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25
mai
2010

Colorful Acrylic Paintings by Damien Bérullier Tuccimei
Posted by Julia Baron at 14:39

Damien Bérullier Tuccimei has always been surrounded by art, as he grew up in Paris with an artist for a mother.   As an artist working with acrylic painting, Damien is quite prolific in his original artwork, and creates canvases of many different styles which all fit in to his dynamic oeuvre.

Damien describes his style as “very liberal and spontaneous, I like to see the outcomes of different paintings according to my mood and surrounding.”  Looking through his gallery, one can see that he does not feel tied down to one single technique.  Whether he splatters paint in the manner of action painting or paints more deliberately, his work is always energetic and usually bursting with color.

Damien Bérullier Tuccimei, Acupuncture to Extasy, 450€

Damien Bérullier Tuccimei, Le Spectacle, 450€

Acupuncture to Extasy and Le Spectacle both show examples of his expressive abstract painting with very different styles.  The first contains more subdued colors in an acrylic painting we might imagine was done vigorously, with scribbles and scattered patches of color, while Le Spectacle uses more highly saturated blocks of brilliant color bordered by thick black outlines.

Damien Bérullier Tuccimei, Dessus, Dessous, Dessus, 500€

In Dessus Dessous Dessus, Damien uses only three colors, which he layers « above, below, above » one another in an exciting way.  This abstract acrylic painting shows yet another technique.  In Magrille, we see a playful spin on René Magritte’s classic Surrealist painting The Son of Man.  The acrylic painting is shielded by iron wires which Damien commonly uses in his work.

Damien Bérullier Tuccimei, Magrille, 650€

Damien’s acrylic paintings are lighthearted with an element of seriousness, and he is certainly serious about his work.  As he affirms, “I need to paint and create as there is nothing that makes me feel more passionate and complete,” his statement is clearly evident throughout his fruitful and creative work.

20
mai
2010

Theft of Five Paintings from Museum of Modern Art in Paris
Posted by Julia Baron at 12:32

Five significant paintings were stolen from the Paris Museum of Modern Art.  Among the works is a Picasso, a Matisse, and the total value of the works missing is half a billion Euros.

Security cameras caught a masked individual stealing the major paintings in the wee hours of the morning.  The works include Pablo Picasso’s Le pigeon aux petits-pois, L’olvier pres de l’Estaque by Georges Braque, and three other important paintings by Henri Matisse, Fernand Leger, and Amedeo Modigliani.

The museum’s night guard first noticed the works were missing around 7am in Paris.  A broken padlock and shattered window were discovered where the thief entered, and it is still unclear whether the museum’s alarm systems were tampered with.

The museum is currently blocked off for further police investigation.

Henri Matisse’s La pastorale and Pablo Picasso’s Le pigeon aux petits pois

image from lepoint.fr

20
mai
2010

Painting by Ryan Cronin: Associating the Unexpected
Posted by Julia Baron at 10:22

Ryan Cronin’s distinct artistic style recalls the different approaches of pop art paintings, children’s art, and modern surrealism.  He works on square boards and uses the unusual medium of rust-oleum paint.  On the surface, his works resemble kids’ art, and are lighthearted and humorous.  Although simple in appearance, his work is sophisticated and puzzling as he plays with words and symbols.

Ryan Cronin, Taste Sweet Revenge, 2800€

In Cronin’s balanced compositions, he arranges his images against opaque backgrounds and uses black and white with bold, mostly primary colors.  Taste Sweet Revenge, picturing five cent chewing gum, and Wiffle Ball are particularly reminiscent of pop art paintings.  Wiffle Ball certainly pops out –a canvas in black, white, and red, with a giant wiffle ball filling the square, with the hand-lettering “Wiffle ball” and “baseball size” written beneath the image.  His black and white painting, Night Crawlers, exemplifies his works with basic symbols and images.

Ryan Cronin, Wiffle Ball, 2800€

Cronin’s paintings encourage free association.  His square canvases are often light and entertaining to look at, but he also presents unexpected images, words, and relationships between them.  His works are humorous and whimsical, and many are seemingly innocent while others sometimes a bit dark.   Just Do It, for example, juxtaposes a well-known slogan with an unexpected element.

Ryan Cronin, Just Do It, 2800€

As a contemporary artist, Cronin has a clearly developed modern style.  Cronin’s works are an escape from reality and at all at once serious and simply fun to look at.

Ryan Cronin, Night Crawlers, 2800€

3
mai
2010

The Colorful Canvas of Ulrik Poniatowski: Where Street Art Meets Georges Seurat
Posted by Julia Baron at 14:44

In the boldly colorful original artwork of Ulrik Poniatowski, we find an interesting mix of a street art style and intricate pointillism.  He fills his canvas with vibrant, hot colors using Posca –paint pens in water-based pigment ink –a medium often used in street art and Tags.  These pens provide Poniatowski with bright opaque paint color along with the excellent precision found in an ordinary marker.  Poniatowski works with this distinct medium while he explores a few different styles and themes.

Ulrik Poniatowski, The Power of the Elements, €950

The Power of the Elements best represents his canvases in pointillism.  The four elements are layered in loose horizontal stripes across the canvas with a fiery sky and blue flame-like waves encompassing black, gray and white wind and earth patterns.  It is as if the fire and water contain the earth and wind, and yet each of the four is powerful in and of itself, as Poniatowski skillfully has composed a pattern and style for each one.  The red and orange fire tones used in the top layer take sweeping, striped forms, blending into the black, white and gray cut-out patterned wind below, which rests upon the zigzag figures of the earth, and finally bright blue waves take the bottom layer of the canvas.  The four elements not only contrast each other but also seem to fit together like puzzle pieces, both in their distinct patterns and in their all being composed of pointillist dots.  A strong sense of movement runs throughout the canvas.

Ulrik Poniatowski, The Pink and Almond Alphabet, €650

Just as intricate, The Pink and Almond Alphabet shows what Poniatowski calls his “Alphabet Inconscient” –unconscious alphabet style in which he repeatedly fills his canvas with patterns resembling letters, closely woven together.  In this one, pink tones stand out against a bright fluorescent green background.  The work entrances as each shape is the slightest bit different and manifests itself as an unconscious exercise of the artist and his pen.

Ulrik Poniatowski, The Great Apple, €450

Poniatowski also paints compositions based on different subjects, such as The Great Apple, which is a bright canvas full of symbols to represent New York City, including high rise buildings, lights, money signs, musical notes, and a subway train sweeping down from the top right corner of the canvas.  The jumbled images and varied, often fluorescent, colors make for a lively and playful composition.

Ulrik Poniatowski, Angels Pistols, €1200

Ulrik Poniatowski’s work in Posca with loud colors, intricate patterns, pointillism, and urban art themes all come together for his distinct modern style.  Poniatowski clearly has a talent for this medium, and his unique style and technique will surely bring him tremendous success as he brings his exciting canvases to the contemporary art market.

This month, Ulrik will be showing his work at Galerie Artisyou in the Paris Marais district.  On display from 8 May through 5 June.  11 Rue Thorigny 75003 Paris.

29
avr
2010

Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna features Vermeer’s The Art of Painting
Posted by Julia Baron at 13:46

Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum houses a first class Old Masters collection with paintings by Titian, Rembrandt, Velázquez and Holbein, to name just a few of many, as well as magnificent collections including Ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, Medieval Art, and of course Renaissance and Baroque art.  The museum has eight collections in total, representing centuries of the Hapsburg dynasty’s passionate art collecting and patronage.  Facing the Natural History Museum in the Maria Theresien-Platz of Vienna’s Ringstrasse, the building was designed in an Italian Renaissance style and after twenty years of construction, opened in 1891 to hold the imperial Hapsburg collections.

Entering the building is equally impressive as its regal exterior.  The impressive marble staircase which leads to the galleries is decorated with murals by Gustav Klimt, Mihaly von Munkácsy and Hans Makart.

Johannes Vermeer van Delft, The Art of Painting, 1665-1666,

Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Picture Gallery

A recent exhibition centers around Vermeer’s iconic work The Art of Painting.  Johannes Vermeer van Delft kept this work displayed in his studio from the moment he painted it up until after his death.  The work, considered an allegory of the art of painting, shows the artist painting his model posing as Clio, the Muse of History, as he faces a map with the historical 17 provinces of the Netherlands.  This very map by Claes Jansz Visscher is displayed in the exhibition, along with other props from the scene as well as documents from historical Dutch archives.  The exhibit displays an in-depth study of Vermeer’s possible techniques for the work.  The question of whether he used a camera obscura, for example, is analyzed along with the pigments he used.  Other works of art influenced by The Art of Painting join the masterpiece in an intriguing exhibit in the Kunsthistorisches Picture Gallery.

20
avr
2010

Glamorous Art by Amylee
Posted by Julia Baron at 14:09

With a strong interest in fashion, Amylee Emilie Garcia combines fashion and art in her art design.  A multi talented artist working in Paris, Amylee uses painting and drawing, fashion illustration, and collage for her work.  She mixes collage with acrylic painting to create brightly colored canvases with themes of women, film, and portraits, and inspired by vintage fashion with seventies wallpapers and prints.  She is most enthralled by joining plastic art with fashion, and she passionately explores different ways to combine her interests.

Amylee, Norma, 2010

Amylee’s bright color palette changes with the seasons, as if her works of art were part of the fashion world, or perhaps a highly developed fashion illustration for the season.  Her style is influenced by Pop Art, as she integrates pop culture as well as reinterprets vintage textiles.  In Norma, from Amylee’s collection “Rockabilly Circus,” she mixes the three patterns of floral print, checks, and leopard print, which might ordinarily contrast each other negatively, but she employs an intelligent color palette of complementary orange and violet tones along with black and white to create a balanced composition of a stunning, vintage model.

Amylee, Glam Circus, 2010

Amylee enjoys trying new things in her work, and her array of interests play together beautifully as she bounces ideas off of various styles and art forms.  Amylee’s eye for color speaks to her talent in fashion design, and she experiments with colors and patterns to create dazzling canvases.

31
mar
2010

Expressionist Art by Caleen Ladki
Posted by Julia Baron at 12:55

As influence for her colorful expressionist art, the young artist Caleen Ladki, 22, draws from her experience of living in two very different cultures.  She grew up in Saudi Arabia and moved to London at the end of high school –a big move which had a great impact on her life and work.

Caleen Ladki, Two Woman, 2009, €780

After living in Saudi Arabia, her move to a climate like London influenced her work tremendously, and Ladki’s expressionist art is emotional.   “Riyadh is a very enclosed society. There are no cinemas. No beaches. Restaurants are segregated and you have to wear an abaya covering yourself when you go out. This was a big influence on my work,” she explains.  It seems the drastic change inspired Ladki to create based on her everyday reactions, and it translates quite effectively in her expressionist art.

Caleen Ladki, Exploding Coral, 2009, €500

Ladki’s work is also inspired by her favorite artists Gustav Klimt and Egon Shiele, both in expressionist style and subject matter.  She often layers paint and also tends “to squeeze the paint straight onto the canvas and work like that rather than thinking things through for hours.”  Ladki’s work is vibrant and spontaneous.  “I never work on a painting for more than a day. Since my paintings reflect my emotions, I feel it’s necessary to the work that I paint and finish my idea that same moment to capture the true essence of the emotion.”

Ladki’s artwork has changed since she began studying textile design two years ago, and she now tends to work with textures and abstract paintings, whereas she used to focus on the body and self portraits.  Both styles have the movement and energetic quality of expressionist art.  Ladki’s fresh and original painting will no doubt have great success as it emerges in the contemporary art scene.

Caleen Ladki, Girl with Arm Band, 2009, €1000

26
mar
2010

New Pop Art by Adrien Belgrand
Posted by Julia Baron at 13:27

Adrien Belgrand’s Pop Art has intriguing strength without being too forceful.  A newcomer to the French art scene, Belgrand humbly sets his style into contemporary art.  Composition wise, his canvases are a mix of figurative art and Pop Art.  From Paris, where Belgrand lives and works, his contemporary art presents a journey through his different series, produced based on photographs from a variety of international destinations.

Adrien Belgrand, Sno Shack, 2450€

Influenced by David Hockney, Adrien Belgrand uses a vibrant palette reminiscent of the Pop Art style.  With an exposed frame, with the presence or absence of human figures and a geometric sharpness of contours, Belgrand revitalizes the genre.  His personal touch is quite apparent.  Objects and architectural elements are simplified, with color appearing overexposed to sunlight, which gives the impression of complete flatness in the manner of Pop Art.

Adrien Belgrand, Tunnel, 1650€

A fascinating body of work for its uniqueness, Belgrand gives himself a temporality, as we can see time passing with his serial work.  Viewing his paintings, you might encounter street scenes, a series of kiosks, or country highways of California.  A rising artist in the contemporary art world, Belgrand’s success is only increasing.  His new Pop Art style has been welcomed all over Europe, as he auctions in Drouot and his works have already been bought by collectors from art galleries in England, Germany, and Italy.

Adrien Belgrand, Candy Apples, 2450€

25
mar
2010

Modern Art at the Louvre: New Ceiling by Cy Twombly
Posted by Julia Baron at 14:53

Cy Twombly is the third contemporary artist bestowed with the honor of being commissioned for a work in the Louvre Museum -after Anslem Kiefer’s monumental painting in 2007, and François Morellet’s Lefuel Staircase window installations this year.  The Louvre’s practice of inviting works by living artists continues with Twombly’s new painted ceiling in one of the museum’s biggest gallery spaces –the 350m2 Salle des Bronzes.

View of the Louvre’s new Salle des Bronzes ceiling by Cy Twombly

The ceiling differs from Twombly’s usual style characterized by a graffiti influence.  He designed the work to complement the large rectangular space containing the museum’s Classical bronze sculpture.  The result is a vibrant blue ceiling decorated with yellow, off-white, and blue spherical orbs and the names of the seven foremost Greek sculptors from the fourth century –including Praxiteles, Polyclitus, and Lysippus.  The last artist asked to do a Louvre ceiling was Georges Braque in 1953, in a room which leads to Twombly’s new ceiling.

Cy Twombly with his ceiling at the Louvre in Paris, on March 23, 2010

Cy Twombly, originally from Virginia where he was born in 1928, has lived in Italy since the 1950s and has often traveled to Greece, as his work is strongly influenced by ancient Greek history and mythology.  His work for the Salle des Bronzes is a nice synthesis of his contemporary abstract style rooted in antiquity.

Opens March 25, 2010.

Louvre Museum, Sully Wing, 1st floor, Salle des Bronzes, Paris, France.

10
mar
2010

Cedric Blatrie’s Abstract Art
Posted by Julia Baron at 13:18

In the abstract art of Cedric Blatrie, his contemporary style makes use of collage and attention-grabbing shapes and colors.  A self-taught artist with a talent for oil painting, Blatrie creates original artwork with multiple layers, which takes the viewer into vibrant scenes of the art abstract.

Cédric Blatrie is a self-taught artist.  He launched into painting one day, and was quite successful at it.  With Blatrie, we enter a world of sensation, colors, and geometric shapes in his abstract paintings.  In his original artwork, where we see some influence of Staël, Blatrie catches our eye in his deliberate, contemporary style with an interesting display of shapes and a limited color palette.  Blatrie invites us to ponder his mastery of art abstract.

Cedric Blatric, Haute Couture, 810€

Working in Lausanne, Switzerland, Cédric Blatrie gives us a look at abstract paintings in his world constructed by touch, flatness, and powerful geometrical forms.  This abstraction reminds us of the invisible, impalpable world of the unconscious.  His abstract art is characterized by the use of large white canvases on which his work takes place.  Adding material to create thick layers, Blatrie asserts his talent in the act of collage atop oil painting in his NeuroParty works.

Cedric Blatrie, Neuroparty II, 475€

A lover of the big screen and music stars, Blatrie also creates black and white portraits of famous artists in his series entitled “Show Business,” with images of icons from the Beatles to the Godfather.  Gradually straying from figurative art, his current painting style will no doubt delight aficionados of abstract art.

Cedric Blatrie, Beatles, 340€

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