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sábado 28 de enero de 2012

ARTE ANDRIUS KOVELINAS

Andrius Kovelinas

Contact: andrejusk@yahoo.fr

Andrius Kovelinas has been living in Ireland for almost 5 years now. His extraordinary style and imagination has been on show at The Green Gallery shortly after he set foot on these shores. For many years Andrius had travelled throughout Europe producing his masterly works everywhere he went “I travelled a lot in Europe through Countries such as Sweden, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Spain.

In summer time every years, traditionally, he participates in the international Art Camp in France. 2007 year was excellent for Andrius. After two weeks 5 days travelling thru the French Normandy where he was inspired with new ideas for his pictures. The final exhibition was in Sorbay .

Generally, Andrius’s themes are women. When it comes to painting women he takes great joy from this subject and will continue to pursue painting extraordinary works of beautiful women as long as he will be able to paint. “Women are designed amazingly by our Creator. All works are oil on canvas, but style and technique are not so important. So the tools are classic As usual small brushes. First – the idea is sketched on paper, then the real painting is produced. The only problem is time. I cannot create fast. Each work required preparation (the idea) and then realisation. I never paint directly on canvas without sketches. It can take between 2 days to 3month. As a result a beautiful picture is produced”. It is good to know that there are people out there who love Andrius work. “The important thing is that the people love the art, when a person buys my work and hangs it up on their wall, with positive energy and love. They not only have a beautiful picture, but a good mood and a small part of me, the artist”.

EXHIBITIONS
1978 - Posters of theatres exhibition in Lahti (Finland)
1980 - Group exhibition of politique posters in Vilnius (Lithuania)
1981 - Personal posters exhibition in Palanga (Lithuania)
1982 - Personal posters exhibition in Vilnius (Lithuania)
1983 - International group exhibition of politique posters in Moscow (Russia)
1984 - International group exhibition of politique posters in Vilnius (Lithuania)
1984 - Posters biennale in Lahti (Finland)
1985 - International posters exhibition in Warsawa (Poland)
1986 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Palanga (Lithuania)
1987 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Palanga (Lithuania)
1988 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Palanga (Lithuania)
1989 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Palanga (Lithuania)
1990 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Vilnius (Lithuania)
1991 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Vilnius (Lithuania)
1992 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Palanga (Lithuania)
1993 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Dubai (UAE)
1994 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Winslow (Sweden)
1995 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Palanga (Lithuania)
1996 / 2000 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Palanga (Lithuania)
2001 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Reims (France)
2002 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Nancy (France)
2002 - International group Exhibition of oil Paintings St. Mishel (France)
2003 - International group Exhibition of oil Paintings St. Mishel (France)
2003 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Nancy (France)
2004 - Pers. Exhibition of oil paintings Cork (Ireland)
2004 to present day – Group Show, The Green Gallery, Dublin.
2006-Solo exhibition at The Green Gallery, Dublin
2007 – Solo exhibition at The Green Gallery, Dublin

2008 - Solo exhibition in 10-er Gallery Gmunden Austria

2009 – Solo exhibition at The Green Gallery, Dublin

2009 - Solo exhibition at RCKP Krosno Poland

2009 - Solo exhibition at "La Galerie", Vervins, France

Sunday Tribune

An outsider’s art

Dave Boland talks to Andrius Kovelinas ahead of his forthcoming exhibition ahead of his exhibition aptly entitled “SHE” at the Green Gallery, Dundrum.

The influx of Eastern Europeans is generally regarded as a good thing, but, when asked, most people will probably be thinking in terms of employment. However, one Eastern European has set about bringing his own vision to the Irish art world. Andrius Kovelinas has been living in Ireland for almost four years, although he has spent a significant part of his life away from his native Lithuania.

“I travelled a lot in Europe through countries such as Sweden, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Spain,” he said. “My sister lives in New York, and I go there two or three times a year to organise small private exhibitions for collectors.”

His travels have informed his art, and brought a certain international flavour to his works. Before moving to Ireland, Kovelinas was living in northern France in the city of St Michel, where his work is widely known and admired. He began his artistic career by participating in several exhibitions of posters in Sweden, Russia, Lithuania, and Poland. In particular he produced a lot of posters for the Opera, Ballet and Theatre companies of Kishinev, Moldova, and he won the Grand Prix in a Politic Poster Exhibition in Moscow in 1983.

In the period between 1987 and 1988, Kovelinas moved from posters back to oil paintings, but traces of the poster-art style can still be found in his work. Today, it is difficult to pin him down a single style – think renaissance classical meets Salvador Dali’s critical paranoia, and you could be coming close. But to fully experience his range, it would definitely be worth checking out his exhibition at the Green Gallery in Dundrum (in the Balally entrance corridor) on Wednesday, September 5 at 6.30 pm.

The exhibition is entitled “SHE”, which is hardly surprising considering that, in general, Kovelinas’ themes revolve around women. Indeed, he takes great joy from this subject and will continue to pursue painting extraordinary works of beautiful women as long as he will be able to paint.

“Women are designed amazingly by our creator,” he explained of his fascination with his subject.

In terms of technique, Kovelinas employs a painstaking approach which lends his pictures the element of a crystallised dream.

“All my works are oil on canvas, but style and technique are not so important. So the tools are classic - usually small brushes. First, my idea is sketched on paper, then the real painting is produced. The only problem is time. I cannot create fast. Each work requires preparation (the idea) and then realisation - and I never paint directly on canvas without sketches. It can take between two days and three months, but as a result, a beautiful picture is produced”.

Since 2003, when he first came to this country, Kovelinas has been exhibiting in the Green Gallery, and his works (in Ireland) have remained exclusive to this gallery – including a first Irish solo exhibition in the Green Gallery which took place in February 2006.

The quality of his work, coupled with its otherworldliness, has found favour with the art buying population of Dublin and beyond, and Kovelinas is becoming firmly established as a fixture in many of the collections of discerning Irish art lovers.

“The important thing is that the people love the art, when a person buys my work and hangs it up on their wall, with positive energy and love,” he said. “They not only have a beautiful picture, but a good mood and a small part of me, the artist”.

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ARTE ALEX ALEMANY

ARTE ALEX ALEMANY
PINTAR EN DEFENSA PROPIA

Vivimos en una estructura cultural, cuya complejidad es superior a nuestra capacidad individual para entenderla. La hemos construido nosotros; pero quienes deberían organizar, legislar y gestionar las sociedades liberal-democráticas y todos sus problemas culturales ya no tienen los recursos, conocimientos y capacidad necesarios, para entender lo que está pasando y lo que se puede hacer para resolverlo. El ser humano, ya no puede entender el mundo que ha creado.

En lo concerniente al Arte, soportamos mansamente la continua victoria de la promoción y el marketing sobre el conocimiento y los valores.
La pobreza de la preparación artística, se ha convertido por la alquimia del mercado, en un instrumento poderoso para la mejor “expresividad artística” del momento, entendido en términos consumistas.

Este es un momento caracterizado por la ausencia de tendencias claras, debido a la exhaustiva proliferación de propuestas e informaciones convulsas que somos incapaces de procesar y, que bloquean la selección, provocando la necesidad de buscar refugio personal. Quizá sea el momento del individualismo y la práctica del oficio como defensa mística ante la incertidumbre y desorientación. Al menos es la opción que he escogido.
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BIOGRAFÍA
Nació el cinco de Enero de 1943 en Gandia (Valencia), cursando los estudios de Bachillerato en el colegio de las Escuelas Pías de esta ciudad.
En 1960 ingresó en la Escuela de Artes y Oficios de Valencia haciendo los estudios preparatorios para la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos, donde ingresó en 1961, recibiendo las enseñanzas de Francisco Lozano, Enrique Ginesta, Genaro Lahuerta, Felipe M' Garín, etc.
En 1965 viaja a París, ampliando estudios con artistas contemporáneos.
En 1966 repite esta experiencia, prolongando su estancia en Francia.
En 1968, amplía estudios en Londres en la National Portrait Gallery.
Hasta 1970, viaja y experimenta varias tendencias pictóricas, incidiendo en el abstracto expresionista. En estos años de juventud, abordó muchas tendencias de vanguardia, sumergido en la corriente general, hasta encontrar su propio estilo, cada vez más coherente con su sensibilidad poética.
En 1975, pintó las primeras obras de retorno al realismo, intuyendo acertadamente el movimiento asumido y seguido por otros artistas internacionales, bajo el nombre de realismo mágico. Desde 1975 a 1978 se instala en Madrid, alternando los retratos sociales con sus trabajos de contenido surrealista.
El realismo (y en algunas obras hiperrealismo) de Alex Alemany, fue derivando hacia un inconfundible estilo propio, fruto de una introspección personal, distanciándose progresivamente de la frialdad de otros conceptos realistas, deudos de la fotografía, como el realismo americano. La obra de Álex Alemany es un nexo entre lo literario y lo pictórico. Buceando en sus propias sensaciones, sentimientos y conceptos, nos los comunica con la credibilidad de su técnica preciosista, haciéndonos participes del clima del cuadro e identificándonos con las cosas que en él nos cuenta:

metáforas poéticas e imágenes del fondo de subconsciente y el mundo onírico. De hondo contenido poético, los elementos y figuras de sus obras están tratados con "licencias poéticas" y los simbolismos utilizados son de tal sutileza, que apresan al espectador, estimulándole la capacidad de interpretar. Esta obra, puede producir cualquier efecto menos la indiferencia; y el lenguaje utilizado, enriquece su lectura. Sus inquietudes eclécticas, provocan esporádicas incursiones en otros estilos: composiciones formalistas, pintura social, expresionismo, etc.
A lo largo de su producción, hay gran cantidad de retratos, corno prueba de su predilección por la figura humana; pero incluso esta difícil disciplina, Alemany ha sabido incorporarla al estilo y carácter poético de su obra; interpretando no solo el aspecto físico del personaje, sino su personalidad y perfil psicológico, mediante simbolismos, consiguiendo así un enfoque total y completo del retratado; distinto del concepto convencional del retrato "académico".
Entre los personajes de su labor retratista se cuentan SS.MM. Los Reyes de España, varios miembros de la Familia Real, rectores de Universidades, académicos, Presidentes de Diputaciones, Alcaldes, Decanos de Notaría, Derecho, Medicina… etc. e innumerables particulares
La totalidad de su obra pertenece a colecciones privadas y museos. Por principios personales jamás ha participado en concursos ni optado a premio alguno.De 1993 a 2004, presidió el Círculo de Bellas Artes de Valencia. En 1998 fue nombrado Académico Electo de la Real Academia de Cultura Valenciana. En la actualidad vive y trabaja en Valencia.

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ARTE ALEX ALEMANY

ARTE ALEX ALEMANY

ARTE SOL HALABI

SO L H A L A B I . Nace en 1977 Córdoba Capital, Argentina

1997. Dibujante Especialista. Colegio Nacional de Monserrat. UNC. Córdoba, Argentina

2000. Profesora y Perito en Artes Plásticas. Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes "Figueroa Alcorta"

2002. Licenciada en Pintura. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

2011 Premio "10 Jóvenes Sobresaliente JCI 2011" Otorgado por JCI y la Cámara de Comercio Argentina. Buenos aires, Argentina / “De búsquedas y encuentros” Individual. Galería Allegro. Ciudad de Panamá, Panama / Exposición en 6ª Salón Nacional de Pintura de la Universidad Argentina De la Empresa (UADE). Buenos Aires, Argentina

2010 Individual. Galería Zurbarán. Buenos Aires, Argentina / Individual. Consulado Argentino en New York. NY, USA

2009 Individual A muse Gallery. Columbus, EEUU / Feria SOFA Chicago, USA / Individual. Galería Allegro, Ciudad de Panamá. Panamá / Feria SOFA Santa Fe, USA / Feria SOFA New York, USA / Individual Galería María Elena Kravetz, Córdoba / Individual, Museo Lino Spilimbergo, Unquillo Córdoba

2008 Individual Atelier Drago. Rio IV. Córdoba / IndividualGalería Zurbarán. Buenos Aires / Feria SOFA New York, USA

2007 Inauguración Museo Emilio Caraffa, Córdoba / SOFA Chicago 07´, USA / A Muse Gallery, Columbus, USA / Individual en Allegro Galería, Panamá Panamá / Premio EDESA, Salón Nacional de Salta, Salta / Feria SOFA New York, USA / New York Academy of Art, New York, USA / Galería Zurbarán, Buenos Aires.

2006 Individual, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Chateau Carreras, Córdoba / MolAA Auction 06´. Los Angeles, USA / Mencion de Honor. Salon Fundacion OSDE, Argentina / Feria SOFA New York 06´,NY USA / Art Miami 06`, Miami USA / Salon Banco Nacion, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires / Colectiva Galería Zurbarán, Córdoba.

2005 Art Miami 05`, Miami USA / Salón Osde, Museo Emilio Caraffa, Córdoba / Salón Nacional 2005, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires / Galería Zurbarán, Córdoba.

2004 ARTEBA, Bs.As / SOFA 04´, Chicago USA / Centro Cultural de Ettenheim, Alemania / Art Miami 04´, Miami USA / Individual, Cerrito Galería, Cordoba.

2003 Muestra Individual en Cabildo de Córdoba/ Colectiva en Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Cordoba / IV Feria Internacional de Córdoba / Ingreso a Colección del Gobierno de Córdoba / Premio Universidad, promoción 2002. UNC, Córdoba.

2002 "Feria de Galerías 2002", Córdoba / Exposición individual, Trabajo Final Licenciatura en Pintura UNC, Córdoba / Casa de Córdoba, Buenos Aires.

2001 Segundo Premio XVIII Salón Provincial de APAC, Córdoba / XXV Salon Nacional Villa Constitucion, Santa Fe.

2000 Primer Premio VI Provincial Salón CAC, Córdoba / Primer Premio XII Salón Provincial "Museo Bonfiglioli ", Córdoba.

1999 IV Salón CAC Córdoba / Primer premio Salón Rizzuto, Córdoba / Centro Cultural San Martín, Capital Federal.

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ARTE SOL HALABI

ARTE SOL HALABI