Artists Describing Their Art:
Corrie Ancone - Artist statement : "I don't care for the certainty of what's in front of my lens, but the creativity, the fantasy, the invention, that can gush from a thought before or thereafter. Between the certain and the uncertain there is a possible space, as in dreams and fables. Heavily influenced by mythology, nature and the techniques and working styles of the early European Dadaists, Impressionists and Baroque artists, my creativity stems from my lust for finding and exploring sympathies between the human body, the landscape and its textures. Oscillating between transparency and opacity, colours and images collide in my work, creating new visual and emotional images, often painterly and somewhat surreal, which affect perceptions of natural reality. This is sometimes described as 'synthetic realism'." Corrie Ancone ...
Barry Hurley - A momentaEURtms quiet grace is becoming harder to find these days. In a society obsessed with technological change and how we appear to others, itaEURtms now even more important to take time to reflect on the world we live in, the surroundings we create and how lives are impacted through the ordinary every day. My photography is a reflection of society today. It finds beauty in the mundane, significance in the abandoned and maybe, provides the viewer with a little hope as they join me sat on a beach at 5am waiting for the sun to rise. ...
Leni Smoragdova - TransactionArt All TransactionArt projects are interconnected, and make up the general outline of the TransactionArt world One project flows into another. It all started with the slogan aEURoeWe are children of war, the war is money, money has no face, it is as simple as Transaction, we are children of the Transaction, we are children with hidden facesaEUR - { M}. Transaction art originated in London when I was already consciously covering my people. So the heroes appeared with hidden faces - aEURoehidden facesaEUR. During this period appeared Collection of figures. 2. Officially, Transaction Art was presented in Amsterdam as part of a performance. Then on the floor of the church, where I was allocated a plot, I saw a plate with the inscription { M}. M - on this stove means that the stove belonged to some European eminent family. You can find this church in Amsterdam and see for yourself if this plate is unlikely to have been removed. M is SM L { M}. But this signature was created before my arrival in Amsterdam. I took it as a sign from above.