Venantius Your attachment may not have made it through Goanet. I did receive it since you cc:d me. Very impressive.
Regarding Goan Art, I found this website http://www.goa-art.com/. Please let me know what you think of it. It has an impressive list of names (click on select an artist and scroll through). After I found this site, I don't think there is a need to have another one. Perhaps there are other Goan art websites that others might know of? We must find ways to promote good Goan art. Regards, George --- Venantius J Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George, > Hope you are doing well. > > These are two topics. One is about the artist -Moebius and the other is a > piece called Congeries of Lust - attached here to make things clear. > > I was not talking about a website, but about a comic by Jean > Girard/Moebius; that I planned on looking at after hearing about this Bihar > Bhavan Baccanal (but only for want of a better word). Moebius is a > phenomenal comic book artist who is known for his works on science fantasy. > His colors are very pychedelic (read trippy). Its a bit much for many > people on account of his sensual and graphic content, but then I am not > straightjacketed in any sense of the term. Way back he worked on two > Catholic magazines - Ames vaillantes and Coeurs vaillants. This information > is on the web if one googles -- Moebius. > > Now about Congeries. In 2000, I had titled one of my works, Congeries of > Lust. This was when I made a body of work, Speculatio: Reflections on a > Scourge. Congeries of Lust, is a six foot tall drawing in ink on Hiromi > paper. The heads represent politicians. The works in Speculatio reflected > my concern on the attacks against Christians in India in th elate 1990s. > When I had mentioned these works on Goanet way back, I got a few emails and > one in particlular from this woman in the Gulf who questioned my reaction > to attacks against Christians. After, I wrote back stating that my works > have ranged from a small animated film Shunyata (Buddhism: and seen at film > festivals), to prints on Sita and if I am not mistaken also on Kali as well > as works for Himal magaine, etc., etc., --- equilibrium was maintained. I > am merely pointing this out since my work deals with not just a pretty > pieces for which I have abundant technical resources and expertise but as > works that attempts to make one think. So when I read about Avelino's > posting, I immediately remembered Congeries -- a very appropriate word for > that heaps of �#*� whose entitlement knows no bounds. And the part about > the young girls got me. My work was talking about the lust for power and > the ability to kill and in doing so slowly killing or diluting oneself! > > On the website -- I would be happy to be part of it. But, isn't there > already a website on Goan artists. Years ago while studying in India, I > felt the lack of resources and information. I no longer think so. I have > encountered names of Goans artists and printmakers at Biennials and > Triennales as well as residencies. The ones who are doing OK have very good > connections as well as access to specific information. In fact, I do > believe that working as an artist now in India is a good thing. > Globalization has its benefits! The visual ambassadors normally do well as > long as they invest in the rhetoric. Foreign curators are interested in > Indian artist for a myriad of reasons. The same curators do not feel the > same about Indians living outside India. I guess they feel that one has > lost ones edge. Oh, cultural theories!!? Beyond that, I observed on my trip > to India, that the politics in the Indian art world is quite sickening. > Lots of smiles. So for now I continue with my day job. : ) > > Coming back to the website -- I would say do go ahead with the site idea if > you have the resources to do so. I do like Laxman Pai's work. Sometime > back, I had an idea to put up site on Goan artists whose works were > political in content. Not just crucifixtions. This is the topic of choice > to show ones egalitarianism. I have yet to see an India artist work on > religious iconography better than Souza. After mulling over it, I decided > against it. Perhaps this is also something that someone else who has the > time and energy could do someday! > > I have been drawinga lot for the last three years and am putting a site > together. Oh, and studying Japanese at the Japan Society in NY. Just > reached Level 6. > > Bye now, > Venantius > _______________________________ > > > >Venantius > > > >Tell us more. Is it on a website? Should we get a website going for GOAN > >ART? I am thinking > >here of adding work by Laxman Pai and the other goan artists. > > > >What do you think? > > > >Regards, > >George > > > > > >--- Venantius J Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Its time to read my Moebius comics! Better to get stoned on good drawing > >> and impeccable color palettes > > > >> venantius > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 image/jpeg name=congeries_of_lust.jpg; x-mac-type=4A504547; x-mac-creator=3842494D > 664 West 163 Street, #57 > New York, NY 10032-4527 > USA > > PH/Fax: +1 212.928.3955 >
