Art News
Stirring Waters as Controversial Sculpture Sparks Debate
Sep 23, 2024
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Jason deCaires Taylor's new sculpture, Alluvia, has sparked controversy for its resemblance to drowning victims, though the artist insists it was not meant to provoke but to inspire empathy. Despite criticism, Taylor believes art should raise questions and emotions, encouraging viewers to experience the piece before forming judgments.
Meet and Discover
ALBERTO SAKA: water, its reflections, its light
Sep 24, 2019
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As a Venetian, Alberto Saka obviously lives as close as possible to water, its reflections, its light. And it is ultimately these changing impressions that influence him the most as an artist.
Art News
650,000 Lego pieces to make a copy of Monet's water lilies!
Mar 22, 2023
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"Water Lilies #1", which measures almost 15 meters wide, is the largest Lego work ever made by Ai. It will be on view when the new exhibition by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei opens in April at the Design Museum in London.
Art History
A work, a story - Lines of water by Alexander Shumtsov (Votsmush)
Sep 14, 2015
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What a strange name! Or rather what a strange pseudonym! Votsmush is actually the anagram of Shumtsov, his real last name. Above all, he likes to turn things upside down, it has even become a principle of life for this watercolor artist graduated from the Crimean School of Fine Arts and who currently lives between Sevastopol and Moscow.
Art History
The reflection of water in art: from mythology, to Impressionism, and Surrealism
Jan 11, 2023
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"Here the boy, exhausted by the exertions of the hunt and the heat, came to lie down, attracted by the beauty of the place and the spring, but, as he tries to quench his thirst, another thirst arises: enraptured in posing to drink from the image he sees reflected, he falls in love with a chimera"...
Art History
The Four Elements in Art: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water as Sources of Inspiration
Mar 18, 2025
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Art has always found nature to be one of its greatest sources of inspiration, and the four elements – Earth, Air, Fire, and Water – have been represented throughout the centuries with profound symbolic and expressive meanings...