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ARTS NEWS: February 23, 2009
 Top Stories ECSTASY TECHNIQUES: projects by SUPREMUS
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, RU Russian Federation Noa Giniger
Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, NL Netherlands Art in Civic Spaces
City Hall, Goodyear, Arizona, Goodyear, AZ USA United States of America Ade's Airbrush Paintings
Hotel del Arte, Barcelona, ES Spain | | ECSTASY TECHNIQUES: projects by SUPREMUS
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, RU Russian Federation Moscow City Government, Moscow City Department of Culture, Russian Academy of Arts, and Moscow Museum of Modern Art present 'ECSTASY TECHNIQUES - projects by SUPREMUS'�at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition �Ecstasy Techniques� at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art launches a multi-stage long-term project SUPREMUS � a title that was coined in 1991. The participants of this show, Alexander Shumov, Serge Golovach, and Victor Ribas, advocates of �fractal abstraction� technique, raise the question of going back to the source, to the point of merging, which is seldom visited by present-day people, even though the cyclic return to this point has been laid down by many ancient cultures and religious practices. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com
| | | Noa Giniger
Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, NL Netherlands Galerie Gabriel Rolt is proud to present the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of Israeli artist Noa Giniger from February 21 to March 28, 2009. Noa Giniger�s work presents the tension between existence and essence. She attempts to turn �essence� into �something� that has a distinct, separate existence, one which can be located in time and space. At the same time she performs acts that take �objects�, not necessarily tangible, dislocate and modify them, undressing them from their defined meaning. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com
| | | Art in Civic Spaces
City Hall, Goodyear, Arizona, Goodyear, AZ USA United States of America Four of Nancy Christy-Moore's Horse Series paintings and two Bloom Series paintings will be on exhibit on the second floor of Goodyear City Hall until April 17, 2009. Admission is Free and the public is invited to the reception to meet the artists, February 26, 4:30pm-6:00pm. Nancy Christy-Moore has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2001. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com
| | | Ade's Airbrush Paintings
Hotel del Arte, Barcelona, ES Spain Adelardo Matamoros, Ade, presents his paintings for the first time in Sitges. This is an exhibition on which the artistic department of Hotel Estela Barcelona - Art Hotel, had great interest and that due to the numerous commitments of the artist has been postponed in time. However, the relationship between the artist and the artistic hotel is long since he was commissioned to design and carry out the decoration of the parking lot of the hotel in 1996. Since then, the hotel's art gallery has been following his footsteps. Hotel del Arte promotes their artists with a Gallery Portfolio at absolutearts.com. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com
| | | Call for Artists: Visual Artists, Art Craftsmen, Musicians, Dancers, Actors, Cultural Workers Invited to Participate
International Art and Culture Festival 2009, Rodby, DK Denmark International Art & Culture Festival 2009 is to be held from August 1 - 7, 2009 �in Rodby, Denmark. Following the success of last year's festival they are organizing a new one for 2009. Whether you are an amateur or professional artist, International Art & Culture Festival 2009 will be another unmissable event. Artists in all media and categories, visual artists, art craftsmen, musicians, dancers, actors and all other cultural workers are welcome to participate. The Festival was founded by Bo Sigvardson who has been a Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2000. - Read Indepth Article at http://www.absolutearts.com | | | | Transart Institute will hold an open house event in New York this month. This is a unique opportunity to become familiar with the program, get in touch with alumni and current students, get to know faculty and directors and ask all the questions that don't fit into email. Prospective applicants are invited to attend a guest artist lecture, a question and answer period, and the Transart Institute exhibition and reception on Saturday, February 28 from 5:00 - 8:00 at the Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. A detailed program is here: http://www.transartinstitute.org/ | | |  Low-residency MFA Open House
Transart Institute will hold an open house event in New York this month. This is a unique opportunity to become familiar with the program, get in touch with alumni and current students, get to know faculty and directors and ask all the questions that don't fit into email. Prospective applicants are invited to attend a guest artist lecture, a question and answer period, and the Transart Institute exhibition and reception on Saturday, February 28 from 5:00 - 8:00 at the Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. A detailed program is here: http://www.transartinstitute.org/ Artblogs - Art Blogs: 
John Clapp Has a Life
Michael Corbin
"I think there is a stigma that if you're an artist you're supposed to be strange and aloof and not be able to relate to everyday things." -- John A. Clapp John Clapp is a self-taught artist who lives with his family in Tennessee. After stumbling upon his website, www.jclappart.com and reading one of his blogs, I knew I had to chat with him. Like many artists, he doesn't live a monastic life in a fancy studio where he paints 24-7. Also, like most artists, he's interested in other things, not just art. In short, John Clapp has a life ... or perhaps I should say, "full life." Either way, read on and find out why. MICHAEL: Hey John. Thanks for talking with me. First of all, I'm stunned to learn that you're a "self-taught" artist. Your still lifes are quite classical and textbook. You've had NO formal training at all? JOHN: Nope. I've had no formal training. I loved to draw as a child. I was the youngest of four children and my siblings were much older so I occupied myself by drawing among other things. I think the "artist" gene runs in the family, sometimes skipping a generation. My great uncle, Bob Brown, was also a self-taught artist. I visited him when I was 15 years old and was amazed by his landscapes. So, I went home and asked my mom to buy me some paints. When I was 22, my girlfriend (now wife) saw the painting that I had done at 15. She said, "Is that a postcard?" (looking at it from across the room) I told her that I had painted it when I was 15 years old. She encouraged me to paint again. I had never given up drawing/sketching. So, I bought my first easel and a bunch of oil and acrylic paints and started my "painting" journey. I entered a few art shows and won some people's choice and best of show awards. Seeing people's reactions to my paintings has kept me motivated. People have mistaken my realistic style for a photograph, but then they walk closer and realize that it is a painting. It is my greatest encouragement for people to enjoy my paintings. My middle son, age 12, has got the "artist" gene, so it didn't skip a generation this time. I have a fellow artist in him to bounce ideas off of. All my training comes from hours and hours at the easel trying different things.
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