ARTEMISA
DEBUT
ISSUE
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
DANIELA MAJIC’S
SECRET GARDEN
FINE ART MAGAZINE
SPRING | 2017
HOW TO GET OVER
CREATIVE
BLOCKS COFFEE ART
QUEEN
FEATURES WITH
JUSTIN ROSENBERG MAJA KOSTIC
NURIA SALCEDO
THE PLACE FOR ART
BARCELONA VOLUME 001
O NTRIBUTERS CONTRIBUTORS
SPRING 2017 ISSUE 1 / VOLUME 001
JUSTIN ROSENBERG NURIA SALCEDO MAJA KOSTIC www.jsrphotos.com @nuriamarq @art_epidemia
COVER DANIELA MAJIC Model | BRIANNA @ Corestone Make-up by KATIE FOSTER Hair by JILLIAN DI BERNARDO
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CONTENTS 008 How to get over a creative block 010 Sinking Into Art 014 Feature with NURIA SALCEDO 024 Feature with DANIELA MAJIC 038 BARCELONA best place for art? 042 Feature with JUSTIN ROSENBERG 056 Feature with MAJA KOSTIC 066 Art With No Face 070 How to get in touch
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HOW TO GET OVER A CREATIVE BLOCK
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here is nothing worse then wanting to create but when you pick up your pen, pencil, camera, or paint brush nothing happens. Creative block is a very real struggle that every artist goes through. Don’t fret though we ha ve put together a sweet little list to get you through your next creative block.
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You are not alone! Accept that you are going through a creative block and know that it will pass. Start by deep breathing. In through your nose and out through you mouth.
FIVE Talk to someone about your creative block it’s nice to get the stress of your chest. A friend might also be willing to help you brainstorm ideas.
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TWO Meditate for a few minutes to relax then go outside for a light walk or a brisk jog. The exercise will be great for stress relief and may even help you clear your mind.
THREE Don’t try to push the creativity out. It will stress you out even more to try to create something when it’s not quite ready.
FOUR Focus on a few other things to keep your mind off of your art. Do some laundry, catch up on some netflix shows. Watch a few comedies to help lift your mood.
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When you are finally relaxed it's time to brainstorm and do research. Go out and visit a museum, a garden anywhere you know gets your creative juices flowing. Create folders on your computer, read magazines, books and even look to your old art works to help get you inspired.
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or the artsit who’s just begun to find thermselves the art world can be very daunting. So many questions impace us. Hitting us on the head like some kind of hammer. “What’s my style? Do I have a style? Will anyone like this? Do I even like this? Is this too much like something I have seen? What if I put it out there and everyone hates it? Where do I even show my work? Online? A gallery? An art show?”
These are the types of questions that can send the new artist over the edge and possibly even out the door. Don’t be afraid little one. Even the most renowned artists ask themselves most of those questions. At the end of the day we are all just trying to express ourselves the best way we know how to and that’s through our art. Let’s start at the beginning shall we. What’s your style and do you even have a style.? Yes, Ofcourse. Everyone has their own style. Just look at the way people clothe themselves. You have to test everything and practice. That’s the only way your style will start to show through. Copy a little bit if you have to in the beginning just to get yourself centered. Find out what it is about certain artists that you like then implement those aspects into your own art.
Do you even like your own art? Well guess what? There are times when artist hate their own creations. Times where we start over again, rip it all up or wish we had done better and that’s okay. Failing is good. It will make you better.
Is it too much like something else? Who cares! Everything is a recreation of something else. Add what you feel needs to be added and let the chain of creativity continue. What if everyone hates it? I can garauntee there will always be one person that loves what you do even if it’s just your parent. Don’t create art for other people. Create it for you and you will never have a negative thought like this again. Where do I show my work? Everywhere you can and anywhere you feel comfortable. Do your research see what’s out there for an artist like you. Show online, show off line. There is never an end to the places you can market your art. Now get up and start creating xoxo
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COFFEE CREATIONS
ARTIST NURIA SALCEDO CARBONELL CREATES MIND BLOWING PORTRAITS WITH COFFEE BEANS
An exploration and a desire to find a unique technique lead Nuria Salcedo Car-
bonell to discover art in an everyday house hold item. We talked to Nuria about her stunning portraits created with coffee beans. Nuria tells us a bit about herself, her life and her passion for art: “My whole life I have been an art enthusiast and even when I was a little girl, I could spend hours and hours drawing. Today, years later, I am able to understand better why I loved it that much at that time. I think my love for it comes for the feelings I get every time I draw: comfort, relief, ease… The best way I always find to explain it is this quote by Picasso: “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”. For me art is the best medicine for the soul.” When asking Nuria what themes she explores with her art she tells us: “When you take a look at my work you can see that I am really interested in portraits. Art offers me the possibility to express myself without the need of using words and that is why I mostly draw people. I usually do not think too much about the finality of a piece and to be honest, my work in general does not have a deep message behind it. But working with portraits means expressing personal feelings and for me the most important thing is not telling a particular message but being able to cause “something” in a viewer. Photography is my main source of inspiration and when I am selecting reference pictures, I like to choose photographs that express something to me and then translate the same emotions but with a drawing. So I would say that the main theme I explore with my art is human feelings represented through portraits.”
Nuria finds social media to be a great outlet for isnpiration, she tells us a bit more about where and how she gets inspired to create: “Inspiration is everywhere but I quite enjoy looking for new ideas on social media. There are a lot of talented artists out there and I like to study the way they express themselves to improve my own art. Paula Bonet, Gabriel Moreno, Naranjalidad, Elena Pancorbo, Ana Santos... are some of the artists I look up to. They mainly work doing portraits and I love their work because they have been able to give to this genre their own meaning. Each of them has developed their own style and what I admire the most is that they are 100% faithful to it no matter what. I also like Pinterest, where I can look for general topics like photography or nature and get a lot of pictures that I can put together for a new illustration. So I would say that my main source of inspiration is photography.” Nuria walks us through how her ideas are concieved: “For me the creative process starts with the selection of the photographs I am going to use as reference pictures. One day I would love to be able to draw from my own imagination but for now I work with collages of different photos that I put together to create my own idea. I usually work doing portraits and during this selection I pay special attention to the eyes and/or the hands because they are the most expressive body parts for me. Sometimes the creative process becomes easier and I find the perfect reference picture. The value resides then in my ability of bringing the emotions of the photo to my drawing; aim that in the end I always try to achieve no matter what kind of reference picture I am using. Once the creative process is over and I am sure what I want to draw, begins the drawing
process. A new illustration always begins with a sketch done with brown pencil and once that is done, it is time for the coffee. Coffee works similarly to watercolors and like all the techniques that need water, the most relevant step is mixing the “ingredients” -with more water, we get lighter colors and with less water, darker ones -. I always finish the illustrations, touching them up and adding little details with a brown pencil again.” We asked Nuria to tell us about how she discovered working with coffee beans? “I discovered that coffee was more than a drink two years ago, in 2015. I was trying to find a technique different from the traditional ones and with which I could feel more comfortable, when I found Maria Aristidou’s work with coffee. It was a time when other art pages were also discovering coffee art so I decided that it was worth the try. What makes using coffee special to me is that you are able to see how a daily product that everyone has at home turns into something that gives uniqueness and personality to an illustration. Coffee by itself is already unique and singular as an art technique but for me it is fascinating how many possibilities it has. The color scheme is really wide and it has the quality of giving warmth to an illustration. It is like if all the feelings around drinking a cup of coffee—comfort, ease, rest, quiet, or peacefulness—were also applied in an illustration painted with it and all that with a product that we use every day. A lot of techniques are really expensive so coffee becomes an interesting choice to people interested in art who want to practice with something similar to watercolors but a lot cheaper. It is a complex, unique product it’s worth goes beyond just a drink.”
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Nuria tells us about the challenges she has had to face as an artist:
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“I think insecurities are our worst enemies and the most important challenge I have to face day after day. Sticking to the facts, I am not a trained artist so even though anyone has never said anything contemptuous to me, I have always in my mind the feeling that I do not belong to this world and I would never be as good as someone who is formally trained. The fact that I usually use celebrities as models makes me feel nervous too because –and again this is something in my mind, no one has ever said something disrespectful to me- I feel like people will not take my work seriously and they will only see me as a girl who is just trying to get the attention of some famous people. So I always find myself struggling to decide if I am good enough to be an artist or not. Luckily I could stop comparing my work to other artists work, I started to compare my own to improve and that helped to overcome some lack of self-confidence. Another challenge for me was not being afraid to try new things. Every now and then we should be brave and leave our comfort zone and that helps us grow.” When asked about advice she would give to an artist who is just starting out Nuria tells us: “From the point of view of someone who is still learning, the first thing and something that everyone would tell them no matter their profession is to work hard. Learn from other artists, learn about your own mistakes and spend as many hours as possible improving your drawing skills. Based on my experience, I would recommend starting step by step, raising the difficulty gradually. Another advice would be to test different techniques and styles, until they find what suits them best. There are some talented artists out there who are good with everything they do, but there will always be something that they like doing more. They should find that something because everything is ten times more special when it is done with passion and dedication. And of course “be true to yourself ” because there will always be someone who likes your work but also it is necessary to remember to be open to people’s opinions. Everything is useful to grow as an artist. Spending time working on social media is helpful too. Instagram, Facebook and Twitter allow people of different
countries to connect and open the way for new opportunities.” We asked Nuria is she enjoys she tastey beverage herself, here’s what she had to say: “Funny answer. No, I do not drink coffee very often. Let’s say that my body and caffeine do not get on well. But I found an alternative to it’s normal use that suits me better and for that I use Nescafé coffee powder because it is water-soluble so it is easy to work with and it also gives me good quality results.”
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ARTEMISA SPRING 2017 MADAME PAPILLON model | Alyssa W Hair | Jillian Di Bernar Make-up | Katie Foster
Hand casted armor decorated with butterflies and feathers adorn “Madame Papillon” Majic’s inpsiration is from Alexander McQueen and nsects.
Enter The Garden
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Fine art Photographer DANIELA MAJIC’S attic becomes a magical fairy tale garden world for her series THE SECRET GARDEN
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Athink.smallFinedusty attic may have more potential then one may art photographer Daniela Majic’s attic became
much more then just a place to store old belongings. Majic’s attic became a door to a fantasy world. Like wandering through a closet to Narnia. Majic saw a garden bursting with color and beauty where most would only find boxes and cob webs. We had the privilege to chat with Daniela about her ongoing photo series The Secret Garden.
When asking Majic how it all began she tells us that “the series was born out of a creative block. I had been uninspired and creatively depressed for six months. Unable to photograph a single thing. I would look through endless amounts of inspiration. Like paintings, fashion, art and photography but nothing was clicking. Until one day when I was in my attic. I saw an old backdrop that my husband and I made a few years before for another photoshoot. It was sitting there collecting dust and that’s when it hit me.” What Majic started to do next was add hundreds of silk and plastic flowers to the backdrop and began hand crafting an entire floral world. Majic tells us a bit about her process and how she creates the lush garden world. “ Pretty much everything is made by hand. Or I borrow items, or I re-purpose and reuse. I wanted to challenge myself and to show other artists that you don’t need a big location or huge budget to create your vision. I start with a concept and draw it out in a note book. Then I plan the color scheme of the shoot. After that I start to change the backdrop. I only ever use one backdrop. It gets added to and spray painted. Sometimes I am sucking in so many fumes from the paint that I feel dizzy. Everything is done and photographed in my small attic space. So I have to work with what I have.” When asked about her inspirations Majic tells us that she has always loved fairy tale stories and illustrations. Most notably The Fairy Book with illustrations by Warwick Goble “I used to stare at those illustrations and imagine I was in those stoies, I’d carry that darn book with me everywhere”. Majic also tells us she is heavily inspired by the works of Tim Walker and designs of Alexander McQueen. She also loves to garden as a hobby so many of her floral themes come from her love of gardening.
When asked about some of the challenges Majic faces from creating her stunning works of art in such a confined space she tells us: “ There are always challenges for every photoshoot any photographer does. It’s all about trying to work around the things that aren’t working and trying your best. With the series I find that the amount of prep work before the day of the shoot is the most challenging. Also getting all of the things I have in my head to make sense in the real world can also be quite hard. Sometimes I get these huge ideas but then I have to factor in whether it would actually work in the attic. Some of my biggest and craziest ideas are going to come closer to the end of the series and I know that will be a challenge. I have to create so much by hand for the series and this can be time consuming. However, I feel the most at peace when I am sitting alone just creating flower armor out of casting plaster or sewing. On the day of the shoot using the smoke bombs in such a closed space can get pretty intense. As well as using spray paint indoors. I open as many windows as I can. It’s ok though I will suffer for my art” The series garnered quite a lot of viral attention in 2015 and has continued being featured both online and in print. Majic’s series also raised money for a children’s charity. We asked her to tell us a little bit more about the experience of going viral and what her plans are for more charity involvement. “ Going viral was insane. It was just me this little woman in her attic making art. I didn’t even think anyone would care about the images. So it was quite a shock. I wanted to donate to children’s charities because there are so many kids that can’t just dream or play or have an imagination. I owe so much of my art to my childhood and my mom for allowing me to have such a big imagination.” We asked Majic if she really thinks artists can create in any space here’s what she had to say: “Absolutely! for a long time I thought I would never create anything worth while unless I had a huge budget and an amazing location. I soon learned that I probably wouldn’t create a single thing if I just waited for that to fall into place. I had to brain storm, research and just dig my claws into something even if that meant failing miserably. I am glad I started the series because it has enriched my life in ways I can’t even begin to explain”
Hundreds of wisteris flowers hang from the attic ceiling and dress to create “Wisteria Princess”
THE WISTERIA PRINCESS Model | Brianna B Make up by Katie Foster Hair by Jillian Di Bernardo
THE BEE KEEPER Model | Amanda B Make up by Katie Foster Hair by Jillian Di Bernardo
Honey drips down the models neck and arms. Incased in her corset’s pendant sits real bee’s that have died from natural causes. The real insects are used as a way to connect the indoor garden world to nature.
THE GARDEN WARRIOR Model | Nicole K Make up by Nicole K Hair by Lidia Majic
The wearrior in the series was created in honor of a loved one in Majic’s life who has been terminally ill for six years.
Smoke bombs are set off in the attic space to create depth and a burst of color.
THE BEE KEEPER Model | Amanda B Make up by Katie Foster Hair by Jillian Di Bernardo
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Webs envelope the garden as the queen of the garden awakes. Inspired by Sleeping Beauty. THE QUEEN AWAKES Model | Melora D Make up by | Melora D
THE ICE QUEEN Model | Marissa F Make up Katie Foster Hair by Jillian Di Bernardo
The first in the series. A dress hand beaded with hundreds of jewels. The Ice Queen starts the series with a frost. Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Snow Queen”
MADAME PAPILLON model | Alyssa W Hair | Jillian Di Bernar Make-up | Katie Foster
Model holds real butterflies in her hands as others are draped in her hair and peek out from her armor.
THE GARDEN STORY WEAVER Model | Vanessa B Make up Lee Anne WIlson Hair by Adria Di Magio
Book pages decorate a skirt to create the story teller of the garden. Inspired by Alice in Wonderland and Alice and the Looking Glass.
BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK
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BARCELONA
IS BARCELONA THE BEST PLACE
ARTISTIC INSPIRATION?
ON EARTH FOR
Are those giant ginger bread houses? Nope! They are the magnificent architecure / art works of the legendary Antoni Gaudi. When you first walk into the now busy and overcrowded Park Guell you are swept away into some twisted fantasy. Like Alice you have just fallen far down the rabbit hole. Swarming with tourists you have to wait until your time slot to actually enter. You’ll wait around large walls with flowers puking everywhere. The walls are twisted and caved. You’ll wonder how the heck it was even constructed. Once your in you will walk into tunnels that feel like the best acid trip you’ve ever had, even if you have never done illicit drugs. Like I said “Alice down the rabbit hole”. You’ll stroll along walls created out of tiles. Beautiful tiles that will remind you of some fancy bathtub or an english tea cup.
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You work your way passed the camera toting tourists and find yourself amongst the real life ginger bread houses. These amazing structures that you remember seeing in a Grimms Brothers story. You know the one where the kids throw a witch in an oven? Hansel and Gretal. You are automatically transported to a childs world and the brilliance of a man who dared to build his imagination in real life.
That’s not all though. The entire city is filled with colors extrodinaire. Every which way is a building to behold. A painter can sit with his brushes and easel at the the Sagrada Familia park. In awe and wonder of the churche’s gothic and some what macbre appearance. In the summer the bright purple blossoms will catch any artists eye. The avid photographer can be spotted every which way. Snapping at the Arc de Triomf, the sketcher sitting with her pencis and sketch book drawing the many happy children that one can spot Prancing down the street. A unique and twisted building standing tall behind them.
Thats not all! Salvador Dali was somewhat obsessed with Barcelona too. Does this mean that all artist should be attracted to this place if all the greats were? Dali’s house is a really hot place to see if your in Barcelona. It’s a museum in Cadaques, Spain about a 2 hr drive from Barcelona. The best feature of his quaint and funny house is his penis shaped pool. He’s not in Barcelona as much as Gaudi but every once in awhile you feel and see the humour of Dali in the streets. It’s not only the fact that art is literally in your face 24/7 in Barcelona but that it’s people, it’s food and it’s entire culture is so diverse and so artistic in itself. Give someone a year in Barcelona and they’d be a better artist for it.
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Credits | Chelsey Sinclair @chelsey_sinclair
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Justin Rosenberg
THE INCREDIBLE MIND BEHIND THE MOST HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL VISUAL STORIES
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ravery and vulnerability are themes that play an integral part in Justin Rosenberg’s dark and alluring visul stories. Every emotion runs high and deep in Rosenberg’s work. It’s easy for the viewer to get lost in his world and even find parts of themselves within those worlds. We had the pleasure of getting a glimpse into the mind that forges these powerful human emotions into atmospheric visul stories.
When talking about themes in Rosenberg’s work he tell us: “ I like to explore themes like vulnerability, solitude, nat- ure, bravery, empowerment, and cognitive dissonance. Rosenberg has found a way to channel his own medical history and struggles with Crohn’s Disease into his art. He tells us about his inspirations and what influences him to create. “First and foremost, I’d have to say music and lyrics. Nature and the environment are a big source of inspiration, particularly cold and dreary locations (no offense to the tropical beaches of the world, those are lovely too .. just not my cup of tea). I’d say horror/thriller movies too. I don’t actually watch a lot of them but I love the emotions even a well done promo poster can bring up. My own medical history and the struggles I’ve gone through with having Crohn’s Disease for the past 16 years has been a motivating factor in my art. Rosenberg continued to explore his own personal experience with Crohn’s Disease through his haunting series where his sub- jects are photographed contorted and twisted revealing extra limbs. We asked Rosenberg to tell us more about the series: “It started out as done purely for the visual component, without a deeper meaning (i.e., I just liked the way they looked). Over time (and a lot of self-reflection) I think these stem from my own medical experiences and how many times I’ve been cut open and put back together. I don’t have any extra limbs but having Crohn’s disease since 2001, I’ve had my fair share of related surgeries (including having my large intestine removed in 2011).” Rosenberg also explores nature and the outdoors. His relation- ship with the environment is apparent in his work. We asked Rosenberg to tell us a bit about photographing in nature.
“Aside from the obvious answer of ‘I just love being outside’. I think it ties in my love of exploring themes of vulnerability and bravery. Although a lot of my human/landscape work feels dark and foreboding, I like to think that there’s a harmonious element to them. Although there is a harshness to the outdoors, especially some of the colder/snowier landscapes, I want the viewer to feel that the human subject is at peace in the moment (as cold as they may be). For lack of a better word, I try to convey a sort of “zen” amidst the underlying chaos of nature.” When asking about how an idea is concieved Rosenberg tells us: “It tends to vary from shoot to shoot. Some are planned out and connected in advance and based specifically on location/ wardrobe, etc. For others, it’s literally run-and-gun situations. I obsessively check weather apps to keep an eye out for rain/snow/ fog. While a lot of my friends use those things as reasons to make hot chocolate and watch netflix, I tend to point my car towards inclement weather.” Rosenberg has found a way to create through his own personal health struggles so we asked him about any other challenges he has had to face both as a photographer and artist. “I’ve always gravitated towards darker aesthetics but for many years I was worried that others wouldn’t appreciate it, so I would rarely shoot the concepts that made me happy. A few years ago, I had that realization that it’s ok that not everyone will appreciate what you do and learned to instead focus on the ones that do.” We asked Rosenberg if he had any words of advice for the new photographer: “Shoot what you’re passionate about!” www.jsrphotos.com facebook.com/jsrphotos @jsrphotos (Instagram)
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Maja Kostic ENTER HER FANTASTICAL SURREAL WORLD
Maja Kostić an artist born in Podgorica
Montenegro uses her art as a personal diary. A way to connect her feelings, emotions and exploration through a visual diary instead of a written one. Kostić started drawing at an early age. As an introvert she regularly observed her surroundings and drew waht she saw. We sat down with Maja to talk about her hypnotic surreal art. Kostić tells us about the best advice she ever recieved and what her art mean to her:
“The most important advice I’ve ever received:
Do not neglect the basics, even if you are very confident as an artist neglecting basic principles like colour theory, anatomy, or perspective on the pretext of ‘This is my style, and this is what I want to do’ is a sure path to stopping your development. Investing the time and effort to get the basics right and practicing them will lead your work to new heights. You will also know much better when you can afford to break the rules and when you shouldn’t. Aside from that, in order to make something into ‘true’ art you need to truly capture it’s essence and in order to do that you have to know how something works and moves according to certain feelings it has, to break it apart and put it back together again. So I practiced a lot. I stopped thinking about my own level of skill as a limit to what I can create. On the contrary, I saw it as one of the many resources I can put to use. More and more, I’ve started to see the essence in my art. Technical skill will increase over Gme even more, as long as I conGnue to create, but more than anything, I aspire to be more honest and straight forward with my art, and proudly share more of it.”
Kostić explains her evolution as an artist from drawing to graphic design “I’ve always been into illustraGon. However, graphic design appeared as an opportunity to try my hand in a field somewhat foreign to me. Photography, design for print or web, animation, image- making. I believe that in o
life – things that he is not fully familiar and confident with. It really opens your mind. In the year 2010, I started studying at the University Mediteran, department of Visual Arts, as a graphic designer. Until then, I’d considered drawing a hobby and only shared what I drew with friends. While pursuing a career in design has enabled me to improve my skills to a much larger degree than I could have ever reached as a hobbyist, it wasn’t entirely free of struggle. Trying to build a career in the design industry brings with it a constant pressure to be active, to have a solid online presence, and to keep an updated portfolio. This is often hard to reconcile with personal projects, which require a large amount of work to be developed in parallel. While I never once considered quitting, there have been many time when I found myself hesitating. So, with my friend, we founded NGO “AUT” - alternaGve centre for youth needs. NGO AUT is providing support to young alternaGve arGsts, with the goal to promote the importance of art to the development of healthy individuals through non-formal education, as well as promoGon of contemporary ideas and human rights through art. Our goal is to create a link between young people and European and global trends in art, thus expanding their horizons and opening them up to new and unknown possibilities. We asked Kostić to tell us a bit about the themes and inspirations behind her art. “My work process is a bit different. Everything I make starts as a hand-drawn black and white illustraGon. I use fine line ink pens or liquid ink. That finished drawing is one artwork in on itself. AYer that I scan it and later process the colours via programs I acquired as a graphic designer. That creates another version of my iniGal idea. AYer that I might retouch it again... and again, creaGng several pieces in the process. Depending on the topic and complexity, the making of a piece of art can last from a few hours up to several days and range from a single drawing up to many, many more.”
“When it comes to both inspiration-searching and sharing your works online, the internet is a double- edged sword. On the one hand, we are exposed to so much knowledge and visual information every day. This can inspire creatiives into making unique and deep works, things that seemingly do not match, but they still manage to blend them well, creating a harmony. On the other hand, seeing so many finished, polished works by professionals or semi-professionals online can cause a lot of frustration. You only see the ultimate result, not the tedious process, trials and errors, which actually lead to that splendid result. It can discourage, and it has discouraged me. I find the creative capacity of people and nature itself fascinating. From an early age, I read about fairy tales, myths and legends, I liked to wander around nature and explore, and these themes still never fail to inspire me. As I grew up, I began to take interest in philosophical studies and writtings, many dealing with shamanism and ancient cultures, especially Japanese and Nordic. In recent years, I find inpiration mainly in my dreams/meditation, music, nature, and personal life events. Whenever I feel like I’m losing focus on my art I go back to those moments and stories.” When asked about advice she would give to an artist starting out Kostić says: “Put your heart and soul into your work, and lose your mind in the process. You are under no obligation to make sense to anyone. Art isn’t only a painting. Art is anything that’s creative, passionate, and personal. An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally. Think of creativity as a sentient privilege. We are blessed with the desire and ability to shape our world in an attempt to understand it better, to explore the light and shade of our existence. Art is a personal thing that changes the recipient. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator. The medium doesn’t matter. The intent does. Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another. So, be brave.”
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ou would be hard pressed to find a single artist who didin’t want credit for their art. Truth be told this may come as a shock but there is this magical place called royalty free stock art and imagery. Completely free for commercial use. Every once in awhile it becomes that place for inspiration. Who are the artists behind the images? the paintings the sketch? A better question is how have they let go of the big ego (that every artist carries in their back pocket)? How are they so open to making the world a better place by allowing people like us to share art and use it in a broader sense? These are a few pieces of art we stumbled upon completely free for us to use. If this is your art get at us we will interview you!
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ARTEMISA SPRING 2017
ARTEMISA SPRING 2017
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ARTEMISA SPRING 2017 ARTEMESIA SPRING 2017
WHAT WE ARE ABOUT
AND HOW YOU CAN BE PART OF IT
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rtemisa is all about the modern artist. We aren’t stuck up we are open, loving and accepting. the artists we feature are the new breed. Artists with a new way of thinking and feeling.Pushing themselves beyond. We believe that art is more then just being inspired and creative. We believe art is more then exhibits and critisism. It’s a world that artists put themselves directly in. Worlds that can only be brought to reality through their eyes, their hands & their imaginations. If your about what we’re about we’d love to hear from you. We interview artists of every kind in our magazine. If you have an art story to pitch by all means pitch it. Feel free to submit to us anytime at artmemisamagazine@gmail.com
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