The Art of Today
First of all I would like to thank the readers for getting involved with their invaluable comments and congratulate fellow bloggers and absolutearts.com on creating this dynamic forum.
So, what's new in Melbourne? As expected, the town is bursting at the seams with all sorts of activities, including sporty ones. For example, an exhibition "The spirit of football" (www.ngv.vic.gov.au ) - an attempt of the NGV to marry art and sport while bringing in some fiery passion into the gallery, spreading it among the visitors in order to increase the numbers.
Ausra Larbey on 08.30.04 @ 10:33 AM EST [more..]
Art is a field where its members "take things personally". It is a field of ego. Is it possible in any other way? No matter if you are an artist, a curator, a critic, a collector, or a sales adviser, art is a field of subjective ideas - by its nature it is a field of ego. We think, we create, we perform, we comment. And we expect applause. Applause - the one and only source of energy in the field of art. Or else, why would one bother to share one's work? If it was for the "joy" of creation one would not sign underneath the work, one would not share it with a second person even if that is the closest person in the world. 
The beginnings of a new art movement embedded on the Internet can be found at 
Great art lives by its own rules and timelines, which hardly ever favor the artist who creates it. There's an unspoken quality in great art that you can sense in both past grand masters and everyone leading up to today's most contemporary leaders in their mediums. If art speaks beyond the times of its creator - it may be great. I don't rely on some else's opinion, though, to tell me what art is superior or not. That's kind of like assuming your children's school can teach your kids about sex better than you can for they have the materials of so many studies. To me, anyone who can handle their own intellect alongside of their soul and express a balanced rendition of their uniqueness married between the two - I believe I can recognize that level of variable clarity. That's how I judge another's art to residing in the neighborhood of a higher level.
I have a lot to tell you. A new exhibition in Paris with the "Bridging Europe" painting.
This is my last entry from Cordoba. Well I'm actually back in the States now and writing this from my notes as I couldn't figure out how to download the photos I took from my digital camera at Il Postino, the cyber-cafe I spent much of my free time haunting. (Thanks for your friendship Lorena and Carlo- teacher/maestro!) My time in Cordoba was well spent. Not only did I have an exhibition- no point putting up photos as you can see them on my site - but I enjoyed a relatively inexpensive vacation; met many gifted, engaging and hospitable artists. I mentioned a few in my first blog and wanted to put up a few images before I bring this chapter to a close. I also did a number of watercolors of Cordoba. I really only do watercolors when I travel and rarely show them. But since I've been invited back in 2006 to do a show of my sketches from Cordoba I thought I'd put at least one in this blog. I also found some inspiration for a new series that I'll begin in the next few weeks based on the little charms called promesas.
If the Internet has done anything, it has freed creativity from the shackles of compartmentalisation. Before Internet, artists needed a mediator, a publisher, a gallery, a curator...in other words, a middleman to bring their
Like most art lovers, I have limited discretionary funds, yet I enjoy experiencing art so much that I routinely make excursions to discover new museums and artists. These trips sometimes coincide with potential articles, but they mostly provide access to new material that enhance my understanding of art. This travelblog is not meant to be a review, but commentary based on actual experiences. 
