Blinky palermo biography of mahatma

  • His Blinky Palermo constructive pictures have remained in my memory because they particularly appeal to me, because I can't produce such a thing.
  • With this work, representing a double portrait of Richter himself and his German fellow-artist Blinky Palermo (1943-1977), Richter wanted to achieve a double.
  • The blackboard paintings presented an English translation of a story by Gujarati poet Labhshanker Thaker, in which a young boy, Bako, meets Mahatma Gandhi.

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    Atul Dodiya

    “It’s just like being back in school,” a gallery-goer muttered grumpily, upon entering Gujarati artist Atul Dodiya’s latest, much anticipated solo show, “Bako Exists. Imagine.” The syntax of the title simulated that of an exam question, with the imperative “imagine” standing in for “discuss,” while the gallery, with its set of nine wooden cabinets and what masqueraded as eleven blackboards crammed with chalky English script, also created the impression that we had entered a room in a provincial schoolhouse—much like the one that Dodiya must have attended when growing up in Ghatkopar, a suburb of Mumbai. The white text on the “blackboards” (actually oil, acrylic, and marble dust on canvas) recalls the super-neat handwriting of a child, each letter isolated from the other. Since Dodiya went to a “vernacular school”—that is, one that did not use English as a primary language&m

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    The artist FRINGE with his unique way of expression is one of the most successful rising street art stars in South Africa.

    As a companion of his style is Faith47, furthermore also Sindiso Nyoni. All three have their artistic roots in street painting and comic illustration, which elevates them into a galleri environment.

    But FRINGES’ obvious playfulness hides a deeper meaning – he works with a recurring repertoire of characters and symbols. FRINGE does not reveal his identity and rarely gives interviews. This leaves it up to the viewer to draw his own conclusions about what the artist wants to express when he combines painting and collage on canvas.

    An interview in the context of the exhibition “Fringe. The Very Definition” (2017): his “embedded motifs” as Fringe calls them, point to a “persistent contradiction between recognizable and spatial things with controlled and uncontrolled forces, precision versus indeterminacy, coming tillsammans t

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    THE BROCKTON BLOCKBUSTER

    ‘Why Waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?’

    Contributed by sportswriter Paul Zanon


    Characteristics you tend to attribute to heavyweight boxing include, height and body mass. If you are lacking in those two departments, you need to compensate with great footwork. Standing at 5ft 10 inches, weighing around 185lbs, with slow feet and a short reach, Rocco Francis Marchegiano hardly possessed the resume of a future heavyweight legend. However, his boxing toolkit did possess certain assets that allowed him to overcome the odds. Tenacity, desire and a slag like a mule’s kick.




    Born on 1 September 1923 in Brockton Massachusetts, Marciano was the product of Italian migrants. His mother came from San Bartolomeo in Galdo, in the område of Campania and his father Pierino, from Ripa Teatina, Abruzzo, future birthplace to future WBC light middleweight champion, Rocky Mattioli. Should you wish to visit Pierino’s hometown, you’ll be greeted
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