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*#2 of a new set in progress which is dedicated to all the happy widows who mourn the sour grapes of their youth: in unison they sing: "Fuiste como un guineo podrido, ahora me toca el chile verde, picante y maduro "
André Derain (1880-1954)
La Table de cuisine (1925)
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris
See his Melon and fruits in this album for comparison.
A noted Fauvist, Derain has been recognized as one of the most influential of French expressionist painters.
*Imagination, to Antonin Artaud, was reality; he considered dreams, thoughts and delusions as no less real than the "outside" world. To him, reality appeared to be a consensus, the same consensus the audience accepts when they enter a theatre to see a play and, for a time, pretend that what they are seeing is real.
Artaud saw suffering as essential to existence and thus rejected all utopias as inevitable dystopia. He denounced the degradation of civilization, yearned for cosmic purification, and called for an ecstatic loss of the self. Hence Jane Goodall considers Artaud to be a modern Gnostic while Ulli Seegers stresses the Hermetic elements in his works.
A very important study on the Artaud work comes from Jacques Derrida. According to the philosopher, as theatrical writer and actor, Artaud is the embodiment of both an aggressive and reparative gesture, which strucks, sounds out, is harsh in a dramatic way and with critical determination as well. Identifying life as art, he was critically focused on the western culture social drama, to point out and denying the double-dealing on which is based the western theatre tradition; he worked on the whirlpool of feelings, lunatic expression, being subjugated to a counter-force which exactly comes out from the gesture. Definitely, the Artaud work gave life to all of what has never been admitted in art, all the torment and the labour into the creator consciousness, which is about the research of the meaning of making a work of art.
p.s. this set is not about good or bad art; it is simply a narrative of what the brain "feels' not sees.
/Deputy camp commandant at Sobibir death camp, Escaped from captivity, last seen living under assumed name in Brazil 1979/
*from a experimental set of mixed media portraits after recipe prescribed by now sadly forgotten artist Jean Dubuffet; he wrote:
"The characteristic property of an inventive style of portrait making is that it bears no resemblance to portraits as they are generally recognized and in consequence - and this all the more so as it is more inventive - that they don't seem like a portrait at all."
*wood hand carving; artist not known; on loan from the collection of unique art objects from my son,Anthony's travels youtu.be/QH2qbTUQCYM
*artist selecting works to be posted to flickr.
p.s. was supposed to be a self portrait but for some reason face turned out closer to a donkey.
*basado a la letra de la cumbia Baranqillera del mismo titulo escrita en el ano 1965 por Ruben Beltran
*/ the body of Christ taken from cross by Saint Nicodemus/ #3, of triptyc privately owned. This set is my own version /not copied/ and interpretation of Flamenco Saetas describing the stations of the cross, sang in cante hondo in pure Cale and translated for me by Matador de Toros,Salomon Vargas, Gitanillo.
The transparencies of this beautiful set are slightly out of focus and the colors are a bit washed out, never the less it has been a major breakthrough for me, not having to relay on the painters of antiquity for this famous event. youtu.be/lWlxgB85xJo
gesso covered cardboard silhouette cutout standee, acrylics painted and seated on a vintage lawn bench..
*with photograph of latest "patient" to be painted.
p.s. sorry to confess, very few of my "patients" have survived my brushes
*The set depicts the daily lives of the people living in this multi cultural community and is the inspiration for this illustrated book which when completed will be self published. As most of my works it was produced while listening to the original recording of same title. It can be heard and seen with a short video on You Tube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA9DEHaOLqQ&feature=fvsr
The set is best viewed on black.
*#1 and #2 not posted; not all are suitable for fickr. viewing. "Rayuela, chapter 7, /hopscotch/ are illustrations to Julio Cortazar's book of same title, originally published in Paris in 1963 and later translated into sixteen languages becoming a best seller world wide by 1969. I have read the book at least a dozen times, each time "reading" it differently. I was so taken by Cortazar's book that I did a series of paintings of same title which was shown at the "Winchester gallery in Santa Ana in 1971. My "new" set is a different approach and take on Cortazar's view on obsessions, madness, life as a circus; the nature of sex and most importantly: self knowledge.
For chapter 7, musical interpretation go to: youtu.be/44ULLORHOtw
for further reading go to Wikipedia
p.s. if sufficient interest, may self publish a limited edition for flickr. friends.
*this set is inspired by the nameless fine artists of the day who paint tirelessly the murals of the barrios of Los Angeles. Many of their murals are of the scope of Picasso's Duernica. All of their "brush strokes" which I am imitating in this set are done with commercial spray cans rather than brushes. Most amazingly, i am told that some of these modern masterpieces take less than 15 min. to execute.
My inspirations are best viewed on black
p.s. this is one of my renderings done by moon light to flamenco music by Juan Legido: "un torito enamorado de la luna"
*this set deals with the ups and downs of a "Vegas Bedlam" artist patient suffering from a progressive multi personality disorder: "non-compos-menti" this set was done over a period of three days and consists of several hundred drawings from which about one hundred will be chosen for a limited edition book. The illustrations depict nightmares, hallucinations, dreams and persecutions all real to the suffering Schizophrenic. The set is best viewed on black
*doctors of death" set of 26 illustrations based on actual statements made by concentration camp physicians doing research, from a photograph of an guard carrying a victim of research to be gassed.
Dr. Helmut Schuman's letter to Dr. Brandt, reads: ........"some aged and shrank prematurely; we are having remarkable results, those unfit for further treatments are dispatched to the compost* factory.
*compost" ref. to gas chambers.
*present to my wife, motif and color scheme as per her direction and part of our collection. Over the years i have painted, drawn tens of thousands of paintings of which only a handful is fit to hang and graces our walls. It is best viewed on black.
*Life guard series consists of several hundred engravings and drawings never before exhibited or shown; artist's collection, best viewed on black
*between the years of 1962 through 1970, I served as elected program director of "Aficionados de los Angeles, a bullfight aficionado club of which I was a member since 1957. During this time, I have attended hundreds of performances, taken many photographs and films. My participation in club activities has put me in contact with many artists, /mostly writers, musicians and and even famous movie stars. Those, few, that are still alive, will recall this period as "Days of Wine and Roses". Since the title of my following set coincides with the date a movie came out that has nothing to do with what i am about to post, I decided, to call this set as "Days of Wine and Roses" It combines, photographs, paintings and drawings with a new set of watercolors, commenced earlier this month.
p.s. I am perfectly aware that bullfighting in America is taboo and despised by most for it's cruelty to animals, hence I promise not to post anything directly to that spectacle. Some of the people depicted have led most interesting lives and it is that, that this set is all about; many who over the years have become friends of family as well.
I also wish to remind everyone viewing this set, that the same artists, including myself, smoked cigarettes and most woman of means wore fur coats to the bullfights even in the heat of summer as a status symbol.
*my version; only Sammi really knows what happened. Black and white version
Uribe was a San Francisco based painter in the 80's, now sadly but forgotten
This 1909 work by Russian Expressionist Alexei Von Jawlenski (1864-1941) is titled Young Girl with Peonies. At the age of 30 in 1894, Von Jawkenski was able to secure patronage from a wealthy German that enabled him to move to Munich. He spent the rest of his life in Germany, excepting the Great War years, notably becoming associated with Die Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) movement. The use of a very saturated colour is a von Jawlenski hallmark.