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SISTINE CHAPEL, 2013 by SAUL ZANOLARI
The original Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo MICHELANGELO BUONARROTIVolta della Cappella Sistina, 1508-15121300×3600 cm Citta’ del Vaticano, Palazzi Vaticani, Cappella Sistina SAUL ZANOLARI Adam – Dog/Adam/God, 2013 240 x 300 cm Digital Fresco SAUL ZANOLARI Eve, 2013 240 x300 cm Digital Fresco Saul Zanolari is working on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The project is to paint, in a digital way, a new version of it: new technique, different point of view. The centre of the artwork will be the human being in his existential meaning and no longer in a religious context as it is in Michelangelo’s. The intentions are not to restyle nor to complete his work. It’s something brand new to describe the human condition using Michelangelo’s fresco as an inspiration. The centre…
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Harold Klunder with Adelaide Damoah
Born in 1943, Harold Klunder is one of Canada’s leading painters. Klunder was born just two years before the end of the second world war, in the Netherlands. His family moved to Canada in the early fifties after the war was over. Klunder paints large, vivid abstract paintings, which he describes as an alternative approach to the self-portrait and each one can take years to complete. His works are held in public and private collections throughout the world including the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Klunder kindly took time out of his hectic schedule to discuss his story…
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Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Ben H. Summers
Born in 1981, Ben H. Summers studied Fine Art at the Slade School of Art in London. Summers recalls being interested in drawing from a very early age, taking inspiration from the natural world, the human form and built spaces. Music has always had a huge impact on him, to the extent that after graduation in 2003, he pursued a career as a professional DJ. A combination of DJ work, illustration work and art direction, lead him to make the decision in 2010 to combine his love for music with his passion for art and the brand “Beats in My Brush” was born. Since then Summers has had a solo…
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Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Renee Cox
Renee Cox, a Jamaican American mixed media artist is described in her biography as one of the most “Controversial African-American artists working today.” Born in 1960 in Jamaica, Cox often uses her own body to critique what she sees as an inherently sexist and racist society, while simultaneously celebrating what it means to be black and to be female. Completely fearless in her approach to her art, her work could be seen as confrontational social commentary, but it is more than that. Cox sees the work as a response to things which affect her. Not merely to confront or specifically to intentionally cause controversy. One of her most controversial series…
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And then there was light….10,000 Lux for Alanna Lawley
All of me, 10,000 Lux for you plays with full spectrum lighting used in the treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D) or Winter depression. Through the construction Lawley attempts to reverse the increase in Melatonin and reduction in Serotonin production processes that can cause depression in the winter months due to lack of light. Exploring the contradiction of an architecture designed to provide assistance, Lawley plays with the balance of curing the disorder and causing insomnia due to over-stimulation. The site-specific construction plays with mediated and shifting experiences of repulsion, seduction and denial of access, fostering an ultimate feeling of uncertainty. Thanks to Mark M.Whelan The latest news in contemporary and modern…
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Metamorphosis by Asher Jay
Metamorphosis: – an original literary work by ©Asher Jay 2013 I have been the wild horse that could not be tamed, the unpredictable storm, the loose cannon, the changing wind, the winding ocean current the meandering river, the vagrant cloud and I have always found the other to be a shackle This maybe why I have never been the sails of a sturdy oak ship never the salt by the pepper shaker the oars to a hand carved canoe, the ornate brass legs to a rosewood table nor the buttons of a bespoke shirt something in you has left me feeling more button than horse, more salt than storm more…
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Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Jane McAdam Freud
Jane McAdam Freud is an internationally acclaimed, multi award winning British visual artist. Born in 1958, her work includes sculpture, installation, drawing, prints and digital media. McAdam Freud studied at the Wimbledon College of Art, Central St Martins and the Royal College of Art in London. Impressively, her work started to gain recognition from the very early age of 18, after the launch of her first solo show. Following the exhibition, one of her award winning pieces was acquired by the British museum. In 1986, she went on to win the, the British Art Medal Scholarship in Rome. A highly accomplished artist, McAdam Freud has work in private and public…
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Science, Skin, and D.N.A. Pabi Chulo in conversation with Sheeka Arbuthnot
This interview is part of an ongoing conversation about the future of art, the responsibility of the artist, and the systems within which we function and fight between the artist and interviewer. The Getty Getaway, 2012. Acrylic and spray paint on raw linen canvas. 40”x 65” Sheeka Arbuthnot: Pabi, I would like to begin with a question that deals with geographic displacement. Can you tell me how your experience here in San Francisco has impacted your practice? Pabi Chulo: Yes, I came here to San Francisco in August, 2011. Being a part of a creative and educational institution is very stimulating and sometimes also frustrating. Going from a full time…
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Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Ruud van Empel
I came across Ruud van Empel’s work on Facebook because someone posted one of his stunning images from the eponymous “World” series. I was dumb struck. I instantly fell in love with his work and was astonished that I had not heard of him previously. Born in 1958 in Breda, the Netherlands, Ruud van Empel studied graphic design at the Academie St. Joost, Breda between 1976 and 1981. After some time working in the field of graphic design, film, television and interior design, van Empel purchased his first Apple Mac and began to learn about the wonders of Photoshop. This was a turning point and van Empel went on to…
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J. Harry Edmiston …”Abstract Details in Colour”
Your upcoming exhibition entitled – “Abstract Details in Colour”, at the Alpha Gallery in Cork Street, London is about to begin. What is your inspiration behind it? Well as a solo show, I guess the idea has been focus a lot on the process. The way the images are produced plays an important part in creating what is a fairly technical body of work. I think the ‘inspiration’ behind the show has been to create an aesthetically beautiful body of work with an end goal of creating abstract pieces that one would want to have hanging on a wall at home. Of course, taste is always entirely subjective. Which picture…
