There are only a handful of contemporary American artists as broadly known and as highly appreciated as Jean-Michel Basquiat. His signature style brought him fame as an “outsider artist” who undermined the existing conventions of expressionism and won the hearts of art connoisseurs with bold, unapologetic art pieces. So, what’s behind Basquiat’s neo-expressionism, and what made the artist so wildly famous in the international art community?
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Chilean art is gaining prominence in the contemporary art scene, with more and more creatives expanding their visibility in international museums, galleries, and fairs. Here is a quick introduction to Chilean artists that every avid contemporary art collector should know.
Every contemporary artist has an easily recognizable signature style and distinctive visual elements, and the famous Colombian artist Fernando Botero is one of them. The creative, who died in 2023 after many decades of fruitful work, acquired worldwide fame for his iconic images of exaggerated, voluminous forms – this manner is referred to as Boterismo. The present-day artistic community knows Botero animals and oversized people as the artist’s trademark style.
The New York art aficionado community is in for a special treat this July. An exhibition of contemporary art, carefully curated by Javier Flores and organized under the auspices of Capital Culture House and Guto Ajayu Culture in Madrid, Spain, is currently held at El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 in NYC. The exhibition features many works by talented international artists, including Vian Borchert’s abstract art paintings.
Some objects of art are straightforward, meaning that they generally serve as a direct representation of the artist’s message or intention. It may be a beautiful landscape, a household scene from the old times, or a battlefield scene with many touching elements. However, in many situations, the visual images painted on the canvas are only a part of the artist’s bigger idea; these are referred to as allegorical paintings.
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has just stricken the deal of the century by acquiring a famous artwork of the Flemish Renaissance painter Quentin Metsys for over £10 million. The Renaissance art masterpiece Madonna of the Cherries is a recently rediscovered 16th-century painting that represents a significant historical heritage and will occupy a significant position in the Getty’s Renaissance collection.
Many people think that world-famous artists have to possess tons of formal education to produce refined masterpieces. Yet, it’s not always so, and many talented creatives are self-made geniuses without a degree in art. Some of the famous autodidacts, or self-taught artists, are discussed below to show you that a diamond doesn’t always need polishing to shine brightly.
Art has as many shades and expressions as human creativity does. Thus, there is always so much left to be explored and discovered in the versatile art world. One of the popular, experimental trends in art is ephemeral art, the type of art that emerged in the early 20th century to depart from the traditional perception of artwork as permanent. Here is a brief introduction to this art form and a couple of well-known ephemeral art examples you may want to explore closer.