Analog

Do you know the feeling when you have been to a city (no matter if you lived there a certain time or just for vaca) and suddenly you realized that all these memories of the shit that happened in that city  are kind of fading away slowly?
Well, yup, I feel like that feeling is captured by the photographer Sergey Neamoscou. I don’t think that this interpretation was his intention, but these analog photographs, which are showing London or Paris in a blurry yet clear way, are just making me feel like it: a memory that is slowly fading away.

Sergey Neamoscou is a talented analog photographer born in Moscow in 1981. At the moment he lives in Paris/France. He always considered himself a “post card” which was sent to the wrong address and to the wrong country. And I sometimes feel like I am a post card, too, but one that is kept on the pin board. And that kind of makes me sad, but fuck it, life goes on. Sergey is very talented in my opinion:

Pictures via SERGEY NEAMOSCOU

Mondrian

Piet Mondrian.
A dutch painter that revolutionized the history of art through his cubistic works which are characterized through his use of red, yellow and blue in his paintings. During his Cubist period he developed a structure of lines that allowed him to apply colour without relying on the object itself.
You think that this shit is easy to create but at that time this thought was revolutionary and out of the box. And this out of the box thinking but kind of painting in two-dimensional boxes made him famous and relevant. The exhibition Mondrian.Colours in Hamburg/Germany brings together 40 loans from the Gemeentemuseum in Den Haag, which holds the largest collection of Mondrian’s works.

And this exhibition thought me two things. One of them is following:
From his early successes in 1900 painting Dutch landscapes, Mondrian developed into the pioneer of Colour Field painting after Goethe’s theory of colours drew his attention for the first time to the primary colours. And this was a long road to go. He actually adapted and interpreted every epoch of art and did it kind of his way until he finally reached the point where he created something new. You try and learn and adapt and maybe even copy shit until you are the one that is going one step forward just to leave your footprint. And that one footprint is everything that matters, because this one needs to be filled.

And the second thing that really inspired me is that back then there was a group of young people that stood up for something. They had a vision, they created an art movement, they wanted change, they tried to develop art into something that was not seen before. Something that I feel is so lost nowadays. And that’s why I am going to push that New Jeunesse Dorée thing till I can’t push it no more.

What do you stand for?

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Steven McCurry

Usually a visit in a museum ends up like this :
I try to get my Iphone out and to take pictures and the supervisiors start screaming, like literally they are yelling in a room that is so quiet that you could hear a pin drop: ” Excuse me, sir, but there are no pictures allowed!”
And that is exactly the point when I turn on my secret agent/paparazzi mode on. You are telling me to not take pictures of art that is free for everyone? FUCK THAT!
And usually I am pretty damn good at taking undercover pictures, but this time at the “Steve McCurry: Overwhelmed by life” exhibition I sucked for real, for real, for real.  And I wish the following photos would capture at least 1/99 of the beauty that the originals radiate.

For those who don’t know:

The American  Steven McCurry gained international acclaim in 1979 when he was one of the first to take photographs of the conflict in Afghanistan, which were subsequently published in Time Magazine, the New York Times and Geo magazine and National Geographic. The first picture I posted is called the “Afghan girl” and is one of the most famous of his works.
The hompage of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe  says about McCurry:
“He takes pictures in crisis areas, aiming his lens at scenes he observes on the fringes of the actual conflict, and at the people and landscapes war leaves in its wake. McCurry documents the wounds of war, disappearing cultures and their traditions, the consequences of globalisation and changes to the fabric of life.”

And it is true. McCurry’s pictures make you think,  and I don’t know if that makes sense, but at the same time you see so much beauty in something that is not so beautiful like war or poverty etc. And if somebody can bring that to life with pictures than this kind of art is unique and genius. So whenever you have the chance to go to a Steven McCurry exhibition that that’s a must-do for everyone!

Got Milk?

Recently (like one or two months ago) I attended this conference for work. And they were presenting the new products with an artist who drew pictures with sand. It was quite an awesome experience, because not only the art itself was beyond words, but the fact that art was created in front of your face just put the whole room into another atmosphere. The only thing that really bothered me was the fact that its not a long lasting art. And where would you get the sand from?

So take a look at what Vivi Mac does. Vivi Mac is a French artist who can use any kind of food starting from milk to salt and sugar or even chewing gum to create detailed celebrity portraits. With her skills she has already made a name for herself on the world wide web. When working with liquids, Mac uses a simple plastic straw and her hands to guide the unusual mediums around a plastic tray which acts as a canvas. The way she captures the finest facial features is… I don’t even have words to describe it, that’s how amazing it is.
So got milk to draw?
If your attempt looks like this, then you are a fucking genius:

Without comment

I am going to keep this post without comments. Just look at the pictures and think about it.