(Image from original photograph by FBC/All Rights Reserved)
This photograph, now a fine art print available only through Fine Art America, is of the old boardwalk of Miami Beach. This historic structure was torn down to make way for the cement «beach walk» in 2019. But here I have kept a memory. It is available as a framed print, a wood, metal, canvas, or acrylic print (and even a poster). Fine Art America handles the entire transaction and ships quickly anywhere. I have several other prints available, affordable and of excellent quality here.
¡Venga! Ya hay lugar para tantos cuadros malos, malísimos, que ocupan puestos en otros museos del mundo y es en el museo de arte mala (Museum of Bad Art/MoBA) de Boston y en sus sucursales. Aquí no entra quien quiera, sino quien pueda, porque hay criterios para que un cuadro sea aceptado. Uno de ellos es que no debe valer mas de $6,50. Además tiene que ser un cuadro que surgió del deseo del pintor de hacer una obra seria pero que le salió mal. El curador Ollie Hallowell del MoBA dejó dicho que el cuadro tiene que provocarte un «¡Madre mía!» en el observador. Bueno, el vídeo te lo dirá todo, disfruta de arte tan mala que no puede ser ignorada. (En serio te digo que algunos de estos cuadros me gustan).
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Ok! Finally there’s a place for so much bad art that is hanging in other museums around the world and it is the Museum of Bad Art, the MoBA in Boston and now other cities as well. But don’t think that any one of those ugly paintings you may find in garage sales or flea markets can make it to the collections of the MoBA. No. They have clear standards, like in any respectable museum. The standards are that no painting can be of a value more than $6.50 (USD) and it must have been made as a serious effort that somehow went wrong. Curator Ollie Hallowell said that a painting must elicit the «Oh my God!» response in the observer. Well, the video will show you everything of this art, too bad to be ignored. (Seriously, some of these paintings I do like).
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(Si te ha gustado por favor dale el «like» ya que eso nos ayuda mucho, gracias/If you liked it please give it a «like» as that helps us a lot, thank you)
Gracias…
Cheers…
(Foto/Photo CBS – Este cuadro me gusta mas que la de Leonardo/This painting I like more than Leonardo’s)
(«Five Nails» Image property of FBC/Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia/All Rights Reserved)
This is one of my power drawings «Five Nails» (wood print) from the pre-Jazz Art period. Now I have allowed it to become a print in wood, metal, acrylic, canvas, paper or framed, (and even as a poster), through Fine Art America. This company handles everything from the sale to the shipping. I have other images there in my exclusive gallery.
For those of you who still have not purchased your copy of this phenomenal anthology, filled with the work of so many wonderful writers, poets, artists, I will give you a preview of one very beautiful poem included in the book.
GOD’S GRACE
Love arrives like a cloud ballet, holding serenity like pearls smiling
naivety reveals me no longer faceless, for forgiveness dwells within
clear as crystals, I am not a starling to make patterns for your dresses
my wings tremble not for you, yet I embed your words in memory
no longer do I need a reservoir of tears, my eyes scream no longer
cypress trees, ponds, and crawdads sing of a lover’s pale blue path
injustices touch many, my heart is not callous, for faith is my rock
resilient as mountains that slice borders yet greet soft pigments of sunrise
owls call to the stars to bring compassion to end suffering and pain
riding with strength of the majestic gypsy horse with quilled heels
smelling the scents that hover over the sands of oceans, I am at peace.
Written by Joni Karen Caggiano, a published poet and photographer. You can look for more of her fabulous work on her blog: https://the-inner-child.com
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HIDDEN IN CHILDHOOD is a most phenomenal anthology released this past January (2023) by Literary Revelations and edited by Gabriela Marie Milton, a beautiful poet whose work can be seen in her blog Short Prose.
This anthology is a total and complete delight! Editor Gabriela Marie Milton, owner and director of Literary Revelations, has edited a most interesting, haunting, touching, emotional and powerful group of poems that speak of the days of our youth. The book is currently a bestseller in Amazon. I am proud to know some of the writers whose work are included in the book and I can say that their poetry is phenomenal, all of the poets are. I salute them and congratulate them, all of them, beginning with Gabriela, whose effort, dedication and hard work made this anthology a reality. Cheers Gabriela and Literary Revelations for this magnificent work!
This was «THE» band back in the day! The days of phenomenal music! The days of creating and developing rock with its aesthetics, rebelliousness, simplicity and utter desperation. This song, «Good Times Bad Times» inspired me to write one of the poems that has now become part of an incredible anthology, «Hidden in Childhood», published by Literary Revelations and edited by Gabriela Marie Milton.
(Ya las naranjas se han madurado/Calles de València/foto de FBC/Derechos Reservados)
Este poema recibió el premio de publicación del año (2022) por la prestigiada revista literaria Spillwords Press.
A MIS NARANJAS VERDES
Frágil es el puente que nos lleva hacia el futuro, a veces impasable, otras muy duro.
“El cielo es de naranjas, la tierra es de ajedrez, la luna es de esperanzas y el sol es de beodez.”
Pero, en mi tierra fértil con sus montañas, valles, olivos y su historia, y sus castillos que penetran las entrañas, seguimos en la noria…
Albergue de guerreros pordioseros, hogar donde la vela se desgarra, la lucha es el augurio venidero, la vida es negro barro que te embarra…
“Mis ojos son naranjas, mis manos son limón, trabajo en esas granjas donde esta mi corazón.”
A mis naranjas verdes que cultivo en Valencia, les pido que recuerden, les pido que reciten: «Vivo en este instante, sonriente y complacido, siempre pensando y sin dudar, que jamás seré vencido”.
Francisco Bravo Cabrera, 14 de diciembre de 2020, Valencia, España
(«Lucy in the Sky With Flowers» artista desconocido/Unknown artist)
El museo de arte mala, pero mala, mala, malísima, venga, tan mala, alé, que te conquista la mirada… Mañana os preparare el vídeo de este ejemplar museo que está en la ciudad de Boston, Estados Unidos. Este cuadro, de semejante artista desconocido, es, supuestamente, vosotros juzgareis, el peor cuadro del mundo…
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The Museum of Bad Art. And they’ve bad, bad, I mean really bad art! So bad that they are mesmerising, you cannot take your eyes off these paintings! Tomorrow I will prepare for you a video of this exemplary museum located in the city of Boston, United States.This painting, from an unknown artist, is, supposedly, you be the judge, the worst painting in the world…
Annemarie, fotógrafa, escritora, periodista, con su look andrógino que le vino muy bien durante su vida en la bohemia berlinesa de la época, nació en Suiza en 1908 y murió muy joven, en 1942, de un traumatismo cranial por una caída… Hizo mucho foto-periodismo y publico muchos artículos de los principios de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Estudió en Zúrich y en París y recibió su doctorado de la Universidad de Zúrich a la edad de 23 años. Poco después publicó su primera novela titulada «Freunde um Bernhard» (El circulo de Bernhard) que fue bien recibida… En 1937 y en 1938, sus fotografías documentaban el surgir del fascismo en Europa (y digo yo que esa fue la era del fascismo que ya no existe ni en Europa ni en el mundo, eso fue un fenómeno puntual que solo se vio durante esos años, no os equivoquéis). Fue a EEUU con su amiga, la fotógrafa estadounidense Barbara Hamilton-Wright, y vio la pobreza y la penuria de los que vivían en los estados del sur y sus fotografías se hicieron la voz de esos alienados y olvidados pueblos.
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Annemarie, photographer, author, journalist, who with her androgynous look managed to fit in so well to the bohemian Berlin of the time, was born in Switzerland in 1908. She died quite young, in 1942, from a head injury received in a fall… She published many articles and as well published her photo-journalism accounts of early WWII. She studied in Zürich and in Paris and reveived her doctorate from the University of Zürich at the age of 23 years. At the time she published her first novella titled «Freunde um Bernhard» (Bernhard’s Circle) which was quite well received… In 1937 and in 1938 here photographs documented the rise of fascism in Europe. She travelled to the United States with her friend, the North American photographer Barbara Hamilton-Wright. They travelled to the southern states and she was able to document photographically the poverty and the misery of the people of these regions.
(Dos mujeres en la playa de Barcelona, 1933/Two Women at the Beach in Barcelona, 1933/Swiss National Library)
(Grupo de jóvenes en San Sebastian,1933/Group of youths in San Sebastian,1933/Swiss National Library)
(Hombres en un camión del ejército decorado con esvásticas/Viena, marzo de 1938/Men in a military vehicle decorated with swastikas, March 1938/Swiss National Library)
Hay mucho mas de esta fotógrafa, de esta mujer artista que probablemente no conocíais. Conocedla…
There’s much more about this photographer, this woman artist that you probably did not know anything about. Get to know her…
OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTA/PRESENTS:
ACERCA DE OTRA FOTOGRAFA – ABOUT ANOTHER WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER
JaZzArt en València 