Wifredo Lam is a Cuban artist that used his art to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. He met with and was inspired by some of the most renowned artists of the 20. Century such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Lam worked mainly as a painter but also worked with sculpture, ceramics and printmaking. The Jungle by Wifredo Lam. I think why I like this painting is because of the colors and elongated shapes.

This video is of a Jamaican band playing One Love by Bob Marley. I picked this clip because the firs time I heard the steel drums was in Jamaican. They were very strange to me when I first saw them but then they started playing it was a amazing and I have loved the steel drums since.

Something I have noticed about Asin art is the characters representing words in their paintings. But it turns out that the writings on this handscroll are nothing like that at all. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the characters on this Han Gan handscroll titled. We watch the clouds and daub with our brushes.

Born December 8, 1886 in Guanajuato, Mexico, Diego Rivera was a prominent Mexican painter, an active communist, and an atheist. He traveled the globe and studied in Europe; Madrid, Spain and Paris, France. He was inspired by different eras of art, Cubism and Post-Impressionism.

Now on to RX-78 the original gundam which stands in Odaiba in Tokyo at the foot of Mt. This statue is 20 meters tall which is around 60ft tall. The statue was made as a promotional art by Bandai . If Gigantor started the Japanese revolution inside america. Gundam solidified the movement and help push it to where it is today.

That was a lot to take in so here is a run down of the significance of these characters. 8220;Posada was highly respected by Rivera, who claimed him as one his artistic luminaries and teachers. Who is frequently represented with a skull. El Hombre en la encrucijada.

Collection of Audrey and David Mirvish, Toronto, Canada. Is constructed from old graters that used to be used to prepare. A West African stable from cassava flour. Anatsui considers the wall to be a homage to. I appreciate all of his pieces and could probably write about each of them. Because I felt the connection he had with.

Ramblings, musings, and other random nonsense. Married and divorced twice, Rivera and Kahlo each had several affairs and their relationship was never on solid ground.

For this blog I have chosen. By Louis Rodriguez which was painted in 2008 and was displayed in Boston. He was born in Guantanamo and went to school at the National Art School in Havana. I like his use of color and find this interesting because when Americans think of Cuba our first thoughts are not about their artist. The reason I feel dr.

Thanks for dropping by prwazny! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. Mdash; Leave a comment. I actually really like the Impressionism style. I love how it focuses on light subject matter and is very aesthetically pleasing and so colorful! I also like how the paintings typically have people in it and everything looks so natural. Impressionist paintings also form a distinct difference from other styles .