Here's a photographer that I'd like to share with all of you, not only because of its work (That I think it's fantastic), but also because of his story on becoming a successful artist, that teaches you that it's never too late to pursuit your dreams.
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Na próxima sexta-feira dia 30 de Julho vai inaugurar no bar Paralelo 38, na praia do Furadouro-Ovar, a exposição de fotografia "Retratos da Ria" que se vai prolongar até 16 de Setembro. Com a participação de dois elementos do Colectivo Arte às Tantas, Bruno Manarte e Joel Tavares, e um terceiro fotógrafo Fernando Pinho.
"Aleksandra Rdest uses a language drawn from weather patterns; inspired by sound waves, particles and cells on a microscopic level. The point of departure for these works is growth and decay; cellular division and multiplication, biological colonization. Rdest’s love affair with colour gives rise to these paintings which are created by richly layering veils of paint to form a deep surface." via NY ARTS Aleksandra Rdest site - www.aleksrdest.com
"The stunning elegance of Jeff Nishinaka’s paper art calls for a new definition of paper. His meticulous sculptural 3D work appears to have been created from marble or extremely fine sand or vanilla ice cream or thick foam — definitely of something other than “just” paper. The Los Angeles-born artist works mainly with white, which makes the exquisite play of light and shadow a large part of the appeal of his work." via The Cool Hunter
"I make site-specific cut paper installations, ephemeral drawings in both two and three dimensions that blur the line between actual, illusionistic and imagined space. Sculptural and often glowing with natural or artificial light, these imaginary weather systems appear frozen in an ambiguous moment, bursting through walls and windows, or hovering within a room.My process is very intuitive, based on spontaneous decisions in the moment. I begin by making loose line drawings in India ink on large rolls of paper. Then I cut out selected areas between the lines to make a new drawing in positive and negative space on the reverse. 30-80 of these cut paper pieces form the final installation, which I create on site by trial and error, a 2-3 day dance with chance and control. Existing only for the length of an exhibition, this weightless world totters on the brink of being and not being, continually in flux. It is my mediation on creation, destruction, and the transient nature of reality." Site>Mia Pearlman via NYarts
"New York artist Tara Donovan is a master of seeing. Not just looking, but actually seeing. Her sculptural, one-of-a-kind art is based on her ability to see, imagine and create forms, shapes and textures from ordinary objects that most of us don't even notice. She creates art from rolls of tape, pieces of pencil, Styrofoam cups, paper plates, napkins. Her sculptural works evoke thoughts of nature. A perfect example is the 'Untitled' cloud formation she created in 2003 from Styrofoam cups and glue." LINK
Minjae Lee is a young South Korean artist whose work expresses a semi-disturbing inner tension that is tough to ignore, even if you feel that you'd like to. It draws you in with its powerful colors, halting imagery and clever juxtaposition of beauty, innocence and fragility with brash, loud and aggressive. > LINK
The Arte às Tantas Collective is organizing an exhibition of short-films and video clips in "Paralelo 38" bar, Portugal. This events aims to culturally enrich a social extract with few knowledge on short-film language, trying to instill in the audience artistic expressions with little support in Portugal.
