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Friday, May 28, 2004

Yoshitaka Amano


Yoshitaka Amano

Información de la Wikipedia.

Yoshitaka Amano es un artista gráfico japonés. Nació en Shizuoka el 28 de julio de 1952, es bien conocido por todo el mundo debido a su trabajo sobre los diseños de personajes para varios juegos en la serie Final Fantasy, así como en sus ilustraciones de Vampire Hunter D de la novela de Hideyuki Kikuchi.
Él también ilustró Sandman: The Dream Hunters, una versión de una fábula japonesa, del autor Neil Gaiman. El trabajo de Amano se caracteriza por el uso de líneas muy finas, personajes de tez pálida con aire triste y el movimiento fluido (especialmente al representar el cabello y la ropa). Gran parte de su trabajo se hace con acuarelas y tinta china, aunque en el pasado él ha utilizado una variedad de otros medios de representación. Amano también apareció en 1998 en la película New Rose Hotel, en la cual él represento el papel de Hiroshi.

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Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Atsushi Tani



Atsushi Tani


Fotógrafo japonés nacido en Osaka (provincial de Kansai). Comenzó como profesional amateur mientras compaginaba su hobby con otros oficios. Pero su interés por la fotografía fue creciendo hasta convertirse en su actividad profesional. Gran parte de su obra se perdió en el terremoto de Kobe en 1995, donde una galería que tenía gran parte de su obra quedó destruida por un incendio. Le gusta probar técnicas de fotomontaje sobre desnudos de su modelo fetiche Satomi.

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Monday, May 24, 2004

Stunkind



Stunkind

Stunkind es la firma que utiliza el artista norteamericano Jason Leveque. Originario de Chesapeake, Virginia nació un 13 de Noviembre de 1973. Ha hecho portadas e interiores para la revista Web Designer y ha sido publicado en Dig, The Royal y Design Times.
"I live with my fiancé Elizabeth. She's a very talented girl and we spend a lot of time curled up on our couch with our sketchbooks and a good movie. You can see her work here (lizzelizzel.com). She provides a constant source of inspiration to me and I can't ask for more than that.
There are also two cats that live in my house. They are both shelter cats and only medium cute which is most likely why their mom left them.
I have two kids that I made with this chick a while ago. They're smart, talented and all that junk. I see them every weekend and like them plenty."

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Friday, May 21, 2004

Jean Michel Basquiat


Jean Michel Basquiat

Información de Más de arte.

Jean-Michel Basquiat (Nueva York, 1960 - 1988). Pintor estadounidense. Hijo de madre puertorriqueña y de padre haitiano, su formación es autodidacta. Sus comienzos lo sitúan entre los primeros pintores de "graffitti" del metro neoyorquino. Son estos graffittis los que le llevan primero a ser seleccionado en exposiciones marginales y espacios alternativos y después en la Documenta VII de Kassel lo que le convierte en uno de los jóvenes artistas con mayor proyección internacional de la década de los ochenta. En 1984 trabaja con Clemente y con Warhol. Pronto su pintura se aleja de los primeros graffittis, aunque en su obra continua presente la cultura urbana. Sobre sus telas se combinan irónicamente las citas a los medios de masas, figuras grotescas, referencias a la publicidad, a las esculturas africanas, el jazz... signos que desordenadamente buscan una identidad étnica urbana. Murió a los 27 años en Nueva York.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Elena Kulikova


Elena Kulikova

Información de la Littlebird Gallery.

Elena Kulikova was born in Russia in 1985. Growing up she lived all over eastern Europe, till finally coming to the United States in '95 to settle in San Francisco. She began modeling at the age of 17, and after several years pursued her passion for photography. Her experience as a model/actress, lends great insight & depth into her photographic work; as she has a deep understanding for what it means to 'become' someone else. And that greatly influences how she is able to articulate her vision to her models & subjects she photographs. At the moment, her style of photography is a reflection of who Elena is as a young woman: sensual, honest, and playful. At 21 years old she is still evolving and finding her voice, and her style reflects that, and is changing as well. She now resides in Amsterdam, NL.

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Monday, May 17, 2004

Katarina Sokolava



Katarina Sokolava

"I was born in Kiev, Ukraine (sorry for my bad English).
Starting from the age of six, I attended classes at the batik and graphics departments of theArt Union of Painters of Ukraine. In 2002 I have graduated from the graphics department.Presently I am a student at the Institute of Management and Business of National University inKiev, Ukraine.
During the last five years I have been enjoying working as a computer graphics artist."

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Friday, May 14, 2004

Juan Carlos Rivas



Juan Carlos Rivas

Juan Carlos Rivas, nacido en Arenas de S. Pedro (Avila) en 1958. Vive y trabaja en Madrid, España, en TVE, la cadena pública de televisión. Colabora como crítico cinematográfico en diversas publicaciones (Dirigido por", "Mundo Obrero", "Cuadernos de Esclerosis Múltiple"). La fotografía es una pasión que ha mantenido oculta durante años hasta 2001, cuando publica su propia página web, Imágenes 3.
Sus fotos pueden verse en la edición digital de la prestigiosa revista alemana STERN y han sido publicadas en la británica Jack Magazine, ademas de aparecer en muchos lugares de la red.
El desnudo es su género predilecto, junto a otras visiones de la vida.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Natalia Fabia


Natalia Fabia

Artirta norteamericana nacida en Burbank, California en 1983.

The art of Natalia Fabia is academic and painterly, yet new-age and narrative. She collages many things into her work, such as old 50’s wallpaper, beer and liquor labels, old punk flyers, jewels and anything she finds on the street or in her studio. Her paintings are very colorful and lively and there are always hidden treasures to find in their backgrounds. Natalia Fabia is of Polish decent, even though her name is Italian. Her best friend in the world is her father Andrew Fabia, also an artist and reproduces antiques. Natalia loves to paint people and is influenced by colors, punk rock music, hot chicks and anything that sparkles. Her fascination with hookers ( of all kinds) is what fuels the many paintings she does of sultry women in surroundings and alone. She is influenced by artists like Toulose Latrec, Degas, Sargant, and Steve Assael. Favors doing gallery work and portraiture but also does design work and illustration. She also has a company called Siamese Hooker with her partner, artist/designer Alison Casson. Siamese Hooker is a clothing, jewelery line and many other things it is sold on line and at some stores.
Natalia Fabia reveals the world behind closed doors. Her work possesses a vibrancy that is erotic and enticing in nature, while maintaining a delicate semblance of charm and femininity that lends itself to an endearing quality.
Having attended Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design, Natalia Fabia’s skill, talent and ability are clearly evident through her colorful portrayals of friends and real-life events. Natalia often times chooses to depict boudoir beauties, or “hookers” as she calls them, in a secret setting a la night time cabaret. Her work incorporates elements of peeping toms and bedroom voyeurism, complimented by a menagerie of glitter, lace, punk rock keepsakes and thrift store detritus.To witness the emergence of Natalia Fabia is, and will continue to be exciting, electric and memorable.

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Friday, May 07, 2004

Dellacroix & Dellfina



Dellacroix & Dellfina

Thomas Dellacroix (Stockholm, Sweden, 1953 - )
Agnieszka Dellfina (Warsaw, Poland, 1974 - )
Agnieszka Dellfina and Thomas Dellacroix are two artists working and living together. They combined Thomas’s interest for history with Agnieszka’s fascination with human nature. Their joint projects deal with subjects like fame, image, commercialism world conflicts and mass media. By re-enacting different personalities and historical events they created their own Utopian world, where they balance on the thin border between reality and illusion.
They have been exhibiting all over Europe, and have attracted the attention of many art connoisseurs, curators, newspapers, magazines and TV channels.
They are pioneers of a still largely-unknown LENTICULAR technique (prismatic, optically moving images), achieving astonishing results.
Their photography-based lenticular works are rapidly rising in price on the international market, selling for up to 5000 euro in contemporary art auctions.
They belong to the group of contemporary artists working for peace. Their anti-war exhibit was inaugurated at the Kowasa Gallery, Barcelona -March 2003. Some of these images are now featured in several books including: "Designs of dissent" and "Peace Signs." This book has received the prize "Premio Ciutat de Barcelona de Diseño 2003."
The artists have worked for the benefit of many human rights organizations including: Amnesty International, Red Cross, World Childhood Foundation, The International Research Foundation for Children’s Eye care, Smiley World Association, and Bris – Children’s Right in Society.

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Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Henri Rousseau


Henri Rousseau

Información de Más de arte y Spanish Arts.

Rousseau, Henri Rousseau (Laval, 1844 -París, 1910). Pintor francés. Hijo de un hojalatero; su formación artística es autodidacta. Tras haber marchado al ejército, compagina su faceta de saxofonista con su trabajo en las aduanas (Departamento de Impuestos y Aduanas en París); de ahí el que se le conozca como Rousseau "el aduanero". Como soldado, tuvo acceso a relatos de los soldados franceses expatriados de México, surge entonces su primer mito personal: hizo creer, o se creyó él mismo que conocía la selva y que había estado en América. En 1893 se jubila y se vuelca por completo en la pintura.
Consigue su carné de copista para el Louvre y se da a conocer como retratista de la pequeña burguesía local. Signac lo presenta al "Salón de los Independientes" de 1886 y expone reiteradamente como artista versátil y prolífico. Trabaja minuciosamente sus obras desde el punto de vista técnico debido a su admiración por la pintura académica.
Desde 1884 existía en París el Salón de los artistas Independientes que posibilitaba tendencias nuevas. Era evidente que su pintura no podía haber alcanzado los filtros de la Academia. Rousseau no se ganó la vida como pintor pero, él nunca se sintió "pintor dominguero", sino que se sentía pintor por encima de todo. Trabajó al margen de las corrientes cultas vigentes, se mantiene dentro de una pintura limitada, es autodidacta, sin formación. Su pintura se diferencia de la culta en la técnica más tosca y en los contenidos. Le gustaba servirse de fotografías y libros ilustrados pasados de moda para configurar sus pinturas. Aspiraba a una carrera de éxitos dentro de los cauces más tradicionales.
Su obra se caracteriza por ser de temática variada, desde escenas cotidianas de la ciudad de París y sus afueras, retratos o cuadros de género, además de temas exóticos y simbólicos, como La gitana dormida (1897) y El sueño (1910), que anticipan el vocabulario y la imaginación surrealistas. Sus contemporáneos lo rechazan como pintor ridículo; sin embargo merece la consideración, durante los últimos años, de vanguardistas e intelectuales del círculo de Picasso y Apollinaire por su originalidad, espontaneidad y fantasía poética. Es el más célebre de los pintores naïf y referente para los artistas de las vanguardias.

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Sunday, May 02, 2004

Craig Morey


Craig Morey was born in 1952 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, in the Midwestern U.S. He attended Indiana University and studied with the noted Bauhaus artist, Henry Holmes Smith. In 1974, Morey moved to California, where he and a group of other young photographers founded San Francisco Camerawork, the first nonprofit center for photography on the West Coast. Camerawork Gallery was (and continues to be) devoted to showing the newest and most innovative work in contemporary photography. Morey served as Executive Director of SF Camerawork from its founding until 1981.
During the same period, Morey's personal work with abstract and whimsical black & white nudes garnered numerous exhibitions and awards, including a Special Jury Prize at the International Triennial of Photography in Friebourg, Switzerland, and First Prize at the California State Exposition. He was also named one of five worldwide "Discoveries" by the editors of Time-Life' Books.
In 1981, Morey left San Francisco Camerawork to pursue a free-lance photography career. His clients since then have included hundreds of magazines, such as Architectural Digest, San Francisco Focus, California Magazine, Interview, Newsweek, Penthouse, Cupido, and the Journal of Erotica. He also works for corporate clients, including Apple Computer, The Gap, Bechtel Corp., Levi Strauss, Avon, Neutrogena and Wells Fargo Bank.
Beginning in 1988, working on assignment for Penthouse, Morey began creating a series of striking black & white nudes which appeared in numerous publications in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. A hardcover monograph of selections from this Penthouse project, Studio Nudes, was published in the fall of 1992. A second book of images, titled Body/Expression/Silence, was released in Japan in 1994, and another Japanese monograph, Linea, was published by Korinsha Press of Kyoto, in 1996. Morey's newest collection, Twentieth Century Studio Nudes, has recently been released in German, French and English by Glaspalast Edition of Augsburg Germany.
Craig Morey lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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