joi, 23 februarie 2012

Nicolo Nelli, Venice, XVI Century

This incredible print entitled "The World Upside Down" by Nelli done in Venice sometime in the XVI Century, precedes deconstructionism with almost half a millennium, and it's doing it in a pure visual medium as well! The pig (boar) is here as well, chasing along with 3 fellow rabbits some hunting dogs, but more interesting, I think, is the donkey who is baptizing a man. So what we look at is quite a courageous and politically engaged piece of art work! This image, and the one bellow, argue that the images of Pigs and Donkeys have a long lasting tradition in European critical artistic discourse!

luni, 20 februarie 2012

Portretul teologului catolic Johannes Eck

O imagine dintr-un pamflet semnat de Luter: Papa Leon inconjurat de teologii sai, dintre care, unul, prof. Eck, cel reprezentat cu chip de godac antropomorf, a fost oponentul lui Luter in renumita discutie teologica din Lipsk, din vara lui 1519. In acest pamflet Luter relateaza discutia respectiva asa cum si-o amintea el sau cum a vrut sa si-o aminteasca. In aceasta carticica, scrie Jarosłąw Krysik (in revista Polityka, nr. 53/53, 12.2011-01.2012), Luter afirma ca a iesit castigator din dezbaterea respectiva, concomitent facand haz dar si criticand stiinta teologilor papali. Alaturi, o caricatura a lui Luter, tiparita intr-un pamflet catolic. E curios ca dracul catolic nu are rat, asa precum au multi dracii ortodoxsi.

sâmbătă, 18 februarie 2012

The artistic collaboration between SymbioticA founding members Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr known as Tissue Culture and Art Project, will exhibit in the forthcoming Art & Science group show, at the GV Art Gallery in London. SymbioticA, the Centre of Excellence in Biological Art situated in UWA's Anatomy and Human Biology School was established in 2000 by cell biologist Professor Miranda Grounds, neuroscientist Professor Stuart Bunt and artist Oron Catts. Catts and Zurr join artists Susan Aldworth, David Angheleddu, Andrew Carnie, Annie Cattrell, Katharine Dowson, Helen Pynor, David Marron, Nina Sellars, Stelarc & Ken + Julia Yonetani. From the GV Art press release: Science is changing our world and our lives at an ever increasing rate. But today artists are bringing science out of the laboratory. Once art and science seemed diametrically opposite; but these days some of the most innovative artists are fusing art and science to create a brand new art movement inspired by science. Striving to visualise the invisible and what it must mean to be human in the future, they create images and objects of stunning beauty, redefining the notion of aesthetic and of what is meant by art. These days the term ‘art and science' is on everyone's lips - but no one quite knows what it is or where it is going. Does it mark the rise of a new culture in which science and technology will be the driving forces and will even perhaps determine the future of culture? Are there similarities in the creative processes of artists and scientists? Can science benefit from art? Can considering these questions bring us any closer to understanding creativity? This exhibition is a step towards exploring these key issues of the 21st century.

joi, 16 februarie 2012

yet again budha pig and policeman pig

this time in the Los Angeles art district Source:
http://www.thedirtfloor.com/2010/05/30/pigs-buddhas-cops-and-more-street-art-from-los-angeles/

marți, 14 februarie 2012

No to ACTA + the pig logo of Dileric

Is the president Basescu a pig? This is the claim on the placard above, used during the anti ACTO protests in Cluj Napoca, Romania, on 11 February.

duminică, 12 februarie 2012

Sherlock - a BBC series - by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat

I've seen only two episodes (from the first season). Quite engaging and spectacular. Fairly good entertaining. First episode (probably the pilot) more than the second. However, the second had this wonderful graffiti in it. (Broadcasted on BBC mind you!) So, obviously, I liked it more ;)
The characters talk a little too fast for me (not a native English speaker) and the whole tempo of the movie is a little too quick, which of course makes it a more intense experience, but also makes the viewer feel a little confused (like an "idiot", to cite the new reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes) but also worry about the plot's imperfections, abrupt "gaps" and "jumps". To give just an example: Sherlock notices an inscription on a watch, that he sees for a few seconds, but he doesn't notice for hours a a couple of crucial handwritten words on a big piece of paper on the table in front of him. I don't remember anymore the original story, but I always though that the original Sherlock was the kind of guy concerned above all with people' lives. He would always hurry and try to save them from the killer. Here, Sherlock is more about fighting with the enemy and less about preventing further homicides. Also, Dr. Watson killed a person in both episodes. Saving lives both times, nevertheless this makes him a serial killer too.

joi, 9 februarie 2012