-school years, and you can read about them at www.ckdcf.org/home.html.
Steve asked three of us to curate exhibitions of photographs for sale through RedBubble. In addition to the one I've pulled together on Abstracts, Jason Theaker did Landscapes and Bob Davis The Fens. Please, please do spend a moment to look at the pictures and, even better, please buy something. Steve is going to raise £6,000 and I would like the photography exhibitions to contribute as much as possible to that total. So please help!
Twenty five people have been absolutely superb in joining with me and donating an image for the Abstract exhibition. (Each photographer retains the rights to their image but has granted Steve a non exclusive right to sell the shots for his fund-raising campaign). There will also be a Blurb book very soon but for now heartfelt thanks from Steve and me to the 25 Abstractionists!
Please put your hands together for:
For more details about the fund-raising and Steve's training programme just log on to www.SteveOnTheRun.co.uk. You will see there that Steve's motto for this campaign is "the only thing you get to keep is what you give away" and so in that spirit...
PLEASE BUY A PICTURE - ALL THE MONEY IS FOR CHARITY - AND MAYBE EVEN ADVERTISE THIS SHOT
Many thanks!
Divine Royalty - Art By China Alicia Rivera
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Sam Gilliam a color field painter and lyrical abstractionist artist is associated with the Washington Color School, a group of Washington, D.C. artists that developed a form of abstract art from color field painting in the 1950s and 1960s.
A "Sun Harp" comprised of "dragon lines", elemental dragon shapes, like energetic sine waves, catches the early morning light and plays a symphony of photons. Like Aeolian Harps that are set up high in windy places to catch the billowings of the passing air and turn it into a magically indeterminate music, Sun Harps, which don't exist yet, would catch all the varying tones of solar rays on their "strings" and provide us with symphonies of light. Putting Sun and Aeolian Harps together, perhaps as one fantastical instrument might just be an art of the future. Right now, it's fun to imagine.
One last abstraction before the close of the year. It's been great bringing back my abstractionist sensibilities through the digital / photographic idiom. I've found a new abstract voice this way and found it curious to see how I composed in the digital form.
Music Link: "Bringing Down the Light. David Sylvian & Robert Fripp from their album "The First Day". Although the piece is credited to both artists, it sounds very likely that this is entirely the work of Fripp on his midi-guitar interface. A sublime and light filled piece of rarified beauty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr8SR_bzayk
Totality of Reality Dec. 12, 2013.
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Thanks to Daruma I have the opportunity to take part with this photograph to an online Abstract Exhibition hosted by R**B****e
steveontherun.r*******e.com/sets/151186/works
aimed to raise f***s for a Charity run by Steve Dubois, an old friend of Daruma's
Photographs can be p*******d in various medias, sizes and mounts. There will also be a Blurb book very soon.
Besides Daruma and myself, the Flickr friends listed below (the Abstractionists, as Daruma named them) enthusiastically accepted to participate:
For more details about the f**d-raising and Steve's training programme just log on to
You will see there that Steve's motto for this campaign is "the only thing you get to keep is what you give away"; and so in that spirit...
PLEASE B*Y A PICTURE - ALL THE M***Y IS FOR CHARITY - AND MAYBE EVEN A*******E IT
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PERHAPS YOU WONDER WHY I HAD TO MASK SOME OF THE ABOVE WORDS WITH ASTERISKS.
THE ANSWER IS I THIS MESSAGE I JUST RECEIVED FRON FLICKR MANAGEMENT (see translation underneath):
"Ciao Gianni Galassi,
Quando ti iscrivi a Flickr, accetti di rispettare le
Condizioni di servizio e le Linee guida della community.
Gli
account Flickr sono destinati esclusivamente all'uso
personale per consentire ai nostri membri di condividere il
contenuto originale che hanno creato, non venderlo:
“Non usare Flickr per scopi commerciali.
Flickr è destinato esclusivamente all’utilizzo
personale. Se scopriamo che, attraverso, il tuo album,
vendi
prodotti o servizi oppure promuovi te stesso, bloccheremo
il
tuo account. Qualsiasi altro utilizzo commerciale di
Flickr,
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via) o degli account di Flickr deve essere approvato da
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Rimuovi gli URL di collegamento al tuo negozio/sito di aste
dalle tue foto/video e/o qualsiasi altra parola o frase
relativa alle vendite o la frase “in vendita” appena
possibile per evitare ulteriori provvedimenti sul tuo
account.
Saluti,
Staff Flickr
TRANSLATION:
Hi Gianni Galassi.
Subscribing to Flickr you commit to respect community's Service Rules and Guidelines.
Flickr accounts are solely intended for personal use, in order to allow our members share the original contents they created, not selling it:
"Don't use Flickr for commercial purposes.
Flickr is solely intended for personal use. If we find out that, trough you album, you sell products or commercial services or promote yourself, we will block your account. Any other commercial use of Flickr, of Flickr technologies (including API, FlickrMail and so forth) or of Flickr accounts must be approved by Flickr."
Remove URLs linking to your shop/auction site from your photos/videos and/or any other word or sentence related to selling or the sentence "on sale" as soon as possible, in order to avoid further actions on your account.
Cheers.
Flickr Staff
I HAVE NO COMMENT TO DO.
Piero Dorazio (Rome, 29 June 1927 - Perugia, 17 May 2005) Eye and cross IV (2003) Oil on canvas 36 x 50 cm - "exibition a window on the great art of the '900" - Palazzo del Popolo Todi
Molto giovane, nel 1944, incontra la corrente astrattista a Roma ed inizia una serie di collaborazioni con i suoi protagonisti. Nel 1947 figura tra i firmatari del manifesto del Gruppo Forma 1
Very young, in 1944, he met the abstractionist movement in Rome and began a series of collaborations with its protagonists. In 1947 he was one of the signatories of the Forma 1 Group manifesto.
Haitian Spirit - Art By China Alicia Rivera
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“We are what we hide.” I read that somewhere. Must have been sometime ago. Or maybe I wrote it myself. From experience. I’m not really sure, but I know its truth. Our fallen hearts spin artifacts of fear; confining, hiding, confusing, obscuring. Betraying neighbors and friends, family, lovers, with only ever the partial glimpse, a pretense, or a parade. In the end, a fraud. I read that somewhere. Or maybe I wrote it myself. From experience. •• Apps used: Snapseed, iColorama, Stackables, Aerograph, SuperimposeX, BigPhoto (photo credit for male face: Unsplash)
The music of stone sings in a massive frequency to slow for our little ears to hear. Its slow waves and tectonic harmonics forming chords of crystal, granite bass and the igneous fire of magmic melody. Indeed the Earth sings to herself and to the other planets as well, a grand chorale of living holography that sets the tune in our DNA.
I graduated from Art School as an abstract painter under siege. It was NOT the time to be painting even, never mind painting abstract images. It was the heyday of conceptualism, installation and deconstruction. But I followed my muse, not the trend of the time. My inspirations were Gerhard Richter, Max Ernst and Jules Olitski. This image was created from a photograph of a detail of a crumbling mural, with paint peeling itself off the concrete. It was rich in texture and detail which made it ripe for manipulating. There's always that recalcitrant abstractionist lurking under my surface !!!
I'm dedicating this image to Zone Patcher. For the Longest time I have been blown away by his "3D" fractal work. The complexity of it and the sheer, unbridled imagination of it all is something I admire tremendously. I wanted to wait until I had an image that I felt suited him.
Music Link: Robert Rich & B. Lustmord, "Hidden Refuge", from their album "Stalker". Rich and Lustmord's music here is a species of ambient music known as "dark ambient" which seeks to create atmospheres of mystery and a kind of dark grandeur, instead of peaceful, lambent washes. "Stalker" is a classic in the genre. ToR Oct 11, 2013.
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Created for "The Hypothetical Awards'" 3rd Annual "Abstract Art Challenge".
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Thanks to Daruma I have the opportunity to take part with this photograph to an online Abstract Exhibition hosted by R**B****e
steveontherun.r*******e.com/sets/151186/works
aimed to raise f***s for a Charity run by Steve Dubois, an old friend of Daruma's
Photographs can be p*******d in various medias, sizes and mounts. There will also be a Blurb book very soon.
Besides Daruma and myself, the Flickr friends listed below (the Abstractionists, as Daruma named them) enthusiastically accepted to participate:
For more details about the f**d-raising and Steve's training programme just log on to
You will see there that Steve's motto for this campaign is "the only thing you get to keep is what you give away"; and so in that spirit...
PLEASE B*Y A PICTURE - ALL THE M***Y IS FOR CHARITY - AND MAYBE EVEN A*******E IT
.
FORSE VI CHIEDETE PERCHE' HO DOVUTO MASCHERARE ALCUNE PAROLE CON GLI ASTERISCHI.
LA RISPOSTA E' IN QUESTO MESSAGGIO CHE HO APPENA RICEVUTO DALLA DIREZIONE DI FLICKR.
PERHAPS YOU WONDER WHY I HAD TO MASK SOME OF THE ABOVE WORDS WITH ASTERISKS.
THE ANSWER IS I THIS MESSAGE I JUST RECEIVED FRON FLICKR MANAGEMENT (see translation underneath):
"Ciao Gianni Galassi,
Quando ti iscrivi a Flickr, accetti di rispettare le
Condizioni di servizio e le Linee guida della community.
Gli
account Flickr sono destinati esclusivamente all'uso
personale per consentire ai nostri membri di condividere il
contenuto originale che hanno creato, non venderlo:
“Non usare Flickr per scopi commerciali.
Flickr è destinato esclusivamente all’utilizzo
personale. Se scopriamo che, attraverso, il tuo album,
vendi
prodotti o servizi oppure promuovi te stesso, bloccheremo
il
tuo account. Qualsiasi altro utilizzo commerciale di
Flickr,
delle tecnologie Flickr (comprese API, FlickrMail e così
via) o degli account di Flickr deve essere approvato da
Flickr”.
Rimuovi gli URL di collegamento al tuo negozio/sito di aste
dalle tue foto/video e/o qualsiasi altra parola o frase
relativa alle vendite o la frase “in vendita” appena
possibile per evitare ulteriori provvedimenti sul tuo
account.
Saluti,
Staff Flickr
TRANSLATION:
Hi Gianni Galassi.
Subscribing to Flickr you commit to respect community's Service Rules and Guidelines.
Flickr accounts are solely intended for personal use, in order to allow our members share the original contents they created, not selling it:
"Don't use Flickr for commercial purposes.
Flickr is solely intended for personal use. If we find out that, trough you album, you sell products or commercial services or promote yourself, we will block your account. Any other commercial use of Flickr, of Flickr technologies (including API, FlickrMail and so forth) or of Flickr accounts must be approved by Flickr."
Remove URLs linking to your shop/auction site from your photos/videos and/or any other word or sentence related to selling or the sentence "on sale" as soon as possible, in order to avoid further actions on your account.
Cheers.
Flickr Staff
NON HO PAROLE.
I HAVE NO COMMENTS TO DO.
Manifest Print - Art By China Alicia Rivera
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One of a series of digital conceptual abstractions created after an illuminating discussion concerning the location of the wellspring of pure abstraction deep in the human mind and inner resources of the individual, with fellow abstractionist Lee Kaloidis. The piece is influenced in style by both cubism and surrealsm, but in this case that is irrelevant to the message.
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I’m not an abstractionist. I’m not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.
Mark Rothko
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NO GIFS AND ANIMATED ICONS, PLEASE!
A new kid on the block: Quadralectics in Northampton, Massachusetts. (Facebook) It might not be the same as the quadralectics philosophy, but the intentions are good.
I visited Northampton in 1998, as part of a fact-finding trip to T.S. Eliot's ''Dry Salvages''.
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The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Northampton was 29,571. Northampton is known as an academic, artistic, musical, and countercultural hub.
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SEPT 6 - 28 FINAL WEEK!
QUADRALECTIC: A SOLO GROUP SHOW
“Quadralectic: A Solo Group Show,” is a unique exhibition curated by Malinda Labriola featuring the work of four artistic personas, each representing a different facet of Malinda’s artistic practice. Meet the Artists:
Siggie Zampa, the cartoonist, shares humor through playful cartoons created using just two vibrant colors.
R.L. Stilzkin, the illustrator, opens up detailed worlds with intricate line drawings of whimsical characters that spark the imagination.
GASEO, the abstractionist, captures the essence of motion and energy by using the movement of cars to create dynamic line drawings, often transformed with watercolor
Mal Labriola, the printmaker, merges nature and art by crafting unique prints and compositions with ink pads and local flora.
“Quadralectic” celebrates the idea that creativity is defined but not limited by the media we use, and that art can flourish when made with discernment rather than judgment. As the title would suggest, “Quadralectic” places bodies of work in dialog to create a synergistic blend of artistic voices, underscoring that our diverse expressions can work together, enrich the whole, and encourage the exploration of what art can be. Each piece in this show invites people of all ages to explore their creativity and find artistic personalities of their own that might be waiting to emerge. We hope to see you there!
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About A.P.E.@Hawley
A.P.E.@Hawley provides, to artists and researchers, affordable access to The Workroom, Carole's Dance Studio, and Mezzanine at 33 Hawley. Our programming and rental structure strives to create the conditions for rich exploration and a maximizing of creative potential. We encourage inquiry-based processes and the open exchange of ideas towards the development of new, experimental, and challenging projects and works. A.P.E. welcomes inquiries and requests and reviews proposals on a first come/first serve basis. A.P.E. founded the Workroom Cooperative and, in the past, has partnered with The School for Contemporary Dance & Thought (SCDT )and Historic Northampton to create dynamic programming at 33 Hawley.
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The Dry Salvages is the third poem of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets, marking the beginning of the point when the series was consciously being shaped as a set of four poems. It was written and published in 1941 during the air-raids on Great Britain, an event that threatened him while giving lectures in the area.
Crown Prince - Art By China Alicia Rivera
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Inspired by the works of Ben Nicholson the English post-cubist abstractionist. See for example: www.johnmyatt.com/images/BenNicholson_jpg.jpg
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