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According to the «experts»… oh my, those «experts»… there are proofs and evidence to declare that the «theory» of evolution is a reality, but… I am not convinced by either Darwin or Alfred Russel Wallace… Man, like art, is not a product of evolution.

«How? But what are you saying? Well, I’m going to tell you…»

First, I will tell you about humans, I mean, those who’ve not descended primates (only a lunatic would believe that). If someone wants to have simian ancestors, well, they can enjoy them and go visit them at the zoo. But it is absurd to think that we descend from monkeys. If that were the case, there would no longer be any monkeys because they would have all evolved into men and women. Yes, I know, it’s a somewhat frivolous argument, but it remains valid. Sometimes the simplest things are the truest. That we resemble each other in certain aspects or that we have similar organs that serve the same function, well, dogs, cats, ferrets, otters, lizards, and even fish also have them.

And what of art?

Art does not evolve because it has always been. From the first sketches, drawings, and paintings made in caves to the graffiti done by vandals on the walls of our cities, art is, has been, and will always be a fait accompli, let’s say a done deal.

That times and styles have changed, yes, no doubt. But that is not evolution, that is development. Until the era of the Impressionists, artists only painted what they were asked for. That is why many of the oldest artists did not consider themselves «artists» but rather artisan painters who fulfilled the commissions they were given.

Art changed according to the success of the searches/experiments/trial and errors made by artists who became pioneers and avant-gardists. But until that precise moment in history arrived, it couldn’t be. After the liberty that art achieved in the 19th century, the vanguards of the 20th century came and art completely changed. But it was all due to the search and what they found, as Picasso said, «I do not seek, I find…»

So let us stop thinking about these pseudo-scientists, half mad, half crazy that have put these fireflies in our heads. Let us instead look with a critical eye at the life that surrounds us, at the people too and at art. Art shines, surges, and embraces us with unquenchable strength, the power of truth. Man, like art, did not evolve, but was created perfect.

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El arte abstracto…y vamos otra vez con la abstracción…es una de las vanguardias del Siglo 20, y yo diría que la más importante. Y ¿Por qué? Porque sigue vigente…demasiado…y porque abrió muchos trillos en la pintura. Aumento el campo del expresionismo, del surrealismo y del simbolismo y nos dio la oportunidad…a los pintores…de, claramente y contundentemente, añadir temas de la abstracción a la pintura figurativa. 

Añadiría que la abstracción no es fácil ni es algo intuitivo. Es una forma de pintar que le presenta al pintor los mismos problemas que la pintura figurativa y que el tiene que resolver en cada cuadro. No es cuestión de tirar pintura sobre el lienzo. Es buscar la filosofía, el significado, la referencia y el mensaje de cada cuadro y transmitirlo de forma totalmente abstracta. Esto quiere decir que nada sobre la tela puede parecerse, en lo más mínimo, a lo que encontramos y vemos en nuestra realidad…

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Abstract art…and here we go again with abstraction…is one of the art vanguards of the 20th century, and I would say the most important. And why? Because it remains relevant…I would even say perhaps too much…and because it opened many technical and compositional paths to painters. It expanded the field of expressionism, surrealism, and symbolism, and gave us the opportunity to clearly and forcefully add themes of abstraction to figurative painting.

I would add that abstraction is not easy or intuitive. It is a way of painting that presents the same problems to the painter as figurative painting, and that have to be solved in each painting. It’s not a matter of throwing paint on the canvas; it’s about seeking the philosophy, the meaning, the reference, and the message, and conveying it in a completely abstract way. This means that nothing on the canvas can resemble, even in the slightest, anything found in our reality…

PREGUNTA: Estos dos cuadros, ¿Son figurativos o abstractos?

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QUESTION: Are these two paintings figurative or abstract?

GRACIAS – CHEERS

Esta realidad la vemos cumplirse casi todos los días, ¿No?

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CHEERS…

Few pleasures pull the soul towards contemplation,

few words control the speech of awe and inspiration,

few eyes can see what walks upon the surface of a dream,

few ears can hear the sound that’s never been…

Few men can boast of princely things like my friend Henry,

within a glass, a bottle and a smile he never hurries,

and so I lift my glass and toast to Mr. Garrity,

may he forever have adventures, thoughts and whims…

C.2024, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 05 FEB 2024, Barcelona

Pues si es así, hoy en día en muchos círculos hay muy poca integridad, añadiría que poco gusto y poca inteligencia también…

The black line is the essence of my work and I try, very hard, never to forget it…

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Venga, pero estas faltas al respeto, estas faltas de disciplina, de etica, de urbanismo, mare meua, ¿Hasta cuando? Y ¿Qué hacen las autoridaes francesas? Pues nada…

Unos delincuentes de un grupúsculo llamado Riposte Alimentaire (Respuesta Alimentaria) se han atrevido a entrar al Louvre con latas de sopa y luego lanzárselas a la Mona Lisa gritando que es mas importante la comida que el arte (o alguna estupidez así). No quiero darle propaganda a estos actos delictivos de vandalismo y hasta de terrorismo (diría yo), pero esto tiene tela…

Estas estupideces no son protestas ni la cabeza de un guanajo, son actos de vandalismo y a los que lo hacen hay que llamarles delincuentes no activistas. Parece que hoy en dia todos se creen con muchos derechos, pero derechos para destruir y no para crear. Y poco les importan los deberes.

Si a esta gente se le llama por el nombre que realmente se merecen, pillos, y no se le diera tanta noticia, dejarían de hacer estos actos de vandalismo. Pero yo voy mas allá y digo que deberían de ser detenidos y acusados de altos crímenes y lanzados a un calabozo por unos largos meses para ver si la van a liar entre la población carcelaria estos pijos bitongos…

El arte se respeta. Iros a lanzarle sopa a vuestra abuela y además hay muchos hambrientos por ahi que les hubiera gustado mucho mejor tomarse esa sopa. Aprended que la comida no se desprecia. Hipócritas

Plautilla Nelli was a Dominican nun and a self-taught artist, possibly the first woman artist of Florence. She entered the convent at the age of 14 and immediately began teaching herself how to draw and paint. She was greatly influenced by the Dominican preacher Savonarola who encouraged women to paint, thus the convent becoming a huge art studio for many of the sisters.

Sister Plautilla had success selling her paintings, which she did in large scale as well as in miniature. She had many buyers, including women. She also served as professor to other nuns and many of the sisters of the convent of Saint Catherine of Sienna became her students and disciples. 

Her style was devotional and religious in nature, classic and mannerist as dictated by Savonarola. She inherited the drawings/sketches of Fray Bartolomeo and she was one of the few women included in Vasari’s «Life of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects».

Nelli is an important…woman…artist in Art History and should be studied. I would urge you to look further into the life and the work of this extraordinary woman. Sister Plautilla was born and died in Florence, (1524-1588).

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