Karalay (Karolina Cegielkowska) lives with passion and of passion. She is a true creator who paints, writes fairy tales for the Soul and creates calendars and posters. She is a strong believer that we all have hidden talents and art…
Jean-Pierre Sergent & Thierry Savatier AT THE BESANÇON FINE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM – Interview
INTERVIEW-TALK BETWEEN ARTIST JEAN-PIERRE SERGENT AND ART HISTORIAN THIERRY SAVATIER IN FRONT OF THE FOUR PILLARS OF HEAVEN EXHIBITION AT THE BESANÇON FINE ART & ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM | JULY 2nd 2021 Transcription of the filmed Interview between Jean-Pierre Sergent and…
Liberation
Amid the swaths of Sahara sand dunes, the camels plodded along. Their “pacing” had a rhythmic beat, a reassuring constancy. This was a place of solitude, and traveling through the vast no country of sand and heat, any reminder of…
Swimming with turtles
There was never any doubt. His rebellious nature, refusal to listen to most people, convinced him that he was destined to “swim with turtles,” to glorify them in his paintings. Raised on Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, amid deep green…
Faces of Glory
At the risk of being discovered, humiliated in front of his classmates, whipped with tree branches, have his ears forcefully pulled, the young Zulu boy continued to sketch. During math class. Or at lunchtime when other boys played futbol, frolicked with girls.…
The Invisible Anthropologist
Armed with an AK-47, a fierce-looking Karo tribesman sits next to his son on an Omo Valley riverbank in Ethiopia. Their eyes are intense, vigilant, and each of them is sheathed in white body paint, adding to their aura of…
Entering Ali Baba’s Cave by Muriel de Lamarzelle
Able to transform plastic pollution into eco-responsible and poetic flowers, William Amor is an ennobler. A self-taught French visual artist, he turns ugly, discarded plastics, consumer products and waste into sublime objects of beauty. The storyteller, vividly and sensually transmitting…
Living on the Edge
Engaging with an ominous, wide-eyed Hanuman Monkey performer in Assam, India, the “mighty ape” that clashes against evil forces.Ascending the Himalayas, braving its crevasses, sudden, whipsawing winds, and threats of whiteout snows. Or securing safe passage from a band of…
A Child of Freedom
Art stopped. Too afraid to question the party line, to risk imprisonment, many artists fled. They simply feared the soul-piercing pounding on the door, the shudder-inducing knock of the Securitate. Fear flourished under the brutal dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu in…
Attitude into the Stage
The moment a microphone was thrust in front of her, life changed. She suddenly found inspiration, a distinct new passion. “My first thought was to grab that microphone, and to sing as loud as possible,” remembers psychotherapist Alexandra Nowak.…