Sunday, June 30, 2013

talk 4

Imagini de la a patra intalnire "art talks Flacara"

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All along the watchtower...




Back to our creative nature

Today's talk took us from the great contemporary art mess back to the essentials of being an artist. While some galleries promote bogus art photographers the true values of fine art photography can be seen in the sincere photographs of unknown, naturally creative people like Ghetu Alexandru, Mona Miclea and Roland Birta. Yet there are positive examples of contemporary artists such as Michael Wolf, who has remained true to his creative nature throughout his artistic evolution.

Links from today's talk:

The OCULA website -  link 

Mona Miclea -  link
Camera 80 - link

Michael Wolf - link 1
                 - link 2

Alex Radulescu - link


Saturday, June 29, 2013

I don't know what art is, I recognise it when i see it.

Duminica aceasta 30 Iunie 2013 de la ora 17:00 Alex Radulescu si Ovidiu Gordan vor discuta despre experienta personala in creatia artistica si depersonalizarea in arta contemporana. Discutia va fi interactiva cu diferite exemple din lumea artei.

La ora 19:00 vom pleca spre expozitia absolventilor UAD, Expo Transilvania.

Evenimentul se va tine la fabrica Flacara, sunati la tel. 0747082022 - Ovidiu, pentru detalii.


Expo Simleu Silvaniei 2009 

Stephen Gill

Born Bristol, UK 1971. Lives in London.

Stephen Gill was introduced to photography at an early age by his father, and his first photographs reflected his interests in birds, animals and music.

                                                                          - link 1 
                                                                          - link 2 - Stephen Gill in conversation with Martin Parr

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Miroslav Tichý

Miroslav Tichý, born in 1926, was a reclusive artist who resided in his hometown of Kyjov, Czech Republic.

                                                                               - link 1
                                                                               - link 2 - film about Miroslav Tichý


Friday, June 14, 2013

Mark Steinmetz

Mark Steinmetz resides in Athens, Georgia.    - link 1
                                                                   - link 2


Oleg Videnin

Oleg Videnin - russian photographer     - link 1
                                                         - link 2


Andrej Krementschouk


Andrej Krementschouk was born in 1973 in Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod), Russia
                                                                           
                                                                                    - link 1
                                                                                    - link 2


Sergey Chilikov

Sergey Chilikov (born 1953 Russia)      - link 1
                                                        - link 2
                                                         - link 3





Rimaldas Viksraitis

Rimaldas Viksraitis (b. 1954, Lithuania)     -   link 1

                                                                 - link 2 go to artists/ Rimaldas Viksraitis
                                                                 - link 3


Thursday, June 13, 2013

Sunday, June 9, 2013

talk 3

Imagini de la a treia intalnire "art talks Flacara"

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Still got it



some photography theory

photography on

   Imagine a world without photography... The answer is you can't, not any more at least. As the world is at the beginning and well into the digital age we produce more photographs then ever before. Every day we are bombarded by photographic images so much so that the average Internet user can view hundreds of pictures a day. And so photographs influence our modern lives, our way of perceiving the world is forever altered by photographs.

Some even say that because of the huge quantity of photographs we make and consume every day photography has lost it's magic. Could this be so ? Should photographers despair ? Should photographers adapt? Should photographers react? Is photography over?

The truth is that photography is often misunderstood as it is half reality and half fiction, a photograph looks to be from the real world yet the real world does not look like a photograph, and so people truly don't know what to make of it. In my perspective this is a good thing, for as long as photography is misunderstood we, as fine art photographers, have the freedom to do what ever we wish with it.

And so photography is not over because of the overwhelming number of pictures that exist in the world, photography may be at it's best time yet, I believe it's a wonderful time for photography and their is still much that photography can teach us.
       
I chose to write this text to make my point clear as I noticed a lot of confusion in the photography world lately and even in our discussions at "art talks Flacara".

My opinions are opened to debate in the comment section below.
text by Ovidiu Gordan


Some current art debates which include photography:

Saatchi Gallery Talk : New Directions in Contemporary Photography - link

Museums are bad at telling us why art matters - link

Photography and the Art World - link

Playing the Field: Photography and Collecting Today - link


A must read text about photography:

Matthew Thompson - The Object Lost and Found - link

Image evolution links

Prezentari de portofolii :

Catalin Chiriloi - link

Ana Maria Huluban - link

The New Alchemists photography exhibition - link


Saturday, June 8, 2013

image evolution

Duminica aceasta 09 Iunie 2013 de la ora 15:00 Catalin Chiriloi si Ana Maria Huluban vor prezenta demersul lor artistic intr-o tematica evolutiva de la fotografia directa la folosirea imaginii fotografice in arta contemporana.

Evenimentul se va tine la fabrica Flacara, sunati la tel. 0747082022 - Ovidiu, pentru detalii.

foto: Ana Maria Huluban

 

Sunday, June 2, 2013

talk 2

Imagini de la a doua intalnire "art talks Flacara"

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keeping our cool factor at a maximum..



links of the day

Albumele despre care am vorbit:

Rinko Kawauchi    - link 1
                            - link 2

Larry Clark - link 1

Prezentari :

Flaviu Cacoveanu   - link 1
                            - link 2

Lucian Indrei - link 1

Saturday, June 1, 2013

A fine day

Duminica aceasta 02 Iunie 2013 de la ora 14:00 Flaviu Cacoveanu ne va prezenta evolutia procesului sau artistic si lucrarile realizate in ultima perioada.

Evenimentul se va tine la fabrica Flacara, sunati la tel. 0747082022 - Ovidiu, pentru detalii.


foto: Flaviu Cacoveanu