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Artist Daniel Hesidence Contemporary Art Work

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Daniel Hesidence approaches his practice as a philosophical totality. Situating himself as the inventor of an ever-expanding universe, Hesidence’s individual pieces provide mere glimpses into a creative infinite. Composing his work in ‘volumes’, Hesidence’s paintings document a self-propelled evolution. Each canvas is distinct yet interconnected, holding its own place in his ‘cosmological’ timeline. Untitled is indicative of Hesidence’s stream of consciousness process. Emerging from the blank white canvas, impassioned smears of colour form a halo around a suggested figure. Rather than defining an image, Hesidence uses the malleable qualities of paint to portray an emotional and psychological state. Distant and dream-like, the intricacies of sentient gesture form a physical representation of the intangibility and impermanence of thought.

Embracing painting as an unlimited form of expression, Daniel Hesidence’s works describe a means of sub-language communication, something primal and emotive that exceeds linguistic structure. Hesidence’s style ranges from figuration to abstraction, but his subject matter is always what lies beyond the surface. Ranging from dense impasto to delicate washes, frenzied brushmarks and disquieting voids, Hesidence’s refined techniques transform reticent sentiment into tactile physicality. Mapping out the idyllic meanderings of cerebral terrain, Untitled’s colourful fantasia playfully conveys amorphous vitality with an aura of pastoral calm.

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Artist Dash Snow Contemporary Art Work

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For Dash Snow photography becomes a way of engaging with environment and memory. Each snapshot captures a place, time, and emotion, freeze-framing the individual components of everyday experience, mapping out the compilation of an identity. Using a Polaroid camera for its instantaneous results and association as keep-sakes, the familiar format of Snow’s photos replicates the sentiments of his images: cheap, disposable, and plebian mementos become humble evidence of discarded beauty.

Documenting his life through a lens, Snow’s photographs explore personal existence as a periphery to globalised culture. Presenting an unabridged account of his marginalised lifestyle, Snow’s often uncomfortable images paint an intimate portrait where topical issues such as sex, drugs, poverty, and anti-social behaviour are confronted from a frank position of personal participation. Translated through the generic quality of his medium, Snow’s photos convey the disoriented fragments of memory as voyeuristic observation, conceiving the experience of ‘self’ as a bi-product of mass media dissociation.

Picturing the underbelly of contemporary culture, Snow distances his images with cinematic veritas. Graffiti, ironically broken signage, seedy hotel sex romps, and instances of human despair don’t evoke empathy, but rather suggest a poetic affirmation of humanity and against-the-odds survivalism.

Dash Snow’s Untitled (Thong) reworks imagery of porn, violence, and glamour into a totem of faded power. Recalling the optimistic ideology of Suprematist design, Snow’s collage presents a futuristic icon from degenerate emblems. Mounted on a mundane wall paper background, photocopied snippets of syringes, gems, rodents, machine parts and bottoms merge as an abstracted cyborg figure, an unsavoury goddess of underclass bravura. Read Entire Article of Dash Snow at the saatchi-gallery

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Zhang Dali was born on 1963 and Born in Harbin, China. Zhang Dali has portrayed 100 immigrant workers in life-size resin sculptures of various postures, with a designated number, the artistâs signature and the workâs title âChinese Offspringâ tattooed onto each of their bodies. They are often hung upside down, indicating the uncertainty of their life and their powerlessness in changing their own fates.

The scrawled profiles of a human head are the work of 18K (aka AK47) – the artist formerly known as Zhang Dali. You wouldnât notice them in a Western city because the simple drawings would be quickly sprayed over with graffiti done by thousands of other lay abouts, vandals, artists and political groups. 18K was born in Heilongjiang 36 years ago and came to Beijing after middle school to attend the prestigious Central Academy of Art and Design. He majored in traditional Chinese ink-and-brush painting but soon began producing abstract works and experimenting with different materials. In the late 1980s, 18K was the first artist to move to the village near Yuanmingyuan that later became a thriving colony of artists and bohemians until it was closed by Beijing authorities in the early 1990s. In 1988, 18K was one of several artists featured in independent filmmaker Wu Wenguangâs Bumming in Beijing (Liulang Beijin)

In fact, many of 18Kâs tags are intentionally placed right next to “chai” characters. Not only is graffiti painted onto walls that will soon be rubble unlikely to stir the police into action, 18K also has artistic reasons for associating his heads with condemned structures: the work is an attempt to engage in a dialogue with Beijing, a city where buildings come down faster than they did in wartime Berlin and London. Like many young people involved in the arts, 18K left Beijing in 1989. He went to Italy where he spent six years living in different cities and working as an artist. On his return to Beijing in 1993 he conceived of his long running graffiti project which he entitles Dialogue because the intention is that the graffiti along with photographs and articles that document and criticize it will together comprise a dialogue about the changing face of Beijing

Selected EXHIBITIONS-

2006

â¢ A Second History curated by Wu Hung, Walsh Gallery, Chicago

2005

â¢ Sublimation curated by Wu Hung, Beijing Commune, China

2004

â¢ Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London

2003

â¢ Galleria Gariboldi, Milan, Italy

2002

â¢ Base Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London

Conclusions:

Zhang Dali has portrayed 100 immigrant workers in life-size resin sculptures of various postures, with a designated number, the artistâs signature and the workâs title âChinese Offspringâ tattooed onto each of their bodies.

What to Do Next. . .

If you want any information about Zhang Huan or looking for his paintings please visit us on http://www. saatchi-gallery. co. uk/artists/zhang_dali. htm

About Artist Stef Driesen Art Work and His Paintings at the Saatchi Gallery

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Influenced by the works of Northern European Old Masters, Stef Driesen’s paintings often incorporate references to art history through their colours, compositions, and subject matter. Through this lineage, Driesen draws from his own personal experiences to create beautifully expressive canvases evoking both emotional and physical sensuality. Using his own sexual identity as a platform for investigation, Driesen’s work expands upon the theme of man and nature: each canvas conceals a human form within his abstracted landscapes, creating a symbiosis between the romantic sublime and mortal carnality.

Using a fleshy, earthy palette, Driesen’s canvases blur the bounds between tangible and psychological space. Watery grounds, delicate brushwork, and intensified tones lend a sense of dream-like terrain, translating materiality of paint into ephemeral fields redolent with contemplation, desire, and loss. In their poetic articulation, Driesen’s paintings convey the intimacy of the human condition, rendering it equally fragile and heroic. Watery mountain scapes and dramatic skies frame ambiguously figurative foreground elements. Soft pinks and flashes of azure punctuate dark canvases highlighting rivers through the picture plane and revealing landscapes beyond. Ultimately Stef Driesen’s compositions expand space, opening up an imaginary dimension into a world full of the theatrical and fantastic.

Stef Driesen draws inspiration from the compositions, colour palettes, and themes explored by these Old Masters, and is inspired by the way in which they used all of these elements to project a vision of life in their time, political, religious, romantic or otherwise. Watery mountain scapes and dramatic skies frame ambiguously figurative foreground elements. Soft pinks and flashes of azure punctuate dark canvases highlighting rivers through the picture plane and revealing landscapes beyond. Ultimately Stef Driesen’s compositions expand space, opening up an imaginary dimension into a world full of the theatrical and fantastic.

What to Do Next. . .

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Artist Molly Larkey’s Art Work and Paintings at the Saatchi Gallery

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Molly Larkey’s The Revolutionary playfully incorporates elements of formalist abstraction with its symbolic subject matter. Constructed from a variety of materials, Larkey gives her sculpture a rainbow treatment of brightly coloured paint, each rough hewn component compiling as a topsy-turvy monument, inciting both Modernist art history and hippie psychedelia. With her theatrical assemblage, Larkey frames these disparate ideas as humorously dysfunctional; relating the dynamics of power with the festivity of grass roots endeavour.

BIOGRAPHY

1971

Born Los Angeles.

Lives and works in Brooklyn

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007

Project Room, PS1 Contemporary Arts

Center, Long Island City

2004

Webspace @ Artists Space, New York

2003

The End of You Is The Beginning of The End of Me, PS122 Gallery, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

M*A*S*H, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud & Amy

Smith-Stewart, New York

Tropical Punch, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn

2005

LineAge, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

Off My Biscuit, Destroy Your District!, Samson Projects,

Boston

Atomica, Esso Gallery & Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New

York

Désert de Retz, curated by David Hunt, Audiello Fine Art, New York

2004

Black Milk, Marvelli Gallery, New York

2003

Terrible Beauty, Satelliteâ (a division of Roebling Hall), New York

2001

An Exhibition of Works by Contemporary Women Artists:

Kiki Smith, Cecily Brown, Jane Hammond, Elizabeth Murray, Susan Rothenberg, Molly Larkey, Lisa Yuskavage, Marisol, Bobbie Greenfield Gallery,

Santa Monica

2000

New York Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, New York

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

1999

Size Matters, Gales Gates et al, Brooklyn, NY

Mirror, Mirror On the Screen, Momenta Art Gallery, Williamsburg

The Y2K Solution, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

1996

Incestuous, Threadwaxing Space, New York

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White Feather Productions brings Cherokee artist, Donald Vann, to Thunderbird Art Gallery

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Donald Vann Celebrating the Holiday Season in Greeley, ColoradoBy Jeannene Bernard Donald was born and raised near Stilwell, Oklahoma, inside the Cherokee Nation, but it is more than just his Native American heritage he strives to share. He has spent much of his life in nature first camping and hunting with his Grandfather as a young boy, then as an artist studying nature and wildlife up close. Donald draws his greatest inspiration from the earth, sky and the rhythms of nature. His creations have qualities that allow the viewer to share some of the inner facets of the world as he sees it. Donald was honorably discharged from Fort Hood, Texas in March of 1973. He was so impressed with the surrounding country; he decided to make his home and studio in Austin. This is the studio where most of his visions have been transferred to art. Although his paintings are sold in galleries in several areas of the United States, Donald enjoys going on the road, meeting new people and keeping up with collectors. When asked what would he like people to know about him, Donald said he has met lots of nice people and all people are important to him. He has had a good life and has been able to share it with loving friends and family. He is thankful for the ability to enjoy the things he is able to do in his life now and hopes to continue for many years to come. To preview Donald’s art view his website at: www. donaldvann. com or join us on you tube at www. youtube/user/DonaldVann. World-renowned Cherokee Artist, Donald Vann, will be celebrating his 51st year of painting and the holiday season at the Thunderbird Art Gallery in Greeley, Colorado December 12 and 13. Donald, a decorated Vietnam veteran, combines his love for art and his Cherokee heritage, he creates moving images that speak of the Indian way of life and capture the hearts of art collectors worldwide. He was proclaimed, “…one of the best known Indian artists of the twentieth century…” by the Cherokee National Historical Society. The Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of the American Indian honored him with their top painting award for watercolor medium. He has also won first place ribbons in juried competitions at Oklahoma’s Red Earth Exhibit, Colorado Indian Market and National American Indian Arts Exposition.

On-line Art Galleries can assist in the career and business development of an Artist

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It is often difficult for an artist to find a gallery prepared to take their work. Even if they do find an art gallery, the art gallery may restrict the number of art works hung and space or time permitted for an exhibition. But the main problem for most newer artists is the question of being unknown. Unless an artist is already known it is almost impossible to find a gallery willing to handle their work. But how to become known and how to earn some income in the meantime? Even when an art gallery is located and terms agreed there is the question of commission and sales tax which can mean that the gallery and the picture framer earn more than the artist. The commercial aspect of a working life in art is a difficult one to manage. It is rare that an artist makes a reasonable living from art without having to supplement with other work such as teaching. An artist can also attempt to raise their profile by entering competitions and with luck and talent gain prize money also. Artists are turning to the internet to increase their audience exposure and assist in making sales of their work. Many on-line art galleries however have no selection criteria for work submitted and further they do not permit dedicated space for each artist. The end result is that an artist’s work does not show in any cohesive manner, unless the user already knows the name of the artist and searches for their name. On-line art gallery space with selection and dedicated gallery space per artist

Art Online – Learn How Online Art Galleries Benefit the Artist and the Buyer

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Art gallery sites provide market space for sellers and buyers of artistic pieces. It`s a very effective instrument, which connects national and international buyers with artists directly. Artists exhibit their creations in online expositions letting potential buyers select pieces online comfortably and fast. It`s progressive device, which allows them to sell their creations inexpensively and with no commissions. These websites have high quality images of pieces which are divided by medium – watercolor, oil, pastel, portraits and others. Also, these expositions can be separated by subject – animals, abstract, urban, etc. Among traditional styles, they also have new fine art such as computer animation, digital pieces, etc. Visitors may find interesting and rare creations such as paper prints from the 1950s and 1960s, oil on canvas from the 1930s, Russian works from the Soviet epoch and other out-of-the-ordinary vintage creations. Art galleries are an effective way for the unknown artists because they have high traffic and always develop and create traffic to it. A single unknown master can create his own site, but it may not have enough traffic on it. They may link their own site with the website. Well-organized marketing strategy helps to keep these galleries search-friendly and visible. It drives more traffic and more people will know about the him and his work. Online expositions have a featured painters list with masters, who have the most perspective on such works. Painters also can use some tools to increase exposure to their galleries. For example, they may send an e-card with their creations to potential buyers. These galleries also allow clients to send their work as e-cards. Web exhibitions provide public information about artists: their stories and bios. They are welcome to publish articles about their work on these sites. In their articles, they can explain their vision, providing insight into their talent. They may write everything, whatever they think may be interesting and reflect their artistic point of view. Online museums of art are, in and of themselves, great web exhibitions. They have collections of masterpieces from all over the world. There are thousands of works of masters from all history, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Caravaggio, Raphael and others. Galleries of famous works are very important from both a cultural and education prospective. They include not only the most famous works, but they also have lessor-known paintings of famous painters. There also is available biographies of the masters and history of the particular piece. Online art sites also have information about classes, tools and supplies, news, etc. An interesting idea was to create activities for children. A range of activities for kids are included between other history lessons and color selection games. Kids may like painting technique demonstrations and drawing projects. Students probably will have a lot of fun imitating popular masters. Or, they may be happy using different styles on the base of masterpieces with tools, provided by these websites.

Becoming a Real Portrait Artist

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Earlier only little royal class of people had interest and capacity to afford portrait paintings but with the passage of time, these days many people are much concern for their portrait paintings. They want to have their paintings in their home. However, in comparison to past, at present there is range of printing materials that made it available for all at reasonably price. Additionally, now no more people need to sit in the studio for their paintings because a portrait artist can make paintings from a photograph as well.

Portrait painting is not an easy task because it needs a perfect and mature technical skill with significant experience. Therefore, a portrait artist uses to take many years to develop a perfect skill of these paintings. The skill and experience of an artist do reflect on the canvas at which he/she characterized the painting.

The interesting point of artists is their paintings that reflect their basic idea and thoughts. As for example, if a person is kind and loves to help poor people to eradicate the poverty; his paintings will largely show the poor people and their problematic conditions. Similarly, in the paintings of a nature loving artist, you will mostly find natural landscape scenes. Likewise, the paintings convey the inner self of an artist. The quality and small significant features of paintings also depict the skill and experience of painters. Hence, a perfect painting is one that shows the same look as in the actual life.

To become a portrait artist, there are no such hard and fast rules that make person a perfect painter. Besides, it also cannot be develop in small period of time. However, if a person has honesty and devotion towards his work, in the subsequent time he/she may develop an experienced and perfect artist within himself/herself.