New: arttheoryAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917hive-180932hive-150122zzansteemhive-183959hive-185836hive-166405photographyhive-144064hive-188619hive-145157hive-101145hive-184714uncommonlabhive-183397hive-103599bitcoinhive-193186steem-atlashive-193637hive-139150hive-180301TrendingNewHotLikerspaolobeneforti (70)in art • 7 years agoPhysical places for network Art - Some thoughts [SndBox]I tried to think about a subject I recalled recently listening to the first video chat of the @sndbox project I guess everyone knows the amazing Sndbox Project (->website) created and…paolobeneforti (70)in artist • 7 years agoPainting improvisation - How the creative process in painting worksWatch it on Viewly end-preview Here is a short video of a painting I did without sketching or even thinking about it before. I did thousands of painting in 40 years of work as an artist, so some…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years agoStories hidden inside artworksNarration, in my humble opinion, is the natural way our thinking works. We learn things creating and knowing stories. Music and Literature were born to remember and transmit knowledge, in the…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years agoHow to become an artist in just a lifetimeHow do you become an artist? Being an artist is a job OR a way to communicate. Or BOTH. Here I talk about the "both" part. As a child, you fastly learn something about art and artists. By chance…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years agoThe unknow language of the Artworks -It's always a good idea for me to let my artworks talk for me. They are smarter. Unfortunately, they talk their own language, that is something not easy to understand, I think. Not even I can…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years agoSome more art sketches to put your brains elsewhereOne of the purposes of modern Art (and of ancient Art too, mostly) is to put in front of our eyes things we can't find elsewhere, so that our brains have to create stories to describe them. Artists…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years agoPut your art in timelines. (Cryptospeaking, perhaps)This is a post about art. It will not be so long. It's about how a work of art needs today to be linked to some events, to be understood and to leave a mark in the brain of the viewer. Our brains…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years agoWhy am I supposed to have just one style, as an artist?I paint, draw and sculpt using different styles. I have always done this way. For the Art Market, it is bad. So it goes. But I think - and hope - things will change, becouse styles, in art…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years agoA Lion, a Sleeping Child, a BookImages are often symbols. Images are always clusters of meanings. That's the peculiar way images communicate informations: by a concretion of meanings. So, when artists create images, or objects…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years agoLittle Street Art I did last year - and now it's gone.Street Art and its official sanction are the biggest innovations in Art History of the last 30 years. Ok, and Digital Art too. Street Art has been assimilated by the art market and now street…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years ago100 artworks in 25 sec. (video)I did a video with a sampling of artworks I made in 2016. It's a very fast round up of a year of work. 100 artworks in about 25 seconds. A work of art needs time from people to enjoy it. So a rapid…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years agoThe words to describe an artwork and how they changedHow do you descrive a work of art using words? As of yesterday, you would have listed the technique, the historical style that you think is closest to that work of art or the group or art movement…paolobeneforti (70)in art • 8 years agoSome artworks of mine about mankind and doubts - I think so. Not sure.Here are some more artworks I did during the last months. I think the subject is something like "human doubts in a sea of oddity". I spreaded these images around the web and exhibited them in public…
