Saturday, April 27, 2013

APARTE RECOMMENDS : AI WEIWEI NEVER SORRY

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is a 2012 documentary film about Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei, directed by American filmmaker Alison Klayman.


Ai Weiwei is China's most famous international artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention.                                                                                via aiweiweineversorry.com




AI WEIWEI 'STUDY OF PRESPECTIVE' 1995-2003
































































































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Ai WeiWei 'Study of Prespective' is a selection of photographs that reflects by showing his middle finger in front of some iconic buildings his opinion about the political and intellectual authority of the contemporary governmental system.




AI WEIWEI Official Website

JR - THE POWER OF PAPER AND GLUE

JR : Blow up
REFLECTIONS - A film By Matt Black












JR - Inside Out Trailer
THE PEOPLE'S ART PROJECT







NOWNESS website
JR Official Website

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

PEDRO MATOS PAINTINGS

    Archaeology of Knowledge Oil on canvas 2012, 150cm

Complexity doesn't follow simplicity, it preceeds it.  Charcoal and oil on archival paper, 2012

Estranha forma de vida Oil on canvas 2012, 100x100 cm

Madness and Civilization Oil on canvas 2012, 150cm

Leaves of Grass Oil on Canvas 2011, 122 x 107

Voodoo Kid Oil on Canvas 2011, 122 x 107 cm

Skull Oil on canvas 2012, 60 x 60 cm

Saramago Oil on Canvas 2011, 150x150 cm

Mouraria Oil on canvas 90 x 90 cm, 2011


        
        Pedro Matos is a portuguese artist who lives and works in London. He is part of a new generation of artists who are contributing to the London art scene.



        PEDRO MATOS Website