has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
Ruben Monakhov.
Twilight on the canal Saint-Martin.
Oil on canvas, 45?60 cm.,
2016.
http://rubenm.spb.ru
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This artwork is an example of the quality of watercolour sketches that I use as studies for acrylic paintings.
In this artwork watercolour was laid down in washes and the image was covered with blue-black gouache then sponged off. Some additional washes were laid down to complete the painting.
Tina Modotti b.1896 d.1942, (45 years old), born in Italy. Photographer, model, actress, revolutionary, political activist. Mentored by photographer Edward Weston (known for his highly focused black-and-white images), Modotti captures scenes and personalities of the social context in Mexico in the 1920’s. She became a member of the Mexican Communist Party. Partner of Cuban activist Julio Mella. She was exiled from Mexico, spending years in Moscow where she engaged in various missions until moving to Spain and after the collapse of the Republican movement due to Civil War, she returned to Mexico. Modotti photographed multitude of intellectuals, political radicals and communists. Mexico was always her Muse. Poet Pablo Neruda composed Modotti’s epitaph. Madonna has become a major collector of Modotti's work.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Modotti
