lunedì 29 giugno 2009
Peter Gric uno dei piu bei siti flash del web
Se avete qualche minuto lasciatevi sedurre da questo sito e un poco meno dalle opere che ospita,fatta eccezione per il folle eclettismo di Peter per la prospettiva e il suo avviluppare,animare,tutto lo spazio, ,tecnicamente una visione dantesca delle linee che intersecano altre linee,una ragnatela logica che richiede un istinto e una conoscenza dell'ottica umana straordinaria.
Il mio amico architetto paolo Labbadini ha di che essere entusiasta di questa scoperta,Peter ci rammenta prepotentemente il genio di Mantegna e certe costruzioni razionali per certi versi impossibili a realizarsi se privi dell'istinto dello spazio tridimensionale.
Se potete permettervi un sito di questa qualità non esitate ad ispirarvi ad esso ovviamente facendo intereagire l'animazione flash con la vostra opera.
Il mio amico architetto paolo Labbadini ha di che essere entusiasta di questa scoperta,Peter ci rammenta prepotentemente il genio di Mantegna e certe costruzioni razionali per certi versi impossibili a realizarsi se privi dell'istinto dello spazio tridimensionale.
Se potete permettervi un sito di questa qualità non esitate ad ispirarvi ad esso ovviamente facendo intereagire l'animazione flash con la vostra opera.
Etichette:
artista,
Consigli e tecniche,
Curiosità
Ju Duoqi’s Vegetable Masterpieces,capolavori commestibili della cucina vegetale.
" Dà una certa emozione e che sorpresa vedere certe opere tra le piu amate della Storia dell'Arte ridotte a lattuga e patate, il circo Barnum del Web ècostantemente alla ricerca di curiosità,bizzarrie,stranezze da sottoporre all'internauta pigro ancora fermo alla fase anale,questa è una delle piu cliccate dopo l'opera di Salvator Dali e i surrealisti di mezzo mondo che si danno al trompe oeil fantastico,fantasy con volentieri qualche scivolata orror nelle notti di Halloween.
ma non lasciamoci ingannare dalla sorpresa,dietro questa pratica di Ju Duoqi's c'è dell'altro,di piu e sopratutto tanta ironia greve,sarcasmo sui "bisogni" delle anime candide, per essi l'arte per farsi notare deve rendersi alimentare,consumabile anche per assecondare il risentimento"cannibale"di chi si sente escluso,marginalizato dalla sua ignoranza e non si ferma qui anzi rincara la dose,"faccio dell'arte destinata a deperire nell'immediato se non la "consumate" ! Insomma un tipo alquanto vedicativo;godetevi le sue personalissime versioni di Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Andy Warhol’s Marylin Monroe.
Io personalmente ho scelto la zattera della Medusa."
Chinese artist Ju Duoqi puts a whole new meaning to ‘playing with your food,’ transforming ordinary vegetables into veggie replicas of legendary works of art by masters such as Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, and Andy Warhol’s Marylin Monroe.
Ju Duoqi’s kitchen is her studio, and vegetables are her paint. The 35-year-old artist uses boiled, dried, fried, and pickled vegetables, finishing with the fastest-rotting ingredients to create her masterpiece versions made entirely out of vegetables.
Her art breathes new life into ordinary vegetables, taking ‘green art’ to the extreme using everyday vegetables such as tofu, cabbage, ginger, lotus roots, coriander, and sweet potatoes.
Lumpy potatoes acquire expressive facial features, and radish roots, lettuce leaves, and cloves of garlic are transformed into Botticelli’s Venus.
Sichuan-born Ju carefully slices and carves the veggies, and then assembles her works with toothpicks, taking up to 2 weeks to complete a single recreation of some of the world’s most famous works in photographs.
The former website and computer game designer turned artist has been creating about 2 vegetable sculptures a month since 2006.

Ju’s version of Vincent van Gogh’s self-portrait using cucumber and carrot.
Photo Bigpicturesphoto.comThe 35-year-old artist says she wants to bring art into everyday life, proving it exists in every household kitchen.
“This is very easy — I just take a knife and slice. One cut can turn into so many different things. In my view, this is very simple.” says Ju.
“The different types, shapes, and colors of the vegetables with a bit of rearranging can make for a rich source of imagery. Fresh, withered, rotting, dried, pickled, boiled, fried, they all come out different.”
“I no longer needed a model, as they all became actors and even props. As a director, I directed them to restage La Liberté Guidant le Peuple, and called it La Liberté Guidant les Légumes.”
“You wouldn’t know them any better if they were chopped into French fries and covered in ketchup, but when placed in the picture, they all appear unfamiliar and rich in facial expression.”
“On the ground lies the body of a winter melon soldier, with rotting ketchup flowing out of his body like blood. The battleground is strewn with rotting vegetable leaves. This great story of history, this world-famous painting, here becomes completely absurd.”
These ’simple techniques’ pay Ju’s bills, as photos taken of the culinary masterpieces go for between $1,500 to $2,000 US each.
Her works which also include replicas of famous pieces such as Monet’s self-portrait and Leonardo’s Mona Lisa created with tofu are currently showcased at the Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery for ‘The Vegetable Museum’ exhibition.
Her organic version of Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Munroe fashioned from cabbage and a spring onion sold within a few hours of the exhibition’s launch to a foreign buyer, hungry for what could be called ‘crop art.’
“As a medium that decodes time, photography is my favorite.” Ju said. “Everything has a spirit, each vegetable, each person, and each second, under careful observation, has extraordinary meaning.”
“What makes me happy is that when I see Napoleon on his Potato, I can think back to when I fried him up and ate him at 2 in the morning in the summer of ’08. Through photographs, memory becomes sentiment.”
Born in 1973 in Chongqing, Ju Duoqi graduated from The Sichuan Fine Arts College, and currently lives and works in Beijing.
The Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery’s exhibition of The Vegetable Museum by Ju Duoqi runs from November 23rd 2008 to January 24th 2009.
ma non lasciamoci ingannare dalla sorpresa,dietro questa pratica di Ju Duoqi's c'è dell'altro,di piu e sopratutto tanta ironia greve,sarcasmo sui "bisogni" delle anime candide, per essi l'arte per farsi notare deve rendersi alimentare,consumabile anche per assecondare il risentimento"cannibale"di chi si sente escluso,marginalizato dalla sua ignoranza e non si ferma qui anzi rincara la dose,"faccio dell'arte destinata a deperire nell'immediato se non la "consumate" ! Insomma un tipo alquanto vedicativo;godetevi le sue personalissime versioni di Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Andy Warhol’s Marylin Monroe.
Io personalmente ho scelto la zattera della Medusa."
Chinese artist Ju Duoqi puts a whole new meaning to ‘playing with your food,’ transforming ordinary vegetables into veggie replicas of legendary works of art by masters such as Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, and Andy Warhol’s Marylin Monroe.
Ju Duoqi’s kitchen is her studio, and vegetables are her paint. The 35-year-old artist uses boiled, dried, fried, and pickled vegetables, finishing with the fastest-rotting ingredients to create her masterpiece versions made entirely out of vegetables.
Her art breathes new life into ordinary vegetables, taking ‘green art’ to the extreme using everyday vegetables such as tofu, cabbage, ginger, lotus roots, coriander, and sweet potatoes.
Lumpy potatoes acquire expressive facial features, and radish roots, lettuce leaves, and cloves of garlic are transformed into Botticelli’s Venus.
Sichuan-born Ju carefully slices and carves the veggies, and then assembles her works with toothpicks, taking up to 2 weeks to complete a single recreation of some of the world’s most famous works in photographs.
The former website and computer game designer turned artist has been creating about 2 vegetable sculptures a month since 2006.
Ju’s version of Vincent van Gogh’s self-portrait using cucumber and carrot.
Photo Bigpicturesphoto.com
“This is very easy — I just take a knife and slice. One cut can turn into so many different things. In my view, this is very simple.” says Ju.
“The different types, shapes, and colors of the vegetables with a bit of rearranging can make for a rich source of imagery. Fresh, withered, rotting, dried, pickled, boiled, fried, they all come out different.”
“I no longer needed a model, as they all became actors and even props. As a director, I directed them to restage La Liberté Guidant le Peuple, and called it La Liberté Guidant les Légumes.”
“You wouldn’t know them any better if they were chopped into French fries and covered in ketchup, but when placed in the picture, they all appear unfamiliar and rich in facial expression.”
“On the ground lies the body of a winter melon soldier, with rotting ketchup flowing out of his body like blood. The battleground is strewn with rotting vegetable leaves. This great story of history, this world-famous painting, here becomes completely absurd.”
These ’simple techniques’ pay Ju’s bills, as photos taken of the culinary masterpieces go for between $1,500 to $2,000 US each.
Her works which also include replicas of famous pieces such as Monet’s self-portrait and Leonardo’s Mona Lisa created with tofu are currently showcased at the Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery for ‘The Vegetable Museum’ exhibition.
Her organic version of Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Munroe fashioned from cabbage and a spring onion sold within a few hours of the exhibition’s launch to a foreign buyer, hungry for what could be called ‘crop art.’
“As a medium that decodes time, photography is my favorite.” Ju said. “Everything has a spirit, each vegetable, each person, and each second, under careful observation, has extraordinary meaning.”
“What makes me happy is that when I see Napoleon on his Potato, I can think back to when I fried him up and ate him at 2 in the morning in the summer of ’08. Through photographs, memory becomes sentiment.”
Born in 1973 in Chongqing, Ju Duoqi graduated from The Sichuan Fine Arts College, and currently lives and works in Beijing.
The Paris-Beijing Photo Gallery’s exhibition of The Vegetable Museum by Ju Duoqi runs from November 23rd 2008 to January 24th 2009.
Ju Duoqi’s Vegetable Masterpieces
Etichette:
Arte e vita,
artista,
Curiosità
domenica 28 giugno 2009
Arte popolare,le sabbie colorate,la meraviglia della decorazione tradizionale del villaggio
Lasciatevi prendere,sedurre da questa opera d'arte molto piu affascinante di certa Land Art contemporanea,gli studiosi del simbolismo presente nei tappeti persiani fanno risalire la decorazione ad un linguaggio perduto che risale sino a poco dopo il Neolitico.
Conviene precisare che questa decorazione è preminentemente opera della sensibilità femminile,si fà risalire il senso segreto dei disegni al matriarcato,sono le donne che hanno saputo conservare,tramandanto di madre in figlia i segni e talvolta il loro sesnso,magico,l'esorcista,il decorativo,il distintivo (...)
Molti di questi segni vengono oggi costantemente saccheggiati dagli artisti dediti al primitivismo che come si sà ebbe un forte rilancio con la scomparsa del maestro dei maestri : Pablo Ruiz Picasso.
Sul piano tecnico solo nelle isole delle Canarie di origine vulcanica è stato possibile trovare un gran numero di sabbie dalla colorazione naturale dovuta agli ossidi.
Ed è in questa regione,in queste coste che ha preso origine la fabbricazione del colore in uso presso le popolazioni nomadi del Neolitico,le stesse che migrando hanno riempito di graffiti tutte le grotte e gli anfratti del Sahara e di quella che oggi è l'Africa Nera.
Alcune di queste sabbie contengono alte percentuali di ossidi,dei coloranti dalla qualità di rifrazione della luce ancora oggi invidiabile rispetto alle terre trattate industrialmente.
L'unico colore che mancava,la gamma dei blu,ebbe come inventori nelle sponde del mediterraneo gli Egizi, ancora oggi insuperato per la sua resistenza agli agenti atmosferici e segreto nella ricetta su cui si avanzano non poche ipotesi (tra cui che alcuni elementi provengono da una conchiglia...).
The unique 39,370.078 square foot (12,000 sq. meter) world record carpet was created by 25 visual artists made entirely of 70 types of colorful sand found on the country’s southern island seashores of Hormuz, widely known for its red soil, to create the ‘Persian Gulf’ sand carpet.
The previous sand carpet record was 2,955 square feet (900 sq. meters) fashioned on the Canary Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, famous for its natural colored volcanic sand carpets in La Orotava, Tenerife, made every year for Corpus Christi by artists drizzling loose sand.
Etichette:
Arte e vita,
Consigli e tecniche,
Curiosità
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