Unseen Art Scene (mirror)

  Alphabets – Dualism and Digitality – The Encoding of Experience Source: Synchronicity and Subculture Thoughts on the alphabet’s role in shaping human perception and the evolution of society "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" John 1.1 Language and the written word are a defining foundation of society. Communication led to collaboration which led to productivity which led to invention which led to knowledge which perhaps one day will lead to wisdom. We would be lost without the written word; it lies at the core of what it is to be human and yet we scarcely stop to question the patterns, the effects and the meanings behind the orgy of words poured out into the stratosphere.  The written word evolved through two distinct strains, both of which sought to frame communicative verbal language in the most logical terms. These roughly break down into conceptual and mathematical. The conceptual uses ‘onomatopoeic’ ima...

The Vitruvian Man And Da Vinci’s Merkaba Sourc e: UTAOT BLOG The Vitruvian Man is a famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci made in 1490. The drawing reflecting the uses of proportions and symmetry of the human body as a symbol of perfection and harmony. It is an expression of the re-discovery of the mathematical proportions of the human body in the 15th century and is one of the known art works of the Italian Renaissance. The drawing  made from ink and watercolor. His size : 34.3 cm -24.5 cm in length and width. He is now part of the collection of the Academy Gallery (Gallerie dell’Accademia) in Venice. It describes the shape of a naked man in two modes placed on top of each other, with his hands outstretched to the side, the figure simultaneously surrounded by a circle and a square. The drawing and text often called “canon relationship”. pinterest.com One can describe the human body as a tool used by the harmonious action between the high and low ...

The West African village where every house is a work of art Source: UTAOT BLOG   Burkina Faso  in  West Africa,  is not an area that usually gets a lot of visits of tourists, but at the base of a hill with a view of  the sunny savannah lies an extraordinary village, a circular 1.2 hectare complex of intricately embellished earthen architecture. It is the residence of the chief, the royal court and the nobility of the Kassena people, who first settled the region in the 15th century, making them one of the oldest ethnic groups in Burkina Faso.              Image:   Rita Willaert The village keeps itself extremely isolated and closed to outsiders, most likely to ensure the conservation and integrity of their structures and to protect the local traditions.  There is interest in developing the site as a cultural tourism destination to generate economic resources for conservation but it is a ...

Post by Soul of Africa Museum . See Here:  https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10200651396985995&set=vb.100468703362045&type=3&theater This is far more that what it looks like. A performance perhaps? A display of culture?  Half-naked sweaty natives all dancing around as is their want. What does it all mean? The music fills the air with solid rhythm, linking our heart beats to the earth and the world around us. To most this would be dismissed, shrugged off the shoulders as "but that is how they live in the village, how very primitive"...but is it? What is it exactly that we are seeing, as we perversely press our eyes up to the keyhole of life in rural West Africa. The heartlands of Voodoo....We are only seeing a fraction of what we should be seeing. To be there would be too frightening for most, especially those impressionable masses. They would be possessed, taken over by the spirits and shown a different dimension, an alternative environment, a world without en...

Thinking about George Afedzi Hughes..... Social Predation Gallery | George Afedzi Hughes Suspension, 2008, 30x24ins, acrylics, oils, and enamels on canvas. The Saw of Royalty*, 2008, 72 X 96ins, acrylics, oils, and enamels on canvas Coronation Map**, 2008-2010, 53 x 49 ins, mixed media on canvas. Eclipse, 2007, 68x47ins, acrylics, oils, and enamels on canvas. Falcons and Teddy Bears, 2005, 47x68ins, acrylics, oils, and enamels on canvas. Golden Boot, 2010, 48x32 ins, mixed media on canvas. Hustler*, 2008, 72x96ins , acrylics, oils, and enamels on canvas. Levitation*, 2008, 72x96ins, acrylics, oils, and enamels on canvas. Libido, 2009, acrylics, oils, and enamels on canvas. Libido Spit, 2006, 96x72ins, acrylics, oils, and enamels on canvas. Minerals*, 2008-2013, 72x120ins, acrylics, oils, stickers, enamels Mortality**, 2006, 38x65ins, , acrylics, oils, and enamels on canvas. Study Of Figmentation I**, 2006, 42x68ins, , acrylics, oils, and enamels on canvas.

Let us look at the life lived in Cote D'Ivoire and festivals that are performed every month..And so how does an artist reflect these wild colourful ideals to a passive European audience. An artist that is from the sun and this show of cultural behaviour through the performance artists, how can he become an international artist in his own right? Images from Côte d’Ivoire including the stilt festival Fig 1. Fig 2. Fig 4. Fig 3.   Masks From Côte d’Ivoire from the Dan Tribe If African Art starts anywhere it starts here.......

    Ernest Duku | Et Dieu Crea La Pintade And God Created the Guinea Fowl Western ideology is foreign to most parts of Africa in terms of seeing. Art in Africa is participatory, it is like the traditional religion of Voodoo/Voodou, it is the ephemeral for all to enjoy naturally in order to gain a sense of belonging. The beauty of a leaf, a tree, feathers from a bird, a footprint of an elephant on red soil or the cheetah’s majestic coat. Art is everywhere but in the West they have a vulgar way of caging and monetizing almost everything; be it their zoos, their water, light and air, even their walks to their workstations comes at a price. Western art is useless to Africa. It is alien and destined for deportation in every way. What is claimed as valuable is nonsense to most. Images on canvases, usually with factory manufactured oils or acrylics from China are then framed and heralded as Masterpieces by the academic world in their overpriced, high-walled, stuffy and archaic Instit...