#art, El pintor que no me gusta – The Painter I don’t Like…

(Joan Miró/Photo Artistico RD)

A mi siempre me ha fascinado… No, no Joan Miró, sino la fama que ha logrado… Siempre ha sido un misterio para mi y realmente me gustaría saber que ven en sus cuadros, claro, a los que le gusten. Me da la impresión que si no fuera sido por su familia, que conocía a mucha gente importante y que tenía conexiones…y pasta…y que organizaron y abrieron la Fundación Joan Miró, a Joan no lo recordaría hoy nadie… Y tenían que abrir una fundación, digo yo, porque si no, ¿Donde iban a meter todos esos cuadros? Y solo me refiero a su obra de arte no a su persona que no tengo porque no creer que era una bella persona.

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I have always been fascinated… No, not by Joan Miró, but by the fame he has achieved… It has always been a mystery to me and I would really like to know what people see in his paintings, of course, those people that actually like them. I have the impression that if it hadn’t been for his family, who knew a lot of important people and had connections…and money…and who organized and opened the Joan Miró Foundation, no one would remember Joan today… And they had to open a foundation, I mean, where else would they put all those paintings? And I am referring only to his paintings not to his person who I have no reason to believe that he was anything other than a bang on good chap.

Foto/Photo: Kippelboy/Wikimedia Commons)

Hasta un vídeo hice de este artista, ¿Qué os parece?

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I even made a video of this artist. What do you think?

(2022)

Aquí os dejo los tres que más me gustan… ¿Fenomenales, no? Como se ve que se los curro bien currados, hasta el nombre, pues se titulan Inmersión Azul.

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Here are the three that I like the most… Phenomenal, aren’t they? You can tell that Joan put a lot of effort into them, even to find a suitable title, well maybe not and he just called them Blue Immersion.

(Foto/Photo Historia Arte)

Si eres fan de Joan Miró, si lo consideras un gran pintor, y te fascinan sus cuadros, dímelo, explícamelos porque no les encuentro ni pies ni cabeza. Y no hablo de Miró el tío, probablemente habría sido una persona amable y simpática, no lo conocí. Me limito a criticar su obra artística exclusivamente.

Gracias…

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If you’re a fan of Joan Miró, if you consider him a great painter, and you are fascinated by his paintings, tell me, explain them to me because I can’t make heads or tails of them. And I’m not talking about Miró the guy, he probably would have been a kind and friendly person, I didn’t know him. I simply limit myself to criticizing his artistic work exclusively.

Cheers…

#poem, «A S K»

(Working at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia/All Rights Reserved)

ASK

Did I hear you right?
Did you really say that I can ask
and that you will give me whatever I want?

So my friend, then I’d say
give me a rainbow.
No!

Instead,
give me a magic tornado,
one that would sweep from the earth all the ugliness,
all the misfortunes, all the pain,
suffering,
disease.

A storm with a magic broom to sweep away
everything that we’re afraid of.
Let it’s flash floods,
instead of destruction, wash away the sadness,
wash away the pain,
so that after the rain
we can smile
and forget all our hardships.

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This poem does not imply that the damages caused by tornadoes are valuable and good, instead it refers to the idea of a cleansing storm that would only wipe from our midst negative things and leave all the good people and good things unharmed. It is figurative and most certainly not literal.

Thank you.

I wrote this poem back in 2021

Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 19 FEB 2021, València, Spain

#art, Giacometti, Importante escultor del S. XX – Giacometti, Important XXth C. Sculptor

(Alberto Giacometti at the Venice Biennale of 1962/Foto/Photo: Paolo Monti)

Uno de los mas importantes escultores…y artista…del Siglo 20. Alguien que si no conoces todavía, deberías conocerlo pero ya! Aquí en el vídeo conocerás algunas de sus obras pero hay muchas mas y te urjo que las busques…

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One of the most important sculptors…and artists…of the XXth Century. Someone that if you don’t already know, you should get to know right away! Here in the video you will see some of his works, but there are many more and I urge you to look for them…

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

(2023)

Gracias…

Cheers…

#art, How About Kubin?

(Photo Artnet)

Kubin, a nightmarish illustrator, but an all around good guy, I think…

Cheers…

#art, Mis naranjas valencianas – My Valencian Oranges…

(Derechos Reservados/All Rights Reserved)

Las naranjas son el símbolo de nuestra Valencia y lo mas obvio que veras si andas por nuestras calles en otoño e invierno… Naturalmente tenían que ser algo importante para mi cuando me pidieron que representara la ciudad en un cuadro. Esto fue lo que hice…

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Oranges are the symbol of our Valencia and the most obvious things you will see if you walk through our streets in autumn and winter… Naturally then, when I was commissioned to do a painting about the city I chose oranges. Here it is…

(2020)

GRACIAS – CHEERS

#poem, “Pretending to Forget”

(Photo property of FBC/All Rights Reserved)

I’ve been that grain of sand beneath a seagull’s black beak,

that held the tide from swallowing the beach.

I’ve been the single rock that children’s hands couldn’t reach,

that ocean’s bathed

with tides

on days

when lonely spirits dreamed of love…

I thought I had accomplished all that I came to do,

and I would be returned to where I lived,

but time has passed,

a million days,

I’ve been forgotten,

why such delay?

When lonely spirits dreamt of peace…

You might not recognise me if you see me again,

I will no longer be the one I was.

The salty shores,

the brilliant sun,

the thought of being so far from home…

I’ve done all I was asked to do, my mission’s success,

has surely been recorded and well known,

but still I linger here,

no hand has come for me yet,

perhaps I’m meant to walk these lands

pretending to forget…

C.2023, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 22 JUL 2023, València, España.

#art, ¿La abstracción existe?

(“Los Blues” de Francisco Bravo Cabrera/Derechos Reservados)

En el arte hay solo dos formas de pintar o esculpir: de forma figurativa o abstracta. La figurativa se entiende bien, pues la composición la reconoces de una forma o de otra. Todo lo demás es abstracción, pues la abstracción no puede contener nada identificable como algo que pertenece al mundo en que vivimos.

Pero… Todo proviene de algo, no hay cosa que exista en un estado perenne de abstracción. Así que os pregunto ¿Existe la abstracción?

Cuento con vosotros para saber la respuesta…

(2022)

GRACIAS…

#art, Retratos de El Greco – Portraits by El Greco

(«Domenikos» obra original de FBC/Derechos Reservados – Original work by FBC/All Rights Reserved)

Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos, mejor conocido como «El Greco» fue un gran maestro del renacimiento español. Este pintor del S. XVI nació en la isla de Creta. Hay que conocerlo bien y el vídeo te lo dirá todo. Disfrútalo…

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Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos, better known as «El Greco» was a great master of the Spanish Renaissance. This XVI Century painter was born on the island of Crete. You have to get to know him well and this video will guide you. Enjoy…

(2022)

Gracias…

Cheers…