art : Church of the Light

Of course, I don’t know much about architecture but I found the existence of this church at a book shop and it caught my attention. Well this is second church in a month. Maybe I should call this blog like Midnight Church…（*ﾟーﾟ）


The architect is Tadao Ando, from Osaka. I didn’t know but it seems like he’s quite famous and won many important prizes. It’s known that Ando studied architecture himself, travelling around the world with the money he won playing boxing matches. The Church of the Light was built in 1989 is in Osaka. The use of concrete is Ando’s sign but what makes it special is that cross. There is not any cross but that cross of light. I don’t remember exactly the words, but he thinks that places where people go to pray have to be in touch with the nature (in this case the light works like that). I completely agree. I’ve read interesting things to tell about this church, the meanings of every single part of the place, but it’s a church, the most important thing is feeling the spirituality.

art : Letters From Iwo Jima poster

To celebrate that Letters from Iwo Jima won the best foreign picture at the Golden Globes (although the film is American), I just wanted to say that its poster is the best poster of the last year. I have not seen the film yet, but I guess the poster tells a lot about that. It's very sober, fresh and... just magnificent.

Also the poster of Flags of Our Fathers is good one. The motif is that famous picture of course.

art : Tomoko Tsuneda

The drawing above is the first and last Tomoko Tsuneda's work that I saw in the market. That's the cover of ACO's album absolute ego. But surely it touched my soul, so I searched the web.

Tomoko Tsuneda (常田朝子) is a female ilustrator who studied grafic design at the famous art university of Musashino. She had few personal and collective exhibitions in different gallaries around the world, including New York and Hong Kong. There are many CD and book covers made by her and also she designs T-shirts or other clothes. Female figures are the center of her works but she's currently investigating animals, plants and male figures. Well that's all the information I could get about her.

A book cover (鹿島田真希／レギオンの花嫁).

There was an introduction to her which writes "it's impressive her materialization of warm-hearted and cruel nature of girls, using the good sense and unique colors". So I agree. I imagine women like her art much more than men, because it's kind of fragile figures. But as a man, I find it very sexy. Like the one below.


Thin lines are atractive as well. And it's incredible that only few lines are able to transmit many ideas.


Personality, lines and colors are definitely her strengths. I can't take my eyes off of that dysfunctional hands and perfect bracelet...

art : Peter Callesen

It's OK his surname, Callesen, which means please shut up in Spanish. That's OK. No problem.

Big wave moving toward a small castle made of sand, 2006

Peter Callesen is Danish artist who works mainly with paper. His works are breathtaking and you can check them and everything about him in his home page. It seems like there are two galleries where we can see his works. In UK and Denmark.

Broken Bird, 2006

It's amazing how he can create all that figures only with a piece of paper, knife and glue. As a person who is familiar to Origami, I do admire this kind of creative works. Besides handicraft is something I really admire, because I don't know what I can do with my hands!

Looking back, 2006

art : my father's works 〜１

I'm not sure if he used to paint, but I guess so, since his work is related with design and all that jazz. To be honest I haven't really been interested in my father's works but recently I had a chance to see them in his home page. Inevitably my attention went to his paintings.

Well he neither is famous nor seeks to be. But there's things we can enjoy, so I wanted to write about it in few posts. Of course I am not specialist about the art at all, but I do know what kind of art moves me. And he does move me. I don't know you, but at least he's creative and humorous from my point of view.

Today I'm gonna post some of his works.

reunion

one of my favorites, tutoyer, when a dress lets me see all her back, awww

art : Ignacio Pinazo

Hello!! It seems the temperature is getting down here, I already miss the summer （´・ω・｀）

What was your favorite subject when you were studying? I loved Latin, geography... but actually my favorite subject depended on the teacher, maybe I'm easily influenced. The more the teacher was good, well, not only good but also enthusiastic, the more I was interested in all the stuff.

The last year of the university, some friends and I chose History of Spanish Art, and it was good decision because of the teacher.

I was very disappointed with Art of Valencia which I studied the year before, because it was like teacher speaking alotofthingstogether and we were just copying all the things he said and I didn't learn anything, oh it was absolutely boring. I felt asleep all the time. And of course, the art history is too long to finish it in few month, so we gave up in the middle of all.

But this time I was lucky. I don't remember his name, maybe Jose, maybe Miguel, I know I'm ungrateful（；´Д｀）, but that teacher was the best. I think every teacher must be like him. He loved his job, he loved what he was teaching, and he treated us good. He knew we had just few months, so he chose some topics to be studied deeply. Furthermore, he picked up (relatively) modern arts. It permitted us to continue studying, more and less, what we were studying the year before.

And today I'm gonna show you the painter of his life: Ignacio Pinazo. The teacher loved so much this artist who is not very popular, so he took few weeks to tell us his paintings... actually I'm sure he was feeling the orgasm when he was talking about him!! And you know, it made me like his paintings!!

This is his Autorretrato (self-portrait／自画像), 1899.

Ignacio Pinazo was born in Valencia in 1849 and died in 1916 at Godella. He was good painter, whatever the theme is. Historical theme wasn't his liking but look, this is his Los últimos momentos del Rey Don Jaime el Conquistador (The last moments of the King James I the Conqueror／征服王ハイメ１世の最期), 1881.


For me that's very splendid.

But after all, his style is painting scenes of daily life. He had influenced to the big Sorolla. Our teacher told us that he isn't popular, maybe because he was not ambitious at all. He was humble. I don't know much about arts, but I believe it because all his paintings are quiet and charming in my eyes. Look this cute girl!

Juegos icarios (I don't know how to translate it, maybe Icarus' Games／イカロスの遊び？), 1877


Niña (Girl／女の子), 1880; heartbreaking one.


Mujeres bañándose (Women bathing／女の海水浴), 1890


Merienda en la playa (Lunch at the beach／浜辺でのおやつ), 1891

　大学に行ってたとき、スペインの美術史の先生するのが大好きな人がいましてね、芸術にすごい情熱を注ぐものだから生徒としては聞いてて楽しかったんだよなー。その先生はこのバレンシア人の画家、イグナシオ・ピナソのフェチでね、何週間もかけてこの人の話をしてきました。洗脳されたあげく好きになってしまった。バレンシアの現代美術館にもこの人の作品が置いてあります。