JaZzArt en València

El momento aquel cuando decidí que mi trabajo artístico seria «Jazz-Art» fue una epifanía, pero no recuerdo exactamente cuando fue. Lo que si recuerdo fue cuando cambié la forma de escribirlo. Fue durante la pandemia (2020) estando confinado y solo comunicándome con seguidores, amigos, galeristas, fans etcetera, cuando escribí jazz art así: «JaZzArT» y como me gustó así lo dejé.

Pero bueno, la motivación, lo que me provocó a dirigir mi camino hacia el JaZzArT fue el Jazz. Simple, y llanamente siempre he sido un amante de la música. Primero los Beatles y los Rolling, después Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, y casi todos las otras bandas de esa época y después el Jazz. Y lo que más me fascinó del jazz fue la manera como se hace, como se toca, como se desarrolla.

Pues el Jazz (como forma musical) se ajusta a tres principios fundamentales que son:

1- la improvisación; 2- La maestría del solista que toca y compone simultáneamente; 3- el ritmo, el swing que tiene que tener la pieza.

Los tres los convertí en la base de mi trabajo pictórico. Claro, tuve que hacer algunos ajustes pero creo que a través de los años los he logrado entrometer en mis cuadros y lograr así la espontaneidad y la frescura de la improvisación sin alejarme mucho de la planificación.

Dime tu si lo notas en mis cuadros.

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The moment when I decided that my artistic work would be «Jazz-Art» was an epiphany, but I don’t remember exactly when it was. What I do remember is when I changed the way to write it. It was during the pandemic (2020) while being confined and only communicating with followers, friends, gallery owners, fans, etc., when I wrote jazz art like this: «JaZzArT» and since I liked it, I kept it that way.

But well, the motivation, what led me to steer my path towards JaZzArT was Jazz. Simply put, I have always been a lover of music. First the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, then Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and almost all the other bands of that era, and then Jazz. And what fascinated me the most about jazz was the way it is made, how it is played, how it unfolds.

Well, Jazz (as a musical form) adheres to three fundamental principles, which are:

1- Improvisation; 2- The mastery of the soloist who plays and composes simultaneously; 3- The rhythm, the swing that the piece must have.

I turned the three of them into the foundation of my pictorial work. Of course, I had to make some adjustments, but I believe that over the years I have managed to integrate them into my paintings and thus achieve the spontaneity and freshness of improvisation without straying too far from the planning.

Now I ask you, do you see these Jazz principles in my work?

Gracias…

Cheers…

FEMINA. FEMINAE

Is there a longing to impress, to brave the storm and be among the best?

Is there a rhythm to a beating heart that does not rest?

I am the symbol of the light, the struggle, I am the expressed.

C.2022, Francis Bravo Cabrera, 23-02-2022, Valencia, Spain

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On the 23rd day of February, 2022, I presented publicly a form that I had been working on and developing for quite some time. I named it the Euro-Ku in homage and recognition of the Haiku. I have always been a fan of Haikus, especially those written by Zen Masters. However, I knew that as a Westerner I was not placed in this world to live and write as does a poet from the East. But my admiration for the philosophy, the art and the poetry of the East led me to attempt to emulate, of course within the structure of my own, European culture, the Haiku.

What do you think?

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In recognition of the struggle for equality and for the end of domestic violence, we here at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia support a world free of violence against women and have zero tolerance for such crimes. As a matter of fact, we stand vigorously against all manner of violence and although we realise it has been engrained into the mind and into all the cultures on Earth, we stand against war.

El colectivo de Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia, reconoce la lucha por la igualdad y por el fin de la violencia de genero y se une al deseo de un mundo libre de violencia machista. Decimos no a la violencia, zero tolerancia.

THE ANGEL’S WINGS

The vaulty sky revolving placidly above, below and through the angel’s wings,
paints textured pictures deep in dreams,
and I awaken filled with peace…

C.2022, Francis Bravo Cabrera, 22-02-2022, Valencia, Spain

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Nota Bene…

The Euro-Ku, which I have developed as an homage to the traditional Japanese Haiku, besides containing three verses (just like the original but with no syllabic restrictions), whose message must tie in and form a cohesive whole, should be accompanied by an original image. The language should reflect our contemporary, narcissistic, ego-centric and surrealistically paranoid existence. Those psychological descriptors serve to make the Euro-Ku totally a European experience.

Y un buen finde a todos…

Agosto 05: Los moralistas de ahora by Francisco Bravo Cabrera

¿Pero es que en España nunca se ha visto un beso? ¡increíble el pollo que han montado estos “progresistas” por una cosa tan normal y natural! He visto en toda Europa cosas, o digamos reacciones como esa, en EEUU y en el Reino Unido también y a nadie le ha quitado el sueño ni nadie ha pestañeado… Pero parece que aquí el odio hacia los hombres las carcome… ¡Vamos! Dejar el infantilismo y actuar como lo grandecitas que sois…

Estoy de acuerdo al 100 por cien… Que sufran aquellos que piensan en los dictadores…

Aquí os presento a mi pianista preferido de todos los tiempos, (aunque quiero a muchísimos otros, contemporáneos, del jazz, del rock, hasta del pop como a tantos otros clásicos), Ludovico van Beethoven, genio de la música que comparte la posición cimera con mis otros dos compositores favoritos de la música culta, Mozart y Wagner. Como se que de Beethoven se ha hablado mucho y hasta varias pelis han salido y como también se que tu eres un tío o una tía de puta madre que estas bien empapado/a en la cultura, no te voy a agobiar con detalles, al fin y al cabo, para apañarse esta Wikipedia…

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Here I introduce to you my favourite pianist of all time, (although I love many others, contemporary, jazz, rock, even pop like many other classics), Ludovico van Beethoven, a musical genius who shares the top position with my other two favourite classical composers, Mozart and Wagner. Since Beethoven has been extensively discussed and there have even been several movies about him, and since I know you’re a cool person who is well-versed in culture, I won’t overwhelm you with details. After all, there’s always Wikipedia to rely on…

Gracias…

Cheers…

Presumptuous bits of subliminal fatuousness that while climbing a ladder to the moon,

manage to escape, like worms from rotting flesh do when the rain comes to flush out all indignities,

and become the words of love that wistful whispers transfers to the burning sun and far from the cool light of the ghostly moon.

C.2023, Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 27 JUN 2023, Valencia, Spain

SO WHAT THE HELL IS A «EURO-KU?»

It is a way for a Westerner to create a poem in a style created by Easterners and still make it spiritual, interesting and meaningful. It is impossible for me to write like a Japanese poet. I have not experienced his history nor have been raised in his culture, therefore his thought process is unknown to me. But the simplicity, ephemeral nature and spirituality of the Haiku impress me.

So I invented on 02/02/2022 the Euro-Ku to solve that problem. I would use the structure of the traditional Haiku, but change a few things to make it fit into my idiosyncrasy. Here are the rules:

1. Three stanzas or verses (like the original Haiku) but the verses will have no syllabic restrictions. Write them as long as you want.
2. The verses must flow into each other coherently completing or continuing the initial phrase or thought. They must not be inconclusive or flow off into outer space.
3. The Euro-Ku must be accompanied with a unique, unedited image created by the author.

In the Americas I launched the Ameri-Ku, the exact same thing but written by those whose history, culture and background are from across the pond. And by the «Americas» I mean the entire continent, North, Central and Southern portions…

Cheers…

Un dibujo es un cuadro con menos elementos y a veces menos colores, pero sigue siendo un cuadro y sigue teniendo el poder de miles de años de historia de arte…

Yo pinto porque encuentro y porque el arte es la búsqueda, pero no una búsqueda estática sino una búsqueda para encontrar y pintar…

Y como hay que buscar…y encontrar…he buscado y he encontrado que el arte digital («Art Digital en Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia») mola…

Espero que os guste el vídeo y que lo compartáis con vuestros amigos…

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A drawing is a painting with fewer elements and sometimes fewer colors, but it is still a painting and still holds the power of thousands of years of art history…

I paint because I seek and because art is the search, but not a static search, rather a search to find and paint…

And as one must seek…and find…I have searched and I have found that digital art («Digital Art at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia») is cool…

I hope you like this video and that you share it with your friends…

Gracias…

Cheers…