something that will appear in the film

Géricault

sketched in pensils,
after one of my favorite portraits
'portret van een kleptomaan' or 'l'alliené' or 'le kleptomane' ca. 1822
by théodore géricault.

sketched while sitting on a bench, in front of the painting
in absolute awe

breaking the fourth wall

for your pleasure, a single frame from my upcoming shortfilm

bij axel vervoordt

imaginary family

music video, music by Joanna Isselé

donker

workshop sint niklaas

a few weeks ago, i was a teacher at a workshop in Sint niklaas. the animated video's made at the workshop will be shown at 'coup de ville', an art exhibit in somewhere in sint niklaas

this is a video I absolutely wanted to post. usually all teenagers in workshops make the same kind of film. I never saw a student make something like this, though.
notice it is also the first time this girl, Louise, did animation.

my brand new work-studio

i will be recording my new shortfilm in this beautifull chamber. Anyone curious about the recording of my oil-painted animated film, please, feel free to visit. anyone is welcome!
send me an email at robbevervaek@gmail.com if you wish to see.

the location of the studio is at ghent, in the minnemeers business center

besides paintings, i also collect alot of strong images.
there seem te be several things i'm drawn to. someday I will demonstrate by expanding
my blogging experience. soon, i should start promoting myself seriously. my work is coming together, finally.
I can't promise much material, but i have set foot in the right direction. hopefully i'll be able to get some attention from gallerys then.

on that note, probably in februari, there will be an exhibition in Leuven, Belgium, about erszebet.

here is one of these incredible powerfull images,
it might also be a taste of things to come:
it is a filmstill from battleship potemkin, from eisenstein,
printed out by bacon on a small sheet of cardboard,
the decay of the cardboard adds an extra dimension

bonnard

what happened to automatov petrov?

i don't know, I've been busy isn't really much of an excuse.

to those people, prying and asking about the absence of posts,
you can always find me on facebook:
facebook
on urban sketchers:
urban sketchers
on gentschetst:
gentschetst

I will try and post again, regularly on automatovpetrov.
It's a bit of mystery to me too, why i haven't posted anything since the 10th of september.
My obsession for oilpainting hasn't dissappeared, my desire to share it with people neither.

studies for my new shortfilm 'norman'

books II

the bible for painters

really!
i found it, oddly, on a second hand market. it was just lying there. I have been looking for something like it for YEARS!
carefully and professionally the writer, gino piva, has writen everything technical about painting in it. you might know, but painting is somewhat of a lost art. in art-school, they don't teach 'technique" anymore. it's all about the artistical prestation. I have come to a point in my paintings where I believe, if I can advance my technical skills, the creative story will enhance.

so, if it interests you as well, ask about this book. look it up. my version is translated from italian, so it might have been translated in dozens of other languages.
or, come to me. I'll become your teacher

erszebet

i'm actually proud of this frame from my film,
hence the reason for posting an older work

de koer

here's something i painted quickly while working on my film, 'erszebet'. there was this amazing sunlight falling down on a parkinglot, through an emergency door, in my studio.
i have an exposition right now, in the departement where i graduated, and i rediscovered this oil-sketch

exhibition

zeker komen!

about the 'installation-generation'

this might be a rant.
i'm not sure.
first of all, i'm a fan of installation art.
the right artist can create these beautifull complex series ,walking past, by or in them is an experience on it's own.

here is this installationgeneration. young artist who probably share this experience as they walk in the same musea as i do. we might even share the respect for the art.
but it seems we have different standards.
alot of contemporary art is flat, ugly, uncomplex, simple, imitated.
this generation doesn't appear to see this, and they, being the fourth or fifth generation of artists since the invention of installation, imitate the imitators.

it seems these imitators of imitators misinterpret the phrase 'less is more'
it seems they mis-interpret the intention of art alltogether.
maybe they have become such a small sub-social group of artist, only talking to each other, they forgot theyre a part of the artworld.

art is supposed to be complex ,
an artist is someone who controls this complexity.
mastering every aspect of theyre medium, to tell his or her beautifull complex story.
something as beautifull as walking down a street is art on its own.
the installationgeneration would probably just point a camera on this walking person
an artist recreates this street, aware of what he or she is showing his audience.

this generation of imitating imitators
copy's of copy's
the bad print of a printed poster
the camphone bootleg of your favorite film
is found everywhere throughout the internet
i rant,
because I occasionally stumble upon theyre sites,
theyre blogs.
i guess i need to ventilate