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Affordable Art Prints, iPhone Cases and T-shirts. Google Art Project. Cuban art. Cuban art is a very diverse cultural blend of African, European and North American design reflecting the diverse demographic of the island.

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Soy Cuba - Art for Sale +44 (0) 1494 630626. Galeria Cubana. Cuban Art and the Search for a National Identity « art mundus. Antonio Gattorno Once Cuba had finally gained independence from Spain in 1902, the country underwent a period of adjustment, introspection, and the establishment of a more defined national identity.

Cuban Art and the Search for a National Identity « art mundus

Artists actively participated in this soul searching. Their new approach to art was innovative, experimental, joyful and varied. Drawing upon influences from Europe and Mexico they created a very distinctive Cuban ‘style’ often composed of bold lines and equally bold colours. René Portocarrero. René Portocarrero Period: The Vanguard 1912 - 1985 Mujer de Perfil Woman in Profile, 1979 gouache on heavy paper 30 x 22 inches Born in the neighborhood of El Cerro, Havana, in 1912.

René Portocarrero

He began painting from an early age and at 14, he entered the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts. Having a strong temperament and unable to adapt to this apprenticeship, he left the institution and started working on his own. His work was first exhibited at the Salon of Fine Arts in Havana. Prints at Picasso.com. Street-art and Graffiti.

Swoon. Swoon in Studio : A Warm Welcome on a Cold Night. Posted on January 10, 2011 A visit to Swoon’s studio is a full immersion into her passions; meditations on humanity, the process of collaboration, and sculptures you can inhabit.

Swoon in Studio : A Warm Welcome on a Cold Night

Swoon adding color to the busy streets of “Cairo” (Sunday Afternoon) (photo © Jaime Rojo) In the rustic warm light of a triple height cavernous space that might have served as a town hall a score of printed artworks on paper lay scattered across the wooden floor. Tiptoeing between the images to cross the formerly grand chamber, the familiar faces of children and adults who you’ve met on walls across the city look up at you.

Banksy. We declare the world as our canvas14 Great Banksy Street Art Photos and Quotes! “There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge.” – Banksy “Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for. ” – Banksy “Think outside the box, collapse the box, and take a fucking sharp knife to it.” – Banksy “You’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid.

We declare the world as our canvas14 Great Banksy Street Art Photos and Quotes!

You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.” – Banksy (Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall) “Some people become cops because they want to make the world a better place. Graffiti artist Banksy unmasked ... as a former public schoolboy from middle-class suburbia. By Claudia Joseph for MailOnline Created: 13:38 GMT, 12 July 2008 He is perhaps the most famous, or infamous, artist alive.

Graffiti artist Banksy unmasked ... as a former public schoolboy from middle-class suburbia

To some a genius, to others a vandal. Always controversial, he inspires admiration and provokes outrage in equal measure. Banksy Snapped? This Is Allegedly a Photograph of the Graffiti Artist at Work in New York City. A camp on the Libyan coastline meant to train terror-hunters has instead become a haven for terrorists and al Qaeda.

Banksy Snapped? This Is Allegedly a Photograph of the Graffiti Artist at Work in New York City

A key jihadist leader and longtime member of al Qaeda has taken control of a secretive training facility set up by U.S. special operations forces on the Libyan coastline to help hunt down Islamic militants, according to local media reports, Jihadist web forums, and U.S. officials. In the summer of 2012, American Green Berets began refurbishing a Libyan military base 27 kilometers west of Tripoli in order to hone the skills of Libya’s first Western-trained special operations counter-terrorism fighters. Less than two years later, that training camp is now being used by groups with direct links to al Qaeda to foment chaos in post-Qaddafi Libya. In other words, Tantoush is now the chief of a training camp the U.S. and Libyan governments had hoped would train Libyan special operations forces to catch militants like Tantoush.

This is particularly true for Libya. In March, Gen. Better Out Than In. Banksy: Why A Million-Dollar Artist's Work Sold For $60. "Fake Banksy" Sells Out. Is NYC Mayor Bloomberg Right About Banksy Being A Vandal? Getting at the truth of 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' Heading into Sunday's Academy Awards, "Exit Through the Gift Shop" is undoubtedly the most buzzed-about film in the documentary feature category.

Getting at the truth of 'Exit Through the Gift Shop'

But the uncomfortable question persists: Is it real? The movie is anchored by two of the least reliable narrators in memory: Banksy, the anonymous British street artist; and Thierry Guetta, an eccentric French émigré to Los Angeles whose obsessive filming happens to capture the world of high-concept graffiti. The Banksy Paradox: 7 Sides of the World’s Most Infamous Street Artist. Banksy Paradox: 7 Sides of the Most Infamous Street Artist Article by Urbanist, filed under Street Art & Graffiti in the Art category.

The Banksy Paradox: 7 Sides of the World’s Most Infamous Street Artist

(Check out our complete guide to Banksy Art and Graffiti.) Banksy is probably the most popular, yet most mysterious, urban street artist in the world – and he works at incredible extremes. Mr. Brainwash Dot Com. Jean-Michel Basquiat. Gerhard Richter.