THE ART OF TAROT No one knows where or when was born the Tarot, nor who invented it. We don't even know the meaning of this word, nor to which language it belongs to. Some consider them an Alchemycal Work, Astrological, Cabalistic.. but in the first place Tarots are an Art Work. Everyone, from Initiates of different branches of Magic to Artists coming from every Nation,everyone attempted to paint the real Tarot: but maybe the real Tarot doesn't even exist, and it is only a constant research of a superior/interior knowledge. Behind the many significances of this ancient Art, an intimate vision and a personal interpretation are hidden: the Real Tarot is the one that each creates. From Europe to New Zealand, 33 artists designed 61 cards, some altering the already existing Major Arcana, some inventing their own: besides the symbolic meanings, each one is undeniably enshrouded in a halo of mystery and magic. In order to create the perfect atmosphere, 7 sound artists shaped a soundscape inspired by the artworks.
SVEN FROEKJAER-JENSEN
Title of the Triptych:
₪ The card that is so high and wild, you will never have to deal another. ₪ The Moon ₪ The Death
Details of the Artworks: Acrylic Paint on MDF 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Slagelse, Copenaghen E-mail: svenart@live.dk Website: www.svenart.dk
GILDA SANCISI
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş The DJ
Details of the Artwork: Oil and Metal Pigment on Leather 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Rimini, Italy E-mail: gilda.sancisi@libero.it
SABRINA TACCI
Title of the Triptych:
₪ The Lovers ₪ The Fool ₪ El Diablo
Details of the Artworks: Acrylic Paint on Linen Canvas 11 x 20 cm (2010)
Current Location: Bergen, Nederland E-mail: sabriskipoint@yahoo.it Website: www.sabrinatacci.net
MAE STARR
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş The Lovers
Details of the Artwork: Acrylic Paint and Markers 11 x 19 cm (2010)
Current Location: Portland, Oregon, USA E-mail: skeetgrimes@yahoo.com
RUTH BARJA
Title of the Triptych:
₪ La Maison Diev ₪ Le Mat ₪ Lamovrevx
Details of the Artworks: Mixed Media 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Berlin, Germany E-mail: ruthtur3@googlemail.com
MONIA
Title of the Tarots:
₪ The Hidden ₪ The Nudity
Details of the Artworks: Enamel, Acrylic and Watercolour Crayons 15 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Pescara, Italy E-mail: themonia@virgilio.it Website: www.flickr.com/themonia/sets www.artmajeur.com/themonia/
ROCCO CERCHIARA
Title of the Tarots:
₪ Anorexia ₪ Obesity
Details of the Artworks: China Ink on 400g Paper 14 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Rome, Italy E-mail: cerchiara.eu@gmail.com Website: www.aloperidolo.com
ANDREA CARDIA
Title of the Tarots:
₪ L'Eremita ₪ L'Infelice
Details of the Artworks: Oil on Ilford Paper applied on Cardboard; Crayons and China Ink on Cardboard 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Rome, Italy E-mail: andre_car2002@yahoo.it Website: www.andreacardia.com
wISAK
Title of the Tarots:
₪ IX The Hermit ₪ XII Hanged Man
Details of the Artworks: Digital Photography 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Tampere, Finland E-mail: wisa.knuuttila@gmail.com
GLORIA CASTELLUCCI
Title of the Triptych:
₪ 0 La Buffona ₪ XII La Donna Penzolata ₪ XXI L'Universa
Details of the Artworks: Oil on Canvas 14,8 x 21 cm (2007-2010)
Current Location: Melbourne, Australia E-mail: gloatvirago@gmail.com
ENRICO BRESSAN
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş La Papesse
Details of the Artwork: Digital Print 14,8 x 21 (2010)
Current Location: Berlin, Germany E-mail: ericbr68@googlemail.com Website: http://enricobressan.altervista.org
MARIA KOKKINI
Title of the Tarots:
₪ Death ₪ The Sun ₪ The Hanged Man ₪ The Joker
Details of the Artworks: Mixed Media 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Athens, Greece E-mail: mrkokkini@hotmail.com
GIORGIO CECCHINATO
Title of the Tarots:
₪ Hermit ₪ Stars
Details of the Artworks: Digital Print 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Milan, Italy E-mail: m.bussola@alice.it
GINEVRA BALLATI
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş Divinatio II
Details of the Artwork: Watercolours, China Ink and Acrylic 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Pistoia, Italy E-mail: jody13@hotmail.it Website: www.ginevraballati.daportfolio.it
TESTCARD
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş The Fool
Details of the Artwork: Misconstructive Digital 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Berlin, Germany E-mail: textcard@rocketmail.com Website: www.adrianshephard.com
SARAH BATTAGLIA
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş Le Pendu
Details of the Artworks: Pen and Ink on Paper 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Seynod, France E-mail: battaglia.sarah@gmail.com
EWA DOROSZENKO
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş The Sad Diary
Details of the Artwork: Digital Photography 14,3 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Torun, Poland E-mail: ewa@ewa-doroszenko.com Website: www.ewa-doroszenko.com
YAEL KAPLAN
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş Masa
Details of the Artwork: Analog Photography, Silver Print Manipulation and Digital Fine Art Print 14,8 x 14,8 cm (2010)
Current Location: Rishpon, Israel E-mail: yaelkap@netvision.net.il Website: www2.wooloo.org/yaelkap
YUMANIZUMU
Title of the Tarots:
₪ Can't Learn ₪ Can't Smell ₪ Cunning Boy ₪ Only Enjoy ₪ Sulkily The Anus
Details of the Artworks: Acrylic Pen on Aluminium 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Tokyo, Japan E-mail: yuma@yumanizumu.jp Website: www.yumanizumu.jp
MANUEL PERNA
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş Le Stelle
Details of the Artwork: Digital Print 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Berlin, Germany E-mail: jils123@yahoo.it
AGNèS GUYENNON
Title of the Tarot:
₪ The Cloth of Tarots
Details of the Artwork: Pink and black ink on paper for picture etching 14,8 x 21 (2010)
Current Location: Lyon, France E-mail: agnesguyennon@yahoo.fr Website: http://www.agnesguyennonart.canalblog.com/
TATIANA VILLANI
Title of the Triptych:
₪ La Morte ₪ La Luna ₪ Gli Amanti
Details of the Artworks: Collages and Mixed Media 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Berlin, Germany E-mail: tatiana_villani@yahoo.it Website: www.tatianavillani.com
LOUISA DONNELLY
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş The Sun Card
Details of the Artwork: Painting, Collage and Digital Media 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Limerick, Ireland E-mail: louisa.donnelly.art@gmail.com Website: www.louisadonnelly.com
ALEXEJS KONAHINS
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş Ace of Pentacles
Details of the Artwork: Dip pen and black ink on paper 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Ventspils, Latvia E-mail: aleksejs.konahins@inbox.lv Website: www.konahins.deviantart.com
ANDREA HUYOFF
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş Queen of the Greenhouse
Details of the Artwork: Various Techniques 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Berlin, Germany E-mail: andreahuyoff@gmail.com Website: www.andreahuyoff.com
CAT FENWICK
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş The Throne of the Unknown
Details of the Artwork: Digital Photography 14,8 x 19,73 cm (2010)
Current Location: U.K. / France E-mail: catriona.fenwick@yahoo.fr
IVANA REZEK
Title of the Triptych:
₪ Moon ₪ Queen of Swords ₪ Queen of Pentacles
Details of the Artworks: Watercolor and acrylic 12 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Zagreb, Croatia E-mail: ivana.rezek@gmail.com Website: ivanarezek.carbonmade.com
NICOLAS FONTAINE
Title of the Tarot:
₪ 7 + 12 + 4 = ♥
Details of the Artwork: Mixed Techniques: Ink on Paper, Glimmies and Fake Stones 14x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Berlin, Germany E-mail: info@nicolasfontaine.de Website: www.nicolasfontaine.blogspot.com
KITAKIYA DENNIS
Title of the Triptych:
₪ A Time for Change ₪ UnLabel ₪ UnBind
Details of the Artworks: Body Painting and Photography 14 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Philadelphia, USA E-mail: dennisk@uarts.edu Website: www.coroflot.com/kitakiya
TRINA BATCHELOR
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş The Empress
Details of the Artwork: Digital Print 14,8 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Rangitikei, New Zealand E-mail: trina@windowslive.com Website: www.artbreak.com/serene1
BRENDAN JAMISON
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş The Tower
Details of the Artwork: Ink on Paper 14,6 x 21 cm (2010)
Current Location: Bangor, Northern Ireland, UK E-mail: artistbrendanjamison@gmail.com Website: www.brendanjamison.com
CARLO GIUSEPPE ZUOZO
Title of the Tarot:
â‚Ş The Wheel Of Fortune
Details of the Artwork: Digital Elaboration of Original Ink on Paper 11 x 19,5 cm (2010)
Current Location: Naples, Italy E-mail: carlo19731@yahoo.it Website: www.carlogiuseppezuozo.it
JUDY WOODBORNE
Title of the Triptych:
₪ The Fool ₪ The Star ₪ The Tower
Details of the Artworks: etching and aquatint on copper plate 12,5 x 19,5 cm (2009)
Current Location: Cape Town, South Africa E-mail: info@judywoodborne.co.za Website: www.judywoodborne.co.za
Blissland is an art and new media project located in Berlin, run by a collective of artists and musicians. In the Land of Bliss every single atom is permeated with Art, and every month we try to alter the composition by mixing atoms of Sound, Visual and Culture, in order to create a different reality where it is possible to see with different eyes, hear with different ears, think different thoughts and speak different languages.
The Art of Tarots Artists:
Sven Froekjaer-Jensen, Gilda Sancisi, Sabrina Tacci, Mae Starr, Ruth Barja, Monia, Rocco Cerchiara, Andrea Cardia, Visak, Gloria Castellucci, Enrico Bressan, Maria Kokkini, Giorgio Cecchinato, Ginevra Ballati, Testcard, Sarah Battaglia, Ewa Doroszenko, Yael Kaplan, Yumanizumu, Manuel Perna, Agnès Guyennon, Tatiana Villani, Louisa Donnelly, Aleksejs Konahins, Andrea Huyoff, Catriona Fenwick, Ivana Rezek, Nicolas Fontaine, Kitakiya Dennis, Trina Batchelor, Brendan Jamison, Carlo Giuseppe Zuozo, Judy Woodborne. Sound Artists:
Kim Cascone, Pimmon, Francesco Dillon, Nicholas Szczepanik, Donato Epiro, Francesco Giannico, Eric Miller. Art Direction: Blissland
(Gemma Ghelardi, Antonio Gallucci) Place: Blissland Address: Bornholmer Strasse 8, 10439 Berlin, Germany. Info: info@blissland.eu Website: www.blissland.eu
Opening: Friday, January 14th h19.00 Enhanced Cd Catalogue with audio also available. Blissland 2011
All Rights Reserved