JaZzArt en València

Y en muchos lugares se siguen cometiendo errores, quizá la inacción hubiera sido mejor…

El jazz es la música clásica estadounidense. La inventaron en Nueva Orleans al principio del Siglo XX los negros descendientes de esclavos o los llegados de Haiti y de otras islas del Caribe. El jazz se separó enseguida de los otros géneros por tres cosillas muy elementales pero muy básicas. Primero, era música que dependía de la improvisación, de que el musico se hiciera compositor al tocar y de un ritmo singular, el «swing.» Esos tres elementos eran necesarios para hacer jazz. Claro, a través de los años el swing se sustituyo por otros ritmos pero la improvisación siguió y así surgieron varios tipos de jazz. Naturalmente el Jazz se coló en casi todos los estilos musicales incluyendo el Flamenco y también en la danza y yo lo he metido en mi arte que se hace siguiendo esos tres principios fundamentales. Ojalá os guste…

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Jazz is the American classical music. It was invented in New Orleans at the beginning of the 20th century by black descendants of slaves or those who came from Haiti and other Caribbean islands. Jazz quickly distinguished itself from other genres by three very basic but fundamental elements. Firstly, it relied on improvisation, where the musician becomes a composer while playing, and it had a unique rhythm called «swing.» These three elements were necessary to make jazz. Over the years, the swing rhythm was replaced by other rhythms, but improvisation remained, giving rise to various types of jazz. Naturally, jazz found its way into almost every musical style, including flamenco, and even into dance. I have incorporated jazz into my art, following these three fundamental principles. I hope you like it…

Nuestras oraciones están con vosotros Marruecos, que Dios os bendiga.

El asunto es que estamos todos controlados… pero no será para siempre, hay esperanza…

En el otoño del 2003 me invitaron a exponer en una galería de Estambul, (PG ART). Me pilló completamente de sorpresa. La curadora, que estaba de visita por Miami, vino a verme a Omnia Caelum Studios Miami y me dijo que le entregara cinco cuadros para la expo. Yo expondría en conjunto con un artista danés. Yo acepte y me fue muy bien. Aunque no me lo esperaba se vendieron tres de los cinco cuadros. Yo flipando porque no me imaginaba que a los turcos les fuera a gustar mi estilo ni el contenido de mi obra, pero di pie con bola y lo demás es historia…

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In the fall of 2003, I was invited to exhibit at a gallery in Istanbul (PG ART). It caught me completely by surprise. The curator, who was visiting Miami, came to see me at Omnia Caelum Studios Miami and asked me to submit five paintings for the exhibition. I would be exhibiting alongside a Danish artist. I agreed, and it went very well. Although I wasn’t expecting it, three out of the five paintings were sold. I was amazed because I never imagined that Turks would like my style or the content of my work, but I hit the mark and the rest is history…

Pongámonos en contacto, sígueme – Let’s get in touch, follow me

Web/Gallery: https://www.fbcart.wixsite.com/jazzart

YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@FranciscoBravoCabrera

Instagram: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera

Twitter (X): @euskadi_bakero

Artist Representative: “By Guloshka”

Instagram: @Guloshka

E-Mail: guloshka404@gmail.com

Gracias…

Cheers…

SEPTEMBER

They picked up the lounge chairs.
They closed up the bar.
They took down the names of the singer, the dancer,
and the gypsy, the one with the magic guitar.

The sand is now empty,
umbrellas are packed,
the dancers have left.
The sun?
Not as hot as it was back in August,
when Flamenco nights were hot and fluid,
with music flying over the dark, deep waters of the Mediterranean,
whose waters kissed shores full of life,
and her body seductively swaying under the yellow moonlight…

Yellow-orange her dress, jet black hair,
naked feet pounding sand without care,
while he sang of a lover’s delight,
she danced under yellow moonlight…

All summer we sang, we danced and we lived
neath the stars of the sky
in the humid sea breeze.
But now September’s arrived,
everything’s been picked up,
and it’s time now to fly,
towards winter,
with memories lingering…
Perhaps longing for summer again
and the things we’ll be missing?

Like the moon,
like the spirit of gypsy guitars
and the soft rhythmic dancing
of a beautiful woman…on a beach, on a bar…
of the sweat… hot and sticky…that drips as you dance,
as you dance Sevillanas, on the beach on a bar…

Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 09 SEP 2023, Valencia, España

Siempre ha sido así, lamentablemente…

Venga, los colores, che han estado en mi cabeza siempre. Cuando comencé la carrera el siglo pasado, lo natural fue que pintara con muchos colores y así lo hice y lo sigo haciendo. Los colores en sí son arte, y el por qué es muy simple, porque transmiten emociones, tienen historia, espíritu y vida, las cosas esenciales del arte. Aquí os traigo algunos de los cuadros de otras épocas de mi desarrollo artístico. Ya muchos están en colecciones particulares en un montón de países del mundo, pero alguno otros aún os están esperando. (Contactar «By Guloshka» representante, guloshka404@gmail.com).

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Colours! They’ve always been on my mind. When I started my career last century, it was only natural for me to paint with many colours, and so I did, and still do. Colours themselves are art, and the reason why is very simple. They convey emotions, they make history, are full of spirit, and therefore life – the essential elements of art. On this post I bring you some of the paintings from other stages of my artistic development. Many of them are already in private collections in numerous countries around the world, but some others are still waiting for you. (Contact «By Guloshka» representative, guloshka404@gmail.com).

PONTE EN CONTACTO – GET IN TOUCH

Web/Gallery: https://www.fbcart.wixsite.com/jazzart

YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@FranciscoBravoCabrera

Instagram: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera

Twitter (X): @euskadi_bakero

Artist Representative: “By Guloshka”

Instagram: @Guloshka

E-Mail: guloshka404@gmail.com

Happy Friday to all! All of us here at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia will raise a glass to you because we love you and because we like to drink, drink, drink!

SALUD-L’CHAIM-A LA VOTRE-NA ZDROWIE-PROST-CHEERS–CIN CIN

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not too sure about the first one.” Albert Einstein

Todos los días al poner el telediario lo comprobamos…

Every day when we put on the news we get proof he was right…