Tuesday 20 October 2009

Back again!

I'm so sorry for missing september! Now, here are the fresh contart-news:

LUMU: Amerigo Tot 09. 10. 2009 - 03. 01. 2010

MuMoK: Thomas Demand 25. 09. 2009 - 29. 11. 2009

TATE: Pop Life - Art in a Material World 1. 10. 2009 - 17. 01. 2010 (must see!)

Centre Pompidou: Guy Maddin, le magicien de Winnipeg 15. 10. 2009 - 7. 11. 2009

For ArtShoppers:
A limited collection of T-Shirts and Sweatshirts with Keith Haring prints is now available at Zara stores. Prices: 20 € (T), 35 € (S)

I hope you didn't miss the Budapest Design Week, one of the most famous Design Weeks in CEE.
http://designeast.eu/2009/09/30/budapest-design-week-2009/#

Thursday 6 August 2009

Budapest: design city

Do you connect the words 'Budapest' and 'design'? I bet you don't. If I'm right, then you should better read this post and change your mind!


Budapest is not just a capital city in Central Eastern Europe (CEE), it's becoming a capital of design for its region. There is no design scene in the CEE which you could compare with the Budapest scene: loads of galleries, modern architecture, workshops and universities (like the world-famous Moholy-Nagy Uni) and design shops. There's also a Wallpaper*CityGuide of Budapest, which means, that the city is already on the map of the world of design.

The most exciting about Budapest design is its combination of contemporary arts and traditional Hungarian motives like the tulip. Many of Budapests young designers create clothes, bags or other works inspired by the city and its culture. The 'city collection' of Bolt or the works of Camou are the best examples. These designers appreciate the liveliness and the special atmosphere of Budapest.

There are some of the best shop to buy real Hungarian design. No kitsch souvenirs, only the best of Budapest design! But there are not only shops: don't miss the WAMP, whe Hungarian Design Market, every month on a sunday in the heart of Budapest! For more informations, click here.

Mono

Fregoli



Bolt


Eclectick

The NYT (New York Times for all illiterated people) also reported about the fresh and young design scene of Budapest, read it here.

Sunday 2 August 2009

Vienna International Dance Festival - ImPulsTanz

ImPulsTanz


It's summer and it's time for modern & comtemporary dance performances in Vienna! The ImPulsTanz festival has begun on the 16th July and it will end on the 16th August, so you have to run for the tickets! You can see performances of truly famous and appriciated artists like Xavier Le Roy (F), Oliver Dubois (F), Liquid Loft (AT/CHN), Anne Juren (F/AT), etc. It sounds more like a French dance festival, but no, it's just international. The festival takes place in several theatres like the MQ Halle, Akademietheater or Schauspielhaus. For details, click here.

Friday 31 July 2009

Street Art Brighton

New StreetArt shots from Brighton.


North Laine (near Bond Street)

North Street (near Chapel Royal)

Church Street (near Brighton Art Gallery)

Monday 27 July 2009

Artsy Café in Brighton

Tic Toc Cafe
A place to chill out, have a chat, write postcards & enjoy coffee!

I've stayed 2 weeks in Brighton and I've made some new experiences, although it wasn't my first time in this city. In the picturexsque quarter of the Lanes (old town) you can find several lovely and artsy cafés, restos and pubs, but there's one which I would emphasize: the Tic Toc Cafe.


The way I've found the café was a funny one. I went to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery on an afternoon off and spent there quite a lot of time. After that, I wanted to chill out in a café in the Lanes and first I was looking for a Café Néro, but on my way there, I beheld that small and cosy café: the Tic Toc Café.

I stepped inside and the atmosphere of the cafe entrapped me. The staff was very friendly and international (they are French-speaking) and the cafe... yummy. On my last day I bought a bag of their roasted cafe. The interior of the cafe makes you feel good, even on a rainy day (what isn't unusual in England) and they always have fresh lemnades or iced teas!
I'm sure, the next time I'll go to Brighton, I'll visit that nice café again! ;) Au revoir!

Saturday 18 July 2009

Towner *the new contemporary art museum*

I'm in the UK now, where you can find a lot of galleries, museums, exhibition centres - it's the Mecca of modern and contemporary arts!
First I'd like to introduce you this new (opened 4.4.09) museum of conntemporary arts in South England, Eastbourne. There are always temporary exhibitions, at the moment it's Jodie Carey's "In the Eyes of Others", which is a breath-taking installation and is worth to be seen. Don't miss the People's Choice exhibition, which presents the Towner Collection in another concept: people could vote in different categories and the winners of the voting are now exposed in the Main Gallery. The new building of Towner is a work of art as well, it's an architectural eye-candy.
The collection includes works of:
Henry Moore
William Nicholson
Julian Opie
Victor Pasmore
Pablo Picasso
Eric Ravilious
Wolfgang Tillmans, etc.



Towner


The entrance


visit: http://www.eastbourne.gov.uk/leisure/museums-galleries/towner/towner-gallery/collection/

Thursday 9 July 2009

La Roux - Bulletproof

I've found a really cool and artsy video on YouTube (yes, YT is not only crap!) of the British electropop-band La Roux. The song is called Bulletproof and this week it possesses the 3rd position of the BBC Radio1 charts. I love the colours and the whole appearance of the video, so it's worth to be seen!

Some screenshots:




Wednesday 8 July 2009

Futurism *TATE*

Futurism

Tate Modern - London

16/6/09 - 20/9/09

Tate Modern celebrates the centenary of this dramatic art movement with a ground-breaking exhibition. Futurism was launched by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909 with the publication of the Manifesto of Futurism on the front page of Paris newspaper Le Figaro.

Luigi Russolo - The Revolt 1911

Drawing upon elements of Divisionism and Cubism, the Futurists created a new style that broke with old traditions and expressed the dynamism, energy and movement of their modern life.
This exhibition both showcases the work of key Futurists such as Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni and Gino Severini and explores art movements reacting to Futurism. Highlights include Boccioni's dynamic bronze Unique Forms of Continuity in Space 1913 and Picasso's Head of a Woman (Fernande) 1909 as well as major works by artists such as Braque, Malevich and Duchamp.

Sunday 5 July 2009

StreetArtAttack!

Vienna StreetArt

Here are some nice shots from Vienna, I've made them last week as I was walking through the city centre and the museumsquarter (MQ). I think the MQ is one of the coolest places to be in Vienna because you can chill out, meet new mates, visit the MuMoK, which is the Museum of Modern Arts and there are also some fancy design stores, cocktail bars and bookshops. Although I'm still of the opinion that Vienna isn't really a hotspot of contemporary art or culture, when I go to the MQ, I feel like I would be in a temple of modernArt.
Some pics from the MQ: Space Invaders, ElevatorArt, funny creatures on the wall and something more simple, but decorative. If you are in Vienna and you'd like to see modernArt, you should definitely go to the MQ!

Thursday 2 July 2009

Cy Twombly visits Vienna

Cy Twombly @ MuMoK

Sensations of the Moment

04/06/09 - 11/10/09



"Flowers II"


The American artist Cy Twombly (born in 1928) is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Starting off from abstract expressionism he developed his own original style using writing-like signs which he exaggerated in size into monumental, large-format canvases. The presentation in the MUMOK—the first in Austria—brings together works from all periods of his oeuvre and presents a new cycle of works specially created for the show. In Twombly’s pictures and sculptures the ancient myths of the Mediterranean world are evoked though it is the incidental and underlying that is the focal point. The alternation between sensitivity and vulgarity, filigree technique and expressivity constitute the enormous tension in the works. The exhibition, presented as a retrospective, brings together genres that, up till now, have generally been shown separately – sculpture, painting, drawing, graphic works and photographs. The works will be presented in such a way that the mutual reflection, influence and enrichment of the individual mediums will become clear and the aesthetic and conceptual guiding principles in Twombly’s art will become visible: the establishment of the colour white, the use of writing, the significance of the principles of collage and the aesthetic means of expression such as the melancholic down flow of heavily pastose pigment. Up till now it has not been widely known that ever since his time at Black Mountain College in the 1950s, Twombly has been continually occupied with photography. In the Vienna exhibition this wealth of photographic works will be integrated into the depiction of Twombly’s work for the first time.

Nocomment - just Banksy

Banksy vs. Bristol Museum
This summer's contemporary arts hit. Must see.

visit http://www.banksy.co.uk/

Monday 29 June 2009

Robert Capa in Budapest

Robert Capa @ LUMU

03/7/09 - 11/10/09



Don't miss the wonderful exhibition of Robert Capa's photos at the LUMU in Budapest (H).



One of the greatest photographers of the 20th century, Robert Capa was born in Budapest, on October 22, 1913, as Endre Ernő Friedmann. He started to work as a photographer in the 1930s, first as a correspondent of Dephot, a Berlin-based agency. In 1933 he moved to Paris, where he befriended André Kertész, Henri Cartier-Bresson and David Seymour (Chim), and met with the great love of his life, Gerda Taro, also a photographer. He changed his name to Robert Capa in 1935, and his pictures of the 1936-1937 Spanish civil war were already published under this nom de plume. He immigrated to the US in 1939. Between 1941 and 1945, he worked on the European scenes of the war for Life magazine. He was one of the founders of the Magnum Photos agency. He died in May 1954, when he stepped on a landmine in Vietnam.

CroArtia

CroArtia!

I discovered a wonderful, picturesque ArtCity: Rovinj (HR). There are many art galleries and museums, this small city at the Adria is a real paradise for art lovers. Some art schools and universities have courses here because of the inspireing site of Rovinj. If you don't know where to go this summer, visit Rovinj. (nearest airports: Trieste (I) and Pula (HR))


A picturesque street

Rovinj's centre

Rovinj


Friday 13 March 2009

Hysteria!

Hyteria!

It's sill Arctic Hysteria in Budapest, at the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Arts! Contemporary Finnish Arts. Don't miss!


Exhibition view with Pekka Jylhä's works (Photo by József Rosta)


Sunday 22 February 2009

Spot on architecture *Milan*

Our new run: Spot on architecture. Modern buildings from the coolest cities of the planet. Every week new!

*Milan*
Milan is one of the major fashion and culture cities of the world. But there's not only Armani and Ferrari, you can also find masterpieces of modern architecture in town.

Torre Velasca

Pirelli Tower

Gemini Center

Tuesday 17 February 2009

New Wallpaper* issue!

The new Wallpaper* is here! The march issue is already available.





What is Wallpaper* exactly? It's an international art/architecture/design/fashion/travel magazine, but not only magazine: you can also buy the cool Wallpaper* city guides - city guides which tell you where are the coolest places, the coolest quarters and coolest restos of the city you visit. A comletely new art of city guides: more modern architecture, modern restos and independent stores. To search a Wallpaper* city, visit this website: www.phaidon.com/travel/
A selection of cities available:
+ London
+ Kuala Lumpur
+ Auckland
+ Kyoto
+ Budapest
+ Moscow
+ Vienna
+ Milan, etc.

Monday 16 February 2009

National Geographic Photo of the day

New content!

From now on, you can marvel at the NG photo of the day, every day new! Breath-taking pictures from everywhere around the globe! But not only NG pics: you can also gaze at pictures of several other "themes": history, movies, NASA, etc. You can change the picture issue in the "National Geographic Photos" window.

+plus: the winner of the voting "Coolest City 2009" will be a big issue of the blog: where to go, where to stay and of course, what to see in the Collest City 2009? You will know if you read the blog!

Cheers,
PolarLion

Wednesday 11 February 2009

New! "The Balcony"

Our new artist, Cr.Larten posted her new work! (In Hungarian)


Erkély


November 30, éjjel huszonhárom óra ötvenhét perc.

Erkély. Körülnéz, hová ülhetne. Jobb híján letelepszik a piszkossárga fal tövébe, a földre. Öngyújtó. Fülében közben ott a zene, de még nem indítja el. Majd akkor fogja, mikor beleszippant a szálba.

Elkezdődik. Körülnéz. Pont rálát a tízemeletes panelek utolsó néhány szintjére, a sarki hatalmas, fehér-vörös toronyházra, a közért sárga kéményére, amely folyamatosan füstöl. Fölötte a felső szomszéd szürke vakolatú erkélyének alja.

Feketéskék, párás égbolt egy szelete. Előtte az Erkély belseje, rajta krétarajzok; kék, zöld, piros, narancssárga, élénk színű, mosolygós gyümölcsök. Hétéves korában rajzolta.

Kifúj. Nagy mennyiségű nikotinfüst gomolyog át az erkély peremén, tétován megáll egy pillanatra, majd a sötét, csillagos ég felé menekül. Az oldalsó, sápadt, narancsszínű lámpaoszlop aztán vagy elkapja, vagy nem.

Fekete árny suhan el a panelházak fölött. Denevér. Fővárosban még nem látott denevért, talán kicsit meg is lepődik rajta.
Az erkély koszos. Végigsimít műanyagburkolatán, vörös-fehér ujja vége szürkésbarnává válik. Takarítani kéne.

Kifúj megint. Mátyás királyt a Duna jegén koronázták királlyá. A sok, aranyhímzett palástú nemes is így lehelhette ki a párát, mint ő most a füstöt. Hó is lehetett. Biztosan szép volt.
Alig remeg, nem fázik. Csak a keze mocorog folyamatosan, mintegy ütemre. Maga sem tudja, miért.

Csillagok, csillagok. Szép tud lenni egy novemberi, csillagos, mélysötét éjszaka, ha akar. Most úgy látszik, nem tudja eldönteni, akar-e szép lenni.
Nedves minden. Sötét a beton, de még így is halványan csillog. Nedves az ég is. Inkább érzi, mint látja.

Sötétrózsaszín-szürke hamu. Talán még egy szippantás belefér, aztán el kell nyomja. Már így is túl sok. Feláll, az erkély pereméhez lapítja a szálat, majd kinéz egy pillanatra. Akár ki is eshetne, persze ő nem akar kiesni.

Fekete, kék, narancssárga, szürke, sárga. Mind egy fokkal sötétebb, mint rendesen. És mind egybeolvad.
Feketekéknarancssárgaszürkesárga.

A hamut az utcára söpri, a csikket tisztes távolságba hajítja. Hisz a szüleinek nem szabad megtudnia.

Belép, becsukja az erkélyajtót, megáll. Belefülel a csendbe.
Átöltözik, lekapcsolja a számítógépet, bevackolódik az ágyba.

A puha, meleg, hívogató Semmibe.

New Temporary Exhibitions

Don't miss the following temporary exhibitions:

Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Arts Budapest:
- Contemporary Finnish Arts - & -Maurer Dora -

Museum of Modern Arts Vienna:
- Mind Expanders - & - Classic Modern -

Tate Modern Gallery London:
- The Unilever Series: Dominique Gonzales-Foerster - & - UBS Openings: Paintings from the 1980s -

The National Museum Of Modern Art Tokyo:
- Yutaka Takanashi: Field Notes of Light - & - Collage: Creation by Severance and Reconstruction -

The Museum of Modern Art New York:
- Destination Seoul - & - Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave -

Tuesday 10 February 2009

Amazing London

London Eye behind the fence


London Skyline

Pics shot by PolarLion in August 2008

Life begins!

Hello everybody!

The new CreArt blog is here! Don't miss the new works of independent and talented artists, who will present their pieces of art on this homepage. Every week new stuff! Our aim is presenting new artists and their brand new works from everywhere around the world. Poetry & novels (not only in English! In every language!), fashion, paintings, graffiti, photographes, etc.

Are you interested of becoming a part of the young & fresh CreArt Group? Just mail us: creartgroup@gmail.com Don't be shy, join us! You can also release your works on this platform, for free, of course.

Our world, our culture.

Cheers,
PolarLion