Jeff Huntington
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>> Restoration gone wrong...
We admire people who have can-do, elbow-grease-type attitudes. If something's broke, why not fix it? Especially badly-damaged artwork. How hard can it be to just pick up a paintbrush and fix a fresco? Well, as it turns out — and as an elderly Spanish woman learned recently: pretty hard.A couple of weeks ago, the Centro de Estudios Borjanos in Borja, Spain, received a donation from the granddaughter of 19th-century painter ElÃas GarcÃa MartÃnez. At the time, the Centro knew of only one painting by MartÃnez in Borja — Ecce Homo, a fresco on the walls of the church of Santuario de Misericordia.That's it above. The leftmost image is how the painting looked two years ago; the middle image is how it looked in July, when it was photographed for a catalog of regional religious art. The image on right is how it looked when the Centro went to check it out on August 6th after receiving the donation. Hmm.The restored version is apparently the work of an octogenarian neighbor of the church, who, noticing the damage to the painting, took it upon herself to restore the painting "with good intentions" but "without asking permission," as culture councillor Juan Maria de Ojeda put it. It became clear to the amateur restorer — quickly, one imagines — that "she had gotten out of hand," and she confessed to local authorities.
Source: gawker.com
>> Macabre, art?
As I search for artists to
add to my collection, sometimes I wonder what the line between amazing
creatures and gruesome monsters lies? Is there a line dividing ghastly images
and art?
And although i don't have a
particular incline for grisly images, I personally seem unaffected by what
others might find horrifying. I enjoy the originality and the meaning some
paintings might portray. Could just that be the line between?
Is a macabre image
acceptable, if there is a reasonable meaning behind it? While if a dark portray,
has no meaning or just a sexual or violent one, then be distasteful? And if one thinks, that dark art is only
acceptable when it has a reasonable meaning, then is only art with a substantial
meaning, art?
Sorry for this complex, philosophical
post. But I am very eager to know what fellow art enthusiast think about this
subject.
Macabre
Definition: Disturbing and horrifying because of
involvement with or depiction of death and injury: "a macabre series of
murders"
Karl Persson
Karl Persson
Site: karlpersson.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/karlperssonart
Email: karlperssonart@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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Stephen Early
Stephen Early
Site: www.stephenearly.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/stephen.early.5
Email: earlystudio@yahoo.com
Monday, August 20, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Alexander Shubin
Alexander Shubin
Site: www.shubinart.com
Email: a_shubin@hotmail.com
Other: www.artbreak.com/beorecord
www.foundmyself.com/Alexander+ShubinFriday, August 17, 2012
Serge Marshennikov
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
Sergio Lopez
Sergio Lopez
Site: www.themainloop.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/SergioLopezFineArt
Email: sergiolopez@themainloop.com
Sunday, August 12, 2012
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Steven Lopez
Steven Lopez
Site: www.ikeepmoving.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ikeepmoving
Email: ikeepmoving@facebook.com
Sunday, August 5, 2012
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Jeff Simpson
Friday, August 3, 2012
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Roberto Ferri
Hi
I am glad you have stumbled upon my blog.
My aim in this blog , is very simple; to share with you
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My format is simple, and amazing artist a day.
I sometimes also include comments or share articles, I find
adequate to the blog.
There are plenty of pages and sites out there who feature artists,
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