Artists Describing Their Art:
Hampton Olfus - ARTIST STATEMENT Over the past twelve years, IaEURtmve been working in acrylic paint, ink, pencil and mixed media. During this time period, I was inspired by an assortment of topics, while repeating one of my mainstay topics, music, and culture. Creating in the moment, allows the intuitive sensibilities too be part of the process. I bring an eclectic aesthetics with me into the studio, which I transfer into what I create. My true emotions, is what I aspire to transfer, visually to the viewer, through the media. Hampton R. Olfus, Jr. Artist ...
Leonid Vidrak - Leonid I. Vidrak Internationally recognised Artist, Designer, Architect, and Graphic Artist. Works are held in public and private collections in the United States, Israel, Russia and Europe. Educated in School of Fine Arts and Academy of Arts and Architecture in Russia. Works in Oil, Tempera, Mixed Media, Watercolor and Graphic Design. Living and working in the New York City metropolitan area, United States. Latest exhibitions and events include participation in X Florence Biennale 2015, publishing in Art- Tour International, works for VIDA Collection and participation in ArtExpo 2016 Milano, Paris - Carrousel du Louvre, 2017 ...
Vasil Vasilev - Vasil Vasilev CV Born, 1964 Yambol, Bulgaria Education Graduated University St.St Cyril and Methodius - Veliko Tarnovo in painting and aesthetics in 1994 in the class of Professor Alexander Terziev. 1979-1983 High School of Applied Arts aEURoeD.DobrovichaEUR aEUR" Sliven,Bulgaria 1988-1994 University aEURoeSt.St Cyril and MethodiusaEUR - Veliko Tarnovo,Bulgaria Solo Exhibitions 1996 "Astral messages' Club BAFECR 1998 - Gallery aEURoeSyrakovaEUR - Veliko Tarnovo 1998 - Gallery aEURoeKiril KrastevaEUR - Yambol 1998 - "Sacral" art-club Yambol 2003 -"Still Life" - bank's - Yambol 2004 - Yambol District Administration 2013 -"Inspirations" Art Gallery Stoytchev aEUR" Yambol 2015 - aEURoeBeyond the loveaEUR aEUR" Gallery Europe, Sofia National exhibitions 1993,1994,1995,1998,1999, 2003, 2006 - "Autumn SalonaEUR - Sofia 1994 - "Milestones in the abstract" - Sofia 1995 - "Nude"-Sofia 2003 - Gallery Plovdiv Revival -"Nude" Group Exhibitions 1995 -Gallery "Agora" - Sliven 1995. -Gallery "Zheravna" aEUR" Zheravna,Bulgaria 1995. -Gallery "Aria" - Sofia 1997. -Gallery "Lomi" - Sofia 1998. -Gallery "Seasons" - Sofia 1999-2001 -Gallery "Lucas" in Plovdiv (the old town) 2003. -Overall, visiting exhibition in Edirne, Turkey 1995-2013. - Themed exhibitions of the Society of Artists in Yambol 2015 aEUR" aEUR~Bilder, Briefe, Noten LXXXVaEUR aEUR" MA1/4nchen ,Germany Living in Sofia, Bulgaria. ...
Arup Lodh - Recreate the Magic of Enjoying Kolkata - a word woven with mystery. A city with as many unique interpretations as its people. It always remained at the center of our curiosities and discussions. There is one more Kolkata which is being passed over to us through stories and tales from our grandparents aEUR"the yesteryearaEURtms Kolkata. A city, where one could take a tram ride with mere 2 paisa. A raise of one paisa in fare would put the city roads on fire and bring life to a standstill. This very characteristic also gave the city a unique distinction of being the city of revolutionprotest. I Arup Lodh, am a budding artist of todayaEURtms Kolkata. Like many of you, I have also learnt about the yesteryearaEURtms Kolkata through those enchanting endless stories and tales from my family, through books, through journals and write ups from that era. However, a lot has changed from what the city used to be to what it is now. Definitely, one of the notable changes is aEUR" it is no longer the crowned capital of India. But neither it is has dampen the joyous mood of the city nor of its people. The society has ...
Brikena Berdo - I cannot say what really led me to painting. I guess it is related to that inner desire which has made me express myself in this visual language. But what has mostly marked my art and driven me towards endless research is composed of notions such as the sense of time, childhood, human psychology and nature. I think, for some artists, it is true that what they have sought for in their art is something they have missed during their own life, a lack of anything from the real world of ours. I grew up in a aEURoegrey countryaEUR. I lived under a dictatorial regime until the 90aEURtms, which was followed by a transit period of destruction. Hence, so little has been inherited by the previous system. As a result what I perceived of those times came in colourlessly, greyish and meaninglessly in all aspects. It did not make sense at all. The absence of colours led to a hungriness and craving for greens and blues and yellows etc. This thirst for colours found expression later greatly and strongly in my paintings. I love colours and they are important, sometimes more than shape. I like to impose myself through ...
Kaloust Guedel - Statement My work investigates the relationship between transition and space. Transitions may be identified in four general groups: Additive - addition, introduction, reference, similarity, identification and clarification Adversative - emphasis, concession, dismissal, replacement and conflict Causal - cause/reason, effect/result, purpose and consequence Sequential - numerical, summation, conclusion, continuation, digression and resumption Transitions harbor dynamic properties. In my work the meaning is re-identified, re-defined and re-introduced in visual terms as a reflection of its contribution in countless aspects of life. I am not trying to dismiss the passed, but to emphasize the present by keeping in touch with the pulse of life. To me there is no such thing as abstraction. Each form, line, color, shape, or concept is deeply rooted into reality as I perceive to be. Without concrete reference to any of above mentioned values, It's hard to have a satisfactory outcome, or even imagine one. The process of creation is spontaneous and rarely thinking comes into play. I consider physical involvement in this process very important. Without it, you may end up having a compromised outcome not because other can not do better, but because it can not be consistent with my sensibility and as importantly, ...