Masks. Masks. Masks. Even the most ordinary of them seems as something of mysterious, perhaps because thanks to them, we can become someone else, be reincarnated, protect themselves from the outside world, try yourself in the boldest personation. There is a certain magic. Probably, there isn’t a cult did not do and don’t do without […]
One could expected more from the exhibition of Kandinsky in the Russian Museum … But no, it’s not a stone in the direction of the organizers, they did an excellent exposition, real retrospective. Here are the works of different periods of his life, sources of inspiration, searches, experiments with diverse techniques, porcelain, books, poetry, his […]
«I’m always treading the line between fine art and commercial work,» artist and designer Rex Ray once said. «It’s an ongoing conversation and experiment to figure out how to balance fine art with more commercial graphic design.» Indeed, the relationship between art and design is the topic that does not have any clear opinion. And arguments about where the […]
When an artist creates his own unique visual world, an architect designs of his environment, a playwright plunges us into the world of his characters, a composer sets a certain rhythm, then a theater artist has the global task to unite the creative vision of all participants of spectacle, while staying true to itself and its […]
Have you ever wanted for a moment to escape from your usual world, to change of scenery for seeking own fortune in other lands, to turn over your life cardinally? To escape to redolent island for inhaling the fragrance of carelessness, for energizing yourself by nature, for searching a way of creating something of […]
This is one of those books that will our guide in the journey to the origins of design. The authors of the history of modern applied arts lead their story from the industrial boom in the UK, then the emergence of Art Nouveau in France, Jugendstil in Germany and Austria and then to the development […]
Diamonds are flashing In the bright light of hundreds of candles. Rubies and spinels are twinkling gently, cold brilliance of sapphires and emeralds contrast with them. Precious stones, artfully inserted into gold and silver are as the stars, sometimes as the whole constellation are shimmering on surfaces of heavy silk, velvet and fine lace. All of this is repeatedly […]
If you want to find yourself at the dawn of our civilization, and feel united with the world around yourself? If you have strong desire to perceive harmony and understanding how and where our ancestors scooped their energy? Yes? Then, let’s make the acquaintance of our guide of another era. This is the Elena Reisnas, […]
I am a vamp, I am a vamp Half woman, half beast I bite my men and suck them dry And then I bake them in a pie I am a vamp, I am a vamp That’s all I can do I’m not mild-mannered like you And oh no and oh no My passion takes […]
Be free,soul, But don’tdeprive Light wingsfrom me, After all,it seems to me, If I werean Egyptian, And withme, and the sun and heat, And Light Sphinx,that stands behind me, is scratchingby the claws the sky Group “Piknic”.Egyptian Album:Egyptian The shot from the film “Pharaoh” dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz The scorching sun was rising above the valley […]
