Bon dia!
#art, So It’s a Frida Kahlo Now… (Incredible!)
It was inevitable… The «Queen of Merchandising» had to have a painting sold at Sotheby’s for a record breaking amount and it has happened. This supposed self-portrait (La cama/El sueño) sold for $54,7 million! I cannot imagine who bought it, and Sotheby’s has not identified the buyer.
The «famed» Mexican artist painted it in 1940. This sets a record for a female artist as it surpassed the record held by Georgia O’Keeffe with her painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 which had sold for $44,4 million back in 2014.
Kahlo had a previous record for Latin American art when her painting Diego y yo sold for $34,9 million. The painting showed her and husband Diego Rivera, who actually was a great Mexican artist and muralist. It has been said (I really do not know by whom) that her paintings have fetched even more in private sales.
I will not hide the fact that I do not like the majority of Kahlo’s work. I do not find her art interesting or even good. She lacked technical skill, imagination and a sense of colour. She capitalised upon her pain and suffering and that was her perpetual theme. But if you notice in the paintings where she includes herself, she always paints her face without any emotion whatsoever. Hmm, either she does not know how to paint an emotion upon a face or what…
In any event, here it is for you to talk to me about it. I would really like to know what you think. I will also post the picture of Diego y yo so that we can discuss which one is better, or as I would say, which one is worse.
CHEERS
#art, JaZzArT in My Paintings…
So I told you about my JaZzArT drawings… And the same principle (rule) applies to paintings. Paintings, of course were defined by Matisse as drawings with more elements, and I agree with that definition.
Here are some examples:
CHEERS
Bon dia!
Sin duda alguna… ¿Qué piensas tú?
A todos mis subscriptores – To All My Subscribers…
Siento mucho no poder estar al tanto de vuestros posts, y no es porque no quiera, si no porque estoy de viajes y también arduamente preparando para publicar mi primer poemario en castellano y otro en inglés. Os agradezco vuestras visitas, trataré de siempre subir algo nuevo y por supuesto, muy agradecido por vuestros comentarios, y os contestaré. Hasta muy pronto, agur, agur…
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I’m really sorry for not being able to keep up with your posts, and it’s not because I don’t want to, it’s because I’m travelling and also working hard to publish my first poetry collection in Spanish and another in English. I appreciate your visits, I’ll try to always post something new, and of course, I’m very grateful for your comments, and I will respond to you. See you very soon…
GRACIAS – CHEERS
Bon dia! – Good Morning!
“Whatever you imagine is as real as life, but what is reality? I don’t know, but it’s like the bull that fights and dies and the bull that fights and kills.” (Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
“Lo que te puedas imaginar será realidad, pero ¿Qué es la realidad? No lo sé, pero se parece al toro que lucha y muere y al toro que lucha y mata.” (Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
CHEERS – GRACIAS
May the Beauty of Our Lives Spread Her Wings – Que nuestra belleza abra sus alas…
«May my eyes always find the beauty God has spread all around our Earth and may I learn from the Wisdom found in every living thing that surrounds me.» (Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
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«Que mis ojos siempre encuentren la belleza que Dios ha regado por el mundo, nuestro mundo, nuestra tierra, y que siempre esté dispuesto a conocer la sabiduría que también nos rodea y que está presente en todo ser viviente.» (Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
TRADUCCION DEL POEMA CONTENIDO EN EL VIDEO
Agradecido estoy por la luz
que me deja contemplar la belleza
y me deja hallar la sabiduría
que Él ha regado por toda la creación.
Con gratitud busco lo bello,
y también la sabiduría que tiene todo ser viviente.
(Francisco Bravo Cabrera/Derechos Reservados)
CHEERS – GRACIAS
#art, Drawings in JaZzArT…
I call my drawings, and many of my paintings, «JaZzArT» because they dance…
Jazz music follows three basic «rules» which are: Improvisation, the player (soloist) as composer and swing. I try to do the same within my artwork. But how do I accomplish it? I’ll tell you…
First, I start by imagining the composition, in other words, visualising it vividly in full detail as I listen to some jazzy tunes; I begin to sketch to the music, following the rhythm and the nuances of the melody; I allow the sketch to «climb up to the canvas» in colours that resemble the chords and the harmonies that I am listening to; then I improvise instead of simply copying the sketch and I let my «soloist» (usually one of the figures within the composition) to lead me on, to tell me the colour, to compose a bit; then I balance the colour wheel within the composition so that it can dance…
Here are some examples of JaZzArT drawings…
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Hoy en LatinosUSA: Una mañana poética con Flavio Almerighi (Ita/Esp)
Asciugare Il grigio e il buio successivosempre più precoce,dolori immaginari,condizioni essenzialialla nascita della pioggia,orgasmo delle nubiil cui…
Una mañana poética con Flavio Almerighi (Ita/Esp)
Por favor pincha el enlace para leer el poema.
GRACIAS
POEM: «A Little bit of You»
A little bit of you…
a piece of me.
Sweat breaks off our skin and we sprinkle the floor with the gin we drank in better days when we thought we were truly free.
No, it wasn’t honey, we toasted with bile and not champagne, no honey moon with us remained.
And it wasn’t freedom.
Shackled hands and shackled feet to the altar we were led by a glorious man of many wars a sailor tried and true, with voices pouring from his head that made us dream of youth…
A hefty chunk of you,
and a bit more of me,
leads us to days when we suffer dearly and crave to live one more second of laughter or a minute of tears.
Because if from you and from me there exists only shadows,
from me and from you there is nothing.
C.2021, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 28 de noviembre 2021, València, España
JaZzArt en València 