The Art Network

The Art Network is an initiative of 1804 Productions, propelled towards the formation of an artist database and network, where artists can connect and interact with each other, share views and experiences and also collaborate. Our objective is to connect with as many art groups as possible, in order to create this database, which would be available for anyone in need of an artist or art or information about them, and hopefully, with this we can all understand the Caribbean art industry and move forward. We encourage all artists of any genre to join and make this the largest network of artists in Trinidad and Tobago. Let's get creatish.

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Exquisite Glass Ocean Sculptures Reflect the Deep Blue Ocean Abyss 

New Zealand artist Ben Young takes inspiration from his love of surfing and his understanding of water and land becoming one to sculpt a series of glass and concrete models  which constructs the sea-based small architectural sites. Achieving balance between organic and industrial materials was critical to Young, and the harmony created by the rough concrete textures against the clear and smooth sheets of glass reminds the viewer of the constant struggle of nature with human intervention and also signifies classical sculpture art reclaiming a contemporary concept. 

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spectacular!

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Team Collaborates To Help Disabled Children With Customizable & Adorable Writing Utensils

A team of talented designers has collaborated to make valuable and life changing tools derived from 3D technology. The project was conceived in association with Milan-based rehabilitative organisation TOG (Together to Go) and Open Dot Milano., which helps children with disabilities, cognitive, motor or other impairments. The customizable writing utensils give these kids the opportunity to effectively use their motor skills, since they often have trouble with the micro movements applied when writing or drawing.

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awesome-ness!!!!!

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TATSUYA TANAKA, ‘Alien’ from the series ‘Miniature Calendar’, 2016.

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Stunning & Sophisticated Laser Cut Bookmarks Inspired by Classical Art & Literature

Italian designer Massimo Moreale from Silverleaf creates stunning sculptural silver bookmarks, which are deeply inspired by nature, classical art and literature. Moreale pays homage to Gustav Klimt’s work, Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night in a series of laser-cut bookmarks. Other artistic pieces are inspired by the classic tale of Moby Dick and Hollen Caufield’s snarky remarks.  

The detailed bookmarks are composed entirely by hand. Although bookmarks are considered inanimate tools, which are often left abandoned, he aims to bring life and a new universe with his craftsmanship. With 30 years of experience in the jewellery industry, the artist’s work narrates passages of precious stories, emotions, memories and wishes, which also reflections of the book the reader is currently exploring. You can find her work in her Etsy shop.

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One Stroke Animal Wonders By Design Studio Differantly

German creative studio Differantly deals in graphic design with a penchant for OCD when it comes to line art, composition and aesthetics. Their latest series is a set of minimal graphics of line animal drawings.

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Yoga Poster for Kids

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Digital Paintings by B Ciacco

B Ciacco’s inspiring digital portraits celebrate melanin and bodies of all shapes and sizes.

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Art is raw emotion, dressed up in metaphors and pretty words. Perhaps such fine garments hide the burn of the truth enveloped within them, but perhaps they emphasize the fire they clothe.

noddingpeonies (via wnq-writers)

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Being featured now at my dance arts alma mater @hsanyc is the work of @fabiolajeanlouis “Rewriting HIstory: paper gowns and photographs”

Question asked by artist #FabiolaJeanLouis… How much has society changed since the beginning of slavery? Do Black lives matter even in the 21st century. The exhibition interrogates these questions and more through haunting photographic essay and paper sculpture s styled to mimic garments worn by female European nobility between the 15th - 19th centuries.

I can’t wait to check this exhibit out which ends March 1st. Happy Black History Month🙌👑👊 #beyondblackhistorymonth #blackart #blackfemaleartist #mixedmediaart #multifacetedartist #blackgirlmagic #blackgirlsrock #HSA #harlemschoolforthearts #parallels #fashionartculture #artlover (at The Harlem School of the Arts)

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GALLERY: The Iconic Album Art of Ghariokwu Lemi

Nigerian graphic designer, fine artist and illustrator Ghariokwu Lemi occupies a unique position as the creative genius behind twenty-six of Fela‘s iconic album covers. Christened ‘The Artist’ by Kuti himself, the vivid social realism of Lemi’s works created between 1974 and 1993 provided a fitting visual accompaniment to the singer’s derisive anti-establishment lyrics with its cross of distorted collage, illustration and caricature.

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“Neon” by GDBee

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#TrappedInMyMind  circa ‘15

I worked dumb hard on this jawn last year and its still my favorite piece to date, feel free to show love. If y’all don’t fuck with it Imma still like it regardless lol 

Photo taken by me  and edit by me  

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Beautiful

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Wisdom by KiraTheArtist

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🎨 El.carna

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Dutch Museum renaming art for cultural sensitivity - CNN.com

Amsterdam's acclaimed Rijksmuseum has started renaming artwork in its vast collection whose titles could be considered inappropriate by a modern audience.

Shifting a white-only perspective

The initiative started six years ago, but took a back seat until Rijksmuseum’s mammoth 10-year renovation project was completed in 2013. Gosselink says that the museum had in the past received complaints that artwork descriptions, some which date as far back as 1910, were written from a purely white perspective.

“We had a text saying that Australia was discovered by a European man, but we all know that obviously Australia had existed for millions of years before any Europeans went there,” says Gosselink.

However, far from erasing all traces of original titles and descriptions, Rijksmuseum will archive them so that the public can still access them if they wanted to.

“It’s not a matter of whitewashing our Dutch history, we do think that old colonial terms are also part of it,” says Gosselink.

The Rijksmuseum, which is one of the world’s leading art institutions, is working with representatives of indigenous groups and civil society organizations to come up with the most appropriate terms to use.  

“We would not want to change anything without their permission,” says Gosselink.

This is something I’ve been pushing for since I began this project, and I’m glad to see that it’s finally starting to catch on with influential institutions like the Rijksmuseum, whose immense online collection and digital archives have helped bring amazing content to MPoC.

The language used in the article leaves a bit to be desired, since titling artworks with racial slurs should never have been a thing in the first place. But I do think that leaving the former titles archived as evidence of institutional racism encourages accountability and helps show a changing narrative, rather than erasing all traces of the changes.

The way artworks are indexed and the terms attached to them in databases heavily influence the way we think about them, and the way we process information and context. Hopefully this will not only be a more accurate way to organize these works, but will also make them easier to find for those who’ve been searching for them.

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Art is suppose to piss people off no matter out insensitive it is. Changing works up like this is some weak sauce.

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First of all, I find it very debatable that art is “supposed to piss people off”. Art does a lot more than that, and saying that art’s only value is to cause discomfort is devaluing and oversimplifying to an absurd degree.

Secondly, thousands of works were created without titles, or the original titles were lost.  The Rijksmuseum was founded in 1885. For the overwhelmingly most part, the “original” titles they’re talking about are those given in 1885, by the museum.

And lastly, not only are many of those titles full of racial slurs, they’re inaccurate and do nothing to tell someone what the painting is actually of, where or when it was created, if it’s a portrait or a still life, or really anything about it at all.

Like honestly, how are people pissy that the museum is providing MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ART? Earlier titles and information, all of that is STILL THERE.

Considering how much slur-laden, awful, dehumanizing crap I’ve had to wade through over the last 3 years to find these artworks to share with you all, the fact that literally anyone is finally willing to take another look at how these works are indexed and categories is a blessing.

It’s like people are pissed off that a less-racist OPTION is being added. I mean, I shouldn’t even be surprised at this behavior after all this time, but shame on me I guess for believing in better from people.

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I’ve got an update here, if anyone’s curious about how this actually works instead of wringing their hands about somehow not respecting history’s racism enough. Check out this painting at the Rijksmuseum (it’s also currently on view!!):

This is what you see when you click the link

the description text for the painting reads as follows:

Young Woman with a Fan, Simon Maris, c. 1906                

oil on canvas, h 41cm × w 29cm.

Simon Maris painted this woman on various occasions, holding a cigarette or a red fan. Perhaps she was a model, yet this painting could also be an actual portrait. For want of information, in the past it was variously titled as The Negress, Portrait of a Mulatto, East-Indian Type, The Little Negress. These terms are now considered derogatory. Until her name is known, the painting will bear a neutral title.   

UNTIL HER NAME IS KNOWN.

Notice that none of those former titles were given by the artist. All of them were given because of racism and a lack of information, and lack of interest in further research about the subject of this painting. The title “Young Woman with a Fan” tells us more or less exactly what is in the image, and now we know that she was painted by the same artist multiple times. And more than that, the text implies that more information and research is needed to better understand the young woman depicted in this painting, including the need to know her name, and recognize her life, her worth, and her individuality.