Viva Africa!    Viva Wangechi Mutu from Kenya! In this pavilion I perceived 3 women by 3 different medium. The first is a video triptych visioning a walking woman at the day break caring something, which strongly appears to be out little planet Earth. The second is another woman lying and looking at the globe.  I find here a reference to a woman who carry the world on her head and at the same time has power to look at it from some distance.  Finally the third women is a kind of a collage made from zebra skin, metallic shoulders and snake hair, a jumble of animals and machines. (I saw a similar painting at Picassomania show in Paris this year, do you see a parallel?). So my conclusion is Women could be everything! Women is the future?

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Biennale of Venezia takes every other year in the town of Venezia, Italy. It has an ultimate goal to represent to the public the most significant art created since 2 years in the world and it does not have any commercial intent.

89 countries participated to Biennale in 2015 presenting their own selected artiste or artistes in either their historical pavilions or dedicated spaces. Mainly Biennale takes place areas such as in Giardini and Arsenale, which are part of Venezia and are accessible by foot or boat (so called vaporetto). Also some dedicated spaces are situated all over Venice. And of course many collateral events take place during Biennale. It lasts about 7 months, from May until November in 2015.

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Artissima, contemporary art fair is held every year in Torino, Italy and this was my first time I came, what a surprise was it for my eyes!

In itself the Torino town is worthwhile visiting and spending at least a week.  Cherry on the cake – Artissima with its size comparable to FIAC or FRIEZE, but with no blue chip galleries such as Gagosians or Perrotins – mostly young galleries are present here from all over the world. I have chosen to talk about 4 artistes from 4 different sections.

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Hello,

This is my first post and Manifesto for my blog.

I find art for my blog in Paris, New-York, Moscow and London – in any city of the world where I go. I look with my eyes for artworks defining moment of truth. I search for strong images impacting emotionally, calling for imagination and for being interpreted. Colors, ambiance, mixed media are important to me and I always look forward. I find and share art of beginning and mid 10’s and which will matter in 10 years. You will find on my blog posts about emerging and mid-career artistes. I look for energetic and innovative art works in terms of media and forms. Outdoor and alternative places are on my special radar. As Barbara Gladestone said: I provide people who understand art, who appreciate and follow art with opportunity to see it.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder (Plato).

Phylin

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