Saturday, February 15, 2014

Otto at Vini Per Tutti - Exhibition

At the opening of my Exhibition at Vini Per Tutti in Vienna - photo by Vesna Krasnec
with Jayni Raven Morris (my own photo)
with Veronika Mickel, Otto Rapp, Mira Koumoutsea, Michael Fuchs and Lena Brauer - photo by Bernd Moldan
with Anni Fuchs - photo by Vesna Krasnec

Exhibition Otto Rapp in Vini Per Tutti, Vienna

to see images that are in this exhibition, check the updated blog on my website HERE


Friday, February 14, 2014

The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch


The Garden of Earthly Delights - detail, center panel
Unpublished manuscript of a lecture,
given at Central European University,Budapest,
on Dec. 8, 2011.


Drawing on his knowledge of history and faith, Central European University's Matthias Riedl offered up a new interpretation of Hieronymus Bosch's famed triptych.




 The Garden of Earthly Delights
Evidently, in a closed condition, the triptych does not display much delight at all. What we see instead is a grayish pre-Copernican representation of the cosmos; the yet unfinished cosmos on the third or forth day of creation. We see the Earth as flat disc, contained in a glass-like sphere. This is probably an allusion toPsalm 33 which says that God “gathers together as in a bottle all the waters of the sea.” The same Psalm 33 is also quoted in the inscription on the painting which reads:
Ipse dixit, et facta sunt: Ipse mandavit, et creata sunt 
, "He spoke,and they were made: he commanded, and they were created."
to read the ENTIRE manuscript by Mathias Riedl, click HERE




The Garden of Earthly Delights
-commentaries by Lee van Laer


Hieronymus Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights" stands as one of the greatest masterpieces of the Northern Renaissance —or, indeed, any age.  I first saw the painting at the age of nine in the Prado Museum in Madrid, where — to the consternation of my parents — I spent several hours inspecting it. Even at that age, it made a deep impression on me, because I understood that it was trying to convey something extraordinary.
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BBC episode with a full examination of Hieronymous Bosch's 
"Garden of Earthly Delights."



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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

VAG Artist of the Month February 2014 - ALAIN MARGOTTON

ARTIST OF THE MONTH

Our Artist for the month of February 2014 is
ALAIN MARGOTTON

ALAIN MARGOTTON

Abîmes by ALAIN MARGOTTON
Abîmes
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Artcrystal Project


The major upcoming event, "the Soccer World Cup in 2022", creates a tremendous need for hotels and leisure facilities in Qatar which tries accordingly to realize distinctive architectural projects and infrastructure (subway).
In this realization process, our project represents a new landmark for the city, which will be a cultural focal point and venue for both tourists and locals.
Nature as the mother of our life and art as free will of the individual - both show the diversity of our world.
The event center appears like a fine, polished crystal that has just "landed" in the bay of Doha. Its double-shell outer skin studded with crystal-mirrors and LED Technology makes the building look mystical and even more curious through its exterior-cooling, ever-present "cloud" that is reinforced at night with light effects.


Through the translucent skin of the architectural sculpture appear glass-bubbles perceived like air inclusions found in naturally grown mountain crystals. Emotions are created through a tension-creating game between translucent and semitransparent components which stimulates you to discover!

Alongside the ARTCRYSTAL, a children's and sports park is build on the riverside to increase and upgrade the range of leisure and recreational opportunities. There you can also find a 5D cinema and a stage for open-air events on the sea.
In our presentation we have picked up some of the topics and displayed them using examples.
These "Space Balls" should be developed with international artists, set designers and entertainment specialists.
The result is a fascinating walk-in building displaying the ideas of world history in a "Fantastic Surreal" way, and with its uniqueness becomes the new magnet and cynosure of the city which will attract the suspense of the international audience.