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« I have been drawing as far as I can remember. As a necessity that has accompanied me in my personal evolution, I find lightness through my art. My drawings are interpretations of ...

« I have been drawing as far as I can remember. As a necessity that has accompanied me in my personal evolution, I find lightness through my art. My drawings are interpretations of everyday observations transformed into whimsical escapes from the crevices of my mind. There is a constant connection and exploration of how each of my drawings portray characters that represent strength, beauty, nonchalance, curiosity, valor, and even magic. While the materials I use in my current work are ink and paper, the ideas behind my art are primarily surrealist in nature. The spontaneity in my artistic process, composed of biomorphic elements, is an automatic expression of my subconscious. In my art, I create my own world of fantasy where I invite the viewer to move into a speculative state of wonder and they are left with their own interpretation of the lines. » Secret thoughts...

« I have been drawing as far as I can remember. As a necessity that has accompanied me in my personal evolution, I find lightness through my art. My drawings are interpretations of ...

Cut out vignettes, paste stickers and drop ink stains "... This is how Christophe Stouvenel says" KIKI "defines his series No Sense. Surrealist inspired and Dada, everything starts ...

Cut out vignettes, paste stickers and drop ink stains "... This is how Christophe Stouvenel says" KIKI "defines his series No Sense. Surrealist inspired and Dada, everything starts ...

Cut out vignettes, paste stickers and drop ink stains "... This is how Christophe Stouvenel says" KIKI "defines his series No Sense. Surrealist inspired and Dada, everything starts ...

Statue of Vishnu Garuda, Bali, 1904 Signed with initials Pencil and ink on paper, 21.4 x 21.3 cm Literature: Bruce W. Carpenter, W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp. First European Artist in Bali,...

Four outrigger proa’s on the beach of Kusambe, Bali, 1937 Signed with initials, dated and described with location bottom left Pencil and ink on paper, 29.7 x 35 cm In ebonized frame with white mount WILLEM OTTO WIJNAND NIEUWENKAMP (1874-1950) Nieuwenkamp was born on July 27th 1874 in Amsterdam. His father owned sailing ships sailing to Indonesia and hearing the stories of the returning captains evoked in the young Nieuwenkamp an obsession for distant lands and adventure. After a failed attempt by his father to have his son make a career in his business, Nieuwenkamp attended the Academy for Decorative Art in Amsterdam. However, he left within one year to go his own way. He was an autodidact and a great experimenter with new techniques, particularly in the art of etching. Nieuwenkamp was a very focused man with the discipline of a scientist tempered by the sensitivity of an artist, a lust for adventure, a natural appreciation for ethnic arts and an enormous ambition to tread new paths. In 1898 he visited Indonesia for the first time and on his second visit in 1903-1904 he went on to Bali and became the first foreign artist to love Bali and the Balinese with a passion. Having secured agreements with several museums in the Netherlands to obtain Balinese art and objects for their collections, Nieuwenkamp immediately started to purchase and order a wide range of ethnographic art and objects from local artists and craftsmen. Through his drawings and books, he gave an excellent impression of Balinese art and culture at that time. Since 1854 Northern Bali was under Dutch...

Wobbly bridge, Tabanan, Bali, 1937 Signed with initials bottom right and dated, bottom left Pencil and ink on paper, 22 x 26.3 cm In ebonized frame with white mount Willem Otto Wi...

An original pencil and indian ink drawing by listed Swedish Artist. Adolfo Rasmussum. He specialized in the movement of the human body when seeing a performance. His works are conce...

Enrique Chagoya Ghostly Meditations (martyrs of the arts academy) , 2012 acrylic and India ink on de-acidified 19th century paper (facing pages of etchings from a 19th century book) ...

Enrique Chagoya Ghostly Meditations (perpetual anarchist church), 2012 acrylic and India ink on de-acidified 19th century paper (facing pages of etchings from a 19th century book) 11...