CRITIT
Art Journal
“ ‘Art is not a thing; it is a way.’ ~Elbert Hubbard”
IN 2013, INSPIRED BY THE VENICE BIENNALE, I LAUNCHED CRITIT, A BLOG DEDICATED TO THE PRECEDENT AND CONTEMPORARY ART SCENE. THE IDEA BEHIND THE ARTICLES IS TO VALUE THE VARIOUS ART FORMS AND TO INVESTIGATE THE CORRELATING TRENDS DEFINED BY CULTURE AND INNOVATION THAT ARE ECHOED IN THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN.
CRITIT IS A BLOG DEDICATED TO ART EXPERIENCES IN THE FIELD OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, INSTALLATIONS, AND ARCHITECTURE. EACH ARTICLE IS DEDICATED TO A THEME REVOLVING AROUND THE CONCEPT OF ‘IDENTITY’ AND HOW ART RELATES TO CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS. ART CRITICISM IS NOT AN EXCLUSIVE DISCIPLINE, BUT A DISCOURSE TO SHARE. IF ART IS TO REPRESENT CULTURE, THEN IT SHOULD BE PUBLIC.
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Lalla Essaydi: Woman Looks Back
The patterns, colors, and text not only suggest but bluntly identify with Arab, and by default Islamic, settings.
Klein & Fontana in Milan
The motive behind the exhibition Klein and Fontana at the Museo del Novecento, located to the right of the famous Piazza Duomo of Milan, is to ‘reflect on the European cultural identity as the result of the visual analysis between two of the most important individuals of the art world of the past century’; and, by default, restoring Milan as the ‘heart of Europe’.
The Victory: an Arabian Mythological Heroine
Art at the 2013 Venice Biennale
The central figure (Fig. 2) is a woman; a type of Jean d’Arc but without all the armor. The drapery covering her body and parts of her hair that frame her oriental featured face, reiterating the monochromatic color scheme and bringing the audience's focus back to Bahrain.
The Tiepolo Studies
Tiepolo: I colori del disegno is an exhibition held at the Capitolini Museum in Rome that brings Giambattista Tiepolo’s (1696-1770) skill at sketching to the forefront of the painter’s artistic talent and renown genius.
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Father of Photojournalism
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004), a French photographer, is labelled as the father of photojournalism, a master of candid, unbiased, photography along with being considered one of the most important portrait photographers of the 20th century...
Caravaggio Detour
Caravaggio was famous for his public and private commissions. Even at the worst of times Caravaggio remained in demand by the noble and elite.