Posts Tagged: Art
Photography (Geomgraphy): 2006 China Travels
Tuesday: Photo-art (by me) One from the latest series and photo-project aimed at digitally editing photographs taken during my China travels throughout 2006. It’s called geomgraphy (geometry + photography). All photographs are Ⓒ Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography (Geomgraphy): 2006 China Travels
Tuesday: Photo-art (by me) One from the latest series and photo-project aimed at digitally editing photographs taken during my China travels throughout 2006. It’s called geomgraphy (geometry + photography). All photographs are Ⓒ Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography (Geomgraphy): 2006 China Travels
Tuesday: Photo-art (by me) Three from the latest series and photo-project aimed at digitally editing photographs taken during my China travels throughout 2006. It’s called geomgraphy (geometry + photography). All photographs are Ⓒ Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography (Geomgraphy): 2006 China Travels
Tuesday: Photo-art (by me) Three from the latest series and photo-project aimed at digitally editing photographs taken during my China travels throughout 2006. It’s called geomgraphy (geometry + photography). All photographs are Ⓒ Roberta Cucchiaro
Wilhelm Sasnal
Wednesday: Art I am now living in Poland and when, last year, I was writing an article about Wilhelm Sasnal while I was sipping a white coffee in a warm coffee shop in London’s East End, surrounded by the so-called hipsters
Wilhelm Sasnal
Wednesday: Art I am now living in Poland and when, last year, I was writing an article about Wilhelm Sasnal while I was sipping a white coffee in a warm coffee shop in London’s East End, surrounded by the so-called hipsters
Photography: Distortion
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Distortion (Summer Palace/China) – Photography © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Distortion
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Distortion (Summer Palace/China) – Photography © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Winter Minimalism
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Winter Minimalism | Photography © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Winter Minimalism
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Winter Minimalism | Photography © Roberta Cucchiaro
Abelardo Morell’s Camera Obscura Series
Wednesday: ART (and as always, photographic art, that is) It’s wonderful how every day, every hour, minute and second there is always something to learn. I humbly consider myself as a photographer or photograph taker, and have always known the
Abelardo Morell’s Camera Obscura Series
Wednesday: ART (and as always, photographic art, that is) It’s wonderful how every day, every hour, minute and second there is always something to learn. I humbly consider myself as a photographer or photograph taker, and have always known the
Photography: The colors of Autumn
Tuesday: Photography (by me) The beauty of Autumn – in Gdansk Oliwa All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: The colors of Autumn
Tuesday: Photography (by me) The beauty of Autumn – in Gdansk Oliwa All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Blinded by the lights
Tuesday: Photography (by me) In dedication to the musical poetry of Archive – Lights All pictures have been taken in Gdansk – Poland on Sunday, 7 October 2012. All photography is © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Blinded by the lights
Tuesday: Photography (by me) In dedication to the musical poetry of Archive – Lights All pictures have been taken in Gdansk – Poland on Sunday, 7 October 2012. All photography is © Roberta Cucchiaro
The voice of nature: Studio Weave has a solution: The Hear Heres!
Friday: Design & Co. I was expecting it to be a project related in some way to an East Asian background, and in fact the London-based Studio Weave is headed by Korean-born Je Anh. As part of Kedleston Hall’s art initiative
The voice of nature: Studio Weave has a solution: The Hear Heres!
Friday: Design & Co. I was expecting it to be a project related in some way to an East Asian background, and in fact the London-based Studio Weave is headed by Korean-born Je Anh. As part of Kedleston Hall’s art initiative
When Neil Denari Meets Taiwan: The New Keelung Harbor Service Project
Thursday: ArTchitecture When Taiwan meets architects and meets Mac fashion and meets avant-garde: NEIL DENARI plans Taiwan’s largest Port and a small city. The New Keelung Harbor Service Project by NMDA In September 2012 NMDA (Neil M. Denari Architects) won the international
When Neil Denari Meets Taiwan: The New Keelung Harbor Service Project
Thursday: ArTchitecture When Taiwan meets architects and meets Mac fashion and meets avant-garde: NEIL DENARI plans Taiwan’s largest Port and a small city. The New Keelung Harbor Service Project by NMDA In September 2012 NMDA (Neil M. Denari Architects) won the international
Sayaka Maruyama’s Japan Avant-Garde Series
Wednesday: (Photographic) Art Sayaka Maruyama In other words… Sayaka Maruyama’s practice traverses the mediums of photography, film, drawings, installation and performance. Drawing on classical Japanese references and Surrealist motifs, her work explores contradictory contemporary understandings of Japanese notions of beauty,
Sayaka Maruyama’s Japan Avant-Garde Series
Wednesday: (Photographic) Art Sayaka Maruyama In other words… Sayaka Maruyama’s practice traverses the mediums of photography, film, drawings, installation and performance. Drawing on classical Japanese references and Surrealist motifs, her work explores contradictory contemporary understandings of Japanese notions of beauty,
Photography: Doors
Tuesday: Photography The door to a thousand roads. (China, sometime in 2006)
Photography: A life about to blossom
Tuesday: Photography (by me) A life about to blossom.. A lotus flower in Peking University, Beijing – Summer 2011 This photograph was also featured on Instagram’s instamacro page in August 2012. Follow me on Instagram at <robycuc> or at http://instacanv.as/robycuc
Photography: A life about to blossom
Tuesday: Photography (by me) A life about to blossom.. A lotus flower in Peking University, Beijing – Summer 2011 This photograph was also featured on Instagram’s instamacro page in August 2012. Follow me on Instagram at <robycuc> or at http://instacanv.as/robycuc
Tired of your mobile? Go to São Paulo!
FRIDAY: Design & Co. And because it’s Friday, and because it’s a cool day, and because we need cool stuff in our lives.. in Brazil they’ve gone crazy cool! … and so, one hundred completely useless or just vandalized booths
Tired of your mobile? Go to São Paulo!
FRIDAY: Design & Co. And because it’s Friday, and because it’s a cool day, and because we need cool stuff in our lives.. in Brazil they’ve gone crazy cool! … and so, one hundred completely useless or just vandalized booths
7 photographs by Alex Majoli
WEDNESDAY: (Photographic) ART Quentin Tarantino by Alex Majoli Cécile de France by Alex Majoli Anouk Aimée by Alex Majoli Ian McKellen by Alex Majoli Nanni Moretti by Alex Majoli Souleymane Cisse by Alex Majoli Aki Kaurismaki by Alex Majoli
7 photographs by Alex Majoli
WEDNESDAY: (Photographic) ART Quentin Tarantino by Alex Majoli Cécile de France by Alex Majoli Anouk Aimée by Alex Majoli Ian McKellen by Alex Majoli Nanni Moretti by Alex Majoli Souleymane Cisse by Alex Majoli Aki Kaurismaki by Alex Majoli
Shock Art and Diane Arbus
Wednesday: Art Shock Art and Diane Arbus Perhaps art is not usually associated with common sense, yet pictures by the American E. J. Bellocq, Diane Arbus or Joel-Peter Witkin are astonishing in their disavowal of hypocrisy and beauty. A transgression
Shock Art and Diane Arbus
Wednesday: Art Shock Art and Diane Arbus Perhaps art is not usually associated with common sense, yet pictures by the American E. J. Bellocq, Diane Arbus or Joel-Peter Witkin are astonishing in their disavowal of hypocrisy and beauty. A transgression
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 3)
Tuesday: Photography (by moi) Memories of a Shanghai which seems now far away. All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 3)
Tuesday: Photography (by moi) Memories of a Shanghai which seems now far away. All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License
The Z Boat by Zaha Hadid
Friday is for D. E. S. I. G. N. Zaha Hadid is one of the, literally, “coolest” architects of our time. Now, the Z Boat can’t get any cooler! The Z Boat: Zaha Hadid has been commissioned by the london-based art dealer
The Z Boat by Zaha Hadid
Friday is for D. E. S. I. G. N. Zaha Hadid is one of the, literally, “coolest” architects of our time. Now, the Z Boat can’t get any cooler! The Z Boat: Zaha Hadid has been commissioned by the london-based art dealer
the image maker: Thomas Hoepker
Wednesday: Photographic Art Thomas Hoepker “I am not an artist. I am an image maker”. Thomas Hoepker is one of the most acclaimed Magnum photographers. His pictures of heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, his shots from the USA in the 1960s, as
the image maker: Thomas Hoepker
Wednesday: Photographic Art Thomas Hoepker “I am not an artist. I am an image maker”. Thomas Hoepker is one of the most acclaimed Magnum photographers. His pictures of heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, his shots from the USA in the 1960s, as
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 2)
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Lineality Series cont’d Shanghai heights
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 2)
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Lineality Series cont’d Shanghai heights
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 1)
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Shanghai in B&W. Part of the Lineality Series © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License.
Photography: Lineality Series/Shanghai in B&W (Part 1)
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Shanghai in B&W. Part of the Lineality Series © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License.
Photography: This will be a canvas
Tuesday: Photography (by me) London is an amazing place. Here is the proof: Photography © Roberta Cucchiaro. Copyright under the Creative Commons License
Photography: This will be a canvas
Tuesday: Photography (by me) London is an amazing place. Here is the proof: Photography © Roberta Cucchiaro. Copyright under the Creative Commons License
Photography: Munch in Brick Lane
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Long time no see! As some of you might already know, I am now not based in London anymore and for the sake of the old times… One of my favourite shots from the East End:
Photography: Munch in Brick Lane
Tuesday: Photography (by me) Long time no see! As some of you might already know, I am now not based in London anymore and for the sake of the old times… One of my favourite shots from the East End:
Photography: London under the rain
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) A rainy day in London and an iPhone in hand (Mattebox and Instagram apps): All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License.
Photography: London under the rain
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) A rainy day in London and an iPhone in hand (Mattebox and Instagram apps): All photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License.
Nobuyoshi Araki’s “Subway Love”
Wednesday: (photographic) ART Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木経惟) or simply Araki (アラーキー) is one of Japan’s leading photographers. His collection “Subway Love” is dazzling. From 1963 until 1972, the young Nobuyoshi Araki obsessively photographed his fellow passengers during his daily commute on
Nobuyoshi Araki’s “Subway Love”
Wednesday: (photographic) ART Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木経惟) or simply Araki (アラーキー) is one of Japan’s leading photographers. His collection “Subway Love” is dazzling. From 1963 until 1972, the young Nobuyoshi Araki obsessively photographed his fellow passengers during his daily commute on
Photography: Tate Modern versus Saint Paul Cathedral
TUESDAY: Photography – Iphoneography (by me) London from the Millennium Bridge, Tate Modern on one side and Saint Paul Cathedral on the other. All photography © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License
Photography: Tate Modern versus Saint Paul Cathedral
TUESDAY: Photography – Iphoneography (by me) London from the Millennium Bridge, Tate Modern on one side and Saint Paul Cathedral on the other. All photography © Roberta Cucchiaro under the Creative Commons License
Photography: Beijing’s Soho
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) Beijing’s Soho District. 2007. Photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro as stated under the creative commons license.
Photography: Beijing’s Soho
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) Beijing’s Soho District. 2007. Photographs are © Roberta Cucchiaro as stated under the creative commons license.
Ben Heine: Pencil vs Camera
WEDNESDAY: Art (..creativity to the maximum) Ben Heine Ben Heine, born in the Ivory Coast, is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist. While he started off as a political cartoonist, he has now become widely known for his 2011 project “Pencil vs
Ben Heine: Pencil vs Camera
WEDNESDAY: Art (..creativity to the maximum) Ben Heine Ben Heine, born in the Ivory Coast, is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist. While he started off as a political cartoonist, he has now become widely known for his 2011 project “Pencil vs
Photography: London’s Brick Lane
Tuesday: Photography Graffiti art over here in London’s East End, around Brick Lane, change at an incredible rate! It was just a month ago that I took the picture you can see displayed on my iPhone and it was few
Photography: London’s Brick Lane
Tuesday: Photography Graffiti art over here in London’s East End, around Brick Lane, change at an incredible rate! It was just a month ago that I took the picture you can see displayed on my iPhone and it was few
Elena Kalis: Underwater Photography
WEDNESDAY: (Underwater) Photographic Art All following photos are strictly © Elena Kalis. ELENA KALIS. THE UNDERWATER WORLD. Elena Kalis. She is a conceptual underwater photographer. Stunning and unusual photographs with a personality. Elena Kalis was born in Moscow, Russia but has
Elena Kalis: Underwater Photography
WEDNESDAY: (Underwater) Photographic Art All following photos are strictly © Elena Kalis. ELENA KALIS. THE UNDERWATER WORLD. Elena Kalis. She is a conceptual underwater photographer. Stunning and unusual photographs with a personality. Elena Kalis was born in Moscow, Russia but has
Photography: From the desert to the waters, Xinjiang’s multiple faces
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) From the desert to the waters, the multiple faces of Xinjiang.. Photography by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: From the desert to the waters, Xinjiang’s multiple faces
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) From the desert to the waters, the multiple faces of Xinjiang.. Photography by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
Seo Young Deok’s bicycle chains
WEDNESDAY: Art Seo Young Deok I just found out today about Korean artist Seo Young Deok because he was featured in The Telegraph’s Picture of the Day. His sculptures attracted my attention not only for their peculiar beauty, but also because
Seo Young Deok’s bicycle chains
WEDNESDAY: Art Seo Young Deok I just found out today about Korean artist Seo Young Deok because he was featured in The Telegraph’s Picture of the Day. His sculptures attracted my attention not only for their peculiar beauty, but also because
Photography: On the balance
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) Shot on a snowy winter day at the University of Nottingham’s lakeside. Photo by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: On the balance
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) Shot on a snowy winter day at the University of Nottingham’s lakeside. Photo by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
Calligraphy and Lettering Art: Luca Barcellona
WEDNESDAY: Art (an unusual form of art) Luca Barcellona. He does magic with just a brush and some ink. It’s purely a matter of skills, but with computers more and more taking over our lives, calligraphy is becoming rarity and
Calligraphy and Lettering Art: Luca Barcellona
WEDNESDAY: Art (an unusual form of art) Luca Barcellona. He does magic with just a brush and some ink. It’s purely a matter of skills, but with computers more and more taking over our lives, calligraphy is becoming rarity and
Ma Yue, a Chinese artist
WEDNESDAY: Art Ma Yue, 马越 in Chinese characters, is a contemporary Chinese artists from the Northeastern province of Jilin. Born in 1968, he moved to Beijing in 1993 and there was able to take advantage of the exploding market for Chinese
Ma Yue, a Chinese artist
WEDNESDAY: Art Ma Yue, 马越 in Chinese characters, is a contemporary Chinese artists from the Northeastern province of Jilin. Born in 1968, he moved to Beijing in 1993 and there was able to take advantage of the exploding market for Chinese
Photography: The Life of a Lotus Flower
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) and a new life is born.. All photographs are by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: The Life of a Lotus Flower
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) and a new life is born.. All photographs are by Roberta Cucchiaro © Roberta Cucchiaro
App Review: “Disposable Hipstamatic” Photo App
FRIDAY: Design & Co. (Tech and Curiosities..) Sometimes I wonder how crazy we are. We are living in the 21st Century, yes twenty-first, more exactly in the year 2012.. and we keep on wanting to take those extremely low-fi photographs,
App Review: “Disposable Hipstamatic” Photo App
FRIDAY: Design & Co. (Tech and Curiosities..) Sometimes I wonder how crazy we are. We are living in the 21st Century, yes twenty-first, more exactly in the year 2012.. and we keep on wanting to take those extremely low-fi photographs,
Steve McCurry and the power of colour
WEDNESDAY: Photographic art …photography is an intriguing art because it speaks in silence and leaves the viewer free to interpret it. STEVE McCURRY The magic of colour Steve McCurry is an American photojournalist whose talent and photographs are universally acknowledged
Steve McCurry and the power of colour
WEDNESDAY: Photographic art …photography is an intriguing art because it speaks in silence and leaves the viewer free to interpret it. STEVE McCURRY The magic of colour Steve McCurry is an American photojournalist whose talent and photographs are universally acknowledged
René Burri
WEDNESDAY: Art = Photographic Art René Burri “I never thought I would become a photographer” “I never thought I would become a photographer”. This is what he said, but I would reply, you don’t become a photographer, you are born
René Burri
WEDNESDAY: Art = Photographic Art René Burri “I never thought I would become a photographer” “I never thought I would become a photographer”. This is what he said, but I would reply, you don’t become a photographer, you are born
Randerscheinung: Movable architecture
THURSDAY: AR(T)CHITECTURE Today’s architecture post is not about green architecture, but kind-of. The Vienna based design studio Prechteck has created Randerscheinung, a proposal for the 13th documenta 2012 taking place in Kassel, Germany. documenta is a modern and contemporary art
Randerscheinung: Movable architecture
THURSDAY: AR(T)CHITECTURE Today’s architecture post is not about green architecture, but kind-of. The Vienna based design studio Prechteck has created Randerscheinung, a proposal for the 13th documenta 2012 taking place in Kassel, Germany. documenta is a modern and contemporary art
Irving Penn: The one and only
WEDNESDAY: ART “A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart, and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it; it is in one word, effective.” IRVING PENN Those are the words of Irving Penn.
Irving Penn: The one and only
WEDNESDAY: ART “A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart, and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it; it is in one word, effective.” IRVING PENN Those are the words of Irving Penn.
Photography: Magic of light
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) The magic of the beam of light travelling through the closing shutter in the same way an adventurous archeologist has to escape a tomb’s ancient door closing on itself by an unexplainable mechanism. © Roberta Cucchiaro
Photography: Magic of light
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) The magic of the beam of light travelling through the closing shutter in the same way an adventurous archeologist has to escape a tomb’s ancient door closing on itself by an unexplainable mechanism. © Roberta Cucchiaro
2011 in Design
FRIDAY: Design! It’s Friday and it’s almost the end of 2011. At the end of a year I have never before put together the best and worst creations of the year and sum up a year worth of ideas, however
2011 in Design
FRIDAY: Design! It’s Friday and it’s almost the end of 2011. At the end of a year I have never before put together the best and worst creations of the year and sum up a year worth of ideas, however
Ling Jian, Hero No.5 (2008)
WEDNESDAY: ART One of the most powerful artworks I have ever come across. By Ling Jian | Hero No.5 | oil on canvas | 2008 | China The look | there were many people ahead. there were many people between
Ling Jian, Hero No.5 (2008)
WEDNESDAY: ART One of the most powerful artworks I have ever come across. By Ling Jian | Hero No.5 | oil on canvas | 2008 | China The look | there were many people ahead. there were many people between
Photography: Proud to be Chinese
TUESDAY : Photography (BY me) It was the 1st October 2010, the National Day of China and me and thousands of Chinese gathered in the vastness of Tiananmen square in Beijing to see the flag being raised at sunrise, hear the
Photography: Proud to be Chinese
TUESDAY : Photography (BY me) It was the 1st October 2010, the National Day of China and me and thousands of Chinese gathered in the vastness of Tiananmen square in Beijing to see the flag being raised at sunrise, hear the
Gregory Colbert: Nature’s living masterpieces
WEDNESDAY: ART! Gregory Colbert is one of the most inspiring person to have ever lived. Born in 1960 in Toronto, he is a Canadian film-maker and photographer, but he is so much more than just a film-maker or just a
Gregory Colbert: Nature’s living masterpieces
WEDNESDAY: ART! Gregory Colbert is one of the most inspiring person to have ever lived. Born in 1960 in Toronto, he is a Canadian film-maker and photographer, but he is so much more than just a film-maker or just a
Photography: Piccadilly Circus under the lights
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) © Roberta Cucchiaro A rainy night at Piccadilly Circus, London. The first photo of the blog, this picture is part of a portfolio centered under rain-photography and light reflections. I hope this photo speaks to you
Photography: Piccadilly Circus under the lights
TUESDAY: Photography (by me) © Roberta Cucchiaro A rainy night at Piccadilly Circus, London. The first photo of the blog, this picture is part of a portfolio centered under rain-photography and light reflections. I hope this photo speaks to you
Xu Yong – 徐勇: A Second Look
WEDNESDAY: ART! The photographs of Xu Yong compel viewers to stop and have a second look, not quite sure how to respond to the fuzziness on them whether it is from their eyes or from the imageries. In his series
Xu Yong – 徐勇: A Second Look
WEDNESDAY: ART! The photographs of Xu Yong compel viewers to stop and have a second look, not quite sure how to respond to the fuzziness on them whether it is from their eyes or from the imageries. In his series
