Sumi-e (墨絵), also called suiboku-ga (水墨画), is Japanese ink wash painting. Sumi-e painting evolved in the 5th century from Chinese calligraphy. The main subjects
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Anselm Kiefer, Velimir Khlebnikov and Submarines
“Time, Measure of the world – Fate of the people. The New Doctrine of War: Naval Battles Recur Every 317
Continue readingPutti Sculptures from three periods: Hellenistic, (late) Renaissance, and Neoclassicism
Introduction The Italian word “putto” is derived from the Latin word “putus”, meaning “boy” or “child”. In this post I
Continue readingEduardo Chillida: Comb of the Winds, La Concha Bay, San Sebastian, Basque Country
I wrote about the Basque Sculptor Eduardo Chillida some time ago. The first time was on freedom, quoting what my friend
Continue readingNutcracker: by Jennifer Rubell
nutcracker: a device for cracking nuts (Oxford Dictionaries). New York based artist Jennifer Rubell has created her own nutcrackers. In
Continue readingThe Crouching Venus at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London
Some time ago I wrote about “A crouching Aphrodite in London“, a sculpure I saw at the British Museum. It
Continue readingLynda Benglis – American Artist
Today’s post concludes a sequence of three consecutive posts dedicated to female American artists (poets are artists). Sculpture, enamel, sculpmetal
Continue reading1001 Ways to die (9) – Sylvia Plath, American, Poet, Novelist
… Dying Is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well. I do it so it feels like
Continue readingReal Greece – Part IV: Aegean Sculpture – A Church in the village of Marpissa, Paros, Greece
I was for a few days on the island of Paros, Greece, where one night I saw under the weak
Continue reading1001 Ways to Die – (7) Cy Twombly, American, Painter and Sculptor
Cy Twombly, one of my favourite modern artists, has died on Tuesday, 5th July 2011 in Rome, Italy, losing a long battle
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