On August 4, Nel, in collaboration with FORMS, will present a solo exhibit “God’s Away on Business” by the influential contemporary artist Robyn Penn. In her new series of works, the New Zealand painter explores the duality of the current state of global affairs with a focus on the people’s complex relationships with nature and the subtleties of human perception.
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There is nothing abnormal in feeling discouraged and demotivated. Even the most hardworking people get into situations when they literally have no desire to do anything, be it something job-related, cleaning a room, or going to a store. In the world of art, it is called an art block, the absence of desire to create art.
Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Dutch-born British painter who became one of the most renowned artists of the historic genre of the Victorian era. Antique motifs had a great impact on his work. Most of Alma-Tadema’s paintings were devoted to historical, mythological, and biblical plots, depicting the culture and lifestyle of Ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt.
Hard as it may be to believe, medieval art has become one of the most “memable” types of art on the internet. Yes, you have read it correctly: artworks that were created hardly in the most pleasant and joyful times of art history are nowadays considered to be kind of funny. Let’s take a closer look at medieval times in the context of art.
Pastel is an art medium with unique properties that distinguish it from other artistic media. Pastel art differs from oil painting with light textures, and from watercolor with color density. However, many painters and collectors didn't take it seriously.
How many times in life have you seen the artwork in the picture? Many, once or two, or never? The represented painting is the Italian Baroque masterpiece by Michelangelo Merisi, also known as Caravaggio. What makes "Bacchus" so popular?
Do you remember what a muse means? With time, people started to forget its significance. To bring back the importance of the expression, let’s jump in time and see what inspired famous painters of the bygone and modern days.
Pictorialist photography was an art movement that appeared in the 1880s and existed till the 1920s. Pictorialist photographers were inspired by the work of Pre-Raphaelites, impressionists, painters of the Barbizon school, and Austrian symbolists, as well as French Art Deco and German Jugendstil.