Working in the medium of batik, Paul Nzalamba creates images that are drawn from his native country, Uganda, and that reflect the strength, struggle, and beauty of all people, especially children and adolescents. We chose to use his “At Play” (1988) to show a modern, indigenous artist’s work that illustrates the color and joy of such artists. Mr. Nzalamba’s works are on display at his studio in...

In the first decades of the twentieth century a number of famous artists abandoned traditional spatial techniques and experimented with new forms of art: cubism, expressionism, abstract expressionism. Some critics believed that these experiments heralded a new period of non-figurative art. For instance, Novotny claimed that scientific perspective had ended with Cezanne. Arnason, in his standard...

The revolution in art practices has led Malaysian artists to discover greater possibilities art, especially terms of media exploration. In this paper, the researchers conducted a study hybrid among artworks selected artists. research objective paper is identify and trace, artworks, as way creating artworks. applied direct observation extracted artists’ statements for documentation. results show...

INTRODUCTION Museums, concerts, dance performances and films attract billions of people worldwide. Indeed, visual art and music have been with us essentially from the beginning of our species. This must mean that Art (and hence, artists) succeed to tap into particular and powerful mechanisms in our brain. This artistic success also means that understanding the phenomenon of Art is a key challen...