St. CeeJay

Without an education at an art school she started, and has currently her third solo exhibition at well-known König Gallery in Berlin:

Ayako Rokakku’s life . might be a dance .
Dancing she paints . with her hands .

CUTE . WEIRD . FREE . July, 28 – September, second.

It’s a colorful fruit cocktail, a game of hide and seek, we’re looking at .

for the CUTE girls‘ faces with the super CUTE big eyes, between all the vivid colors, and the dynamic, the female artist uses in painting this world.

It’s a creation of an own universe.
For the young ladies.

Or is it that the cheeky girls seem to look at us from the middle of a bowl filled with fresh salad, vegetable, of all kind? Boom! WEIRD, yes, but, please, be kindly invited to follow your thoughts.

Art is free . be FREE, be seduced, by the glance of the girls who deliver the soul into these paintings.
While the surrounding is a potpourri of flowers, curves, concave-convex lines, and swirly fairy-dust. 

A playground. 

Have you seen the little mice?

The drawing on the right?

Wanna dance?

https://www.koeniggalerie.com/blogs/exhibitions/ayako-rokkaku-cute-weird-free

A decision to make that I have worked for & dreamed about for years:

Only take job offers from/in the U.S.

Love to work on a Ranch, too.

(Thank you Germany & Europe, UK, Switzerland, for 44 years with you. Love!)

In the realm of existence, there exists a facet that transcends the superficial gaze – Beauty. This elusive essence, more profound than mere appearances, holds the power to reshape perspectives in art and life alike.

While some dismiss it as a veneer of shallowness, while others deem it ephemeral, I implore you to perceive Beauty through a kaleidoscopic lens: Once upon a time, artisans and wordsmiths wove intricate tales of Beauty as an enchanting force, a gentle potency that whispers strength.

Appear strong when you’re weak. 

Appear weak if you’re strong.

Franz Kafka, the top-heavy German writer, said that those who have the ability to contemplate Beauty stay young forever. Fyodor Dostoevsky, the famous Russian luminary, playful, fond of detail, emphasizing a single detail for sentences, claimed that BEAUTY has the power to redeem the world.

Well, everybody’s ageing, and beautiful cities oder beautiful women never were save in times of wars for example. But there is something in beauty that bears a magic, you can’t deny.

It’s kind of exactly this happiness that wonderful things exist. Wonderful things, beneath our daily businesses, when we’re running from A to B, captured in our routines, feeling stressed, exhausted, blind. What we shouldn’t be, without seeing the Beauty in the person standing in front of us wherever .. the Beauty of the car passes by .. places, buildings, things, – nature’s a big part. And even if people and things don’t belong to us, not yet : Beauty is THE Inspiration.

Pause. 

Immerse in stillness. 

Bathe in wonder. 

Dream yourself away. Only for a moment, .. and let your lips curve into a transient smile, just believing that the world will not be cursing but forgiving.

A gentler cadence. A warmer embrace. Innocence unmarred, pristine and untouched.

Think, Beauty’s just another word for Love. 

What a Beautiful liaison between a German artist and U.S.-American poolsides and beaches.

Wear Your Principles in Life like a Badge of Honor.

Exhibition (Current) . at . MOMA NYC

Sometimes, looking at art, observing it, feeling it, diving into it, is just enough – to see, to see not, to connect dots, to fall in love.

Me

& ECoast, WCoast

I still might run in silence, tears of joy might stain my face. And the summer sun might burn me ’til I’m blind. But not to where I cannot see you – Montana, West Coast, East Coast, – walkin’ on the back roads, by the rivers flowing gentle on my mind.

Glen Campell

Want More : https://www.artis-cj.com

Have, maybe, a look at David Shrigley‘s

https://www.artnet.com/auctions/all-artworks/

https://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists/david-shrigley/balance-the-ball-on-your-nose-3

Dankeschön dear-dear USA!
for 5,5 weeks in the States of

Montana, Big Sky Country, lovingly amazed ..

California, Land of Milk & Honey, a favorite ..

Washington, Evergreen Forests, beautiful nordish green ..

Wyoming, Cowboy State & Rodeos .. I like, I love,

and the City of New York. Nothing compares to you!

For Art & Countryside .

Blessed ! and Love to all the People and Animals – happy Cows with all the CowCake, Horses, free like the Wind, Deers, Elks, Porcupines, Bull- and Rattlesnakes – who crossed my Path,

for Beauty,

for Work,

Playfulness,

Communication,

Fun,

a Smile,

Adventure,

Learning,

Lessons,

Friendship,

Love,

Fear, Anger, Hurt, Pain and new Hope .

Thank You !

I‘ll rent my one-room-studio in Potsdam, near Berlin, to sb for the next months. If you‘re interested, please get in touch soon, back in the US Sept. 7th : +49 1578 / 977 8861 or +1 213 393 4755 or cj.staiger@gmx.net

MOMA NYC

Jennifer Bartlett . 1941 – 2022 . (I‘m a Fan) :

More Nature on its Way :

Beautiful Crazy .

New York .

About Art :

VITO SCHNABEL GALLERY . 43 CLARKSON STREET . Last Day of the current Exhibition : BRIGID BERLIN .

No words needed, and I wrote about her before.

HOWARD GREENBERG GALLERY . 41 E 57th Street . Suite 801 .

BRUCE DAVIDSON :

So I have done what I wanted to do, I have seen everything, misery, celebrity, the beautiful people, the wicked ones, generosity and hatred.

But I think I have gone beyond my vision .. In the heart of my own life, in the heart of other people‘s lives. Perhaps that is the most important thing I have done.

Bruce Davidson

DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY . 52 Walker Street . HEJI SHIN . The Big Nudes .