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Kyla Art – Exhibition Gallery Wall 2011

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:49:20 +0000

I'm very excited to be launching into 2011 full steam ahead

I have just put up my first exhibition wall for the year, and am very happy with the brightness and colors of my pieces–very hard to miss!!

Will also be having a couple of pieces up in March as well as a new exhibition wall in April.

Watch this space! 2011 has started with a bang for Kyla Art!

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Contemporary Art is All Around Us

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:06:00 +0000

Quite simply the word Contemporary means of the present period. So a person can probably guess that Contemporary Art simply means art of the present period. The shape, form and indeed the mediums used have changed over the centuries and have allowed artists to express themselves at the time or period in which they either lived or live in.

Contemporary Art refers to art that has been made in our times. It represents such a diverse array of art that one would have a task to describe all forms in one place or web site. Contemporary art has evolved in the past, will evolve in the present time and continue into future art, it is and will be an ever moving form of art.

It was known that during the World Wars contemporary art tended to be more darker and there was an increase in demand for grey and black pastels, pencils and paints. This was obviously people's preception of the world at the time, a more darker place, many more evils than they once believed. Contemporary art allow viewers to see the world through the artist's eyes and gain a new perception of the world they thought they knew so well.

As stated before contemporary art does not have to take the form of canvas art or framed art, instead it can take the form of furniture, objects put together and many others. In fact many furniture and clothing designers will take their inspiration from talented artists of the times and sometimes there is a fine line between the two.

There is some very useful information at http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign this will get anybody clued up on the world of Contemporary Art, the site is regularly updated and covers contemporary art around the world.

So i hope this brief article has shown you that contemporary art is nothing to be afraid of and who knows if you take to drawing or another form of art you could be The Contemporary Artist of our times!

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Buying Contemporary Art for Your Home

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:36:48 +0000

For many homeowners their ultimate dream is to buy contemporary art to hang on the walls of their beloved home. Buying contemporary art can enhance your home as well as add a feeling of accomplishment and culture. However, for many of people the concept of buying art can be a little intimidating.

Buying contemporary art doesn’t need to be a daunting experience. It should be a fun and exciting experience, where you have the opportunity to view and purchase a wide range of contemporary art by both well-established and new emerging artists. What a lot of people find intimidating about buying art is the concept of what is ‘good’ art and what is ‘bad’ are. No one wants to be accused of investing in worthless art.

The important thing to remember when you’re looking at buying contemporary art is that you’re buying the piece for yourself and your home. We generally buy art that we see as an extension or representation of ourselves, our ideals and what’s important in our lives. When buying contemporary art you should always choose art that makes you feel good and will enhance or add to the atmosphere of your home.

The best way you can ensure you’ll buy contemporary art for your home that is both complementary of your home and enduring in value is to first spend some time looking at different artists and pieces of art. Select a few pieces that you really like and see if you can identify some commonalities in the pieces. It may be something obvious like the use of colours, scenes or textures. You may notice that you are drawn to a particular medium of art, like acrylic paintings or glass art.

By looking at a range of art you will start to develop your ‘eye’ for art and your particular tastes and interests. However, like fashion, your tastes in buying contemporary art may change in another one or two months. So when you’re looking to make a larger art investment ensure that the piece you choose is well suited to your core taste and is not extremely over-the-top or dramatically different to your usual art preference – you may later come to regret the purchase.

You don’t necessarily need to buy from a well-established artist. You also don’t need to be any kind of ‘talent scout’ looking for the next big thing when looking to buy from new and emerging artists. The reason many people buy from emerging artists is the opportunity to own a quality piece of art to hang in their home at a fraction of the cost of established artist counterparts. If you’re purely looking to decorate your home with original contemporary art, it is well worth your time doing some research on the Internet and attending local art fairs.

If you’re looking to buy contemporary art as an investment, you will find it helpful to visit art galleries and enlist the help of a professional art advisor. Art advisors work with you to get an idea of your tastes and lifestyle to help build your own art vision and create a sound investment in your art collection.

Buying contemporary art should in no way be an intimidating experience. Remember that your art collection should be a representation of yourself and your own particular tastes in art, don’t let others tell you what is good or bad art.

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Jacob Hashimoto Exhibitions and Paintings at Saatchi-gallery

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:41:36 +0000

Jacob Hashimoto was born on 1973 lives in New York City and Verona. Jacob Hashimoto cuts rice paper into small geometric shapes and glues the shapes to delicate wooden frameworks, which he attaches to black fishing line and ties to long wooden pegs at the top and bottom of his rectangular, wall-mounted, waterfall-like hangings. The pegs are evenly spaced from side to side across the top and bottom of the piece.

The artist ties six roughly overlapping layers of shapes onto each peg, creating a dense, kaleidoscopic multi-level field in which a given shape may be visible or hidden, depending on the angle of view. The hanging seems to move as we walk past. But is it a sculpture or a painting? Where is the figure? Where is the ground?

Hashimoto’s show, titled "skip skitter start trip vault bounce — and other attempts at flight" opened at Chicago’s Rhona Hoffman Gallery in mid-November, but closed early when everything sold. The show featured one ceiling piece along with seven wall works, constructed of like elements but with varying content.

Slip into Vapor could almost be a landscape. Measuring five feet high and four feet wide by 7.5 inches deep, it is composed of paper ovals, each roughly four inches wide, which are mounted on X-shaped frameworks and suspended between 13 wooden pegs at the top and 13 below. White and blue ovals, suggesting clouds and sky, comprise the upper half of Slip into Vapor, while darker ovals in the lower half could be rocks, soil or vegetation. The artist collages long slices of green paper-like grass onto some ovals and puts fanciful decorative designs on others. As the viewer walks by, these peep out to surprise and amuse.

Face Ache at Ice Cream Social measures eight feet square and employs hexagon shapes with a mad variety of designs. Dark and dense above and light below, this piece seems to sparkle, bubble upward, and move in all three dimensions, but it is never busy because the artist alternates decorated and plain white hexagons, both across the face of the work and in its layers. Hashimoto begins by making wooden frames from tiny sticks, tying them together with thread, and affixing translucent rice paper to them. If he wants color or a design, he collages it onto the paper shape — nothing is painted. When a framed shape is ready, he dips it in acrylic resin for strength. After creating a large inventory of these elements, he selects shapes of different size and design, and strings them on nylon line, which he employs because it does not stretch. Now he is ready to tie the strings to the pegs. Hashimoto also exhibited Super Abundant Atmosphere II, a ceiling-hung work made of pale forms that suggest billowing clouds. Apparently one of the "attempts at flight" in the show title, this piece brought the sky indoors and almost seemed ready to levitate the gallery.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007

• Mary Boone Gallery, NY

2006

• Studio La Città, Verona

2005

• Superabundant Atmosphere, Rice Gallery, Rice University, Houston
• Skip Skitter Start Trip Vault Bounce – and other attempts at flight, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago

2004

• Bloom, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
• Altadena, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma

2003

• The Nature of Objects, Studio la Città, Verona

2002

• Studio la Città, Verona
• Silent Rhythm, Galleria Traghetto, Venice
• Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio

2001

• Giant Yellow, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica
• Big Mountain, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica

2000

• Carte Blanche à Hélène de Franchis, Galerie Lucien Durand-Le Gaillard, Paris
• Project Room, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica
• Giant Yellow and Other Structures, Galerie Lucien Durand-Le Gaillard, Paris

1999

• Armada, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
• Infinite Lightness, Studio la Città, Verona
• Galleria La Nuova Pesa, Rome

1998

• Infinite Expanse of Sky, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
• Project Room, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica

1997

• Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago

1996

• Sky Canopy Installation, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005

• Italian Feeling, XIV Quadriennale di Roma, Galleria Nazionale d’Atre di Roma, Rome

2004

• White, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica
• Artseasons, Cas Pellers, Palma de Mallorca
• Jen ne regrette rien, Studio la Città, Verona

2003

• Structure, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica

2002

• Intermezzo, Studio la Città, Verona
• Officina America – ReteEmiliaRomagna, Palazzo dell’Arengo, Rimini

2001

• Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix
• Conceptual Color: In Albers’ Afterimage, San Francisco State University, San Francisco

2000

• Made in California NOW, Boone Children’s Gallery, Los Angeles County Museum of Art West

1997

• Perennial, Carleton College Boliou Art Gallery, Northfield, Minnesota.
• Headless, William Cordove and Jacob Hashimoto, Lineage Gallery, Chicago

1996

• Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
• Young Americans of Asian Ancestry, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

Conclusions:

Jacob Hashimoto show, titled "skip skitter start trip vault bounce — and other attempts at flight" opened at Chicago’s Rhona Hoffman Gallery in mid-November, but closed early when everything sold. The show featured one ceiling piece along with seven wall works, constructed of like elements but with varying content.

What to Do Next…

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

View Jacob Hashimoto paintings, biography, solo exhibitions, group exhibitions and resource of Jacob Hashimoto. View art online at The Saatchi Gallery – London contemporary art gallery. Jacob Hashimoto

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www.milen.com Original Art paintings. Oil on canvas Abstract

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:23:28 +0000

Contemporary oil paintings on canvas by artist Milen. Originals, Palette knife. Abstract Impressionist. Heavy textured.

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Canvas art and canvas prints, wall art, Lucy Art gallery UK

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:31:00 +0000

Canvas prints, canvas art available in any size or colour. A few examples of the canvas paintings and canvas pictures available from Lucy Art. Contemporary art, wall art, photos on canvas, photo wallpaper, abstract modern art and canvas photos.

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France Ata – Understand The Value Of Art Paintings

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:05:48 +0000

Is art painting just a painting? Well, if your thought are like this, then its sure that your are not an art lover. It is often hard for a layman to understand the value of art paintings, but it’s easy for an art admirer to know its value. You must have known many artists those are famous for their art works and have also given magnificent artistic works. France Ata is a renowned artist and many people just love art painting works done by this famous painter. He is one the famous painter that we have today and France Ata has completed many outstanding work till date. The work done by France Ata is very much in demand all over the place. You can also visit the art galleries in your town to see some of the latest work done by France Ata. You can also buy the paintings made France Ata in order to decorate your home and office. You can also gift it your near and dear ones on their birthday or any other occasion. You can see paintings made France Ata is very unique and outstanding, she always make different style of paintings that makes France Ata different other artist in the world. Lots of people like to decorate their home and office with the paintings done by France Ata. There are many local stores and art galleries from where you can buy some unique pieces. But have ever thought that it would be affordable or not. Well, it would never be affordable and can score higher. Today is the age of the Internet and for this reason ArtsCad is offering wonderful opportunity. Artscad is one website that will help you get the paintings that you want for your home and office décor. There is a list of paintings that is displayed in artscad that you can select from and you can also buy the paintings from the popular artist at very reasonable from the artscad. Artscad has taken the responsibility to show you the art work made by different painters in this world. The process of buying these paintings is also very easy at artscad, you just need to choose the right paintings and give an order at artscad. Keep in mind that you choose the right paintings that suits your style and budget at the same time. ArtsCad is a virtual museum and searchable database of visual Arts, dedicated to contemporary artists worldwide. Here you can get all painting works done by France Ata. All these paintings come in different types of sizes and dimensions. If you want you can gift these paintings to your near and dear ones or you can use it to boost your home interior décor.

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Giclee Canvas Prints

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:35:07 +0000

www.artoncanvas.ie – Canvas prints are one product that can look truly stunning for a lifetime! Does this sound appealing? Well you should consider the most popular way to transform digital images on the market today. Giclee printing offers a distinctive charm to images and makes them really…

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Making of thangka paintings

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:10:39 +0000

Most of the thangkas are painted on a canvas. Some are painted on paper or leather. Other are embroidered, appliquéd, woven and patchwork thangkas, but theSketching else forms are not discussed here. Technically making a painted thangka occurs in four stages.

Preparing the foundation:

The kind of thangka under discussion here, the canvas you buy, is made of a woven material: cotton, linen, and sometimes silk. A finely woven structure, made of a single piece of fabric, is best, because paint easily chips off of thicker to rougher fabrics when the thangka is rolled up. The painted canvas is rectangular in shape, taller than it is wide, ideally measuring on the average 30inches tall by 20 inches wide (75 by 50centimeters). The same 3:2 ratio f height to width can also be found in other formats: 12 by 8 inches (30by 20cm); 48 by 32 inches (120 by 80 cm); 120 by 80 inches (300 by 200 cm) for exceptionally large specimens. These proportions generally also apply to the huge thangkas – measuring up to 180 by 130 feet (55 by 40 meters) that are hung out side the wall of the monasteries during festivals. There are also elongated thangkas that are wider than they are tall, with a size ratio of 2:3.The edges of the canvas are folded over twice, rather than hemmed, to prevent them from unraveling. Then the canvas is fastened with thread to four laths that are firmly attached with twine to a wooden frame, and strung tightly, so that it looks like an upright trampoline.The front and the back of the cloth are swabbed with a sizing of anima; glue consisting of boiled bones and skins, often of a water buffalo. After this layer has been applied, it is polished with a smooth stone or shell. This produces a smooth, even layer on rough or uneven cloth that will function well for sketching and painting and will keep the paint from seeping into the cloth.

Sketching

For orientation, the painter will often first lay down a grid of coordinates in the form of eight lines: two diagonal lines with a horizontal and a vertical axis drawn through their intersection, and four lines drawn parallel to the frame. Sometimes the painter will do this on the back so that the lines show through when the canvas is held up to the light the next step is a charcoal sketch. When the painter is satisfied with the result, the lines will be accentuated with ink.There are separate drawings, of templates, available for many of the figures that are to be painted. They can be transferred to the canvas by pricking holes through them along the contours and on the most important lines and components. Powder is blown through these holes, resulting in a dotted outline on the canvas. Another technique for transferring figures uses block prints. The wood or metal blocks are painted black; the figures are colored in at later stages.

Painting

When the sketch is finished, it is time for the coloring stage. Large color area areas are often applied by brushing or writing numbers or syllables into the area in question. Black, for instant, is indicated with the number two or with the syllable Na, yellow with five or SA. When applying the colors, a particular sequence is commonly followed. First, the area furthest away in perspective, the sky, is colored. Then the closer landscape is done, followed by trees, rocks, and water. After this come the deities and other figures. The throne, clothing, and nimbus are painted first. Light colors are applied before dark colors, and then details in gold are added.

Framing

Once the painting is finished, the canvas is loosened from it’s stretchers and framed with textile edging. The silk or brocade trim is of an established width, so that the depth of the bottom trim is half the length of the painting, the top one fourth, and the sides are one-eighth of the length. Still, the framed thangka is not completely rectangular but splays out a little toward the bottom, and metal caps are usually slipped over the ends. If a thangka is not in use, but not rolled up either, a thin piece it from soot and smoky lamps, and to avoid the image being visually touched bye uninitiated eyes. Often the curtain will be yellow silk, with red or blue dots, or sometimes it has a flower motion on it. Over this lowered curtain two bands of red silk hang down to the very bottom. At the top between these two strips hangs a lightweight read cord with which the veil can be tied up. At the very top there is a cord by which the thangka can be hung or with it can be tied together when it is rolled up.

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2) Creating an original painting – artist Martina Shapiro

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:06:28 +0000

View or buy my paintings here: members.shaw.ca Here I continue working on the painting of an abstract female nude in acrylic on canvas that I started in my first video, I am inventing the image as I create it, completely from my imagination – I don’t use models. Join my fan page on Facebook: www.facebook.com . . .

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