Michael Brown, 18, #lastwords

see more art by Shirin-Banou Barghi here

Vittore Carpaccio - The Dream of Saint Ursula

1495; tempera on canvas, 274 x 267 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Petrus Christus - Portrait of a Carthusian (1446)

 

One of the first examples of Trompe l'oeil: a fly in a portrait.

Giorgione's "Portrait Of A Venetian Gentleman" (1510)

The expression of calculating, almost cruel, appraisal—amplified by his closed fist—gives this man an aggressive air, but we do not know his identity. The inscription on the parapet does not help. These letters, VVO, have been interpreted as a form of the Latin vivo (in life). This would suggest that the portrait was painted from life and that it confers on both subject and painter a measure of immortality. It may more likely, however, be an abbreviation of a humanist motto, perhaps virtus vincit omnia (virtue conquers all). Like other paintings associated with Giorgione, this one presents difficulties of attribution. Both Titian and Sebastiano are know to have completed works that remained unfinished when Giorgione died prematurely in his early thirties. (It was said that Giorgione contracted the plague from his mistress.) A second hand seems to be at work in this painting. The portrait's format, with subject glancing sidelong at the viewer from behind a parapet, was developed by Giorgione, and the soft, shadowy gradations of tone also recall his style. However, its aggressive mood points to a painter with a bolder brush and more active, worldly outlook, like Titian. (via)

J. M. W. Turner - Hannibal and his Men crossing the Alps

In The Belly Of A Whale

a doc about current art in Berlin

0:01-1:20 - Vorspann
1:21-8:33 - Berlin
8:34-12:42 - Lukas Feireiss
12:43-19:18 - 44flavours
19:19-23:09 - Jan "Yaneq" Kage
23:10-27:17 - Ann Besier
27:18-30:47 - Neonchocolate Gallery
30:48-33:02 - Amos Fricke
33:03-35:07 - Marleen Hoerig
35:08-38:06 - Pisa73
38:07-42:04 - Georg Roske & Jan-Kristof Lipp
42:05-46:11 - Christian Rothenhagen
46:12-50:07 - KLUB7
50:08-53:40 - Abspann

Salvador Dali - Arena (1986)

Do Not Cross Police Line

Check out the work of Dolk here

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40 POSTERS BY THEOPSY a simultaneous show @ STIGMA LAB & PRESIDENT HOTEL

To Stigma Lab και το President hotel θα φιλοξενήσουν από πρώτη Απριλίου έως και τις 26 Απριλίου την έκθεση 40 Posters by Theopsy.

Όλο το υπόγειο του Stigma Lab θα μεταμορφωθεί σε ένα ζεστό κουκούλι που θα φιλοξενεί ένα πρωτότυπο έργο, θα είναι «ντυμένο» με αφίσες και θα προβάλλονται animation και ηχητικά εφέ που θα έχει δημιουργήσει ο καλλιτέχνης για τον συγκεκριμένο χώρο.

Αντιθέτως στο lobby του ξενοδοχείου θα φιλοξενηθούν οι ίδιες 40 αφίσες, οι οποίες όμως θα είναι πολύ προσεγμένες σε κορνίζα, καθώς και ένα μεγάλο πρωτότυπο έργο (500x320cm) που θα λειτουργεί στο χώρο ως μια επίπεδη απεικόνιση με αναφορές στην ταυτόχρονη έκθεση στο Stigma Lab.

Stigma Lab: Ανδρέα Μεταξά 4 Εξάρχεια, Αθήνα
President Hotel: Λεωφόρος Κηφισίας 43, Aθήνα

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Unbelievable sculpture by Manuel Martí Moreno

Sculptor Manuel Martí Moreno creates figurative sculptures made out of iron nuts. Check him out here.

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Dimitris Rokos from Kormoranos talks poster-making

Who makes all these beautiful posters?
Several people, but mostly Dimitris Rokos (painter, dj, me), Harry Lagoussis (film director, cartoonist) and Thalia Raftopoulou (visual artist). Over the years many more have also contributed with their work, artists, designers, illustrators, and web masters such as Maria Bacha, Ifiyenia Kamperi, Ilan Manouach, Dimitris Kanellopoulos and the Konsoulator. (I'm namedropping those that have done more than two BUT we thank everyone)

They say that ads can never become art, as their goal is selling. Does the same go for posters?
I don't really know. It's possible that the majority of what we call art and is being produced nowadays aims to sell anyway, so it mostly depends on who you 're talking to. In our case, the choices we make while working on some of our posters as well as the way of working itself are very similar to how we do our "art", if not identical.

What makes a successful poster?
Our thing is so small and restriction-free compared to the rest of the advertising-world that we practically do whatever we want to. I guess an important choice you have to make early on before you start working on a poster is how much you think you gonna represent the artist or event you're promoting and how much yourself.

Do you think that people actually care about posters or is it only a nerd thing between us few?
Don't know. Maybe a nerd thing. What I 've seen is a lot of people often mix-up "medium" and "message", ending up praising posters that I personally find horrible, just because they 're excited with the information. And I think I have never had an actual proposal to do one for someone else.

I know the Ed Banger crew are fans of your posters. Who else is in that list?
Everyone!
"Fucking sickkkk job!!!!!" Paul Devro
"Your posters are the best going around" Tony Mitolo
"class!!" Riton

Give us the details of the April 6th, 7th and 8th thing at Bios.
It's a three days posters exhibition mainly based on original works, drafts and prints of our own designers as mentioned on top. There will also be samples from a lot of our previous collaborations, all of ink press' books, the "Horror & Romance on Another Planet" music compilation, a lot of local djs and three afterparties:

- dj Mehdi & Busy P on the 6th (the opening's aftershow at Swing Club with Blue Lagoon, Gizmo, dj Winjer and the guests UPSTAIRS, and Sally Spektra, Disconekt, dj Bwana & TrelanDJas mixer, dj WhoAmI and Blend Mishkin DOWNSTAIRS)
- Max Tundra (live), Vouno and Legal Tender on the 7th (bios main and the bar above)
- Kelpe (live), Big Fat Lips (live), Canblaster, Fresh Things First, Black Athena, Runner and espeekay on the 8th (closing party at bios main and front)

Kormoranos posters 3 day party

Kormoranos have given a new meaning to promo-posters. Their posters are art-works, and it is more than welcome to see that they are finally showing them: this April 6-8th @ Bios.

And they are doing so with a party, or two:.

April 6th with DJ Mehdi and Busy P, Ed Bangers' finest and Kormoranos darlings

April 8th with Canblaster, Kelpe, Big Fat Lips + more.

YOU ARE ALONE: SLOW DOWN

Jonathan Borofsky, 1978

Street Art from Brazil

more photos here

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