Monday, January 31, 2011

Article on FAD about my exhibition in Paris
























Today on the homepage..
afterwards in will move on in the list of events.

FAD is a London based art website covering contemporary art news, street art, video,design, etc. We cover new openings,art fairs from around the world and have extensive interviews with artists themselves. As well as news from the London scene we cover Berlin,Paris,New York and even the Asian market. It’s an eclectic mix of cool happening art stuff.

FADwebsite.com is also a member of Culture Pundits, an advertising network of art and culture websites. Visit the website for more information.

 
http://www.fadwebsite.com/2011/01/31/esther-barend-at-gallery-tatiana-paris-from-monday-january-31st-2011/

Sunday, January 30, 2011

RUNNING NOW:







































My solo exhibition at
Galerie Tatiana Tournemine
104, Rue du Faubourg St.-Honoré
75008 PARIS - France
www.tournemine.com

until Saturday Feb. 5 - 19.00 hours.

Opening hours:
Monday until Saturday
11-14.00 hours
15-19.00 hours

Detailed close up of "Exhibitory", 120x150 cm
present at Galerie Tatiana Tournemine

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Lovely rendez-vous in Paris

Only a flying visit to Paris, in connection with my upcoming exhibition there, but as always I have a lot of fun with my friend Amelia (who lives there). We accidentally met fellow artist Carine Aelterman  (Gallery Tatiana Tournemine) at the chic Bristol hotel and had lunch with music composer Bernard Swell (a.o. soundtrack of the movie CALVET) at La Fourmi in Pigalle - Paris.





















Check www.tournemine.com (my Parisian gallery) for Carine’s and my work and exhibitions
Check www.edithprogue.com for Bernard Swells’ extraordinary beautiful music.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

An overcrowded opening!






















Karin van de Walle and me in front of one of her sculptures

This beautiful Sunday afternoon we went to Vught (near 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands) to the opening of an exhibition of my colleague-friend Karin van de Walle. 
We both work with Gallery Delfi Form and Gallery Tracé in the Netherlands.
Karin makes wonderful sculptures, very recognizable as real Van de Walle's in bronze and ceramics, from small to huge!
Gallery Van Loon & Simons represents Karin's work since a couple of years and now there was a big opening.
I mean really  B I G  !!!!
I was very impressed!
Not only by the business instinct and passion of the young owners, not only by their beautiful gallery, but also by the number of visitors.
It's been a long time that I've seen so many people crowded on the opening of an exhibition.
We had to wait to be able to enter the gallery (a big old mansion) and next we had to queue up, through the entire gallery.
We had hardly entered when we already saw several red dots (which means that the piece of art has been sold) next to Karin's sculptures.
The exhibition was a trio of Karin's sculptures, paintings of Marta Jedrysko and chocolate sculptures (YES!!!) of Arthur de Rouw.
There even were chocolate sculptures of one of Karin's sculptures.
Karin has outdone herself. I love to see the evolution she keeps on making, everytime again.

If you want to see her art for real, I absolutely recommend to visit this exhibition at the beautiful Gallery Van Loon & Simons, with it's very friendly staff and great collection of artists.
Don't forget to visit the beautiful, large garden with sculptures!
For more info: www.vanloonensimons.com .

Solo show in Paris - starting Jan. 31

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Plagiary or search for inspiration?

I can check the statistics on my website and blog. It is interesting to see from which parts of the world people are interested in my paintings.
Most viewers come from the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, U.K., Brazil and the United States. Last year I've been visited by inhabitants of 68 countries worldwide.
Not bad. The visitors can be overall divided in art-lovers, art-students and artists.
Besides the countries, I can also see from which town people come.
I noticed that there are regular visitors. Even visitors who visit me on a daily basis.
I've had a few plagiary cases on my work in the past, so I'm more cautious on this.

I'm happy when art-lovers discover my work through the internet. They can see if there's a gallery in their neighbourhood where they can see my art for real or check if there will be an exhibition soon.
It's great to be an inspiration to art-students. It's a compliment when students see me/my art as a role model.
It's nice to be of inspiration to other artists. Artistic recognition is important to every artist.
It's not nice when someone who tries to be an artist/calls himself an artist, and in the meantime he/she tries to steal someone else's style/composition etc... and even tries to sell the pieces.
Some people say it's a compliment when people try to copy your art. Yes and no.
Yes it's a compliment if someone appreciates your art so much that he/she would have wanted to be the creator of it.
But if someones tries to earn his/her living with your style... you will think different about it!

My art is protected with copyright. I won a big case 3 years ago. Also I discovered a few wannabee artists who tried to copy some of my paintings and tried to sell it on the internet.
Fortunately the copies were bad extracts of the originals. But nevertheless, it's not nice to see someone tries to earn money with your creations.
If it was only to hang it on their own walls, I wouldn't care.

My advise to artists on the hunt for new ideas: experiment..... experiment.... experiment.... paint as much as you can, and develop your own style this way!
You will feel so much better having your own style, rather than stealing it from someone else. Creation from the heart is the only true one!

In the meantime I keep on developing. My art evolves because I've got this drive, an unstoppable urge to paint and keep on amazing myself and hopefully others too!

Sunday, January 02, 2011

This is about more than art alone, this is about FREEDOM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What about U.S.' FIRST AMENDMENT??????

STOP THE CENSORSHIP!!!!

U.S. Constitution: First Amendment - Religion and Expression:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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The world is getting more and more radical.
This is about more than art alone, this is about freedom.
http://artpositive.org/