(Fidel Castro, foto de Alex Castro Soto del Valle, The New York Times)
ALEX CASTRO, hijo de Fidel Castro, nació en La Habana, Cuba en 1963. Ingeniero de profesión, pero que realizó muchos trabajos de cinematografía. Sus fotografías se han expuesto en muchas exposiciones colectivas y están también en muchas colecciones privadas.
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ALEX CASTRO, son of Fidel Castro, was born in La Habana, Cuba in 1963. He is an engineer, but also did work as a cinematographer. He has exhibited his photographs in many collective exhibitions as well as in many private collections.
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(«Amanecer en Cuenca»)(Currando/Working)(JazzArt Fase/Phase I)(Imágenes propiedad de FBC/Derechos Reservados/Images property of FBC/All Rights Reserved)
In lesson one I spoke of the importance of the items you will need in your studio or home that will greatly assist you in your quest to paint or draw. The most important being the «moldeable rubber» (eraser), as it will help you to reduce the stress that can present itself when you face the following problems:
What to paint or draw?
Well, I would say that before asking yourself that question you should think in terms of «how» (not what) you see… Everything you see, whether indoors or outdoors, you perceive according to the light, so everything presents itself in parts. This is chiaroscuro in Italian, and light and dark in English. This is how you see and by extension, how an artist sees.
However, that only refers to subjects outside your head that you intend to paint. If you choose to paint landscapes, portraits or still life (nature-mort), you will paint what you see. And I mean it that way. Not necessarily what is there naturally before you, but what you…as an artist*…sees.
2. How shall I paint/draw this portrait/landscape/still life?
You must choose the style, the colour scheme…in accordance to colour theory…the size, the surface, the composition, dimensions, message et al… Nothing must be left to mere chance, however, you must be open to improvisation, which is completely different from randomness or intuitiveness.
* You are the artist. An artist is not a photographic camera that simply catches what is there. An artist creates, interprets and then represents in accordance to his/her idea and also what he/she wishes to communicate. A painted portrait is not the same as a photographic one. An artist must see beyond what is there and put those impressions…psychological, physical…into the portrait. (I suggest a detailed study of the portraits of Lucien Freud for any artist interested in becoming a portrait artist).
Here are some of my work from the early days of my career:
(2021)
Keep in mind that an artist is a trained, educated and aware individual with a strong desire to communicate, to create and to participate in the ongoing and never ending social debate. In other words, a person with opinions, points of view and abilities to guide and counsel…
Art is not like many other things in life. Art, in its many manifestations, is a contrived and artificial endeavour. It is not related, in any way to reality, except for the fact that it is strictly within the realm of the human. Animals or machines cannot make art. Art is not truth, it is manipulated, created, invented and used by the artist to transmit emotions, feelings and messages.
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El dibujo, para mi es esencial y lo mas dinámico y objetivo del arte, porque el arte es objetivo, no subjetivo como algunos piensan.
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A drawing for me is essential and as well the most dynamic and objective aspect of art. Because art is objective, and not subjective as some may believe.
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«Art is F*art»
Art is art, right? The way it is now, anything that someone makes and calls art becomes art. Especially if it ends up in a gallery or a museum. But I say that although it is art, some art is of very poor quality, worthless. It is art that requires no talent, no work, no thought to be made and should be valued at nothing. This is what I call «F*art» (Art is F*art), to differentiate it from the art that is well thought out, crafted, developed, worked at very hard and for which talent is needed to create it. So, I don’t go around saying something, like the work of Banksy, Damien Hirst, Yoko Ono, Maurizio Cattelan (remember the banana at Art Basel Miami Beach) et al is not art, it is, but it is art that I would categorise as F*art… My opinion. What do you think?
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