nagasawa rosetsu

notice the monkeys.
I have seen them before. (gabriel cornelius ritter-von max)
both artists portrey apes as very arrogant, bossy creatures.
it seems right. monkeys nowadays are usually pictured as lovable clumpsy human-like beasts. the clowns of nature.
we might need to adjust this image

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

still one of the greatest

bonnard

paul delaroche

the answer to years of googling by martha

and now some proof that painting doesn't have to be complex:

Philip Guston

brechtjan verschuere

a friend of mine, hopefully the VAF will grant me the money to make the film, he will be the backgroundartist.


"zijn werk draait rond fragiliteit. brechtjan is geniaal in de 'vorm' hij kan met hele rake materialen en vormen, met objecten omgaan, en zo enorm mooie broze composities neerpennen.
brechtjan die is ergens het vreemde midden tussen een verzamelaar, een designer en een schilder"

i have to, i really do

recently I gave a lecture about the relationship between art and cinema. between painting and cinema. there wasn't really a huge turn-up, unfortunatly, but i would advice everyone to go buy or rent the Peter Greenaway documentairy 'rembrandt, j'accuse'
He analizes 'de nachtwacht' by rembrandt meticously.
but that's not what is interesting,
what's interesting is the subtext.

cinema is capable of MORE,
and the vague notions can be spotted by the attentfull observer.

as a treat,
and a compulsion,
i'll post 'de nachtwacht'

it's only natural I would post it someday.

Peter Paul Rubens

the most famous flemish inhabitant, i suppose
two new assets for my online museum

books II

books

art can sometimes be found in unusual places.
this week, the library in a local town near me, was having a stock-sale.
i saw it as a chance to buy some books i would never buy for high price, books i would nevertheless love to own and read.
i ended up leaving there with a pile of over 50 books. 10 were for reading, the rest i bought because of their hugely attractive book covers, their illustrations.

i'm thinking about, contemplating still, but i suppose i'll start working with these old covers.

sketches by the great pablo picasso

milton avery

de spanjaard door evenepoel

gustave van de woestyne

portret van professor fabrice polderman

felice casorati

you can find this picture in the MSK, in ghent.

jan sluijters

gustave desmet

cy twombly

edouard vuillard

close friend of pierre bonnard and fellow member of 'les nabis'