JaZzArt en València

Russafa es uno de mis barrios preferidos de la ciudad. Por sus calles encuentras bares, restaurantes, tiendas y muchas, muchas naranjas, y las naranjas ahora ya se están poniendo anaranjadas me encanta verlas… Pero, aunque la capital se salvo de la DANA del 29 de octubre, no fue así en el resto de nuestra provincia que sufrió los estragos de esa horrible tormenta que ha dejado miles y miles de damnificados y un numero muy, pero que muy alto de muertos. Las aguas se lo llevaron todo y va tomar tiempo, mucho tiempo, para que las cosas en muchos de nuestros pueblos regresen a la normalidad. Fue un horror que causó pánico y desespero, pero después que la lluvia dejo de caer, después que el lodo al fin se detuvo, cuando salió un tenue rayo de sol y amaneció el dia, vimos a cientos de miles de voluntarios, guiados por el corazón y el deseo de ayudar a sus hermanos, que partieron hacia los pueblos, acto de solidaridad, para echar una mano. Ya han pasado tres semanas y aún están allí, al pie del cañón, esos voluntarios…muchos de ellos gente joven, el orgullo de nuestra Comunitat…pues el trabajo no se ha acabado y si el pueblo no ayuda al pueblo ¿Quién lo va a ayudar?

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Russafa is one of my favourite neighbourhoods of the city. Along its streets, you find bars, restaurants, shops, and many, many orange trees, and being that the oranges are now turning orange, I love seeing them… But, although the capital was spared from the horrible storm of October 29, this was not the case for the rest of our province, which suffered the consequences of that horrible storm that left thousands and thousands of victims and a very, very high number of deaths. The waters swept everything away, and it will take time, a lot of time, for things in many of our towns to return to normal. It was a horror that caused panic and despair. But after the rain stopped, after the mud finally ceased to carry away everything in its path, and when a faint ray of sunshine appeared and the new day finally dawned, we saw hundreds of thousands of volunteers, guided by their hearts and the desire to help their neighbours, heading to the towns, in an act of solidarity, to lend a hand. Three weeks have passed, and they are still there, at the forefront, those volunteers… many of them young people, the pride of our Comunitat… because the work is not over, and if the people do not help the people, who is going to help them?

Well she was greatly celebrated during the 1950’s and her works were purchased by such notable establishments as the Whitney Museum of American Art… She was born in Westchester, New York… Her work, during the 40’s and 50’s, abstract art, earned her quite a reputation. Then she was lost to art history… Although she started her career calling herself an abstract expressionist, by the late 1950’s she had switched to figurative… She taught art at Queens College of New York among other institutions… She died in New York at the age of 80 in 2003… Why do I feature her? One plain and simple reason, she is a recognised (by art history) woman artist that has been thrown into the rubbish bin much too soon and without any reason. I do believe that if you are an artist, or a student of art, you should know as much as possible about any and all artists that have ever figured in art history (or that should). So here are a few samples of her work.

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Esto si que es para menear el culo hasta salir volando. Han pagado 6,2 millones de dólares por esta «obra de arte». La «obra» se titula Comedian y no es más que una banana pegada a la pared con una cinta adhesiva. El que la ha comparado por esos 6,2 millones de dólares (5,8 millones de euros), se lleva la banana, la cinta y un certificado de autenticidad, reconociendo que la banana la tiene que ir cambiando cada siete días. La banana, digo la obra Comedian se subasto en Sotheby’s de Nueva York.

Sotheby’s ha dicho que el coleccionista se quiere identificar, es un tal Justin Sun, que a la vez quisiera decir: «Esto no es solo una obra de arte; representa un fenómeno cultural , un puente entre los mundos del arte, los memes y la comunidad cripto«.

Yo diría que es otra cosa, ¿Y tú?

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This is definitely something to shake your butt until you fly away (Spanish saying but that does not translate too well 😁). Someone paid 6.2 million dollars for this «work of art.» The «work» is titled Comedian and is nothing more than a banana taped to the wall. The person who bought it for those 6.2 million dollars (5.8 million euros) gets the banana, the tape, and a certificate of authenticity, acknowledging that the banana must be replaced every seven days. The banana, I mean the work Comedian, was auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York.

Sotheby’s has said that the collector wants to identify himself; he’s a certain Justin Sun, who also wants to say: «This is not just a work of art; it represents a cultural phenomenon, a bridge between the worlds of art, memes, and the crypto community.»

I would say it’s something else. What about you?

This is one of my favourites women artists. She was born in Catalunya but mostly made a name for herself while in Mexico. They say she is a surrealist but I think she was more of a fantasy/literature oriented artist creating her own style… Anyways, here, in this video, you will get a good introduction and I urge you to look for more (especially exhibitions) about the art and the life of this artist.

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Another great woman artist that you may not have heard of or much about, Sonja Sekula (or Sonia Sekula). She was born in Switzerland in 1918. She was an abstract expressionist who met and worked with most of the surrealists during her exile in New York (1942). She also travelled to Mexico where she met Leonora Carrington and Frida Kahlo. During that time she also spent time in the western United States getting to know the Indians of those areas. Later she met Peggy Guggenheim who offered her a solo exhibition. Her end was tragic. She hanged herself in her Zurich studio in 1963. She suffered much from mental illness…

I do admire her work and I think this video says it all…

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I think the following video says just about all I would like to say about these phenomenal works of art that served to influence Picasso, and many other artists, including me…

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Drawing inspirations: JaZzArT in Orange…

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This is one of my favourites women artists. She was born in Catalunya but mostly made a name for herself while in Mexico. They say she is a surrealist but I think she was more of a fantasy/literature oriented artist creating her own style… Anyways, here, in this video, you will get a good introduction and I urge you to look for more (especially exhibitions) about the art and the life of this artist.

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Another great woman artist that you may not have heard of or much about, Sonja Sekula (or Sonia Sekula). She was born in Switzerland in 1918. She was an abstract expressionist who met and worked with most of the surrealists during her exile in New York (1942). She also travelled to Mexico where she met Leonora Carrington and Frida Kahlo. During that time she also spent time in the western United States getting to know the Indians of those areas. Later she met Peggy Guggenheim who offered her a solo exhibition. Her end was tragic. She hanged herself in her Zurich studio in 1963. She suffered much from mental illness…

I do admire her work and I think this video says it all…

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