JaZzArt en València

Aunque conoció y trabajó con el famosísimo Andy Warhol, a esta mujer, Venezolana-Americana, no se le conoce como a otros artistas «pop» de su época. Me pregunto, y ¿Por qué no? Y la respuesta es obvia… Marisol (como se le conocía) vivía en Nueva York y allí llevo a cabo su obra. Tuvo su momento de fama y gloria durante los años 60, pero después cayó en el olvido. Nació en Paris en 1930 de padres venezolanos. En 1946, a sus 16 años la familia se mudó permanentemente para Los Ángeles, California donde Marisol comenzó a estudiar en el Otis Art Institute. Luego en 1949 se marcha a París donde estudia en el École des Beaux-Arts. Hija de la cultura de la década de 1960, se aferró al «pop art» y trabajó sus figuras tri-dimensionales. Murió en Manhattan a los 85 años de edad de complicaciones causadas por Alzheimer. Vale la pena conocerla pues fue feminista y también logró muchos cambios…necesarios diría yo…al «pop art». Aquí te dejo un enlace que trae mas información.

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Although she knew and worked with the ultra-famour Andy Warhol, this Venezuelan-American woman is not as well known as other «pop» artists of her time. And I ask myself why not? And the reply is obvious… Marisol (as she became known) lived and worked in New York City. Although she did have her moments of fame and fortune in the 1960’s she quickly fell into oblivion. She was born in Paris in 1930 of Venezuelan parents. In 1946, when she was 16 years old the family relocated to Los Angeles, California permanently. Marisol commenced her studies at the Otis Art Institute. Later, in 1949 she enrolled in the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. A child of her time and culture, that of the decade of the 60’s, she clung on to «pop art» and worked her tri-dimensional figures. She died in Manhattan of complications due to Alzheimer’s at the age of 85. She is worth knowing about. She was a feminist as well as one who brought several changes…needful ones I would say…to «pop art». I leave you with a link so that you can follow up with more.

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS PRESENTS THE «POP-ART» OF BODO VESPACIANO

Gracias…

Cheers…

Pintar, dibujar, crear obras de arte de cualquier tipo, requiere que el artista se comprometa, con algo. Quizá con el progreso mismo del arte, o con buscar un lenguaje nuevo para comunicarle al mundo inconfundibles verdades, o mentiras, o nada particular. Pero el arte tiene que tener filosofía y espiritualidad para que llegue. Yo siempre supe que quería hacer dos cosas en la vida. Una, ser soldado y la otra ser poeta. Fui soldado, en una época de mi vida, que pasó, pero el soldado sigue vivo en mi porque aparece claramente en mis costumbres, mi manera de pensar, en mi criterio politico-social, en mi entrenamiento, que me ha durado toda la vida y en mi disciplina. El poeta siempre anduvo hombro con hombro con el soldado y ahora, aunque se ha desprendido un poco, sigue batallando la poesía inherente en la expresión plástica, musical y escrita. Aquí os brindo algunas de mis primeras obras que lograron reconocimiento internacional, y aunque no se donde estarán, se que adornan las colecciones de muchos amantes del arte.

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To paint, to draw, to create art in any one of its forms, requires that the artist commits to something. Maybe with the progress of art. Or maybe with the search for a new language to speak to the world and transmit unmistakeable truths, or lies, or nothing at all. But art has to be built upon philosophy and spirituality so that it reaches everybody. I always knew I wanted to do two things in my life. One was to be a soldier and the other was to be a poet. I was a soldier once and although those days have passed, they still live in me because I see it clearly in my habits, my customs, my ways. In my idiosyncrasies and in my social and political criterions. As well as in the training that I got that has lasted throughout my life. And of course, my sense of discipline. The poet always walked shoulder to shoulder with the soldier. Now, although they have drifted slightly apart, the poet continues to go to battle in fields like painting, music and the written word. Here I bring to you some of the first paintings that I did which acquired international recognition. Although I don’t know where they are now, I know they are brightening up collections of art lovers from many places of the world.

Hay muchas mas que podéis ver en mi Instagram (@Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera) y también en el Instagram de mi representante «By Guloshka» (Guloshka404@gmail.com @Guloshka).

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There are many, many more that you can see on my Instagram (@Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera) and also on the Instagram of my artist representative «By Guloshka» (Guloshka404@gmail.com @Guloshka)

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTS

Gracias…

Cheers…

¿Se podrá decir que el arte es un proceso espiritual? ¿Es el arte una de las herramientas esenciales en la búsqueda espiritual? ¿Podemos comparar el proceso artístico con una oración o con una meditación? Pregunto…

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Can we say that art is a spiritual process? Is art one of the essential tools used in the search for spirituality? Can we compare the artistic process with a prayer or with a meditation? I ask…

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTA/PRESENTS

MAGDALENA PROJECT

Gracias…

Cheers…

Jazz Art, el arte al compas y al ritmo del Jazz, bailando, creciendo, buscando. Eso es el JaZzArt, la búsqueda, pero con el poder de la improvisación…

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Jazz Art is art beating to the rhythm of Jazz. Dancing, growing, searching. This is JaZzArt, the search, but with the power of improvisation…

Hay muchas mas en mi Instagram, donde publico todas mis obras, id y echadle un vistazo: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera (también @Guloshka mi representante).

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There are many more in my Instagram where I post all my works, go and check them out: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera and at Instagram @Guloshka, my artist representative.

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTS

Gracias…

Cheers…

DIÁLOGO NÚMERO TRES(En Gaza, entre un fantasma y un asesino) Nadie ha escuchado mi voz.¿Has hablado? Pero es que han pisoteado mi sombra,¡Sí! La mía,…

En Gaza, un poema de Francisco Bravo Cabrera

Pinche el enlace para leer el poema.

GRACIAS

Sus raíces son el blues y el ragtime… se originó el Nueva Orleans al comienzo del Siglo XX… Lo caracterizan la improvisación, el ritmo y el hecho de que el musico al tocar va componiendo… Primero le decían Jass y luego, quizá por la influencia de Broadway, le llamaron el Jazz y fue considerada la «palabra del Siglo XX» por American Dialect Society, entidad que se dedica al estudio del idioma ingles de Norteamérica y otros lenguajes y dialectos… Para mí el Jazz es una referencia, una inspiración y una fuente de ideas, principios y practicas utiles para crear y por eso gran parte de mi trabajo artístico no solo lo llamo, pero es, «JaZzArT«.

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Its roots are in blues and ragtime… it originated in New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th century… It is characterized by improvisation, rhythm, and the «player composer»… First, it was called Jass and then, perhaps due to the influence of Broadway, it became known as Jazz and was considered the «word of the 20th century» by the American Dialect Society, an organization dedicated to the study of the English language in North America and other languages and dialects… For me, Jazz is a reference, an inspiration, and a source of ideas, principles, and useful practices for creation, which is why a large part of my artistic work is not only called, but is, «JaZzArT«.

Aquí os traigo algunas de mis mas recientes obras de «JaZzArT» realizadas en noviembre y diciembre de 2023 en Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia…

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Here are some of my most recent «JaZzArT» paintings done throughout November and December of 2023 in Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia…

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“Jazz is really America’s classical music,” he said. “Like our country itself and especially like the people who created it, jazz is a music born of struggle but played in celebration.” (Bill Clinton at the 40th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival)

Well, if Bill Clinton said it I am buying it! The greatest president that ever served the US talking about the greatest musical invention of the US! Wow! It cannot get better than that! Unless Jerry Lewis was there to dance and sing…

But I want to bring you the music of Billy Taylor, a great ambassador of Jazz. He was an American pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was a distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville. And since 1994 the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. So I think this man is a true authority on music, as well as on the prevalence, complexity and compositional qualities of Jazz.

Dr. Billy Taylor, (he received his Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst) was a jazz educator. He gave lectures in many colleges and universities and served on panels, travelling the world as an authentic jazz ambassador. It was said by critic Leonard Feather that «It is almost indisputable that Dr. Billy Taylor is the world’s foremost spokesman for jazz.»

Dr. Billy Taylor was born in North Carolina in 1921… In 1944 he moved to New York City and started playing piano professionally with Ben Webster’s Quartet and on his first night with the boys he met Art Tatum. He also worked with Machito and developed a love for Latin Jazz… By 1946 he was the house pianist at Birdland and played with major stars like Charlie Parker, J.J. Johnson, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Actually he was Birdland’s longest lasting piano player… In 1949 he published his first book, a textbook about bebop piano styles… Then in 1952 Billy Taylor composed one of his best known tunes, «I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free«. This tune (song), recorded by Nina Simone was known in the UK as a piano instrumental for the BBC’s «Film…» programme… Dr. Billy Taylor died of a heart attack in Manhattan in 2010.

So, although «classical» music is intrinsically, historically and culturally European, Jazz is intrinsically, historically and culturally American, especially having been «born» in the USA.

CHEERS