How can we forget the scent of dolls? Children we ask too much of, to be perfect, like dolls. Children who have become sons and daughters of perfection, pretence and image, manipulated by the media and the social context and who are inevitably losing their naturalness. An exhibit which becomes a starting point for reflection sociological research and introspection, to better understand ourselves and the world around us. And to understand that the best present we can give to children is to let them be children.
Love = Love by Kent Rogowski. Flowers and skies were taken out of over 40 puzzles and combined to form a series of spectacular landscapes. Although puzzle pieces are unique and can only fit into one place within a puzzle they are interchangeable within a brand. So he was able to mix and match pieces to create these deconstructed and surreal, yet still amazing landscapes.
Welcome to the exhibition of aiik photographer, Fang Lu.
Fang Lu’s first exhibition
11September~4October
Albemarle Gallery
49 Albemarle Street
London W1S 4JR
Fang Lu was born in 1977 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. He moved to the USA when he was four and lived there until the age of ten, at which time he and his family returned to Taiwan. Lu has lived and worked in Spain for the past five years.
Lu’s paintings are visually stunning and consistently engaging. His works combine areas of the utmost precision and realism with others which have been blurred to the extent that the bodies depicted are barely decipherable; faces and forms are distorted and warped in a manner reminiscent of the work of Francis Bacon.
Set against blankets of monochrome black, Lu’s figures appear apparitional. Like fragmented memories, we see hazy outlines and suggestions of form; parts are clear whilst others remain elusive. Lu became fascinated by the blurred effect in the paintings of Gerhard Richter when visiting Germany in 2006 and Richter’s influence is clearly manifest in these works; in blurring some areas rather than others, Lu encourages us to scour the whole canvas in order to notice the details he chooses to include.
The significance of the use of purple in the paintings relates to Lu’s own personality. Specifically, the purple tone of the paintings serves to demonstrate the tension Lu feels between his outward behaviour and his inner self. His principally Asian upbringing instilled within him a reserved manner and Lu believes that this cultural system suppressed his true feelings and distorted his temperament. However, despite this reserved upbringing, Lu still feels a wild fire of imagination continually burn within him. Thus, the Purple Series is a direct result of this conflict Lu experiences between his outer blue of conformity and his inner red of freedom and creativity; it is a mixture and fusion of these binary traits in his personality.
The vast eyes that Lu paints reinforce this notion of hidden feelings beneath outer appearances. Traditionally, eyes represent gateways to an honest and true portrayal of a person’s character. However, it remains unclear whether the eyes Lu paints are meant to act as windows into the souls of his subjects or mirrors for our own. The retinas which stare out from Lu’s huge canvases compel us to return their gaze, to lose ourselves in the depths of the painted canvas. Thus, just as the hands that grasp each other in Need suggest the significance of proximity and tactile contact between bodies, Lu’s eyes encourage us to feel a visual bond and intimacy to the faces we see before us.
This is a great video of Jape’s song, ‘Floating.’ You may not like the wasting of food. But for artisitic value, it is very creative. It’s slow and mellow with nice repetition. The colours are so beautiful!
‘Move’ is a contemporary art exhibition that will occupy a temporary space spice in Vyner Street, London, from 11th October until 4th November 2007. This multi media exhibition represents a collection of leading artists working in close geographical proximity in the far west peninsula of Cornwall.
‘Move’ is an attempt to remind, rejoice and confront, demonstrating moments of lucidity, vulnerability and resolve in the search for transcendence and meaning in a nihilistic and prosaic world, an honest and liberated exploration of the psyche, its yearnings and its conflicts in the 21st century.
Trained by his wandering experiments of the urban life, Cyril Anguelidis, a plastics technician, graphic designer and urban digital illustrator, gets inspirations from the heart of New York city, Bombay and Paris, with the energy of the megalopoles – excessive and exciting. His rough esthetics, electric colors and generous curves testify his extravagance. His pieces of work relate a lot to current society. He impregnates the discussions of life and environment.
Exhibition is open until Saturday 30 September 2007. Don’t miss it!!
Info:
Exhibition free entry
From Tuesday to Saturday, 13h – 20h
Dorothy’s gallery
Address : 27, rue Keller, Paris 75011
Metro : Bastille ( n°1,5,8 ) / Voltaire ( n°9 ) http://www.anguelidis.com/
Well, actually you’ll probably never meet the guy. We’re not sure when he was born (maybe 1974, somewhere around Bristol, UK) and his real name could be Robert Bank. Oh, and we have no picture of him and don’t know how to contact him. But all this does not really mater. What we are sure of is that he is a world-renowned street artist. His work, displayed on the walls of many cities around the globe, is often humorous and usually conveys strong messages. It goes from graffiti messages like, “We’re bored of fish“, written in giant letters in the penguin enclosure of London zoo, to placing an inflatable doll dressed as a Guantanamo Bay prisoner in Disneyland, California.
One of his most powerful and moving works to me is the series of paintings on the Palestinian wall. Look at the pictures, they speak for themselves.
If you want to find out more, check out his website and keep an eye open when you walk in the street, art could be anywhere. (www.banksy.co.uk).
