What to give when your loved ones already have everything? How to surprise and please so that your gift will be remembered? Give art for the New Year!
Looking for the perfect gift that will make this holiday truly luxurious? We have what you need! Discover unique paintings that not only inspire, but also bring coziness to any home, adding sophistication to the interior.
Why choose a painting as a gift?
Individuality: your work of art is a unique expression of feelings and emotions. It is not easy to print – we will make the painting unique, even if it is similar to another.
Aesthetics: the painting will become a bright accent in the interior and will lift the mood. You can choose an interior painting in the desired color scheme and society, perfectly fitting into the space of the house.
Give your loved one a piece of magic, warmth and beauty that you so want to feel on cold winter days.
Make this New Year special with art! Order a painting right now and give exceptional emotions!
Having decided to take a new step in the beginning of the new year, we are ready to consider new offline exhibitions and new painters who wish to progress in their art career. In the year of 2023 we inplemented the trend “Business & Art” which means that true art can well exist in the atmosphere of ascetic offices and give it a certain feeling of comfort and involvement. In the below show we wish to embed you in a special emotional maelstrom …
Faith, Love, Hope by Anatoly MorogayNature Morte Festive by Anrey MuntzForest lake by Andrey MuntzDynamic balance by Andrey MuntzGlorious Night by Karina MosserMoon river by Karina MosserDictumfactum by Artem KasimovMelior by Artem KasimovLet it be by Artem KasimovSpring is coming by Anatoly MorogayInspiration by Anatoly Morogay
Today we are pleased to present a painting of Andrey Muntz, called “Bunch of flowers” which is available for sale.
“This picture was painted in 2009 and represents an attempt to combine abstract and realistic forms. So it turned out as a half-abstract bunch of flowers, the size is 120х90 cm which is like enlarged A3 sheet, one of my favourite sizes because I am an architect and I am used to drawing on A3. Ackwardly they do not sell canvas of this size in shops but I stretch the canvas myself… There’s a lot of white and fair colours which looks festive, I love white and like a regular tennis player I insist on using it in painture.”
Apparently we often get confused by our perception of certain material objects so the aim of this series of articles is to explain a painting from the artist’s point of view.
Here we go…
Casanova’s breakfast, Andrey Muntz
The painting is called “Casanova’s breakfast”, it was created in 1995 by a famous Russian painter and architect Andrey Muntz.
It was one of my first paintings and I was scared then to paint in bright colors. Some time ago my friend painter from Israel, looking at my brighter paintings said “Ok, I see you had never attended any Art school!” Say, I am not against education, having being myself a teacher in the Architectural institute for over 46 years… And yes, some of my students are afraid of using free style, though we remember Matisse, who used clear colors without fear. The painting is also interesting as you can see Meganom on the background, I spent some years in Sudak and its suburbs…
During the 1960s and 1970s the western world experienced a major cultural change. It is usually described as a move from Modernism to Post-modernism. So what do we mean by Modernism and Post-modernism and what do we mean by a discipline? Such words have been described in many ways, so we can check out the descriptions of these and other words in the 1993 edition of The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED).
Abstraction and abstract art
Abstraction: ‘the act of taking away’. Abstract art: ‘art free representational qualities’. Here we need to make a distinction. On the one hand there is art that abstracts from nature but retains features of nature or objects; on the other hand there is abstraction that makes no use of natural objects, i.e. non-figural abstraction.
Art
From Latin ‘ars, artis’, from a root meaning ‘put together, join, fit’, ‘skill as the result of knowledge and practice’.
Aristotle wrote in his Ethics:
‘Art is nothing more than a productive quality exercised in combination with true reason. The business of every art is to bring something into existence, and the practice of an art involves the study of how to bring into existence something which is capable of having such an existence and has its efficient cause in the maker and not in itself. This condition must be present, besause the arts are not concerned with things that come into existence from necessity or according to nature’.
We can observe art ‘in the special sense’ described by SOED as follows:
‘The application of skill according to aesthetic principles, especially in the production of visible works of imagination, imitation or design (paintings, sculpture, architecture, etc.); skilful execution of workmanship as an object in itself; the cultivation of the production of aesthetic objects in its principles, practices and results.’
Avant-garde
‘The pioneering of innovative writers, artists, etc. in a particular period’ (SOED). It originally meant the vanguard of an army and did not emerge in its present form until the early 20th century.
Contemporary
The word ‘contemporary’ is derived ultimately from medieval Latin: contemporarius, which, in its turn, derives from classical Latin contemporaneous; ‘belonging to the same time, existing together in time, belonging to the same period’. These meanings both emerged in English in the 17th century and remain in current use today.
More or less seriously, I started doing graphics in 1989. There were several reasons for this. First, genetic: my grandfather, Oskar Rudolfovich Muntz and my father, Vladimir Oskarovich, were architects, my father’s sister was Natalya Oskarovna, my aunt was a book graphic artist. On the maternal side, on the Armenian side, there was also the famous artist Grigory Shiltyan, who lived all his life in Italy. (A large exhibition of his works was held in 1983 in the central halls of the Pushkin Museum). In addition, my sister Lena, a sculptor, has always painted and paints beautifully, and my sister Olya was a monumental artist.
At the age of five, not knowing anything about abstract art yet, having drawn some scribbles, I thought that this could be an interesting occupation. Apparently, I always had a craving for free improvisation, since I was seized by endless longing and sadness when, at the age of ten, I was sent to an art circle at the house of architects, where I had to draw dull teapots. I only managed to hold out for two lessons. Tennis seemed to me much more interesting. True, now the parallel between graphics, painting and tennis seems to me quite obvious. In the first case, the artist freely swings his brush, and in the second case, he freely waves the racket.
“Diversify as much as you can” – these words of Leonardo da Vinci, according to some art historians, can serve as a motto for the entire Renaissance. And in my work, due to my abilities, I try to follow this commandment. So, in addition to the etched stroke, I mastered the reserve (when sugar is added to the ink, I will omit the details so as not to tire the reader). Then I moved on to dry point, monotype, unique graphics and, finally, to painting, in which I also try to experiment with different techniques, canvases, soils and surfaces. In general, I believe that a real artist should have a lifelong experiment.
Recently I have been simultaneously engaged in graphics and painting. First of all, it’s more interesting, secondly, one thing helps the other, and thirdly, the border is, as always, blurred, because graphics can be pictorial, and painting, on the contrary, is graphic.
And one more observation related to my first profession. An architect designs buildings, putting his soul, heart and time into the process, but as a result, even the most famous architects, even Koolhaas’s level, ninety percent of projects are not implemented or are being implemented (especially in our conditions) with strong deviations from the project. An artist, on the other hand, in one or several days creates a picture that may not be liked by anyone, which may never be sold, but it exists, and exists as the author created it.
If we talk about graphics and painting, it is believed that there are much more fans of painting, since graphics require a more prepared viewer.
The key idea of minimalism is in the simplicity of colour and forms.
In 1957 Ives Klein exhibited 11 monochromatic paintings in his favourite blue colour. IKB – International Klein Blue became an opposal to the black square of Malevich. He says other colours produce a lot of associations and only the blue reflects the most abstract things in the world – the sky and the sea.
Ives Klein, IKB
Contemporary followers of minimalism try to observe the principle “less is more”. Minimalism has become popular both in painting and interior design.
“Awaiting change”, Karina Mosser“Between Heaven and Earth”, Karina Mosser “Beyond the darkness”, Karina Mosser“Burning sky”, Karina Mosser“Earth restored”, Karina Mosser“Hope floats”, Karina Mosser“In the beginning”, Karina Mosser“Moonlight”, Karina Mosser“Perfection in blue”, Karina Mosser“Night glow”, Karina Mosser
The avant-garde as a phenomenon appeared in all spheres of art around the 1910s. You can name its main names and directions, but it is almost impossible to formulate common features. This is a whole system of styles, concepts, theories, languages, schools that penetrate each other.
Avant-garde in the visual arts can be understood as an experiment – with a concept, color, form. The Russian avant-garde in painting grew, of course, from Western painting trends: impressionism, post-impressionism and symbolism. The avant-garde movement did not form a single style, not a single school included the word “avant-garde” in its name, art critics did not use this term.
Wassily Kandinsky
Expressionism
This movement, which emerged in 1905-1909, did not have a clear, definite program, proclaimed subjective sensations and subconscious impulses as the basis of artistic creativity. The artist translates his own emotions through his paintings.
“I love you”, Andrey Muntz“Heaven inhabitant”, Andrey Muntz
Cubism
Cubism is an avant-garde trend in the visual arts, primarily in painting, which originated at the beginning of the 20th century and is characterized by the use of emphatically geometrized conventional forms, the desire to “split” real objects into stereometric primitives.
“Pink cubic roses”, Vera Makarova“A woman on a green sofa”, Vera Makarova
Suprematism
The direction in abstract painting, which consists in a combination of the simplest colored geometric shapes (square, circle, triangle) and volumetric forms superimposed on a plane.
“Test 27”, Victor Pavlovsky“Mittelspiel”, Victor Pavlovsky
How to understand abstract art?
The key idea in understanding abstract art is in the approach itself. Do not try to distinct objects or guess what the artist wanted to say by the painting. Just look for some time and refer to your emotions!
Meet Maxim Goncharenko – an abstract artist, in the past, the author of the largest in Europe museum of 3D paintings “Imaginarium” (Moscow).
In July 2020, Maxim took up a brush and decided that he would become a great artist! A month of training flew by in one breath …
In August Maxim decides to check the demand for his works and exhibits them in the center of Moscow on the Arbat street.
In September 2020, Maxim paints already in his workshop and presents his works at an exhibition in one of the shopping centers of St. Petersburg, in December of the same year he opens his own gallery in Moscow.
On the 18th of January 2021, the tumultuous creative activity of a young talented abstract artist was interrupted by a sudden sharp attack, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Maxim goes to the hospital, lies in bed for a month and practically cannot walk, thus he gets a disability.
In March 2021, Maxim gets up and starts painting, and thanks to this, he moves! He is back to life: he paints, passing through his creations the energies of good, joy, healing … The disease revealed to Maxim the value of every second of life, because at any moment an exacerbation can occur, which can lead to paralysis of motor functions. Maxim says: “I am grateful to this disease, because now I’m painting every picture as the last …”
Karina Mosser – Art Educator and M Expresse Artist from Russia living in USA, Karina holds a degree in education and art studies from Moscow University.
“Life is art, art is life. I never separate it”- Al Weiwei
This captures the way I see the importance of art. I grew up in Moscow, Russia, surrounded by the beauty of its history and art. The educational system there is very different from in the US, where I live now. We did not get to choose our classes, had to study what was recommended by professors. We were put through years of studying techniques of old masters with mandatory trips to Moscow’s premier museums. The history, and art history, was taught chronologically, so that students could have clear understanding about how art styles were evolving. This is very different from the US approach, which I observed during years of my teaching career, but the Russian system had definite benefits for the long-term development of an artist. Lots of hard work on the fundamentals at the beginning pays off in the long term. Art brings a lot of joy, but it requires effort if you want to do it right.
As an artist myself, I do experiment a lot, because this is the only way to be creative and produce something different, but I am always looking at the works of famous artists to improve my style. I have taught students of all ages and background throughout my career, and I always encourage people to find balance between rules and experimentation. In recent years I was involved in accommodating corporate, team building events, and it really warms my heart to see people with no experience discover their creative side.
As for my own artwork, I believe that I have found my unique style, but I am still focused on improving the technique.
