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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
Ateliê Fidalga in São Paulo: a platform to work and a network to expand knowledges and opportunities
-> Ateliê Fidalga in São Paulo: a platform to work and a network to expand knowledges and opportunitiesIt´s so hard to start an art career and to give relevance to a work of art! With this in mind, two Brazilian established artists, Sandra Cinto and Albano Afonso created in 2000 Ateliê Fidalga in São Paulo. This is a place where artists, especially the young ones, can gather to give the right start to their careers. In the early days, the two fou...
continue..Seductive Colour: A Conversation with Laura González
-> Seductive Colour: A Conversation with Laura GonzálezColour and attraction, Colour and seduction. They seem to go hand in hand. To verify my theory I consulted artist and seduction expert Laura González. Here is our conversation. AMK: Let's talk about seduction and colour. Let me start with a simple question... For our purposes, how shall we define seduction? Laura G: Great question! I have re...
continue..The contrary art
Magazine -> #22 KaizenWhat meaning do you give to the word kaizen? Is there any link between your artistic work and this concept? Kaizen means improvement, but as an artist I don’t pay much heed to this word, because of its industrial connotations. In this context, the word kaizen can be explained in terms of a succession of small changes, designed to simplify and i...
continue..The beauty of ugliness
Magazine -> #16 Beautiful and well madeLittle bodies of Siamese children joined together at the hips and huddled to form a group, arranged so as to appear to be posing: the statues of the Chapman brothers are horrific monstrosities. The statues of very young-looking but already sexually mature adolescents of the Japanese artist Tadashi Murakami are no less unsettling. His manga-looking,...
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