all paintings . artist : Uwe Müller-Fabian . years : 2008–2023
Der Weibliche Akt
Hello Countryside!
Gordon’s Black is Beauty
Gordon Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, in 1912 and died in Manhattan, New York, in 2006. His career began as a relief bartender between Chicago and Seattle on the North Coast Limited, as an adult – fortunate! – because as a child he had survived an attack in which he was thrown into the water by white children believing he could not swim.
His life must have become even happier when it turned out that he has made it as the first black director in the history of Hollywood films.
Gordon Parks was also a photographer. He was simply a versatile African American artist who was known for a whole range of subjects that he successfully tackled. A photographer, a filmmaker, and a composer, a writer .. A campaigner, a fighter.
His photographic work began in the early 1940s, making, selling and publishing images for the FSA (Farm Security Administration), and later for Life magazine. A gifted writer, he authored several books, and as a composer, he scored some of his own films with his kind of music.
His work was dedicated to civil rights, social issues, poverty and segregation.
Current Exhibition : Jenkins Johnson Gallery . San Francisco
Sunshine and Yellowstone
Love . Landscape
„Brennan Hinton feels that narrative readings of his paintings can weigh them down, and instead, he aspires to create paintings that allow viewers to occupy the works freely, letting them engage the space with their own eyes. With his focus on the art of looking and his interest in landscape and interiors, Brennan Hinton feels an artistic kinship to include American artists Lois Dodd and Fairfield Porter, as well as Impressionists including Bonnard and Vuillard.“
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/up-next-keiran-brennan-hinton-2345366
I love the idea of capturing something in movement. For me, it’s a meditative process, of visiting a place over multiple seasons and recording it over and over again
Brennan Hinton
Painting and Photograph: Brennan Hinton‘s IG : keiran.brennan.hinton
About . Ansel . Adams . American .
Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.
Ansel
Born 1902 in San Francisco, died 1984 in California, Ansel was a US-American Photographer of landscapes, and an environmentalist well-known for his black-and-white images.
Oh, gee,
I always loved his art! Was immediately flashed by the beautiful scenery in every picture. And even if the world – the artworld as well – has years ago lost its interest in pure beauty, I breath through that!
I breath through every breathtaking forest, mountain, through people Ansel depicts. Even if breathing and breathtaking might be an oxymoron .. Let it be an alliteration, an affirmation, just life!
Please.
Breathless.
Ansel Adams was, no, is! an inspiration for so many generation of photographers trying to walk in his footsteps, catch up with his … are you questioning your size? or just and simple being warm and lovingly inspired by him, his artworks, his admiration for nature, the American countryside, his courage.
There was a time in his life, down on his luck, he – to get to California – sold everything. And all he got were two rolls of film at a drugstore per week.
He himself liked Joel Meyerowitz and Olivia Parker, named Mary Ellen Mark as tremendous, Roy DeCarava as very important, and described Don Worth and Nicholas Nixon as good ones. Furthermore, he was into Botticelli’s Birth of Venus regarding paintings, and described the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe as not erotic at all.
Maybe, sometimes it’s just not about people and everything that comes along with them.
Maybe sometimes it’s about breathtaking mountains, rivers and the unbelievable beauty of the U.S.-American countryside.
Enjoy!
Bye.
And see him – 4 days left – in the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
in Our Time. Ansel Adams. Through August, 6th
To the Moon
2018 included in Time magazine’s listing of the 100 Most Influential People Kehinde Wiley, born in 1977, is a renowned contemporary portrait painter of vibrant and intricate portraits that often feature African American subjects in historical contexts.
Kehinde is a shining star in the art scene!
Through his distinctive style, he has become a prominent figure in contemporary culture, sparking important conversations about race, representation, and identity in art. His works have been displayed in major museums and galleries worldwide, and his commission to paint the official portrait of President Barack Obama in 2017 further solidified his status as a significant artist.
That commission was a total game-changer for Kehinde Wiley and African American artists! It was like a spotlight on steroids, shining bright and bringing huge visibility and mad respect to his work all across the nation.
Can we name it “fame mode activated“?
Why not!
Kehinde is well-known for his naturalistic and highly detailed paintings of African American subjects, particularly young men. Through his work, he aims to challenge and address the historical underrepresentation of black individuals in traditional Western art. His portraits often feature young African Americans in grand, heroic, and even mythological poses, drawing inspiration from classical European portraiture.
His unique approach to portraiture showcases the dignity, strength, and beauty of his subjects, elevating them to positions of power and influence.
The artist’s current exhibition in San Francisco at the de Young Museum is an inspiring potpourri of delightful opposites: Darkness and light, black and vibrant colors, and paintings and sculptures emerge in front of us as soon as we enter the exhibition space on the second floor where’s barely light, only to emphasize each of the big, huge, and impressive artworks.
A must-have.
If not an artwork of him, at least these exhibition:
An Archaeology of Silence . By Kehinde Wiley . At de Young Museum San Francisco . March, 18th — October, 15th
Colorado : Danke!
Against the Wind & With the Rain
I have a weakness for entertaining.
Larry Gagosian
What do I care about my chitchat from yesterday?
Konrad Adenauer . First Chancellor of the Federal Republik of Germany . From 1949 – 1963 .
Innocence
Each work is composed of natural elements, including iridescent pigments from fish scales and freshwater oyster shells ground into an oil medium to uniquely reflect light, beeswax and organic Kozo pulp from Japan to create the translucent paper – a process that takes months.
Kandis Susol
The Seattle Art Fair 2023 was a wonderful colorful encounter. I loved it, being entertained and soaking it all up, but there was still room and space for silence and fragile tenderness.
Delicate beauty unfolded before my searching eyes as I entered the exhibition space of Winston Wächter, a Seattle-based art gallery.
Home run!
for the gallery.
A most fantastic one.
Great cinema, yet so gentle and innocent.
Kandis’ wall sculptures are made of Japanese Kozo pulp, wax and Damar resin. They are meant to reflect the flow and grace of nature’s elements and evoke a meaningful meditative state.
No wonder the artist is attracting the interest of luxury establishments such as hotels, which buy and display her aesthetic artworks.
White, gossamer, fragile layers strung together to form a unique piece of beauty that reflects nature in its entirety. A quiet passion is required in this fascinating process of time-consuming work. Every sheet of paper is worth it.
Whispering ..
Try to read between the lines, breathe honey wax, the smell of the most beautiful places in the world, the sweet air, lightness and freedom.
Fabulous created peace.
Leave everything else behind.
pictures on the top – in the middle of the article: all taken from Kandis Susol’s Homepage : https://kandissusol.com
two pictures below : mine. taken yesterday at Seattle Art Fair . exhibition space : gallery Winston Wächter . Seattle .