JaZzArt en València

Well…an artist creates a painting, a sculpture; a composer a song or a symphony, and perhaps many tunes in between; a choreographer creates a ballet, a modern or jazz dance. But I am a painter. Although I did create…back in 1997…my «greatest» work, I call him «Bodo Vespaciano». I was Bodo for many years, well, until 2019 when I returned to Spain and settled down and became Francisco Bravo Cabrera (we use two last names in Spain).

So if you see my work signed as Bodo Vespaciano (or Bodo V), it is still me as I am still Bodo to many people in other countries. And I kind of like Bodo so I do not want to get rid of him so quickly.

I just want to mention that I write, compose and paint, but I do it as the practitioner of a craft…an art-form to many…and not as something intuitive. I have studied and researched my craft too much to allow for something to surge spontaneously out of «inspiration». I am a craftsman so I plan everything, sketch out everything, research colours, tones, hues et cetera and plan…very well…my compositions. And as an artist, I use emotions as a tool. Raw emotion is not art.

I hope you enjoy my site, my blog, my work and whatever else happens to make its way into this site.

Your visits are tremendously appreciated, cheers…

Welcome to JaZzArt en València. This blog will post daily articles on art (especially the paintings I make), on artists, music…and musicians…and the poetry that I write. I will also post here many of the videos that I make for YouTube that comprise my Art History series.

What is «Jazz-Art»? It is the approach to painting that I have been developing for more than twenty years. I believe that painting is the art of the search, and the search is eternal. A painting begins in the head then begins to travel down the arms to the fingers that hold the brush and apply colours, lines and ideas on a surface. After the thought of the painting comes the actual work of putting it on a canvas, or other surface. To do this I allow room for much improvisation…as would a jazz musician after studying the charts of the song…and in so doing I let the painting…sort of…paint itself, of course with rhythm, which is as essential to jazz as is improvisation.

All of this is contrived, well thought out, well researched and investigated. Art is not intuitive. A painter need not be original. I believe, as many artists throughout art history have stated, that we are all copyists and the original ones copied from nature. I do not consider myself an «artist», I am a painter, a searcher, and a lover of faith and nature.

Cheers…

Llega la temporada de grandes cambios en Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia y por eso no vamos a estar, como de costumbre, en el blog, pero si estaremos al tanto y seguiremos publicando, aunque tendremos que re-ciclar algunas entradas, pero os prometemos que serán las más interesantes. Hasta pronto…

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The season of great changes is arriving at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia, and that’s why we won’t be as present on the blog as usual. However, we will stay informed of your posts and continue publishing, although we will have to recycle some posts, but we promise they will be the most interesting ones. See you soon…

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Arriva la stagione dei grandi cambiamenti in Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia e per questo non saremo, come al solito, sul blog, ma saremo attenti e continueremo a pubblicare, anche se dovremo riciclare alcuni post, ma vi promettiamo che saranno i più interessanti. A presto…

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Chegou a temporada de grandes mudanças na Omnia Caelum Studios em Valencia e por isso não estaremos, como de costume, no blog, mas estaremos atentos e continuaremos publicando, embora tenhamos que reciclar algumas postagens, prometemos que serão as mais interessantes. Até breve…

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La saison des grands changements arrive chez Omnia Caelum Studios à Valence, et c’est pourquoi nous ne serons pas, comme d’habitude, sur le blog, mais nous resterons à l’écoute et continuerons à publier, même si nous devrons recycler certains articles, mais nous vous promettons qu’ils seront les plus intéressants. À bientôt…

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Gracias – Cheers – Merci – Grazie – Obrigado

Es verdad, pero el problema es que hoy en día no hay lideres, hay burros…

Welcome back to our series on art history. We continue with some painters of the Spanish Renaissance. And we hope that this will provoke you to seek more, research more and investigate. Art history is very important to both artists, who need to know it and know it well, and to art collectors or lovers of art who will appreciate the art they love so much more. We would like to feature the Renaissance art of other European countries, if there are many likes to videos like this one. So if you promise to give us a like, we promise to continue with the series. Stay in touch.

Cheers…

Logical thoughts lead to uncertain conclusions,and those conclusions don’t give comfort,instead they form black cloudson days when the sky is so, so …

“THOSE UNDENIABLE, ILLOGICAL TRUTHS” by Francisco Bravo Cabrera

Please follow the link to the poem.

CHEERS

Bueno, mejor diríamos 10 millones… la humanidad se está poniendo muy chunga…

Marlene Dumas nació en Ciudad del Cabo en 1953 y ahora vive en Holanda (bueno ahora se llama Países Bajos)… Su cuadro «Miss January» (1997) se ha vendido en la casa de subastas Christie’s por la friolera de $13,6 millones de dólares… la venta del pasado 14 de mayo de «Miss January» bate el record y es ahora el cuadro, de una artista femenina (viva), que ha logrado el mayor precio en subasta. El record que supero fue el del cuadro de Jenny Saville, «Propped» que se vendió por $12,4 millones de dólares en Sotheby’s… Para que conozcas a Marlene Dumas, te dire que recibió su licenciatura en artes visuales en 1975 de la Universidad de la Ciudad del Cabo… En 1995 representó a Holanda en la bienal de Venecia y en 1996 la Tate Gallery exhibió sus obras… Su obra tiende a dirigirse a la representación del cuerpo humano, por dentro y por fuera. Muchas veces pinta a sus sujetos o al comienzo o ya cerca del fin y usa la figura humana para hacer criticas de ideas contemporáneas sobre la identidad racial, sexual y social.

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Marlene Dumas was born in Cape Town in 1953 and now lives in the Netherlands… Her painting «Miss January» (1997) was sold at Christie’s for a staggering $13.6 million… the sale on May 14 of «Miss January» broke the record and is now the painting by a living female artist that has achieved the highest price at auction. The record she surpassed was that of Jenny Saville’s painting, «Propped,» which sold for $12.4 million at Sotheby’s… To get to know Marlene Dumas, I should tell you that she received her bachelor’s degree in visual arts in 1975 from the University of Cape Town… In 1995, she represented the Netherlands at the Venice Biennale, and in 1996 the Tate Gallery exhibited her works… Her work tends to focus on the representation of the human body, from the inside out. She often paints her subjects either at the beginning or near the end, using the human figure to critique contemporary ideas on racial, sexual, and social identity.

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GRACIAS – CHEERS

GRACIAS – CHEERS

This is extremely interesting, as is the book by Dr. Hans Prinzhorn: «Artistry of the Mentally Ill»…

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