D L R A 1 O Art: How to Clean a Painting Music: Vegetable Orchestra Dance: Butoh Dance Theatre: Elektra Debuts S $4.00 Welcome to the second edition of “World of Art”. “World of Art” is a projected monthly art publication of Toronto East Community Art Program (TECAP). Future publications are expected to expand on this format. TECAP is a registered charity organization that offers visual and performing art lessons and workshops to the public, at no charge. To advertise with us, subscribe to our publication, or if you have comments to share or questions to ask; please email us at: contact@tecap.org. Donations towards any of TECAP’s projects, including this publication, are always welcome. Any donation in excess of $25.00 qualifies for a tax receipt. TECAP Team Toronto East Community Arts Program Registered Charity #: 84557 7626 RR0001 Volume 2, Number 2 March 2011 Cover: Lillias Torrance Newtown. Portrait of a Elise Kingman At the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal Featured in this Issue art Featured Artists..........................3-16 Art News.......................................14 Encaustic Painting.....................17-19 How to Clean Paintings............20-21 dance music Vegetable Orchestra........26-27 theatre Elektra Debuts................28-29 Fly: Five First Ladies of Dance ...22-23 Butoh dance.............................24-25 2 Graphic Design & Layout: Robyn Atherton, Nadejda Volembovschii Editing: Jack Watt Prepress/Production Artist: Julie Whatman Alex St. Germain Art is like a love affair you hope works out. In my case what exists in my mind, never appears quite the same on canvas, but when completed, I discover that the work has taken a life of its own. Sometimes it’s a perfect relationship, sometimes not. Just like love. 3 Gregory Fricker The artwork of Gregory Fricker is an exploration of the human psyche. His experience as a military interrogator allows him to translate what he finds during his explorations into analogous landscapes populated with life born from dissected perceptions and uncovered truths. gregory-fricker.artistwebsites.com/ Gord Stuart Gord’s primary passion is painting scenes with water reflections in them. The reflections are fascinating and inspiring. The bold and brilliant colours that Gord loves to use illustrate nature’s pallet to draw viewers into the painting, challenging them to linger and experience the mood and the beauty that Gord finds in nature. Louise Gauthier I like to use intense pigments versus transparency to flash the light with underpainting, creating a dynamic movment. With these new experiences of watercolor I stimulate reflection. Watercolor Canadian Society (SCA) member since 2008. louisegauthier.artacademie.com 4 CYNTHIA ROGERS California based artist, Cynthia Rogers creates a visual language with found objects, juxtaposed in meaningful ways, to speak what has not been spoken, felt but not known. Her art work provides flights-of-fancy with underlying social-political concerns. KATERINA GOROKHOVA Katerina’s paintings feature photographic accuracy typical of Pop Art and slightly mannered contours of photographs filled with minimum colours. Such restrained colour arrangement prompts decorative conventionality, which makes images bright, memorable, and up-to-date. www.katerinagorokhova.ru A D A N A SEE C AY D E N O IN THROUGH THE WOR EST CAN LD’S LARG T COLLEC ADIAN AR TION ts, Boats, ail) Emily Carr, 65 (detail) rd Island, 19 ince Edwa , To Pr Alex Colville at, Je Pudlo Pudl , in Formation and Birds 7 (detail) 1976-197 , 1912 (det Cumshewa 5 RICHARD GOTTAROO His style is fresh, edgy and modern with an emphasis on emotion-driven documentary images and imaginative portraits. Richard’s photography has been featured in various publications, advertising, and web. His clients include the CTV digital, Globe and Mail, and The Reader. Many of Richard’s prints are available for purchase at Ben Navaee Gallery www.richardgottardo.com SANDRA SCARPELLI With passion you emit energy. My photography is my passion and my photography work exposes my energy. In all the venues that I have participated I have had tremendous fun. It is not work, it is happiness from the soul. TYLER MITCHELL Tyler searches to find the perfect composition through the colors and textures that come to life with time and the process of decay in the urban environments that surround us. www.tmitchellphoto.com 6 teymur agalioglu The paintings of the Artist are exhibited in Ankara Paint and Sculpture Museum, Denizli Municipality, Anlanya Museum. His paintings are present in special collections in Malasia, England, USA, Australia, Switzerland, Holland and Germany. Mr. Agalioglu attended more than 30 exhibitions. www.narsanatgalerisi.net LILY LIHTING Lily is a Chinese American artist, who specializes in contemporary cross-cultural painting- exhibiting internationally. Originally from Taiwan, with MFA/BFA degrees. www.lkgallery.vpweb.com CAROLYN SCANLAN Newly sprung onto the Artscape, Carolyn Scanlan’s perspectives of contemporary culture is shaped by abstractions, of her ideals into geometrics and splatters; that become creative currency, intriguing viewers into thought provoking concepts of intention. www.theabstractionist.ca 7 ALBINO RIPANI His love for the fairy baby is born since when, memories and feelings that have always remained alive in his mind and for finding the canvas so the carelessness of a time to him so dear. www.ariarte.it Stamatina Lindstrom I like playing with structure and form and I keep my work non-controlled and spontaneous. Metal is the material through which I materialize my mind’s sprouts of ideas and designs. stamatina-lindstrom.com Slavko Dujic is Croatian artist, based in Nederlands. He studied at the Stedelijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Hasselt, where he specialized in abstract art and Academie voor Plastische Kunsten in Genk Belgium and and is member of professional artists association in Holland. 8 Slavko Dujic KERSTIN ROOFLS The realistic images, which are central to my work become iconic symbols, for example the Global Begins Series (2001). I paired images of siamese twins with actual text from Plato’s “Symposium” www.kerstinroofls.com DR. PETER RADEMACHER After completing his schooling in 1973 he studied first art, music and law. Drawing, woodcut and etching formed the main focus of his artistic creating. He undertook a lot of study travelling to Paris and Amsterdam to visit old printers which still printed in the traditional technology. JASON SHIRRIFF The thickness of the 100 lb paper gives a sense of carving or etching in stone, the impression of something permanent. www.anschelgallery.com 9 a. aydin baykara Three of his paintings have been printed as the cover of two books by Prof. Dr. Nejat Akar and an encyclopedia by Middle East Technical University (METU). Two paintings of Baykara have been taken for Hamiye Colakoglu Museum, Bilkent University. www.turkishpaintings.com Lars Whelan Lars whelan is a ship’s Captain specializing in sub-sea construction, his position allows him access to shooting at the heart of the offshore oil industry. www.larswhelan.com harmony Give your house a sense of , and update your living space with bold, fresh colours and new ideas from professional artists who are passionate about painting. 10 marina reiter Ms. Reiter’s art is about the interconnectedness of things, our complex interactions and relationships, six degrees of separation, celebration of everything that unites us and pulls us apart. marina@marinareiter.com Andrea De luigi In my work, the sensuality of the organic forms of Nature coexist with geometric and abstract forms. Colour is my passion, forms and shapes are subordinated to it. www.andreadeluigi.com andreadeluigi@gmail.com Vlatko Ceric My works are generated from the heart of computer, by computer programs that transform my ideas into images using algorithms- describing how an image will look like and how it is to be generated. www.vceric.net 11 Hanna Scheriau This artistic work on silk is a worldwide unique kind of art. Silk is extremely durable, more than canvas, and the luminous silk colours for artists are not a bit photo-sensitive. Paintings of Hanna Scheriau are found in collections around the world. www.neueartmalerei.at info@neueartmalerei.at Kolyras Spyros “And finally, he ends up in expressive results which transform the visual reality and the external appearance of his landscapes in a lyrical song of light and colour, in a rich voice of sensitivity, in a harmony full of rhythm.” – Thanos Christou Assistant Professor of History of Art University of Ioannina Marianna Venczak I’m a painter, graphic artist, illustrator. My paintings are emotional reflections of the world surronding us: sparkles of moments I captured and embraced. Http://www.venczakmarianna.com E-mail: vmarianna035@gmail.com 12 Suzie Boudreault Suzie Boudreault is the artist under the brand name SuzieB. Her style is a mix of Naïve, Impressionist and Modernist. The paintings are glimpses of the natural world: vibrant, lively, and candid. SuzieB is represented by Agora Gallery (New York) and Galerie Berick (Bromont - Quebec) and has been published in high profile magazines. www.SuzieB.ca Tari Dodd-DiBello Charismatic, whimsical & vibrant is the artistry that Tari invokes in her paintings. Inspired by her wordly travels, her works are reflective of her eccentric personality, views, and unconventional approach to life. www.misstari.com Abdelkhalek Aghzout “Painting is development of seeing and ability. Painting is a science and knowledge”. – Aghzout “Art is research, art is a science and knowledge”. – Aghzout aghzout@gmx.at or art@aghzout.com www.aghzout.com 13 Fleur Little faith photography wants to record all the beautiful things she sees and witnesses. For Little faith photography it is essential that her photos are emotionel, elegant, feminine and mysterious. http://littlefaith.jimdo.com/ little-faith@live.nl ART NEWS A female artst who died penniless set auction records is being featured in a new book by Dr. Anthony Parton. Goncharova (1881-1962) was a leader of the Russian avant garde. But she was also a wonderful and versatile artist who was much in demand for theatrical set and costume designs. “Just before the book went to print Goncharova set a new record at Christies,” says Anthony. “It was for an oil painting called Espagnole which was done in 1916 and fetched a very impressive £6,425,250 Paul Rockett has died at the age of 90. Landmark photographer and ADC award winner, Born in Toronto, he shot more than 100 magazine covers during his career. Paul Rockett who some credit with changing the face of Canadian magazine photography, died at age 90 in Vancouver after a battle with liver cancer. 14 Anja Etwal-Nielsen Art comes alive through the watching eyes and the feeling hands. Art has shown the life that’s been lived – and dreamed of being lived. Art can be used as a silent, passive weapon – a tool for those without a voice. anjaetwalnielsen@gmail.com Amira de Maistre Amira de Maistre discovers every day new lights, flamboyant colours, sunsets that you only find in the South of France. Then inspiration comes from influences, multiple forms which carry her towards abstract painting without forgetting the figurative. ArtPaintAmira.com Audrone Creation for me is a journey in search for the answers to the questions raised for the day. Audrone is a member of Lithuanian Artists Associacion, the Guild of Textile and Artists “White”, Ceramics club “Harmony”, and a member of Lithuanian Art Therapy Association. Audrone-art.com 15 Daphne Anastassiou Mustakis At different stages of my life, painting beckoned and invited me to venture into its magical world without boundaries. My source of inspiration is silence... The Universe. The Universe speaks to me by means of silence. daphneanastassiou.cl Yeji Jun My art is my state of mind. My state of mind stems from my subconscious. My visualization process connects my subconscious to my consciousness. By creating a visual subconscious, I can share my state of mind with the public. Yejiyun.com Stefan The natural world has changed against an artifical made one. But sometimes it works as well or maybe even better. The German Pop Art Painter catch it in art work. www.raa-pop-art.de atelier@raa-pop-art.de 16 c i t s u a Enc Painting By: Carolann McLean Grab yourself an old frying pan or griddle, some soup cans or tuna tins or and get some wax (two kinds, real beeswax with a slight yellow tinge, or microcrystalline, which is man-made and pure white) from the local art supply store and you are all set up for encaustic painting. If you put the wax in the freezer, you can toss it on the floor and it will break into chunks. Place it in a tin and melt it down. Also be careful if heating a soup can of wax. The bottom will melt first and can explode up through the unmelted top! Now add your oil colour and mix. You can use dry pigment but it is very toxic, so I just use oil paint. The pigment is bound into the oil and does not become airborne. Oil sticks are also a possibility and those long, wooden coffee stir sticks are very handy for stirring and even applying the wax. Get yourself something to paint on. It has to be rigid and I prefer white as it reflects up through the wax. Easiest solution: the cardboardbacked canvases you can get at the art store. More time-consuming would be to get canvas stretchers, cut masonite pieces to size, nail on and cover with canvas which you attach with a staple gun. You’re all set to paint lay down some drop cloths on all surfaces as encaustic is messy. Larger brushes can be used at first. I have had success with natural and artificial brushes. You need to lay in a surface of wax all over the canvas. You will find it frustrating at first because as you brush it on, it dries so fast and goes lumpy. Just get a heatgun or hair dryer and hold the canvas vertically and the wax will melt and drip down and off, leaving a smooth surface. 17 o it Wax melts around 200 fahrenhe and can catch fire so Always stay in the room to monitor the heat. Each application of colour will also be lumpy at first. To get rid of this you can gently pull a straight metal edge across to smooth it. Kitchen knives, putty knives work and other straight edged tools can be found at second hard stores. A heatgun will flatten the colours and give a glossy finish. Those coffee stir sticks can be used to pull one colour over another. As you get into the image more, you can cool the wax down to a consistency like butter, and pick it up with the stick and manipulate it by pushing and pulling it where you want it. Keep mixing new colours in new tins to keep them separate so you can control your image. You will notice that some colours are opaque and some transparent. Certain pigments just are that way and also you control this by how much pigment is in the mix. The bottom will melt first and can explode up through the unmelted top! Now add your oil colour and mix. You can use dry pigment but it is very toxic, so I just use oil paint. The pigment is bound into the oil and does not become airborne. Oil sticks are also a possibility. Those long, wooden coffee stir sticks are very handy for stirring and even applying the wax. 18 There are small specialty irons for use in sealing fabrics to one another. They are small and have a thermostat dial to control the heat. This gives you a flat surface of heat to experiment with, as well as a hot edge to incise the wax with and wax can be put onto the iron and applied to the canvas. It is easy to melt your image right down to the canvas, so you will have to experiment with how to control the iron. l a i c e p s effects • One very groovy effect is intarsia. You cut into the surface with a metal tool, then layer over the groove with another colour and scrape away the top, leaving a beautiful strip of colour embedded in the surface. • Also very beautiful is the effect of scratching the surface with sandpaper, or knives, or whatever, laying oil paint over and then rubbing away with a cloth. Stunning! • Transparent mixes can be layered over each other and the effect is unpredictable, usually gorgeous • You can pour the wax, let it drip and collage into it with other images or objects just by heating the surface • If you want to cover a large area, you can get a cake pan, or loaf pan and make a bigger pool of wax • Even when the image is cold, you can pull bits off and place them elsewhere, which isn’t possible in oil painting 19 How to clean paintings By: Taneacha Campbell Knowing exactly how to clean a piece of art can be a challenge but with these easy steps the process won’t be as daunting. 2 1 Buy a loaf (two or three loaves if the painting is large) of good quality (cooked) doughy bread — a large sourdough works. On a pretty day, take the painting outdoors, or work inside on a large drop cloth, since this is a messy procedure. 3 Using dough pulled from the inside of the loaf, scrub the painting using gentle pressure. Avoid any areas where paint may be flaking. You will see the soil collect on the dough. Get a new hunk of dough as the older piece gets dirty or disintegrates.Continue this process over the entire surface of the work. 4 Using a soft bristle brush, such as a good quality house painting brush. They can be found at your local hardware store. Brush the remaining dough crumbs off of the painting. Go methodically over the entire surface because the dough likes to stick and any remaining crumbs would be an enticement to insects. 20 If the painting has a combination of media, it is difficlt to determine the combination of materials used to make the painting or what layers were applied for protection. Applying any solvent. even water, to the surface can spell trouble. If you are unsure of the type of media of the piece or the presevant used to seal the piece, a light superficial cleaning is best. In this case dust the piece — ever so gently — with a very soft bristle brush. Imagine you are cleaning a soiled rose bloom from the garden. u are Imagine yo led soi cleaning a from m o o l b e s o r . the garden If the paint layers appear to be very firmly attached to the board, you might try the bread technique given above; otherwise take the painting to a professional restorer or leave it as is. The likelihood of you destroying the piece in an attempted cleaning is quite high. EDITORS NOTE: To delve into the complexities of painting cleaning, restoration and the technical underpinning of works of art, try these resources: Helmut Ruhemann’s Cleaning of Paintings: Problems and Potentialities or Ralph Mayer’s: Artists’ Handbook of Materials and Techniques: Fifth Edition, Revised and Updated. A general rule of thumb is that paintings are usually best left untouched by anyone. The impulse to scrub any surface within reach is not suggested. The cleaning of paintings should be left to a competent professional conservator or restorer. 21 FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance by: Kathleen black In October 2010, the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia was honored with an amaziW rmance by these five dancers. This was an exciting tour where these female dancers, each of them over 60, used their experience and energetic bodies to show a magnificent view of maturity in awesome solo performances. These are dancers with long and distinguished careers. All of them have particular talents which they have developed during their lives and have won them different and important awards. Bebe Miller www.bebemillercompany.org Choreographer, performer, teacher, and artistic director was born in 1950, in Brooklyn, NY. Her awards include the Creative Artists Public Service Fellowship, 1984, for choreography; the New York Foundation for the Arts Choreographer’s Fellowship, 1984 and 1991; the National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer’s Fellowship, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988; the New York Dance and Performance Award (“Bessie”) for choreography, 1986 and 1987; the American Choreographer Award and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, both 1988; the Dewar’s Young Artists Recognition Award, 1990. Jawole Willa Jo Zollar Choreographer, artistic director, founder and dancer was born in 1950, in Kansas City, Missouri. Some of her awards are: the New York Dance and Performance award,1992; the University of Missouri in Kansas City, named Outstanding Alumni, 1993; the Capezio award for outstanding achievement in dance, 1994; the Florida State University Alumna of the Year award, 1997; the American Dance Festival Doris Duke award, 1997. 22 Germaine Acogny Senegalese dancer and choreographer is known as “the mother of African dance. She was born in 1944 in Benin, West Africa. Some of her awards are the Chevalier of the Order of Merit and Officer of Arts and Letters of the French Republic; the Knight of the National Order of the Lion of Senegal; the London Dance and Performance Award for Ye’ou, the Awakening, 1991; the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts award, 2005. Dianne McIntyre Choreographer, dancer, and director was born in 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio. Some of her awards include the 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2009 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from State University of New York Purchase College, three Bessies (NY Dance), two AUDELCOs (NY Black Theatre) and the Cleveland Arts Prize. Carmen De Lavallade Dancer was born in 1931 in Los Angeles, California In 2004, De Lavallade received the Black History Month Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Rosie Award and a Bessie in 2006. These women are distinguished for their innovations and original workshops as they are always pushing forward through the boundaries of dance. “Fly” was a deeply moving performance in which each of them created her own solo. These dancers were full of feeling behind every movement ; these women reached deep into themselves transmitting their emotions to the grateful audience. FLY: Five First Ladies of Dance has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance 23 B u toDahnce ala estrada By martha ay Kazuo Ohno, the dancer and choreographer who founded the contemporary dance movement known as Butoh, passed away on June 1st 2010 at the age of 103. Ohno was born in in on October 27, 1906 in Hakodate, Hokkaido. He demonstrated an aptitude for athletics in junior high school and graduated from an athletic college in 1929. He later taught physical education at a Christian high school. In 1933 Ohno began studying with Japanese modern dance pioneers Baku Ishii and Takaya Eguchi, this qualified him to teach dance at the Soshin Girls’ School. Unfortunately, Ohno’s studies in dance and his pacifist beliefs would be compromised after he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army in 1938. After the war Ohno began working on his dancing again, and in 1949 he presented his first solo work in Tokyo. During the 1950s he met another dancer by the name of Tatsumi Hijikata. The both of them had endured many hardships during the war. Together they created the Butoh style of dance in order to express the pain they felt from the war. Butoh is a revolutionary movement in the contemporary dance world. Bu means “To dance” and Toh means “to stamp the ground”. Butoh also translates to “walk on the road with the same attitude as the Samurai”. In order to survive as a warrior a Samurai had to train himself on three levels: the body, mind, and spirit. The Butoh dance is a method systemized for psychosomatic exploration and integration. It was described together with the physical exercises of Noguchi Taiso and the bodywork of Tekeuchi Lessons. 24 Benefts of Butoh Today, Butoh enjoys an extraordinarily high level of popularity worldwide. Butoh is a magical and special way to display our deepest feelings through the art of dance. -Freedom to be who you are at any age, in any place with any body. -Flexibility and enjoyment with life’s changes -Discovering and mastering your hidden gifts and talents -Joyfully living your life’s passion and purpose -Breaking out of imposed patterns and old stuck “boxes” -Natural ease with creativity and uniqueness -Playing your own special role in the world -Playing your own special role in the world -Heightened sensitivity and sensuality -Capacity to listen and trust -Become intimate with the motion of the soul -Tap hidden sources of your creativity -Powerful presence in performance and life -Nurture yourself and others in body, heart and soul -Loosen up and let go, and dance like a child again -Finding enjoyment and value in your unique gifts “Behind the clothes, every part of the skin is waiting to show us its hidden face, every muscle to get eyes and reach towards the surrounding air, follow the wind and the light — and the darkness. The fear of dirt is a punishment for the body’s desire to be touched, to travel, to discover and to swim.” - Johannes Bergmark 25 albu a r t s e h able Orc m E S I O ONION be released Veget soon to The Vienna-based Vegetable Orchestra has been exploring new realms of sound for over a decade. Carrot recorders, pumpkin drums, leek violins, celeriac bongos, and aubergine handclaps are just a few of the instruments used in their compositions. With a total of eleven musicians, the orchestra plays approximately twenty-five shows a year. By: Andrew Herlihy 26 They describe their sound as a fusion of “beat-oriented House tracks, experimental Electronic, Free Jazz, Noise, Dub, and Clicks’n’Cuts” The orchestra’s members assert that they are not all vegetarians and vegans. In fact, they urge people to never ask this question, because they’ve “heard it three million times”. Their forthcoming album entitled Onionoise, focuses on the percussive qualities of vegetables. It is slated for release this fall on the Transacoustic Research record label. a r t E l e k b u ts De Richard Strauss’ fervent, oneact opera known as Elektra w Herlihy By: Andre E lektra focuses on the tale of Agamemon and his highly made its debut in 1909 at the dysfunctional family. The chain of Dresden State Opera. The plot vengeful murders is initiated by may have been too shocking Agamemnon who sacrifices his for modern audiences had it daughter Iphingenia. This of course been in any other format than upsets Iphingenia’s mother, Klytaem- Opera. This is due to extreme- nestra, who murders Agamemnon in ly violent subject matter of a bathtub, with an axe. the story, which dates back many millenia to the tragedies of ancient Greece. The other daughter, Elektra, is torn by her mother’s actions. She wants to mortally punish her mother but is unable to do it herself. It is her long lost brother, Orestes, who is tasked with the bloody mission of revenge. He returns home to discover that Elektra has gone insane, he then promptly proceeds to kill both his mother and her new lover, Aegisthus 28 Over the last century this gory epic has been performed countless times all over the world. One of its latest reproductions worth mentioning is being done by the Washington National Opera. C M Y CM MY CY CMY K The performance is taking place at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. It stars Susan Bullock as Elektra, Irina Mishura as Klytamnestra, and Christine Goerke as Chrysothemis, the more mentally stable sister of Elektra. 29 Contact 2011: Toronto Photography Festival “Toronto/New York Trends” By: Quincy McColgan Show time: April 30 - May 27th 2011 Opening Reception: April 30 th from 3:00-4:30 pm 30 Participating Artists: Graeme Coxxon, Susan Lappin, Mariana May, Sandra Scarpelli, Peter Vietgen, Vickie West, Janics Hardacre, Janos Gandoniy, Allan Parke Ben Navaee Gallery 416 -999-1030 rt A c i h p a ogr t ho P r o f Call org ap. c e t @ ct conta neilstephen broker 322.8000 416 Kids Summer Camps 416-999-1030 Animation Art Dance Music Ben Navaee Gallery ducation is a Basic Hu ma E e e Fr ww 32 gh i R n w. tec ap .or g Toronto East Community Arts Program 1111 Queen St. East, Toronto 416.999.1030 t
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