December 23 opens charity exhibition and sale International art project Milliart.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

   Milliart.com - an international art project, whose aim  is  to promote national culture around the world through their art. The concept of "national culture" project takes the original values: tradition are not allowed to fade, although they may vary.

That is why a great  part of the national modern art has many faces and still recognizable – convinced  the authors of the project. Authentic art  is a unique language that we can communicate with the world, to be understood preserving. Milliart.com represents about hundreds of artists from various countries: from Peru - to India and from Finland - to Argentina. These are authors who are not afraid to experiment with materials and themes, are notable and recognizable manner of their own approach in depicting traditional themes and stories.

Physically, the project was allocated  in the Ukrainian space, but in its network area - zone com. This means that the project pursues several objectives: presentation of Ukrainian art in the world, creating a platform for the  international art dialogue, introducing art lovers from all corners of the planet's culture of different nations.

Project profile charity exhibition debut - received funds from the sale of works of art schools will be transferred from Nikopol, Donetsk, Krivoy Rog and the city, contributing to financial aid.

The exhibition will feature painting and graphic artists from Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Croatia, Latvia and Georgia. The Ukrainian participants of the exhibition - the famous painter John Semesyuk and actor, musician and producer George Delhiev, who in his novels is the absolute opposite of our well-known Delhiev-actor.

Charity exhibition will be presented within 10 days Ruska Club Cult Ra - new space in which authenticity is present not only in preparing national dishes from ancestors and power drinks (ginger tea and milk, zbyten et al.), But in the same atmosphere of the club, which reveres history and the wisdom of his native land. The club has its own bookstore, in the nearest plans - Ukrainian band concerts, art projects, literary events, workshops and numerous other events.
In the evening program - performance of Olga and Viktor Ruban Kebas, bands Bozic, skomorokhs free communication and a glass of wine and Ukrainian snack. The opening will be to interview project participants and distinguished guests.

Well-known artists, musicians, actors and collectors are invited.

Opening: 23 December, 16:00 - 20:00
Ruses club "Cult of Ra, st.Volodymyrska, 4

              

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Contemporary woman portrait exhibition

An exhibition of women portrait by the young artist Lam Shiu Chi opened in Hong-Kong on December 18. The exposition was rather big: 60 portraits painted by the artist during various years of her work are present there. The artist works in many genres and her repertoire has some landscapes and still-lives but the portrait is her favorite genre. It is the genre she totally reveals herself as an original author with unrepeatable style.

Woman’s beauty is internal topic. How evanescent the human beauty should be the painting is able to make it eternal. Now we can contemplate the women images of the various epochs and many faces have entered the world history of painting. While the art exist the women images will exist too. The years passed, so did the styles and tastes and women faces changed on the paintings too. However, the woman‘s portrait has been a symbol of tenderness, sweetness and enigma in all times not depending on the fashion. These are the qualities that in the opinion of many and the painter herself are the characteristic for the woman.

The famous women of our epoch as well as strangers are shown on the portraits by Lam Shiu Chi. The artist didn’t want to create the "Hall of Glory", on the contrary, she has been interested in uncommon and mysterious faces, not the ones easy to recognize. Even the portraits depicting celebrities show them from the unusual angle. The artist achieves not only the portrait similarity but also the exact image, character or mood rendering of the depicted model. The paintings by Lam Shiu Chi are painted in tender light paints and are very decorative. The artist uses many additional elements: the flowers, birds, thin tree wigs and flying by the winds petals neighbor on the women figures on the portraits.

Time: December 18-30, 2010 Place: Hong-Kong, Wan Fung Art Gallery

info source : milliart.com 

new collection from acclaimed Spanish designer Jaime Hayon for Lladró

The new collection from acclaimed Spanish designer Jaime Hayon for Lladró is an exciting and welcome release.
Whilst in keeping with Lladró’s signature delicacy, a touch of humour and cute has been added. The combination is a winning formula, which looks set to be hugely popular.
The Fantasy Collection consists of 01: Lover’s Garden, Scene 02: Raining Hearts and Toy.
The new Lladro collection adds a dreamlike element to Lladró’s signature delicacy, capturing special moments from magical worlds. Each individual piece reveals a surreal and fantastic scene, from heady, romantic love through to child like play.

Lover’s Garden - £1,700. This Limited Edition piece is, for me, simply delightful. The character and hearts are reminiscent of Doug Hyde’s Smile collection. This is a big box ticked as far as I am concerned.
The character of The Lover plucks a heart from his garden, which instantly turns to the brightest red from Lladró’s colour palette as a symbol of passionate love. The scene is captured in a glass dome and appears as if frozen in time.

Raining Hearts - £765. This shows an intimate group of toys enclosed within a glass dome, with each monochrome element featuring beautifully hand painted hearts. 
Jaime Hayon’s toy theme has been a signature element of his work over the years and has been incorporated within his collection for Lladró and can be seen within this piece.  This is also a limited edition piece.

Toy - £135. Toy is Jaime Hayon’s signature toy that pops up throughout The Fantasy Collection. This piece has been transformed into an originally functional piece as a decorative chopstick rest.
This New Lladro edition has a guilt free sentiment that I like very much.
(For Stockists - http://www.lladro.com  / 0800 015 2413)

International Charity Exhibition by The Milliart.com Portal 

An international internet portal Milliart.com is glad to represent its first offline project – a charity exhibition sale. The painting and graphic works by artist from Ukraine, Croatia, Russia, Belarus, Germany, Latvia and Georgia will be exposed at the exhibition. Among the participant of the exhibition we can name Ivan Semesyuk, Anna Silivonchik, Mario Keglevich, Lev Kaplan, Sergey Yarovoy, José de la Barra, Nataliya Pastushenko and others. The benefit obtained from the sales Milliart.com portal will transfer to the schools of art of Nikopol, Donetsk, Krivoy Rog and Lvov that are especially in need for the financial support.

NowadaysMilliart.com is an art portal that has united the works of art by approximately a hundred artists from various countries of the world like Peru,Albania, Finland, China and many others. At the same time the number of authors is constantly growing and the number of countries whose art is represented at the web site is increasing. The portal aims at promoting the original authors who unite the author’s message and traditional component in their art from all corners of the world. Besides this the portal sets a few more aims to achieve: the representation of the Ukrainian art worldwide, creation of a platform for the international art dialog, introduction of the culture of various countries to the art lovers from all over the world. It is why all the information placed on the portal is available in four languages (English, Ukrainian, Russian and Chinese). The charity exhibition will take place in the Russian club "Cult Ra" – an innovative space, the authenticity of which dwells not only in the national cuisines but also in the very atmosphere of the place where the history and wisdom of the native land are honored.

Time: December, 23 of 2010 till January, 3 of 2011. Place: "Cult Ra", 4 Vladimirskaya Str., Kiev, Ukraine. Admission by invitation

The art exhibition Connecting Weave, Threads, and Culture dedicated to the ecology

The art exhibition Connecting Weave, Threads, and Culture dedicated to the ecology friendly art opens on December 17 in Australia. The exhibition is organized by the local company Ngarrindjeri Eco Art Co-Op (NEAC) that has organized the promotion companies of similar art for some years. All the works shown at the exhibition were created using eco materials or eco technologies in one way or another. A considerable part of the works is worked in traditional style. It is not surprising though the traditional art is closely connected with the ecology issues. Nevertheless, the exhibition isn´t limited by such exhibits only. The authors using contemporary technologies in their works are welcomed here. For example, 65 works of art represented at the exhibition are made of the secondary raw materials. However such unusual and ineffectual material was converted into real masterpieces in the hands of the artists. The exhibition’s display turned out to be very miscellaneous –here one can find literally everything from collages to purely designer projects. Weaved pictures and textile painting are of particular interest. It is worth mentioning that the textile works became the principal part of the exhibition; however painting, graphic art, ceramics, glass sculpture and many others will be represented at the exhibition.

The exhibition was dedicated to the Christmas holidays and all exhibits present there can be purchased. At this the exhibition will have a charity character and all the profits obtained from the sales will be spent on various ecological programs.

Workshops for children and adults will be carried out during the exhibitions and the visitors will have an opportunity to speak to the authors of the works being shown.

Time: December 17-19, 2010 Place: Meningie, Australia.

The exhibition of Contemporary Art in Milano

Visitor encounters a grand canvas "fourth estate", written in 1898-1902 by Giuseppe Pellizzi yes Volpedo (Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo). This painting, depicting a workers' strike, has become a symbol of Italy of the twentieth century. The following are the work of futurists Giacomo Balla (Giacomo Balla), Carlo Carrà (Carlo Carrà), Gino Severini (Gino Severini) and Ardengo Soffichi (Ardengo Soffici). The exposition covers a decade of Italian painting. Here there are works by Giorgio Morandi (Giorgio Morandi) - master of melancholy still lifes with vases and bottles, you can see the work of Giorgio de Chirico (Giorgio de Chirico). Whole room given to the work Lucio Fontana (Lucio Fontana), known for his paintings, cut with a razor. Just a museum exhibition currently about 400 different works by Italian artists.
Within three years, architects Italo Rota (Italo Rota) and Fabio Fornasari (Fabio Fornasari) were converted into the Museum of Art of the XX century building Palazzo del Arengario (Palazzo dell'Arengario), built in the Nazi era. The New Museum is adjacent to the museum and cultural center of the Palazzo Reale (Palazzo Reale) in the main square of Milan, Piazza del Duomo (Piazza del Duomo). Until February 28, 2011 entry to the museum is free.


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