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As a working contemporary artist I visit many exhibitions and shows, but sometimes it is the things I see that are part of daily life that capture my interest. My one-minute blog of interesting things reflects the fact that although we are increasingly time-poor, there is creativity all around us. Email me at info@carolinebanks.co.uk with your name and email to receive a weekly post that only takes 1 minute to read.
The photography of Leslie Jean-Bart
I came across this exquisite and moving work by Haitan-born photographer Leslie Jean-Bart quite by chance. He now lives in New York and says “Cultures constantly interact in a dynamic way when one lives permanently in a foreign land. In my series ‘Reality & Imagination’, I photograph the tide to explore that interaction” Here are some images from this project.
More images from Cuba
These ones just amused me: for the football fans; for the fashionistas; Rico means “rich” or “cute” and so much for anonymity.
Street art in Cuba
Here are some photos of art I saw when wandering around back streets up & down Cuba. I hope you like them. In Havana In Baracoa, In Cienfuegos and in Camagüey.
Living in an art gallery – the Casa de Arte Jover in Camagüey, Cuba
This is the home of Cuban artists Joel Jover and Ileana Sánchez, open to the public and, I think, worthy of a feature in World Of Interiors magazine. The building itself is beautiful as so many others in Cuba, full of their paintings and collections of antiques and bric-a-brac mixed up in a riotously bonkers interior. Like […]
Fusterlandia, Havana 2 of 2
The magic continues outside José Fuster’s house and into the neighbouring streets with other residents joining in and the participation of community groups. The revolution is of course included, with the Granma leading Latin-American countries and characters in this huge mural.
Fusterlandia, Havana 1 of 2
This ongoing project, seen during my recent trip to Cuba, initially began in artist José Fuster’s house in the Havana suburb of Jaimanitas over 20 years ago, and has gradually spilt out into the streets of his neighbourhood. His home is the centrepiece, a totally immersive environment of crazy mosaic and painting Fuster has blended […]
More figurative art from The Columbia Threadneedle Prize
In a less traditional format, these other pieces also appealed: The fetishistic and a bit scary Powerdog by Susan Stoppani The Gardens of Zoological Mutations by Jon Bentley (oil & acrylic) in tribute to the Ladybird books of my childhood, since reinvented, and the Tinder-inspired drawings The Yes and The No Pile by Rebecca Harper
Figurative Art Today: The Columbia Threadneedle Prize
Ah, it’s all about the mark making. Here is a selection of some of the work I enjoyed at the recent Columbia Threadneedle Prize exhibition for figurative art, held at the Mall Galleries earlier this year. Please click on the links to find out more about the artists featured as my photos can’t really do them the justice […]
Louise Bourgeois at the London Art Fair
Anything by Louise Bourgeois is worth looking at in my book – this woman worked as an artist for most of her life and was only recognised in her later years. As I heard someone say recently: if you’re a female artist the one thing you need in your lifetime is longevity and Bourgeois fortunately […]