“The greatest art is life itself,” becomes a colloquial notion, which encapsulates the esoteric art of alchemy, shamanism, and other forms of mysticism, which proceeded psychology as a modern way of describing the mysterious processes of living.
Read MoreOriginal Song: Mothers & Daughters /
A celebration of the living presence — of “the fruitful vine” and the “olive branch”: old & young at once; an eternal process of creativity, family and community; of “Mother & Daughter”. This song was then written, composed, recorded and finished in blazing speed. A major contribution to the genius of this piece is Gene Pino, maestro guitarist, coming to the studio with a 1953 Gibson L5 and a Handmade Brazilian Nylon String Guitar. Gene Pino recalls, “I felt like we went into an alternate world during that recording session.
Read MoreMapping ORIGINS: The Art of Integration /
Artists seek resolution of inner and outer tensions, personally, in relationships and between cultural groups. This is a call to rise above flagrant moral negligence on the part of the academy, curators and artists themselves, to recognize that what we do has consequences, on a personal, national and global stage. In order to grow together:
Read MoreMapping ORIGINS: Conflicted Artists Position /
The contemporary artist is tasked with reintegrating the multitude of past art movements, resolving disassociated conflicts, into a greater whole. A multicultural, multifaceted — that is, a comprehensive approach — is thus the progression beyond arbitrary obsessions & expressions of dualism, towards a greater union of self — intrapsychic, interpersonal and transpersonal.
Read MoreMapping ORIGINS: Artistic Dynamism /
Striving, in an aesthetic and philosophical quest, each artist looks for remedies for the alienation of society from nature
Read MoreMapping ORIGINS: Colors of the Individuated Personality /
Color itself is finally revealed to be a profound conveyer of the status of our inner dualism, and a possible path towards connecting to a source of oneness — that is an inner radiance, or inner light.
Read MoreWhy Paint? Artist's Sacrifice & The Shadow Goddess /
I remember the controversy of whether or not the “Balthus should still hang at the Met,” and the formidable articles asking “If Men Should Still Be Able to Paint the Female Nude” in 2019.
What is art history and painting, “without the nude” though, anyways?
The model makes themselves available, vulnerable, open; the artist does too.
Every portrait is a self-portrait. — Spring Art Review: Why Paint? Contemporary Art and the Academic Painter's Sacrifice to Beauty (The Archetypal Shadow and Feminine, Great Mother, as per Carl Jung, Erich Neumann) (Essay Describes Kali, The Artist, The Jew, The Black Model) (A Review and Summarization of my work)
Read MoreThe Coming Decade: What to Expect in Culture & Art /
Pioneering markets (Germany, Silicon Valley) have been integrating insights of Western psychology and Eastern spirituality, Meanwhile, in the past decade, Paganism was America’s largest growing religion. The reintroduction and proliferation of cannabis, recreational and laboratory use of psychedelics, affects the cultural psyche causing vast individuals to calibrate or fall into catastrophe over their innate spirituality, religious archetypal substructures and inner conflicts. This is a backdrop of what’s to come.
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