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Exciting and true articles about art and creative culture!

With the x-working art magazine we want to keep you always up-to-date with regards to your art form and provide you fresh information on relevant news and insights in your scene. We write about current events, celebrities and important happenings in your area. Enjoy reading and let us entertain you.

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Lydia da Silva´s Palette Art Gallery from inside, (c) Carina Lochner

Interview with Lydia da Silva

Cape Town

South Africa

Crafts + Sculpting

Jeremy Deller`s instructions for leaving the social network Facebook

Jeremy Deller and his Anti-Facebook Campaign

London

United Kingdom

Decorations + Installations

Palm Black Tattoo Studio

Cape Town

South Africa

Body Art

Montebello Design Centre in interview with x-working - from right to left: Tessa, Philip and Ulrich (Montebello Design Centre) and Marijna (interview partner x-working)

Interview with the Heads of the Montebello Design Centre

Cape Town

South Africa

Traditional Design

Interview with the South African Artist Mtini

Cape Town

South Africa

Painting

TRADITIONAL ART

The art magazine with regards to Traditional Art includes all classic art forms, which are not produced by a computer and which are not part of Modern Art and Performing Arts. These in particular include Cooking Culture, Literary Arts, Esoteric & Spirituality, Crafts, Martial Arts, Piercings & Tattoos, Traditional Music and Classics as well as Traditional Designs such as Architectural Design, Fashion Design and Jewellery Design.

Literature. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

South America was the cradle of great writers who created world literature. Cortazar, Borges, Benedetti and many others are among them. A truly outstanding among them is Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The author was born in Colombia in 1927 and died in Mexico in 2014. In 1982 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The Pianist Ji-Yeoun You

The press celebrated her as one of the most impressive pianists of our time. She is "technically very versed" and "gives her artworks a respectively completely individual and concise profile in between gentle lyricism as aggressive hardness." We're talking about the exceptional talent Ji-Yeoun You.

A shop full of high quality Persian rugs from Iran.

The History of Persian Carpets

A Persian carpet is like a relict from another time. Made out of strong fabric, its appearance fascinates people around the world. Not for nothing in the year 2010 the "traditional art of carpet weaving" was included in the "UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists."

MODERN ART

Modern Art refers to avant-garde and contemporary art. There are Body Art, Decorations, Installations, Interior Design, Painting, Drawing and geometric art architectures in the context of the art magazine. The scope here is certainly very broad and also refers to newer art forms such as Grafitti and Wall Art. Painting with its various art styles is at the center within the art form Modern Art.

The Obey Giant Campaign

Imagine if there were posters or stickers, and as an exception they simply advertise for nothing. Nothing at all. Stickers with no sense at streetlights and skateboards, which are yet to be found worldwide. This exactly applies to the Obey Giant campaign that is anything but mindless. About the American Shepard Fairey, who wants to dominate the world with his own unique stickers:

The polarized World of Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst once said "Art is about life, and it actually cannot deal with anything else, because otherwise - what would there be?" The artist already in the 90s became well-known for provocative sculptures that deal with the topics death, religion, life and consumer culture. Today Damien Hirst is one of the richest artists in the world.

The best US Designers in Respect of Lighting

One of the key elements in stylish interior design is lighting. Whether in a direct or indirect way, warm or cool, bright or dark, and large or small - with light, there are thousands of facets, how to make a space best shine. We have looked at the top designers from the United States in respect of lighting.

DIGITAL ART

The art dimension Digital Art within the art magazine covers all forms of art that are primarily and mainly produced by the help of one or more computers. These include DJing, MCing, Live Acts, LJs/VJs, Electronic Bands, Video Productions, Photography and Digital Design. With last-mentioned rubric it becomes clear that with regards to the categorization of art forms to Digital Art the digital creative process gets relevant opposed to Traditional Design.

Design of Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, (c) Lucas Museum

George Lucas is building a Museum!

He took the last hurdle. The museum of Star Wars inventor George Lucas can be built in Los Angeles. After the cities of San Francisco and Chicago were drawn up the shortlist, the star director has now decided to go for the film metropolis.

Ricardo Villalobos

Ricardo Villalobos is one of the rulers in the Techno scene. His schedule is packed with gigs all over the world. Just in May this year, he could be admired in the documentary "Thinking of Germany at night". We introduce the native Chilean.

The exhibition "Jock Sturges. Without embarrassment" was closed

Jock Sturges: Frustrated by the Exhibition Closing

The well-known American photographer Jock Sturges confessed in an interview for the Russian mass media that he was extremely astonished concerning the solution of the organizers. The exhibition of his photographs in the Russian capital discontinued. The master of the camera said that his works were exhibited in many countries of the world, and that he nowhere perceived such a reaction as in Russia.

PERFORMING ARTS

Performing Arts refers to all art forms, in which a performance on a stage is the final result. The art magazine includes Acting, Theater, Dance, Vocal Art as well as Biking, Skating & Surfing, since even in these art forms a performance in a broader sense takes place. Erotic Art completes the art dimension Performing Arts in an elegant way aside of a primary need satisfaction.

Nude photography impressed then and now humanity. Working with the body states a very special way of erotic art.

Tips for Nude Photography

Black and white or colored, classical or provocative: Nude photography is more than naked skin. As one of the most classical designs of Fine Arts, already early civilizations like the Egyptians knew many nudist portraits. At that time, the high exposure times were one of the major challenges for the models. Today things are different. Through the latest technology arising wonderful nude photographs.

Hitchcock is certainly the master of cinematic tension.

Movie. Interview by Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock

In 1967, the director and actor of French cinema Francois Truffaut interviewed the legendary British director Alfred Hitchcock. It was not a traditional interview: 50 hours, about 500 questions, and a comprehensive examination of the filmography of the director since his inception in silent movies to the "Torn Curtain" produced in 1966. The interview was published in the book "The Films of Hitchcock" and has proven itself as a reference point for scholars and film lovers.

The Performance Artist Laurie Anderson

The queen of the New York performance scene Laurie Anderson recently invited dogs and its lordlings and mistresses to the usually deserted Time Square at midnight. Here she gave a concert specifically for the four-legged friends. And her just published film and soundtrack "Heart of a Dog" hypothesizes that the artist is more than ever gone to the dogs.