François-Auguste-René Rodin – Father of Modern Sculpture
In front of the model, I work with the same desire to copy the truth as if I were making a portrait; I do not correct nature, I incorporate myself Continue reading
Sculpture
Arte Povera – The Movement, The Message
The birth of an artistic movement is preceded by a mysterious evolution that is made up of a set of ideas that are refined and expressed by actions and works. Continue reading
Yugoslav Monuments – An Essay on Art and the Rhetoric of Power
A monument is namely a public phenomenon; the public is the commission which reasoned it and which it is dedicated. The physical open space in which a monument exists is Continue reading
Marina Abramovic – Death Toll Rising
“Once, Picasso was asked what his painting meant. He said, ‘Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But you listen to them anyway.’ So, sometimes with Continue reading
Yayoi Kusama – Polka Dot Madness
Yayoi Kusama’s work has transcended two of the most important art movements of the second half of the 20th century: minimalism and pop art. Plagued by mental illness as a Continue reading
Modigliani and La Vie de Bohème
“With one eye you are looking at the outside world, while with the other you are looking within yourself.” A participant in the Ecole de Paris, Modigliani modernized two of Continue reading
Louise Bourgeois – Famous Women Artists In History
“It is really the anger that makes me work’’ – LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1910-2010) The French-born American artist, Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris, on Christmas day, 1911. She was one of Continue reading