Modern artists: geniuses or madmen? Artist-genius A. Zverev and his poems
Famous artists of our time, who lacked the brushes and paints to express their genius, delight and shock not only with their works, but also with how exactly they created them.
Paints, pencils, brushes and canvas - that's probably all you need to create a stunning work of art. Oh yes, more talent! These artists undoubtedly have it. After all, they didn’t even need ordinary materials to write unique masterpieces. Look what can happen when a genius takes on the task of drawing.
1. Jet art by Tarinan von Anhalt
Florida princess Tarinan von Anhalt does not use brushes for her paintings. They are created using... an airplane. How does she do it? In fact, the artist simply throws bottles of paint, and the jet thrust of the aircraft engine “creates” a unique pattern on the canvas. Did you have to think of something like that? But jet art is not her idea. The princess “borrowed” the jet art technique from her husband Jurgen von Anhalt. Creating such pictures is not so easy, and sometimes even life-threatening: air currents reach enormous speeds and strength, they can be compared to hurricane winds, and the temperature of such a “hurricane” can exceed 250 degrees Celsius. Risk combined with creativity allows the princess to receive about $50,000 for one of her creations.
2. Ani Kay and artistic torment
A copy of the painting by the great Leonardo da Vinci " last supper" Indian artist Ani Kay wrote in his own language. The most common paints were used. As a result for long years Ani’s creativity constantly poisons her body, experiencing symptoms of intoxication: headaches, nausea and weakness. But the stubborn Indian is ready to accept torture for the sake of art again and again.
3. Bloody paintings by Vinicius Quesada
Vinicius Quesada is a scandalous Brazilian artist whose paintings are literally given to him with his own blood and... urine. The Brazilian’s three-color masterpieces are worth a lot to himself: every 60 days, Vinicia spends 450 milliliters of blood to paint paintings that shock and amaze the public.
4. Works of menstrual art by Lani Beloso
And again - blood. The Hawaiian artist also does not accept colors. Her paintings are created with her own menstrual blood. No matter how strange it may sound, Lani’s works are truly feminine, what can I say. It all started out of desperation. One day, a young girl suffering from menorrhagia, deciding to find out how much blood she actually loses during pathologically heavy periods, began to draw a picture from her own secretions. For a whole year, during each menstruation, she did the same, thus creating a cycle of 13 paintings.
5. Ben Wilson and the chewy masterpieces
Artist Ben Wilson from London decided not to use ordinary paints or canvas and began creating his paintings from chewing gum, which he found on the streets of London. The cute creations of the “chewing gum master” decorate the gray asphalt of the city, and Ben’s portfolio contains photos of his unusual paintings.
6. Finger art by Judith Brown
This artist is just having fun creating these unusual paintings tiny bits of coal and her fingers, she doesn't even consider her work to be art. But fingers instead of brushes and charcoal instead of paint - so unusual and, you see, beautiful. The name of the series of paintings by Judith is also beautiful – Diamond Dust.
7. Self-taught artist Paolo Troilo
The master of monochrome also paints with his fingers, using acrylic paints. Once a successful Italian businessman, Paolo Troilo was voted Italy's Best Creative of 2007. Without a single brush he paints so realistic paintings that sometimes they cannot be distinguished from black and white photographs.
8. Automotive masterpieces by Ian Cook
It’s not for nothing that they say that in every genius lives Small child. The young painter from Great Britain Ian Cook is a clear confirmation of this. He paints pictures as if he were playing with the controls of a toy car. 40 colorful canvases depicting cars were created using paints, but instead of brushes in the artist’s hands there are remote-controlled toys on wheels.
9. Tom's Otman and Delicious Art
You just want to take these pictures and lick them. After all, they were written not with paints, but with real ice cream. The creator of such “tasty” painting is Baghdad resident Othman Toma. Inspired by the treat, the artist photographs his finished works along with “colors”: orange, berry chocolate.
10. Elisabetta Rogai – the sophistication of aged wine
Italian artist Elisabetta Rogai also uses delicious colors for her creations. She has white and red wine and canvas in her arsenal. What comes out of this? Incredible paintings, which change their shades over time, just as an old aged wine changes its aroma and taste. Live works!
11. Hong Yi's Spotted Paintings
What could be worse for an exemplary housewife than marks from coffee cups on a white tablecloth? But, apparently, the Shanghai artist Hong Yi is not an exemplary housewife. While creating her paintings, she leaves spots like this on the canvas every now and then. And not because she likes to drink coffee while working, but because this is how she paints, without using brushes or paints.
12. Coffee painting and beer art by Karen Eland
Artist Karen Eland also tried to paint using coffee instead of paints. And she did it quite well. Reproductions of the most famous works, made with coffee liquid, look like real paintings. The only difference is brown shades and a signature from Karen in the form of a cup of coffee at each job.
Subsequently experimenting with liqueur, beer and tea (no, she did not drink them), Eland concluded that her paintings came out best from beer. A bottle of intoxicating drink replaces watercolors for one canvas.
13. Kisses from Natalie Irish
You must love art so much that, without ceasing to create, you kiss your work every now and then! These are exactly the feelings Natalie Irish experiences. Big love– there’s no other way to describe her paintings, painted not with brushes and paints, but with lips and lipstick. Several dozen shades of lipstick, several hundred kisses - and such masterpieces are obtained.
14. Kira Ein Warzeji - breasts instead of hands
American Kira Ein Varzeji also put a lot of love into art - her magical paintings are painted with her breasts. It’s hard to even imagine how many colors the artist poured onto her chest. But not in vain!
15. Sex art by Tim Patch
He takes the canvas and paints, but no brushes. And what do you think the Australian artist uses to paint his canvases? Yes, the very place that he is not at all shy about. Manhood Tim has everything you need. At least his pictures painted with his penis are wonderful. It must be said that the artist uses not only the main male genital organ, but also the “fifth point” as a drawing tool. With her help, Tim designs the background of the picture. The master himself does not take his work seriously, and even his pseudonym is frivolous - Pricasso. Imitating the outrageousness of the brilliant Picasso, the artist shocks visitors to exhibitions not only with his paintings, but also with the clarity of the process of their creation.
How many worlds are there on Earth? As many as there are people. Because everyone creates their own world. How does this happen? Since childhood, we have been inexorably drawn towards fantasy and fairy tales. To experience this life in its entirety. The world seems not only boring, but under-fulfilled. And when we allow ourselves to create, a new world appears.
What does the experience of an artist teach us? First, draw if you want to draw! If this is your way of expressing what worries you. Second, depict your life, tell it with line, color, remember details, try to convey the entire “theater of your memory.” Third - if you don’t have an album and brushes, take a simple notebook, a set of children’s pencils, ballpoint pen finally, and off we go.
Our life is a work of art. Even if we don't write or draw, we still create.
Still in the book
If you understand that life is creativity, that every moment is illuminated by the energy of creation, then awareness of this will lead to the awakening of your talent, and then genius. As once in childhood, you will be able to do everything - draw, sing, dance, create your own world, everything was possible then - even fly!
This one is touching good book will help you find and develop your creative self. From it you will learn:
- how to create art projects
- what is a treasure cabinet
- about the intricacies of caricature drawing
- how to keep dragons in a picture
- lettering and calligraphy tips
- why is the “black square” so expensive?
- who are the Dabloids, who lives in the trunk of an elephant and secret life divers
- about painting with the wind
...340 pages of inspiration, metaphors, stories that speak to your inner artist.
Don't be afraid of your talent. Discover your unique “I” and believe in yourself! One fine day, your worlds will gain independence and, like rainbow bubbles, will fly above the earth and live their own lives.
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The future founder of the totalitarian dictatorship of the Third Reich did very poorly at school. Almost the only subject that young Adolf coped with excellently was art. He dreamed of becoming an artist, while his father, Alois Hitler, wanted his son to go to public service. On this basis, violent quarrels often arose between them. Adolf, foaming at the mouth, argued that he was only interested in art.
In 1907, when Hitler Sr. had already died, Adolf tried to enter the Vienna Academy of Arts. He had a very high opinion of his talent and did not consider it necessary to prepare for entrance exams. As a result, it failed miserably. However, not wanting to upset his terminally ill mother, the young man told her that his work captivated admissions committee. For days on end, the false student wandered the streets of Vienna, looking at the city's architecture and making sketches.
"Color House"
"Town square, store entrance."
"A musician from the old town of Vell."
A year later, Adolf decided to try his luck again and this time he had already done some work to prepare for the exams. But the result was the same. The commission members barely glanced at the work of the aspiring artist. Hitler began to rapidly sink to the bottom; more and more often he appeared in flophouses and taverns in the company of dirty tramps. The money from the sale of paintings was barely enough to live on.
"The Hills"
It is unknown how Hitler’s life would have turned out if he had not met a certain Reinhold Hanisch, with whom they organized a joint business. Ganish was quite successful in selling postcards to tourists with landscapes and views of Vienna, drawn by a self-taught artist. They sold for 20 crowns so well that the court recognized Hitler as a wealthy man, and the survivor's pension went to him younger sister Paula.
"Lock".
"Vienna State Opera".
"Mill".
In 1913, Hitler moved to Munich, where he became a successful master. His works became more diverse. The Germans eagerly bought not only landscapes, but also soft, soothing still lifes.
"Munich Theater"
"White Orchids".
The Munich period ended when the young man, at the age of 25, was drafted to the front of the First World War. He took paints with him and free time was engaged in painting. Drawings painted in the trenches stand in stark contrast to the much more sensual early works. The watercolors are dominated by bombed-out buildings and military equipment.
After returning from the war, Hitler became closely involved in politics and wrote only occasionally. Sometimes he amused himself by portraying naked women.
IN early years creativity, the future dictator painted several self-portraits. Perhaps the most interesting of them dates back to 1910. Hitler depicted himself without eyes, nose and ears, but the characteristic comb-over of hair and initials above the figure in a brown suit allowed art historians to attribute the painting.
In total, Adolf Hitler painted more than three thousand paintings and sketches, most of which were painted at the front. The most expensive work was sold at auction for ten and a half thousand pounds sterling. It was purchased by an unknown Russian. Four paintings of the Fuhrer belong to the US Army and rest in a secret underground vault in the Center military history. Access to these paintings is open only to a few experts, and, according to the Americans, the paintings will never be presented to the public.
According to many critics, Hitler's artistic talent was modest. This explains the small number of portraits. However, when a modern art critic was asked to look at some of the paintings without saying whose work they were, he rated them as “pretty good.”
Italy is a wonderful, blessed land that has given the world a huge gallery of priceless works of art. Italian artists are great masters of painting and sculpture, recognized throughout the world. No country can compare with Italy in terms of the number of famous painters. Why this is so is beyond our power to understand! But we can once again remember the names of the great masters, the era in which they lived, and amazing paintings that came out into the world from under their brush. So let's get started virtual tour into the world of beauty and look into Italy during the Renaissance.
Artists of Italy of the Proto-Renaissance
In Italy of the 14th century, innovative painters appeared who began to look for new creative techniques(Giotto di Bondone, Cimabue, Niccolo Pisano, Arnolfo di Cambio, Simone Martine). Their work became a harbinger of the coming birth of the titans of world art. The most famous of the named masters of painting is perhaps Giotto, who can be called a real reformer Italian painting. His most famous painting- "Kiss of Judas."
Italian artists of the early Renaissance
Following Giotto came such painters as Sandro Botticelli, Masaccio, Donatello, Filippo Brunelleschi, Filippo Lippi, Giovani Bellini, Luca Signoreli, Andrea Mantegna, Carlo Crivelli. They all showed the world beautiful paintings which can be seen in many modern museums. All of them are Italian great artists early Renaissance, and we can talk about the creativity of each of them for a very long time. But within the framework of this article we will touch in more detail only on the one whose name is most widely known - the unsurpassed Sandro Botticelli.
Here are the names of his most famous paintings: “Birth of Venus”, “Spring”, “Portrait of Giuliano de’ Medici”, “Venus and Mars”, “Madonna Magnificat”. This master lived and worked in Florence from 1446 to 1510. Botticelli was a court artist of the Medici family, which explains the fact that he creative heritage abounds not only with paintings on religious subjects (there were many of these in his work), but also with many examples of secular painting.
High Renaissance Artists
era High Renaissance- end of XV and beginning of XVI centuries - the time when they created their masterpieces such Italian artists, like Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, Giorgione... What names, what geniuses!
The legacy of the great trinity - Michelangelo, Raphael and da Vinci - is especially impressive. Their paintings are kept in best museums world, their creative heritage delights and awes. Probably in a civilized modern world There is no such person who would not know what the “Portrait of Madame Lisa Giocondo” by the great Leonardo, Raphael or the beautiful marble statue David, created by the hands of the frantic Michelangelo.
Italian masters of painting and sculpture of the late Renaissance
The later Renaissance (mid-16th century) gave the world many wonderful painters and sculptors. Here are their names and a short list of the most famous works: (statue of Perseus with the head of Paolo Veronese (paintings "Triumph of Venus", "Ariadne and Bacchus", "Mars and Venus", etc.), Tintoretto (paintings "Christ before Pilate", "Miracle of St. Mark", etc.), Andrea Palladio-architect (Villa Rotunda), Parmigianino (Madonna and Child in Hands), Jacopo Pontormo (Portrait of a Lady with a Yarn Basket). And although all these Italian artists worked during the decline of the Renaissance, their works were included in golden fund of world art.
The Renaissance became a unique and inimitable period in the life of mankind. From now on, no one will ever be able to unravel the secrets of the mastery of those great Italians or at least get closer to their understanding of the beauty and harmony of the world and the ability to transfer perfection to canvas with the help of paints.
Other famous Italian artists
After the end of the Renaissance, sunny Italy continued to give humanity talented masters of art. It is impossible not to mention the names of such famous creators as the Caracci brothers - Agostino and Annibale ( end XVI century), Caravaggio (XVII century) or Nicolas Poussin, who lived in Italy in the 17th century.
And these days creative life does not subside on the Apennine Peninsula, however, Italian contemporary artists until they reach the level of skill and glory that their brilliant predecessors had. But, who knows, perhaps the Renaissance awaits us again, and then Italy will be able to show the world new titans of art.
Firstly, we must immediately say that genius is a myth that arose relatively recently and successfully functions to solve specific problems that are hardly related to the aspects of reality that interest us.
If we replace the question with a more adequate one, “is Pavlensky a talented artist-activist,” then we can already reason.
The problem with artistic activism is that it combines two activities: art and political activism. It is not very ethical to discuss Pavlensky as an activist, since he really does bold things, affirms simple, understandable and common-sense ideas and is responsible for them. Moreover, his activism is undoubtedly much more ambitious than any picketing and hanging of banners, for which he undoubtedly deserves respect.
On the other hand, one can discuss Pavlensky as an artist. The attitude of philosophical critics towards him generally varies from restrainedly positive to (in most cases, as one feels) enthusiastic; the problem is that most of them share it Political Views, and a situation arises in which criticism of Pavlensky is equated with support for the regime and general obscurantism.
Any artistic action includes two aspects: aesthetic and conceptual thoughtfulness and effect. Pavlensky's shares are very heterogeneous. Thus, the most successful work is “Carcass” ( naked artist climbed into a coil of barbed wire, got stuck in it, was rescued by the police, who immediately arrested him), within the framework of which he meticulously staged a situation of changing states of danger-defenselessness-security-punishment, did not receive such resonance as a more straightforward and stupid action with by nailing down the scrotum: its social pathos was completely killed by the artist’s exciting image.
The action of setting the door on fire is moderately interesting: its most important result (besides the very beautiful photos) - the actions of the FSB officers who closed the damaged door with metal sheets, thereby revealing an amazing fear of destruction of their own integrity. There was such a stigmatization of unsterility; a desire was revealed to eliminate any traces of external interference, even at the cost of limiting one’s own freedom. It can be compared to the action of a person who, embarrassed by a scratch on his face, bandages his entire head, thereby losing the ability to see.
The contrast between intention and result becomes quite obvious if you look at the shares of Pussy Riot (both of which, in any case, belong to the artists). So, they did the same thing several times (on Execution Place, on the roof of a trolleybus, in the metro, in the KhHS). Each time it is essentially the same work, but it was the “furor” of the action in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior that brought their creativity to a completely different level.
To summarize, I am convinced that Pyotr Pavlensky is a very good artist, with a somewhat uneven creativity, among whose shares there are both outstanding works and passable things.
He went down in history, but he will not create his own school.
Why in the paintings of the so-called Does modern art not have the same level of elaboration of detail as in classical painting?
