JaZzArt en València

¡Venga! ¿Estás listo para conocer un pintor verdaderamente maldito? ¿Conocías a Ken Currie? ¿ No? Me lo imaginaba, pero no pasa nada que yo te lo voy a presentar…

Ken Currie, pintor escocés, nació en Inglaterra en 1960, pero estudio y vivió en Glasgow y por eso se le considera escocés…Sus cuadros son oscuros, violentos…

Estudio en la escuela de arte de Glasgow, graduándose en 1983. Fue parte de los “New Glasgow Boys”, un grupo de jóvenes pintores figurativos de la ciudad. Entre otros, en el grupo figuraban Peter Howson, Adrian Wiszniewski and Steven Campbell, todos famosos pintores escoceses.

Los cuadros de Currie exploran, con cierta profundidad, el tema de la mortalidad y su gran interés en todo lo relacionado con el cuerpo humano, siendo igual lo físico como lo metafórico. A la mortalidad, Currie le llamaba “el terror” y en una entrevista concedida en 2021 a la revista británica Tatler Asia, el pintor dijo que le gusta que sus cuadros floten en ese espacio liminar entre la bello y lo horripilante. Tambien ha dicho que le gusta representar cosas que emergen de lo oscuro pues adquieren un toque teatral.

Sabemos que Currie idolatra al pintor británico Francis Bacon y que también adora al gran pintor sevillano Diego Velázquez, dos pintores que yo también ciertamente admiro, aunque no al nivel de idolatrarlos…

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Are you ready to meet a truly dark painter? Did you know about Ken Currie? No? I figured as much, but it’s okay, I’m going to introduce him to you…

Ken Currie, a Scottish painter, was born in England in 1960, but he studied and lived in Glasgow, which is why he is considered Scottish. His paintings are dark and violent.

He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1983. He was part of the «New Glasgow Boys,» a group of young figurative painters from the city. Among others, the group included Peter Howson, Adrian Wiszniewski, and Steven Campbell, all famous Scottish painters.

Currie’s paintings explore, with some depth, the theme of mortality and his great interest in everything related to the human body, both physical and metaphorical. He referred to mortality as «the terror,». In a 2021 interview with the British magazine Tatler Asia, the painter stated that he enjoys having his paintings float in that liminal space between the beautiful and the horrific. He has also mentioned that he likes to represent things that emerge from the darkness as they acquire a theatrical touch.

We know that Currie idolizes the British painter Francis Bacon and also adores the great Sevillian painter Diego Velázquez, two painters whom I certainly admire as well, although not to the point of idolizing them…

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And more here at OCS Valencia…

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Debo confesar que no conocía mucho de la obra de Josef Albers (1988-1976). Fue artista y profesor, como también lo fue su esposa Anni Albers (1899-1994), ambos alemanes, que pasaron muchos años en Estados Unidos. Anni fue diseñadora textil, tejedora, pintora y diseñadora, además de ser profesora de la Bauhaus. Josef creo las bases de muchos de los programas de educación artística más adelantados e influyentes del Siglo XX… Josef, aunque al comienzo de su entrenamiento artístico fue influido por Cezanne y Matisse, cuando conoció la obra de Piet Mondrian (1913), se decantó por la pintura abstracta… Fue profesor de la Bauhaus donde conoció a Anni… En 1933, debido a la presión Nazi, emigraron a Estados Unidos. Se incorporó a la facultad de Black Mountain College (Carolina del Norte), una de sus alumnas mas destacada fue la pintora, arquitecta y diseñadora cubana Clara Porset. La pareja viajó a Cuba y quedaron muy impresionados por la arquitectura… Este es Josef Albers, diseñador, fotógrafo, tipógrafo y poeta, al cual se le recuerda mayormente como pintor abstracto… La obra de Anni aún se preserva en muchos de los patrones, colores y diseños que todavia se utilizan en la industria textil, creando lo que ella denominó «tejidos pictóricos».

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I must confess that I didn’t know much about the work of Josef Albers (1888-1976). He was an artist and teacher, as was his wife Anni Albers (1899-1994), both Germans who spent many years in the United States. Anni was a textile designer, weaver, painter, and designer, as well as a teacher at the Bauhaus. Josef laid the foundations for many of the most advanced and influential art education programs of the 20th century… Although at the beginning of his artistic training he was influenced by Cézanne and Matisse, when he encountered the work of Piet Mondrian (1913), he gravitated towards abstract painting… He was a professor at the Bauhaus where he met Anni… In 1933, due to Nazi pressure, they emigrated to the United States. He joined the faculty of Black Mountain College (North Carolina), one of his most outstanding students was the Cuban painter, architect, and designer Clara Porset. The couple traveled to Cuba and were greatly impressed by the architecture… This is Josef Albers, designer, photographer, typographer, and poet, who is mostly remembered as an abstract painter… Anni’s work is still preserved in many of the patterns, colors, and designs that are still used in the textile industry, creating what she called «pictorial textiles.»

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OBRAS DE JOSEF ALBERS – WORKS OF JOSEF ALBERS

OBRAS DE ANNI ALBERS – WORKS OF ANNI ALBERS

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My poem «No te olvides de mi» has been nominated by Spillwords Press, NY for Publication of the Year (International). Please vote today (voting period is 26-31 JAN). Please log in to Spillwords.com and follow this link: https://spillwords.com/vote/ I will truly appreciate it.

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Mi poema «No te olvides de mi» ha sido nominado por Spillwords Press NY en la categoría de Publicación del año (internacional). Os pido vuestro voto que se puede hacer desde hoy mismo hasta el 31 de enero, pero porfa, votad hoy. https://spillwords.com/vote/ pero primero hay que darse de alta en Spillwords: Spillwords.com si no tienes ya una cuenta. Os lo voy a agradecer grandemente.

MUCHAS GRACIAS – THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Abstract art is all about colour, lines, forms and movement. It cannot contain anything identifiable in the natural world. But it must contain their essence because nothing is fully abstract…

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She died a few days ago… She was born on November 11, 1929, in the Bronx, (New York). Her name is Ida Applebroog, daughter of Orthodox Jewish parents, she studied graphic design in Manhattan, stating that she did it because she needed to earn money… She was a feminist, a painter, designer, illustrator of children’s books, and a prolific writer… After moving, with her husband and four children, to Chicago, she enrolled in The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and devoted herself to making jewellery and costume jewellery for the family to sell at art fairs in the city… In 1968, the family moved to California and she began attending art classes at the California Institute of the Arts, which is when her painting style began to develop. Her first exhibition (mixed) was in 1972 at the Long Beach Museum of Art (California)…

It was in 1974, and after relocating back to New York, when she changed her name and became «Ida Applebroog,» (her paternal last name was Applebaum). There she fully developed her style, which consisted of creating figurative artwork resembling comic strips to convey her ideas about feminism, social justice, and domestic violence. In 1977, she wrote a series of books that she self-published and distributed by mail. She also joined «Heresies,» a feminist magazine that addressed topics of art and politics.

Then in 1981, she presented «Applebroog: Silent Stagings«, her first exhibition at the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York, where she continued to exhibit for over twenty years. The theme of this artist has always been to demonstrate the dynamics of «power,» let’s say, of men over women, parents over children, healthcare professionals over patients, and the government over the people…

In 2020, Applebroog’s work was included in a group exhibition at the Perez Art Museum in Miami, Florida, in a presentation titled «My Body, My Rules.» The exhibition showcased the works of women artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Carolee Schneemann, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Ana Mendieta, Wanguechi Mutu, Mickalene Thomas, and Francesca Woodman. We will feature all of these artists on this blog.

Ida Applebroog passed away at the age of 93 in Manhattan.

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Llevo ya varios años publicando mis poemas (en inglés y en español) en la revista Spillwords Press, NY (pincha aquí para leerlas). Ya en 2024 mi poema «A mis naranjas verdes» ganó el premio de mejor poema internacional y ahora mi poema «No te olvides de mi» ha sido nominada como mejor poema internacional del 2025 y te pido tu voto. Para hacerlo hay que darse de alta en Spillwords Press, NY (pincha el link) y luego votar. Gracias por tu apoyo y cooperación.

«No te olvides de mi»

No te olvides de mi,
Ni abras los ojos sin pensar en los míos…

No pases por el trillo junto al rio,
sin darte cuenta que por él van mis recuerdos
flotando en la espuma que vibra sobre el agua verde,
fecunda, fría y profunda.
Es el rio, el que ahora te canta fandanguillos al sentir tus pasos cerca,
y que con ellos te implora,
no te olvides de mi…

No te olvides de mi,
y si miras hacia el cielo escucharas el sonido de mi voz,
flotando entre las nubes,
viajando sobre el viento,
que ahora está aquí y mañana lejos, lejos, tan lejos
que ya no tiene formas de volver.

(Sigue leyendo pinchando aquí)

Y muchísimas gracias por vuestro voto: https://spillwords.com/vote/.

My poem «No te olvides de mi» has been nominated by Spillwords Press, NY for Publication of the Year (International). Please vote today (voting period is 26-31 JAN). Please log in to Spillwords.com and follow this link: https://spillwords.com/vote/ I will truly appreciate it.

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Mi poema «No te olvides de mi» ha sido nominado por Spillwords Press NY en la categoría de Publicación del año (internacional). Os pido vuestro voto que se puede hacer desde hoy mismo hasta el 31 de enero, pero porfa, votad hoy. https://spillwords.com/vote/ pero primero hay que darse de alta en Spillwords: Spillwords.com si no tienes ya una cuenta. Os lo voy a agradecer grandemente.

MUCHAS GRACIAS – THANK YOU SO MUCH!

WHO DESERVES SUCH LOVELY FLOWERS

Who deserves such lovely flowers?
Brilliant, yellow like a sun!
Yet soon, so soon,
they’ll be as black as the night’s become.
Roses bloom in clear, white light,
lilies! What a lovely sight!
But they’ll die soon, dearest lady,
are they to adorn my tomb?

You know well I’ve never loved you.
You know I’ve always shunned your love.
Never have I thought much of you,
on you, spent not one second!
Really, I have felt no real emotion.
You are a cloud that brings no rain,
insipid, like torture without pain.
An ocean without salt,
what would it be?

Have you no love for these flowers?
Or is it that you cannot see
that I don’t deserve these flowers
that you’re bringing now to me?

So these flowers,
these fresh ones that you adore,
soon beautiful no more.
So just lay them on my grave,
let them dry and forever there remain.

Flowers for one undeserving
does not a virtuous gift make.
It seems a shameful engagement,
this waste of beauty and of care,
for one who lives in mad despair.
Who deserves such lovely flowers?
Lady, I really do not care.

C.2024/5 Francisco Bravo Cabrera 30 DEC 24/23 JAN 2025 Valencia, España

Fue la mujer de Jackson Pollock, y como los dos hacían «abstract-expressionism», o sea, expresionismo abstracto, el inicialmente le robo la fama. Pero sus pinturas, a mi juicio, son superiores a las de Pollock. Creo que Krasner era, y es, mucho más artista que Jackson Pollock y que él se benefició grandemente teniéndola de compañera, pues pudo así nutrirse bien de su obra… Krasner nació en Brooklyn (NY) en 1908… En 1937 comenzó a estudiar en el estudio del pintor alemán Hans Hofmann, y fue este el que le presentó el cubismo en la obra de Picasso, además el fauvismo de Matisse y las obras de otros pintores, los que hacían la abstracción europea… Krasner comenzó a exponer en 1940, estableciendo el expresionismo abstracto en EEUU y en 1945 se casó con Jackson Pollock, en esos momentos líder de los expresionistas abstractos de EEUU… Lee Krasner murió en Nueva York en 1984. Ahora dime lo que piensas de esta gran pintora…

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She was the wife of Jackson Pollock, and as both practiced abstract expressionism, he initially stole the spotlight from her. However, in my opinion, her paintings are superior to Pollock’s. I believe Krasner was, and is, a much greater artist than Jackson Pollock, and he greatly benefited from having her as a partner, as he was able to draw inspiration from her work… Krasner was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1908… In 1937, she began studying in the studio of the German painter Hans Hofmann, who introduced her to cubism in Picasso’s work, as well as the fauvism of Matisse and the works of other painters who were creating European abstraction… Krasner started exhibiting in 1940, establishing abstract expressionism in the U.S., and in 1945 she married Jackson Pollock, who was at that time the leader of abstract expressionists in the U.S…. Lee Krasner passed away in New York in 1984. Now tell me what you think of this great painter…

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