Artists Describing Their Art:
Safa Hosseini - Art plays a very important role in humanaEURtms life. The pictures drawn by an artist in a gallery, a fascinating poem or even the graphics in a game are the real instances of art. Art stimulates different parts of our brains to make us laugh or incite us to riot, with a whole gamut of emotions in between. The variety of art occurs based on the geographic locations, culture, religion and etc. Limitations, however, as a negative factor, are another reason of variety of art. Religion can both inspire and limit the art. Islamic style painting, rugs and carpets, tiling, hard stone carving and many more are the enchanting examples of Islamic art. In the other hand, limitations in Islamic art are the forbiddance of using nudity and certain words, or drawing. It is obvious that with such limitations, delivering a message via art in some points is impractical. As a sculptor, I live in a country where a certain culture, religion and line of thinking is chosen for people and behaving out of this code of conduct which opposes their principles is rejected and an apostate. Therefore, I have always been interested in discovering how people live in ...
Daniel Lombardo - My art is first informed by the human figure, its essential vertical presentation with a focus on unique but related frontal and rear views, and the gestalt of interconnected shapes that are both linear and volumetric. It is secondarily informed by totem poles of the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest and other tribal cultures from around the world, with their stacked and interconnected elements that may represent key figures or concepts in their myths and legends, combined to "tell a tale" or remind of basic cultural tenets. Though my sculptures do not represent any specific events, I imagine my pieces as abstract tales both of personal events or generally themes of human experience. The pieces develop from gestural sketches based on this visual language of interconnected forms merging and diverging usually along a vertical axis. Most recently I have worked in forged steel which has fostered new gestural elements that this material inspires. ...
Mircea Puscas - A sculptor by training, from a family of artists, I became attached to this profession very early. In my creative journey, I am in constant search for the forms involved in my work. In my works I try to attract the viewers attention with a strict organization of plastic forms with the aim of their location in space, structuring the composition, rhythms tending to the harmony of space, with the desire to sanctify places. My art is a reflection of my philosophical and allegorical vision of the world, as well as the promotion of spiritual values. Among the essential qualities of my creation, we note stripping away unnecessary details and emphasizing important details, the penetration of a symbolic charge. A penchant for harmonious forms and poetic construction of reality....