La gata araña

Friday, April 27, 2007

Martin Rafael Class

Martin Rafael Class
Martin Rafael Class
Martin Rafael Class


Martin Rafael Class is a photographer associated with Chicago’s fetish and BDSM scenes. Martin Rafael Class has been a photographer for 17 years now and is clearly addicted to women. He began his adventures in the realm of erotica having exchanged a radar detector for a camera and then finding employment in a studio where he learnt the techniques of printing and studio lighting. By his own admission though, he learnt more of his chosen trade by studying other people's work in libraries and watching old black and white movies. When not shooting on location as opposed to in a studio, he is often to be found in his dark room, hunched over development dishes and perfecting his art.

Labels:

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

John Wimberley

John Wimberley
John Wimberley

John Wimberley

John Wimberley was born in Paget, Bermuda, in 1945. His family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1948, where he continued to live until 2003. As a child, John was fascinated with fairy tales and myths, which he feels had a major influence on his later work. He first became involved with photography while serving in the Navy durint the 1960's. As an aviation electronics technician on aircraft carriers during the Viet Nam war, John's first pictures were of flight operations. Upon his discharge in 1967, he avidly pursued color street and landscape photography. Unfortunately, almost all this work, totaling more than 10,000 slides, was lost to water damage.
The direction of John's photography took a radical shift in February, 1969. A profound experience while photographing a group of trees in Canyon del Puerto, California, caused him to switch to black and white. More importantly, his began to focus exclusively on what he perceived as spiritual aspects of the world. He began a long-term study of Jungian psychology, shamanism and spiritual disciplines. The need to earn a living as an electronics technician limited his time for photography to lunchtimes, evenings, weekends and vacations. The year 1973 brought his first one-man show. Reviewing it, Artweek Magazine noted: "His prints are not merely technically correct, but wonderfully alive." In 1983 John had the first of two, two-man exhibitions with Ansel Adams.
During the 1970 and 1980's, John's emphasis was on the landscape. He photographed repeatedly at locations which to him conveyed spiritual power, returning to certain locations for more than 25 years. Many exhibitions followed to rising acclaim. In 1981, he made a series of photographs of a woman underwater, which resulted in Descending Angel. That year John published Presence, a limited edition portfolio of 12 prints. He also left electronics to devote his full time and energy to photography, and has lived from print sales ever since.
Trips to New Zealand in 1985 and Ireland in 1986 added to his growing body of work. He became a sought-after workshop teacher and lecturer. In addition, since the early 1970's John has performed research into photographic developer chemistry, resulting in two pyrogallol film developer formulae that are marketed by The Photographer's Formulary of Condon, Montana. An article he published in 1977 initiated the current renaissance in the use of pyrogallol. He became a sought-after expert in black and white film development chemistry and techniques.
During the second half of the 1990's John's photography concentrated on the ghost towns and abandoned mining camps of Nevada. Then in 2000, his deep interest in shamanism led him to begin photographing Native American rock art sites. Now, with more than 38 years in photography, John's critically acclaimed work has been honored with more than 50 exhibitions and has been published around the world. His work is represented in more than 400 public and private collections, including many major museums.

Labels:

Monday, April 23, 2007

Panni Malek

 “PanniPanni Malek

Panni Malek

A native Angelina, Panni Malek was born in 1984 in sunny West Hollywood. She has a taste for fine fashion, lingerie and antique lace. In her art, she explores themes of beauty, sexual provocation, neo-burlesque and social notions of femininity. She is highly influenced by eyelashes, vintage Emilio Pucci, Victorian textile, Art Nouveau, girls and hearts. Her oil paintings are a unique combination of classical realistic rendering and graphic textile design. She graduated with honors in 2006 from Otis College of Art and Design with a B.F.A in illustration. She’s currently residing in New York City working towards her M.F.A. in painting. She spends long days painting in her pink apartment with her new kitten Hera.

Labels:

Friday, April 20, 2007

Vladimyr Adadurov



Fotógrafo creo que ruso, pero es difícil encontrar información sobre él, y la poca que hay está en ruso y no he conseguido traducirla. Lo que está fuera de duda es la calidad de las fotografías, a Adadurov sin duda le gusta jugar con las sombras y las texturas como se muestra en este par de fotografías.

Labels:

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Antonio Berni

Antonio Berni

Antonio Berni

Información de la Wikipedia

Antonio Berni (Pintor argentino) nació en Rosario, provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, en 1905 y murió en Buenos Aires en 1981. Sus padres eran de origen italiano, su padre Napoleón Berni era sastre nacido en Italia, su madre Margarita Picco era argentina hija de inmigrantes italianos radicados en Roldán, un pueblo de la provincia de Santa Fe. Fue un artista representativo de la época que vivió; lo caracterizó el fuerte contenido social de su obra. Con una galería de personajes entre los que se destacan Juanito Laguna, y Ramona Montiel, representantes de los sectores más bajos y olvidados.
En
1914 ingresó como aprendiz en el taller de vitrales Buxadera y Cía, estuvo allí durante un año. En 1915 su padre lo envía a casa de sus abuelos maternos en Roldán (Santa Fe). En 1925 gana la beca del Jockey Club de Rosario para ir a estudiar a Europa, allí concurre a los talleres de André Lhote y Othon Friesz. En París se pone en contacto con la pintura metafísica y con el surrealismo, además de adherir a la idea de la acción artística comprometida con la realidad política y social. En 1933 toma contacto con el mexicano Siqueiros y la técnica de muralismo. Una beca en 1941 de la Comisión Nacional de Cultura le permite viajar, por Latinoamérica y estudiar su arte.
En 1920, con 15 años, expuso sus cuadros por primera vez, en el Salón Mari. Eran paisajes suburbanos y estudios de flores. Repitió la experiencia en 1921, 1922, y 1924. En 1923 expuso en la galería Witcomb de Buenos Aires. Para entonces ya recibía halagos de los críticos de arte en diarios como La Nación y la Prensa (diarios muy reconocidos del momento). En esta época sus cuadros respondían al impresionismo y paisajismo.
En 1943 obtiene el Gran Premio de Honor del Salón Nacional, en Argentina. En 1962 gana el Gran Premio Internacional de Grabado de la Bienal de Venecia. Sus grabados también son premiados en la Bienal Internacional de Ljubljana, Cracovia y en Intergrafik de Berlín.
Su obra estuvo influenciada por los acontencimientos históricos, que vivió a lo largo de su vida. En 1933 en contacto con Siqueiros y el muralismo como arte de proyección comunitaria, comienza a trabajar, en composiciones de gran tamaño, que tratan a escala monumental los conflictos de las clases populares. En 1944 funda junto a Spilimbergo, Castagnino, Urruchúa y Colmeiro, el primer Taller de Arte Mural, con el que ejecuta al año siguiente la decoración de la cúpula de las Galerías Pacífico.

Labels:

Monday, April 16, 2007

Bryten Goss

Bryten Goss

Bryten Goss

Bryten Goss on being an artist in Los Angeles instead of Paris or New York." Bryten Goss was born in Los Angeles in 1976 and died in October 2006, he was 30 years old.
His ability to paint first emerged when he five and the significance of that early period was not lost on those who recognized his true potential, especially his mother. Understandably, Goss began searching for his true vocation in his early teens, ultimately deciding to follow his first true love--painting. A self-taught painter, Goss traveled the world at seventeen in search of the impressionistic material in which he first became recognized by his many patrons.
As he advanced, he studied the female form, and considered himself a figurist painter. That is until he painted the Triumph of Death series, which led to yet another turn in his work, city scapes, burning cities and buildings. Then he started painting images not like anything before, "Alex Riding a Pig," "The Little Pope," "The Blind Leading the Blind." The progression led to his most powerful work yet, "Women Riding Pigs." Some of his many collectors are: Nicolas Cage, Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, Nick Nolte, Joey Pantoliano, Wynona Rider, Giovanni Ribisi, Danny Masterson, Laura Prepon, Chris Masterson, Jenna Elfman, and others. Goss' career began with privately funded shows in 1993, with annual exhibitions. In 2001 InStyle Magazine hosted a red carpet affair at Quixote Studios in Hollywood, California, attended by many of Hollywood's elite. With 34 pieces on show that evening the exhibition sold out and garnered a great deal of well-deserved publicity for the prolific young artist. Goss was an integral part of a group show held in October 2002 at the “Downtown Independent Gallery” at 811 Traction. The show featured Goss, world-renowned artist, Gottfried Helnwein, and two other painters, Patrick Morrison and the now late Miguel Arguello. In the summer of 2003, Goss was part of the ever-popular artists’ festival, “Scope-Art Los Angeles” which was held in the Standard Hotel downtown Los Angeles.
Goss began walking on yet another journey one which only the old masters have walked--etching. He researched the etching techniques favored by the old masters; thus finding another medium in which to produce his messages. Goss took on a year-long commission of “Women Riding Pigs,” 25’X6’, oil on linen, for wealthy patron Roberto Santos of Mexico. After having personally delivered that piece in September 2006 in Mexico, Goss fell ill. He returned home to continue his work, preparing for his NYC Exhibition, and his health turned for the worse. Pneumonia, complicated by a virus which attacked his heart, Bryten Goss passed away from heart failure on October 26th, 2006.

Labels:

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Jam Montoya



Jam Montoya (Badajoz, 1953). Ha mantenido actividades diversas dentro del ámbito fotográfico como creativo, investigador y docente. Ha impartido clases en diferentes centros y cursos académicos en la Universidad de Extremadura: “Interpretación fotográfica de la luz “, “Iluminación de interiores”, así como conferencias: “Sobre la creatividad”, “Motivación para la imagen y el estímulo visual”, “La razón de una obra”, “Ciencia, Arte y Religión”, “Cualidad de la forma”, “La identidad”, etc. Su labor docente también ha versado sobre fotografía aplicada a restauración de obras de arte y conservación de archivos fotográficos, dirigida a especialistas en arte y patrimonio. Su obra ha sido motivo de debate en congresos universitarios y tema de investigación en memorias de licenciatura y tesis doctorales.

Su aportación en un aspecto puramente técnico, radicó en la investigación y creación de dos nuevos procesos de fotomontaje o manipulación de la imagen: Proceso CUFY y Sistema de Altura, materializados en sus series fotográficas El Espacio Integrado (1985) y Gestáltica (1988). En 1990 obtiene la Beca de Artes Plásticas de la Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Extremadura.

Labels:

Friday, April 13, 2007

Jason Chan


"My name is Jason Chan and I like to draw .
I was born and raised in Stockton, California in 1983. After high school I moved out to San Francisco to study 3D animation at the Academy of Art University, but promptly changed my major to illustration and graduated in the Spring of 06. I am now working at Massive Black.

As I said, I love to draw. Ever since I was a kid I've always been drawing characters for make believe video games, cartoons and comics. I also loved drawing my favorite X-men characters, warcraft heroes, and video game sprites. I drew a million Mega Man and Mario drawings. As I grew up, that love for video games and fantasy never left me. I grew to love fantasy novels and that inspired my work. Many of my favorite video games were japanese made so as I drew the characters from those games, I began to fall for the anime style. Of course, that lead me to watch anime - an addiction I still haven't been able to shake. After a couple of yearsof horrible attempts at manga style art, I began school in San Francisco and actually got some decent life drawing and anatomy practice. I began to to be exposed to some of the western masters such as Sargent, Leyendecker, Rockwell, and Frazetta. I embraced the esthetics of western art and tried to improve myself in that direction. Now I am trying to marry my western art education with my eastern art interest and see what happens.
I'm still trying. We'll see what happens."

Labels:

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Sam Haskins



Información de OCAIW (Orazlo Centaro's Art Images on te Web).

Sam Haskins born in Johannesburg (South African) in 1926, moves to London in 1947 where he attends a photography school. In 1950 returns to Johannesburg opening a photography studio specializing in advertising. Back to London in 1968, after many moves, he inaugurates a photography studio.
His most important photo publications are "Five Girls", "Cowboy Kate", "November Girl", "African Image", "Sam Haskins in Bologna", and "Haskins Posters".
In Sam Haskins's female nudes, one can sense the careful and detailed professionalism of a still life photographer. He closely follows changes in fashion and new trends, writing: "After all, the public acceptance must be the main stimulus for any artist."
The black and white nudes present in "Cowboy Kate” are splendid: granulated details, deep blacks, odd cuts give a very high quality print. His photo assemblies are wonderful: the face of a model inside an apple, a tiny nude woman inserted within an unreal landscape of minerals, besides many others.
His most recent colour works are indescribably beautiful.

Labels:

Monday, April 09, 2007

José Clemente Orozco

Información de la Wikipedia.

José Clemente Orozco (23 de noviembre de 1883 - 7 de septiembre de 1949), muralista y litógrafo mexicano, nacido en Zapotlán (Jalisco) y fallecido en Ciudad de México. Graduado en la Escuela Nacional de Agricultura, estudió más tarde matemáticas y dibujo arquitectónico.
A los 26 años cobró interés por el arte y con Diego Rivera dirigió pronto el renacimiento mexicano. Sus primeros trabajos consistieron en litografías de la vida indígena; pero, interesado en la pintura mural, logró un perfecto dominio de su técnica.
Pintó murales para el Colegio Pomona de California, para el Dartmouth College y la New School for Social Research de Nueva York. La decoración de esta última, un verdadero fresco, pues fue pintada sobre yeso húmedo, fue la primera de este tipo que se hiciera en Nueva York.
Realizó numerosos murales en importantes edificios mexicanos, especialmente en el Palacio de Bellas Artes y la Universidad de Guadalajara, y en 1940 fue designado por el presidente Cárdenas para decorar el nuevo edificio del Tribunal Supremo de México.
El afán de lograr en sus cuadros recios efectos emotivos dio a sus obras simplicidad de línea y color y prestóles audacia en la interpretación de motivos contemporáneos y valores sociales. Pueden admirarse también muestras de su arte en la residencia del gobernador y capilla del Orfanato de la ciudad de México.
Está enterrado en la Rotonda de Hombres Ilustres de la capital mexicana.

Labels:

Friday, April 06, 2007

Aernout Overbeeke

Aernout Overbeeke
Aernout Overbeeke

Aernout Overbeeke

Aernout Overbeeke was born in Utrecht , the Netherlands, in 1951. Inspired by what he saw in his favourite museums during lunch breaks he turned to photography immediately after leaving school. After three periods of apprenticeship he started out as a freelance photographer in 1972.

The first ten years of his career he focussed on fashion photography. Since 1982 he has been concentrating on commercial work, which together with editorial work for Conde Nast, for instance, regularly involves travel to beautiful and mysterious places.


Since 1996 Aernout Overbeeke also directs commercials.

Labels:

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Heiko Klug

Heiko Klug

Heiko Klug

Joven artista alemán en el área de diseño. La pena es que su página web tiene una presentación en flash demasiado lenta, y tarda horrores en cargarse.
"Jesar-one is the creative portfolio of a 24 year old man, called Heiko Klug. He started digital arts in the end of 2003 and tries to express his emotions and thoughts in an abstract way of art. His focus is basically on print media and webgraphics. He plans to expand his possibilites in motion- and corporate design. Currently Heiko Klug visits a school for media technology in Germany and will graduate in the end of 2007 and hopes to get an employment in a design agency."

Labels:

Monday, April 02, 2007

Debra Hampton

 Debra Hampton

Debra Hampton

Debra Hampton was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California. She obtained a B.A. in Art History from California State University and later moved to New York to complete an M.A. in Humanities and Social Thought from New York University with a certficate in Museum Studies. She is currently represented by Priska Juschka Fine Art in New York and maintains a studio in Long Island City.
Ms. Hampton has been recipient of the Chashama AREA Studio Residency and an A.I.R. Gallery fellowship. Her work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art Permanent Drawing Collection, The Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, and has been included in publications such as ArtReview (London), The New York Times, Queens Chronical, Etapes Graphiques (France), MasterMind, The New York Art World, and Animal Magazine (forthcoming).

Labels:

 
 

Licencia C 2004-2005 by Spyder&Cat

Email