Аннотация: The African fine art without brushes and without oil paints. Reflections of the cultural observer Vladimir Zalessky. A culturological note.
The African fine art without brushes and without oil paints. Reflections of the cultural observer Vladimir Zalessky. A culturological note.
I, - as the founder of the East-Republican fine internet-art, - felt interest towards Ijeoma Ndukwe's material "Nigerian NFT artist Osinachi: The work created by using a word processor" (BBC Business, Lagos. Published 1 day ago). (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59703123)
What did I find interesting about this article?
Fine art works are created using a text editor (Microsoft Word).
"Man in a Pool III was sold as a non-fungible token by Christie's last October."
"Paints, brushes, and canvas are the tools usually associated with fine arts, but not for Oshinachi."
""There's a lot you can do on Word," he [Oshinachi] explains as he selects basic shapes in the programme, distorting and playing with their dimensions, filling them with vibrant colour and drawing with flourishes of his pen."
"Man in a Pool I, like all of Osinachi's work, was created using Microsoft Word."
Judging by the text, the paintings of the Nigerian artist are sold through art galleries and through the auction house Christie's in Europe.
The proceeds are quite significant.
"At the Christie's auction in October his work went for more than $68,000.
In fact, using online marketplaces such as SuperRare, OpenSea and Nifty Gateway, Osinachi has sold NFTs for more but he says the acknowledgment of his work by the international auctioneer was invaluable."
What are the Osinachi's works (and similar works by other authors) dedicated to? Their theme: the color of water, swimming pools, weddings, stylized portraits (to some extent reminiscent of the art of the Ancient World) ... - judging by the material. In other words, by theme, these are - the genre paintings on various topics (from the daily life of a modern, more or less prosperous person).
So, fine art without the traditional palette of the artist, without traditional paints, without traditional brushes and pencils shows its vitality ...
Of course, there are other stylistic ways, stylistic manners - besides choosing the main shapes in the program, distorting them and playing with their sizes, filling them with bright color and drawing with pen strokes ...
As for the paintings by Osinachi, I liked the options that are given in the material. Both in Africa and in Europe, it is nice to have a painting of a pool filled with beautiful blue water in a room ...
January 14, 2022 9:43 pm
Translation from Russian into English: January 14, 2022 22:26
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Африканское изобразительное искусство без кисточек и масляных красок. Размышления культурного обозревателя Владимира Залесского. Культурологическая заметка".
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