JaZzArt en València

This goes back to the end of the 20th Century, more or less, to the days when I played with a few lads and we called the band «AJA» (Abstract Jazz Arrangement)…

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Escuchando el concierto de piano numero 15 de W. A. Mozart, K 450) Vivimos en el planeta Tierra, supuestamente, y en un mundo dominado por la …

AL PAN PAN Y AL VINO VINO (No.2) By Francisco Bravo Cabrera

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“If one doesn’t study and recognise the things done in the past for the benefits of mankind, one is then acting not like a man who fears the dark, but one who fears the light.” (Francisco Bravo Cabrera)

«El que no estudia y reconoce las cosas que se hicieron en el pasado en pro de la humanidad, actúa como un hombre que le teme a la luz en vez de a la oscuridad.» (Francisco Bravo Cabrera)

YA SE ACABÓ EL VERANO

Ya recogieron las tumbonas,
y la última gota de ron
se la bebió aquel cabrón
sentado en la esquina del bar…

Las aves veraniegas
han marcado casi a ciegas
el camino de regreso
tirándonos cuatro besos…

El chiringuito
ya no ofrece pescaditos
fritos con sal y pimienta,
ahora la soledad revienta…

Pero el calor sigue azotando,
y los ánimos corren
por el salón de bailar,
y la orquesta ya no sabe que tocar…

Prefiero el son del verano
a las sinfonías de otoño.
Prefiero el calor del sol, coño,
al Halloween tan cercano…

Recogieron las tumbonas,
las sillas, los flotadores.
Ya no tocan los tambores
ni tampoco los trombones,
los de la banda del club
como hacían todas las noches
cuando evitando el reproche
invitaba yo a bailar
a la chica más preciosa
aquí mismo frente al mar.

Ahora todo recogido,
ya no hay bailes a las nueve,
se acabó lo que se daba,
el otoño es el relieve
del verano juguetón
a la orilla de esta playa.

Ahora a comerse un marrón
a las seis de la mañana,
a currar como el vecino
que me da su mano franca,
y a tragarse aquellas ansias,
de seguir viviendo idilios,
si la vida es como un lirio,
y el verano un girasol,
y esta vida es un coñazo,
así que, y por si acaso,
cargaré con la añoranza
de en casa seguir la danza…

Francisco Bravo Cabrera – 10 de septiembre de 2025 – Esmirna, Turquía

Andy Warhol (Pittsburgh, PA 1928-1987) supposedly a leading figure in Pop Art. But I’ve some serious criticisms and I can explain them and support my view that he is unimportant in art history.

Shallow or Commercial: Warhol’s repetition of mass-produced images (Campbell’s Soup cans, Marilyn Monroe) are empty and purely commercial. It is banal, lacks depth and relies…totally…on shock or novelty.

Factory Production: The only way he could mass produce was through the use of employees, operators in his studio called “The Factory”. There is as much authenticity to his work as there is in the Chinese trinquetes sold on Canal Street in Manhattan. Is that what it means to be an “artist”? I would reduce his art to branding.

Cultural Critique or Capitalist Embrace?: While some see Warhol as satirizing consumer culture, I think he wasn’t critiquing it at all. He was profiting from it. That ambiguity makes his legacy controversial.

So Why Are They Still Considered Important?

Despite these critiques, «experts» (good grief!) still think that both of these artists made significant contributions. Kahlo brought…in a very mediocre way…Mexican culture and what some think are feminist themes into the global art narrative in a deeply personal way.

Warhol, they think, redefined art in the 20th century by…supposedly…blurring the lines between commercialism and fine art. Experts and fans think he was challenging the art world’s elitism.

Personally I don’t subscribe to any of these justifications. Everyone knows my views on «experts» and I know that the art world/art business moves on what sells and what the big boys…dealers/collectors/gallerists…can sell to the new art collectors that cannot purchase the classical art that now is unavailable.

What do you think?

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¿Honor y lealtad entre corruptos?

A fine art print, made by the fine craftsmanship of the team at Fine Art America, the only place where I have my images converted into fine art prints, is a very affordable way to own original art and in many forms. Check out my gallery at Fine Art America. Image shown is «Let the Sun Shine In«, available as as an acrylic print, or in several other ways.

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“It’s truly amazing, but when you connect your mind, your brain, to the will of God, the universe opens up and you return to being a part of the universe, like you always were but that nobody had told you.” (Francisco Bravo Cabrera)