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:: jean-michel basquiat ::

3/24/2013

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psi have yet to see a basquiat irl. i do have several books about him and oeuvre. but from what i have seen/felt, he will be there at the top of my list as an enigmatic artist who could have been.

in death like monroe or dean, his star shone brightly. and there is a strong undercurrent now that we will see him shine brighter in the next few years. the price of a basquiat is ascending rather fast. machination behind the scene perhaps? regardless, it deserves the brighter spotlight.

yes, the rawness and grit of his works grabs you by the collar. he is a quintessential storyteller in my books. but he was ready to give us more based on his last few works. the most telling was 'riding with death' (1988).

Ps (June 2017) It might as well time to blog and chatter away in the ether. What better than revisiting Basquiat. Yes, so he is the 110M dollar man of the hour. Found more interesting write up here > https://www.artsy.net/artist/jean-michel-basquiat . Good read!
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:: eve - study 002 ::

3/24/2013

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here's the story behind my second attempt to create a smallish sculpture using terracotta. 

like my paintings, i don't have a preconceived idea of what i will do.  the form does come out after sparring with this new material. 

i think my subsconscious brought out quite a recent story of a dear friend who is winning her war against breast cancer. i look and turn and squint at the image. it is eve.  

she emerges triumphant. she reaches out towards the skies where before it was to raise her hand in abject surrender to a machine that confirmed her worst fears. the disease is brutal with that sharp, penetrating cut in the chest but her body is whole again. the mind is willful. the faith stronger. she sees with all senses open to the many possibilities. 

it could also be that my mind is playing a trick with my hands and wanted me to create something else. or tell my eye to see a different image. could be. but for now study 002 is eve and all who are in her mould. 

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:: lucian freud ::

3/10/2013

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recently discovered this fascinating documentary of  lucian freud byt the BBC in youtube. i believe it was a prelude to his retrospective at the national portrait gallery last year (may2012).   beautifully done.  it was an honest piece that made me uncomfortable to a point but pleased that it was made in that manner. i guess it is in true vein to freud's paintings of confronting you with not just the nakedness of his subjects but that truthfulness that seems to signify his life and art.  
i had this sense of awe at his relentless and uncompromising stance to do what he do amidst the assault of painting as an artform. steady as he goes in the decades of pop art, kinetic art etc. he  powered on to dig deeper into his art, finally arriving at a place he can call his own. this singular dedication is inspiring. 
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freud. screengrab from BBC documentary.
"the promise of happiness is felt in the act of creation but disappears towards the completion of the work. for it is then that the painter realises that it is only a picture he is painting..."
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:: Singapore Skies ::

3/9/2013

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    darwin sy antipolo

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