JaZzArt en València

Let your head go wild as your eys try to travel through these paintings!

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Cheers…

No me quejé, ni del confinamiento del 2020 ni de la nueva normalidad, pues reconozco la necesidad de ajustarse, protegerse, vacunarse (esto hasta cierto punto) y usar la mascarilla (cuando sea necesaria), asi que he seguido mi rumbo y mi manera de trabajar. Aquí os muestro algunas de las obras del 2021. Os invito a nuestro Instagram donde si las he publicado todas: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera y os doy un abrazo desde mi València…

I did not complain about the confinement we went through in 2020, nor the new normal that began soon after. I recognise there is a danger and a need to adjust, protect oneself, get vaccinated (with caution) and wear the mask (when needed). Here now I show you some of the art-work I did throughout 2021, the first year after the pandemic. I also invite you to our Instagram: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera where I publish more of them. Big hug to all from my city, València…

Gracias…

Cheers…

I thought I would divert from conventional art history and bring this little known part of the history of art to your attention. This is the development and the rise of paintings called «La virgen de la leche» or «The nursing Madonna.» It stems from the early Egyptian religion of Isis and Horus, as well as from Greek and later Roman mythology.

Here are some examples:

POST PRODUCED BY OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA

Instagram: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera

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Sun Tzu, el más grande estratega de guerras y filosofo chino, el mas exacto y preciso de todos los tiempos (en mi opinión), dijo que la guerra era lo mas importante para el estado porque mandaba a hombres a matar y a morir. Pero resulta que hoy en día las guerras existen porque algún lunático encargado de alguna potencia, con el poder para hacerla, la declara, o simplemente ataca. Y lo peor es que una vez que la estupidez de una guerra comienza, los politicos se meten a dirigirla interfiriendo con la sabiduría de los generales. Las guerras son producto del ego, del deseo de estatus, de mentiras y del afán por dinero. Millones mueren mientras un punado se forra… creo que ha llegado el momento de cambiar este orden mundial lo mas rápido posible.

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Sun Tzu, the greatest strategist and war philosopher of all time (my opinion) said that war was the most important thing the state can get involved with, mainly because the state is sending soldiers to fight, to kill and to die. However nowadays wars are fought as the whim of some lunatic who has the power to start them. And the worst thing that can happen, once the stupidity of war has begun, is to have the politicians direct the war instead of the generals. Wars now are created for ego, status, lies and money. Millions die as a few enrich themselves… I think it is time that this world order be disrupted and quickly.

GRACIAS – CHEERS

Y este señor si sabe lo que dice…

Jazz was invented at the turn of the XX Century in New Orleans. It immediately spread, confusing itself at times with the blues, with ragtime, with Dixieland. Later it was merged into rock by such greats as Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report, and even…I dare say…early rockers like Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton. The group Traffic also was greatly influenced by jazz and the solos created by these artists show tremendous knowledge of harmony and improvisation, both essential elements of jazz.

But can jazz, in other words the music created by improvisation, the player as composer and swing (rhythm), be applied to other arts. Surely it can be applied to dance and choreography, but what about painting? I say yes! Absolutely! A painting has to define itself, no matter how well planned and sketched it has been by the artist. The canvas, the composition, has to create itself, and there must be room of improvisation and of course, the composition must swing, it must have dynamics and that is akin to rhythm…

Of course it also helps if the composition represents elements of music or musicians. My series of JaZzArT is created by illustrating fictional (or not) jazz groups that I have imagined (or seen). They try to capture the moment onstage when there is a pause in the music and the players breathe…

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CHEERS

Si pudiera un día volar,

saldría volando sonriente,

complacido,

reluciente.

Alucinados, dementes,

por la ventana esa gente saldría volando también,

y en los vientos saludarnos,

en los aires encontrarnos,

volando libre con fe.

C.2021, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 30 de diciembre 2021, València, España 🇪🇸

Hoy deseándoos unas felices fiestas, especialmente la natividad de nuestro Senor Jesus. Que compartáis con quienes queréis estar y que la paseis feliz y bendecidos. Un fuerte abrazo de nosotros los de Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia.

MUCHAS GRACIAS

We are colour, figure, and abstraction…

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