Artist of the moment……Zhivago Duncan

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berlin, chelsea school of art, germany, installation artist, painter, sculptor, zhivago duncan

 

 

 

Zhivago Duncan is a contemporary painter, sculptor, and installation artist. Zhivago Duncan was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in the year 1980.

Duncan attended the Chelsea School of Art located in London, England.

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In this clip Zhivago Duncan has created a machine that paints!:

Duncan is based out of Berlin, Germany.

The artist has gone through periods of time where he paints ideas from different personas. An example of this are the works he painted in the persona of Dick Flash. Duncan created the persona of Dick Flash, the last man alive on earth after the apocalypse.

Below we view an installation from the Saatchi Gallery in 2012:

Zhivago Duncan has a very creative mind! His painting machine is my favorite work of his. Imagine ten years from now we might have a distant cousin of Siri and the Iphone creating paintings! An abstract expressionist I phone app!

The artist’s two dimensional works have a great balance of abstraction and realism.

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Artist of the moment………Rana Begum

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British, chelsea school of art, colorist, england, london, painter, rana begum, sculptor, slade school of art

 

 

Rana Begum is a British contemporary painter and scupltor. Rana Begum was born in the year 1977.

Begum attended the Chelsea School of Art in London where she earned a B.F.A. The artist went on to postgraduate studies earning a M.F.A. from the Slade School of Art also in London.

The artist is now based out of London, England.

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Below a link to the website of the artist:

http://www.ranabegum.com/

In this clip Begum talks about a commissioned piece made for King’s Cross in the United Kingdom:

Begum finds inspiration in geometric patterns often seen ion Islamic art and architecture.

Below we view an installation created by Begum in 2014:

 

What a great example of modernist art! Rana Begum has a great sense when it comes to color and design. If you enjoy the style of this artist be sure and check out the artist Kevin Box. Box often dissects the paper plane into smaller geometric shapes.

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Artist of the moment………David Nash

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David Nash is a contemporary sculptor and land artist from Britain. Nash often creates his works of art using trees or wood. David Nash was born in Esher, Surrey, England in the year 1945.

The artist became exposed to trees as his father owned a forest he helped to rebuild.

Nash had an extensive collegiate career first attending the Kingston College of Art before doing postgraduate work at the Chelsea School of Art.

In this clip a great interview with the artist:

The artist was made given the title O.B.E. (Order of the British Empire) in 2004.

In this clip we view an exhibition from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2010:

Price range information: Works range from $5,000 for works in charcoal on paper to $150,000 for traditional sculpture works.

The artist is very contemporary as far as the materials he uses when he carves, he employs chainsaws and even blowtorches.

I am most curious as to how long it takes the artist to produce his abstract wood sculptures that are larger geometric shapes including circles and rectangles broken into smaller cuts of wood. This works are amazing as the end result may seem simplistic, but must take an enormous amount of time to carve.

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Artist of the moment……..Fanny Sanin

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Fanny Sanin is a contemporary painter renown for her style of geometric abstraction. Fanny Sanin was born in Bogota, Colombia in the year 1938.

Sanin attended the University of Los Andes, which is located in Bogota, where she earned a M.F.A. The artist also attended the University of Illinois, and the Chelsea School of Art. Sanin studied printmaking at the latter two colleges.

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Below Fanny Sanin talks about her art as we visit her studio:

Sanin finds inspiration in the work of Ellsworth Kelly and Henri Matisse.

The artist usually works in acrylics or gouache.

Sanin’s type of abstraction reminds me of looking out a window into a field of color.

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