Dystopia Utopia duality Dystopia according to Wikipedia is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening. And it is translated as "not-good place", an antonym of utopia, a term that was coined by Sir Thomas More and figures as the title of his best-known work, "Utopia", published 1516, [...]
Art in one word Art in one word. What really is art? Is it a Craft? What is the meaning of the word? Is craft an art? And what constitutes art? All this has been the subject of a very long debate. To be continued for many generations, for [...]
Art in Soho I was searching for art in Soho. The area offers many photographic opportunities. This lively colorful neighborhood of Manhattan is a great area to find art. A mixture of art where one can find conventional galleries, street art and anything in between. Suddenly I noticed a [...]
Painting creation My “Dancing airplanes” sold. And while the artwork speaks for itself and needs no introduction, the concept and its’ creation process does. Behind my artwork, there is usually a concept and an idea I wish to talk about, express and share. And so it was also with [...]
A Wordpress experience My Wordpress experience article first appeared on Linkedin. It was intended to tell the story of a website building experience to my professional colleagues and members at large. I have now a lot more information and a lot more experience with the subject. The following post [...]
Art appropriation The following two definitions explain the concept of "appropriation" as it pertains to art: appropriation (art) - Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. In the visual arts, to appropriate means to properly adopt, borrow, [...]
Form function. This post is a sequel to my article “Art’s Duality” published on Linkedin, in which I explored the everlasting architectural debate, “Form” versus “Function”. The conclusion of the article was that some architects prefer to design by starting with “form” designing from the outside in, while others [...]
The story behind the painting This post describes a creation process. The creation process of the oil painting titled "Storm travelers" 2017 by artist Daniel Heller. Where Digital process and traditional painting mesh. 1 - IMAGE CAPTURE A very [...]
