Marina and Art

Takashi Murakami  Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. He is known for his sculptures and paintings, although he blurs the lines of high and low art. This is because he also creates fashion, merchandising, and animation. Recently, He has been involved with creating Billi Eilish's "You should see me in a Crown" video clip and merchandising among his own line of NFT. He uses Japanese traditional art (most prominent ukiyo-e) with the postwar culture and society. He believed Japan had become too influenced by Western trends, and most of his work started as satire and social criticism. Most of his early work was not well received in Japan.  One of his most famous (and copied) designs is the Murakami Flower. The happy face, and the colors, can be interpreted as a harmless, happy, bubbly flower. But He revealed in an article published by the New York Times that it was an expression of the trauma experienced by the Japanese residents after the Nuclear Bombing of Hi...

Contemporary women  I choose to talk about some of my favorite contemporary painters and continue to produce work in the present. All of the artists featured here are women, and so are the subjects of their portraits. They represent all kinds of points of view on feminity.  The representation varies, but all are surrealist, with some lowbrow elements and the romanticization of the female gaze.  Miss Van  Miss Van started painting in 1993 in Toulouse, France. Although she has spent most of her life in Barcelona. Initiating the feminine movement in Street Art.  Her representation of women is instantly recognizable; she has murals in Europe, the USA, and Asia.  Her works are filled with emotion and romantic darkness, and delicacy. Her iconic Sultry female characters appear in surreal burlesque motives, with sensual but dark animal masks and dangerous involving surroundings. My favorite aspect is how tired they look as if they could eye-roll you at any point....

Spanish War Art Beginning of the war Canibalismo de Otono, Salvador Dali, 1936. Italy In 1936, when the Spanish civil war started, Dali and Gala migrated to Italy. Naturally, this theme is reflected in Dali´s artwork. His artistic expression shifts to record the historical situation with his apathetic and neutral position.  In this painting, we find a couple of people that form one single figure. They are devouring each other, and the scene is full of mutilations and grotesque viscera. The brushwork is exquisite, and the  soft blending creates a warm and inviting atmosphere. The rendering of the light, presumably at sunrise or sunset, fills the scene with warm colors. The composition is fluid , melting, and the figures are decomposed and dissolved until one remains. They seem to enjoy it; they seem to be caught in their own sensual pleasure that both are more than happy to engage with. Most organic materials rot and decompose, which does not bother the couple.  Unlike ...