little_tippler

This is where I was last week. In truth, the fair had one of its weakest showings in the last years, but there were still some interesting things to see.

Spanish artist Carlos Aires got creative with vinyl:





A detail of a painting by Portuguese artist Ana Vidigal that I liked:





Another detail of a weird backpack concoction by Portuguese artist Pedro Valdez Cardoso:





Reflections on the cassette tape installation by Portuguese artist Hugo Paquete:





The mandalas by Portuguese artist Alexandra Mesquita had an attractive glimmer to them:





A grotesque scene complete with crucified Hitler made an appearance, by Romanian artist Laureano Gisca:





This was by German photographer Rainer Elstermann, a recreation of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring':





Marilyn made an appearance, looking very aged, by Polish artist Andrzej Dragan:





American artist Marc Sijan is the author of these hyper-realistic sculptures:





Something simple by Spanish artist Carmen Calvo:





An interesting drawing of some kind of gathering, by Spanish artist Gustavo Diaz Sosa:





My favourite piece, by Spanish artist Daniel Canogar, clever, simple, and original, merited a short video. I will post it up soon!

Edit: Here it is

Daniel Canogar on Vimeo

A view of the architecture of the buildings the fair is held in:

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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

Fernando Pessoa, 1918

Xerxys

tippler these are intense, I like em!

KellyC

I really like the first 5 and the last drawing. The sculptures are kind of creepy....and I'm going to sleep soon. Is it weird to think the realistic girl is more creepy than a crucified Hitler and two naked midget?

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fresnelly

Thanks for sharing these!

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seamaiden

The gathering makes me think of hockey...maybe I'm too Canadian. I like them all, except Hitler and his dogs. You have a great job!

genuinegirly

You're a great photographer!
The piece by Daniel Canogar is my favorite as well.

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little_tippler

Yeah I didn't like the Hitler one, but how could I not take a picture? Heh.

Thanks gg, I'm not really trying to be one but I do love my camera.

Daniel Canogar is awesome...so creative.

Here is another interesting work by him:

__________________
Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

Fernando Pessoa, 1918

genuinegirly

Now that's just plain fun - what a great idea! It must have taken a strong projector to cover the castle's wall like that.

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"Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq

"violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

ARTelevision

little_tippler, thanks for the update...I also respond to Ana Vidigal's evocative work...the conceptual mandala by Alexandra Mesquita os cool...and then there is the sad picture of the sad Marilyn.

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