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DECEMBER 24, ON THIS DAY “Shadow boxes become poetic theater or settings wherein are metamorphosed the elements of a childhood pastime. The fragile, shimmering globules become the shimmering but more enduring planets—a connotation of moon and tides—the association of waterless subtle, as when driftwood pieces make up a proscenium to set off the dazzling white […]
Joseph Cornell Showed Mastery in Box Assemblages Read More »
DECEMBER 16, ON THIS DAY “Everything that she did or undid, however disparate that looked to an observer with prejudices, was done for what should be done, that is, with courage and without fear of consequences.” Remedios Varo Remedios Varo is a surrealist painter best known for her paintings of lanky, heart-faced people with big
Magic, Mysticism and Science in the works of Remedios Varo Read More »
Rajesh Kumar Art has always been a source of inspiration for films or sometimes the whole film. Just like inspiration from a prose or poetry, paintings also become a visual reference point for filmmakers to tell their story and elevate their visual storytelling. The filmmakers take references from an art piece for the mise en
Magic created on screen when film meets art Read More »
NOVEMBER 21, ON THIS DAY “As regards the artists themselves, most of them gave up their freedom quite lightly, placing their art at the service of someone or something. As a rule, their concerns and their ambitions are those of any old careerist. I thus acquired a total distrust of art and artists, whether they
Rene Magritte compelled spectators to reevaluate their own ideas of reality Read More »
Knowledge can be gained at any age. After having a detailed study on topics there are things unknown to us. So, we at Abirpothi present before you the lesser-known facts about artists around the world. Joan Miro When I stand in front of a canvas, I never know what I’m going to do – and
11 Things You Didn’t Know About Joan Miró Read More »
I am interested only in the unknown and I work for my own astonishment.—– Roberto Matta Roberto Matta was a well-known and significant Chilean painter who is best remembered for his mystical and fantastical works which are widely recognised as some of the most important representations of Surrealist art. Despite being an architect by profession,
Inscape: The Landscape Of Roberto Matta’s Inner Mind Read More »
Knowledge can be gained at any age. After having a detailed study on topics there are things unknown to us. So, we at Abirpothi present before you the lesser-known facts about artists around the world. Jackson Pollock When I am in a painting, I\’m not aware of what I\’m doing. It is only after a
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October 25, On This Day Pablo Picasso, the iconic Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer, was born 140 years ago today on October 25, 1881. He is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, and known for co-founding the Cubist movement. After a long and prolific career, he
The Life Of Pi(casso): Remembering the legend on his 141st birthday Read More »
\”All the art of past rises before me, the art of all ages and all civilizations, everything becomes simultaneous, as if space had replaced time. Memories of works of art blend with affective memories, with my work, with my whole life.\” Alberto Giacometti Boundary-breaking sculptors are those who in their own way pushed the medium
Giacometti\’s Art As a Means of Seeing Read More »
“When I begin a painting I always hope to complete it in a few strokes, starting with the first colors I daub down anywhere and anyhow, but it never works, so I add more, without realizing it. I have never wanted to paint thickly; paint tubes are much too expensive. But one way or another,
Painter who loves dripping and splashing paint Read More »