![]() ![]() ![]() We are waiting for something that is taking its course. We do not know yet where this is going, or what will become of it. It shows us a world on the threshold of something new, but still struggling with the old. Limbo is a first attempt to come to terms with this fact without claiming to have any answers. There's a new series by Iranian visual artist Mahsa Merci, focusing on portraits of the LGBTQ community and challenging the meaning of gender, identity and beauty.Īside from the political unrest and turmoil translated in Nicolas Holiber's Freedom Fighters and Live Free or Die paintings, highlighting protests and police brutality in America, elsewhere, we see a calmer artistic response with hints of quiet lockdown life through Victor Delestre's latest still life paintings.īram Leven adds: "If the events of the past six months have made anything clear, it is how fragile human society and human lives can be. The uncertainty and urge for change have been translated into new works by artists such as Rebecca Brodskis and her oil on linen painting, Chassé-croisé II, which translates as 'crossover' and perhaps reflects on globalisation, colonialism, and her own childhood living between France and Morocco. But they may also prove to be a political and ecological turning point, an ultimate wake up call leading to racial justice as well as climate justice." Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter may catapult the world in further turmoil, accelerating the global ecological catastrophe and fuelling further outbursts of systemic racism. What we do not know, is which turn current events will take. "For better or for worse, we are living through what may well become one of the defining moments of the twenty-first century," says Bram Ieven, of the exhibition. I work from light to dark and use as many glazes as necessary to achieve the end results I’m looking for.It's also an attempt to capture the "ambience of transience and uncertainty" that has characterised the year so far. I do most of my planning in my head once I get an idea, I make a line drawing using a No. “I work from photos, and I edit according to what adds to my main focus. He stood proudly, smiling through missing teeth, bowing to the crowd. Lowering his body, he began writhing moves of a contortionist, inching along until he passed underneath the bar. ![]() He put on music and placed a bar inches above the ground. “I watched him hustle the crowd, passing his cap as he engaged spectators. I wanted to portray the insults that age inflicted upon his human physiognomy. His body was youthful and wiry his face told a different story. As I was walking through the town, I noticed a crowd gathering around this man with the darkest bluish-black skin. “While I was on a cruise, the ship docked in Antigua. It was the expression of the portrait that caught my attention and will remain in my consciousness going forward.” Antigua, Street Limbo (watercolor on paper, 22×28) by E. The scene is replete with bizarre creatures suffering from deformities. Johnson collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 14501516) This image of Christ rescuing Adam and Eve from Purgatory is one of the earliest imitations after Hieronymus Bosch in the John G. “Antigua, Street Limbo was a memorable painting. 16th century Follower of Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, c. Why did the artist choose this subject, topic, viewpoint, color and composition? What is the artist trying to say? What catches my eye and captures my imagination is the story being told. The National Watercolor Society (NWS) has recognized his watercolor painting Antigua, Street Limbo (below) with the “NWS Purchase Award with Silver Star.” In Watercolor Artist magazine, Juror Barbara Nechis had this to say: “I expect the top paintings in any exhibition, and hopefully all that are selected, to be technically competent that’s a given. ![]() I’d like to congratulate self-taught artist E. ![]()
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