Diana Avgusta Stauer
Japanese Style
Diana Avgusta Stauer
Japanese Style
Japanese Style - Art Informel. The Artist created this collection in her unique and unconventional way. The pictorial style used in Japanese Style art collection is known as “Informalism” or “Art Informel” (a pictorial movement that includes all the abstract and gestural tendencies that developed in France and the rest of Europe during the World War II parallel to American abstract expressionism). Within this tendency, the artist set free the power of creative expression to the unforeseen quality of materials (a taste for stains or chance) and randomness of gestures, as opposed to the controlled traditional concept of painting and its development via sketches and projects. It’s an open work that a spectator can use his/her imagination to read.
HENRI MICHAUX, INK AND OIL ON PAPER, SIGNED AND EXECUTED 1974.
The pictorial adventure is completely new; instead of going from the meaning to constructing the corresponding signs, the artist begins with the making of signs and gives the corresponding meaning. In the artwork series “Tokyo", the characters resembling japanese characters lead to the visual
impression of japanese street signs, although in fact here the language is further deconstructed, allowing for a universal interpretation of a private language of the subconscience of who is seeing the artwork.
Plastic characteristics of D.A.Stauer’s style: - Spontaneity of the Gesture, - Automatism, - Expression through the use of material, - Nonexistence of preconceived ideas, - Experience of generating ideas in the process of creation, - Work is the place and the privileged moment whereby the artist discovers herself; - Exploring of the object for the representation of the theme becomes the artistic search leading to the creation of the unique painting, - Simultaneous creation of artworks, - Calligraphic Abstraction, - Connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past.
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Japanese art and culture is very unique, and it has left an important imprint in me. My inspiration for the art collection “Japanese Style� comes from the memories of visiting Japan. I am very open to experience and learn something new. I loved wearing my Kimono, talk to local people, inhale the air of their traditions and taste their amazing authentic cuisine. Diana Avgusta Stauer
Japanese Style Featured artwork groups
Golden Pavilion.
Tokyo
Japanese Wave
Kenzo
Diana Avgusta Stauer (D.A.Stauer) internationally known for her immense art and cultural achievements as well as an adventurous world traveller and beauty queen, with her experience in modeling, acting, journalism, literature and art. The artist D.A.Stauer has gained support of the international media. In fact, she has been able to express her ideas in art freely and unapologetically. Her artworks have been exhibited throughout the world, impacting cities like Milan, Venice, Paris, Shanghai, Ankara, and Miami. The artist describes her art collection as follows: “Most of all I loved Kyoto Golden pavilion. That influence is seen through in the artworks that are created with the inspiration of the Golden Pavilion Interiors. The Japanese waves diptych is created as an admiration of the
Diana Avgusta Stauer. Artwork name: Japanese wave 1. Acrylic on Wood (Pine) 48×32 inches. 2018, USA.
Pacific Ocean, that I have been able to admire on various occasions. The triptych Tokyo is colorful and very vibrant as the Japanese Capital itself. Finally, amazing bright colors collection of artworks will remind you Kenzo. Indeed, there has never been a moment in history when art
and fashion were as close as they are now. I created this collection as a zen meditation filling it with positive energy. And I hope that it will take you to a wonderful journey and somewhere between the Sakura blossom and Japanese waves your soul will find peace.”
Selected Group and Personal Exhibitions 2018 - ART MIAMI SOBE Exhibition, Red Square Art Gallery, South Beach Miami. 2018 - CONTEMPORARY ART Exhibition, Red Square Art Gallery, Sunny Isles, Miami. 2017 - ART BASEL MIAMI, Art Connection Art Gallery, Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami. 2017 - “Il Libro - La Lettura”, Milan. “In-Flusso” art movement. 2017 - "Femmes Battues", Mairie de Paris, Paris, France. 2016 - “Riso e rane”, Milan. “In-Flusso” art movement. 2016 - “CONTEMPORARY ART TO VENICE", Mazzoleni Foundation Art Gallery, Venice, Italy. 2016 - “Ladies of the world against violence”. Art Ankara, Ankara, Turkey. Art fair. The artist represented by Firca Art Gallery. 2016 - “Impulsi Segreti”, Milan.“In-Flusso” art movement.
When I create my art, I live it through…
Diana Avgusta Stauer
2016 - Installation of the artwork "Silence Kills" on the Wall of Dolls in Porta Ticinese, Milan. 2015 - “Ladies of the world against violence”. Personal Exhibition. Firca Art Gallery, Ankara. 2015 - "Arte senza confini. Cibo Dell’Anima", EXPO in the City, Italy. 2015 - "CONTEMPORARY VISIONS. Italian Artists in China". Shanghai, SPSI Museum, China. 2015 - "CONTEMPORARY VISIONS. Esperienze di confine tra realtà e immaginazione". Milan, SpazioBorgogno, Italy. IGAV. 2015 - “Trentasei segni e colori d’amore”, Palazzo Binelli, Carrara, Italy. 2014 - “Ladies of the world against violence”, The SPACE, Milan, Italy. 2014 - VISIONS IN CERTOSA. Artisti Italiani a Capri, Certosa di San Giacomo, Capri, Italy. 2014 - "Rosso di Maggio", Comune di Gattinara (Vercelli), Italy. 2014 - "Nuovi elmi contro la barbarie", “In-Flusso” art movement, Fiera di Mobili, Milan, Italy. 2014 - "Magic of Colours", Milan Design Week, Palazzo Cusani, Milan, Italy. 2014 - Play Time Collection, Fiera di Mobili, Milan, Italy. 2013 - Live painting performance at ROXY Bar TV di Red Ronnie, Bologna, Italy. 2013 - Play Time Collection,Fiera di Mobili, Milan, Italy.
Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The inspiration of the artist is Kinkakuji (⾦金金閣寺, Golden Pavilion), a Zen temple in Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf.
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Golden Pavilion
Kyoto is a very special place for the heart and soul of a traveller who is interested into seeing Japan without its modern ‘make-up�. It is where you still find women wearing kimono, traditional reckans (hotels in japanese style), bus drivers wearing white gloves and very well preserved cultural heritage sites. It is a city filled with over 2,000 temples and shrines. However, it is Kinkakuji or the Golden Pavilion, that is world-famous, located in the northwestern part of the city. Built by the Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, in 1398, this UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the Buddhist temple’s main buildings is famous for its top two floors completely covered in gold leaf overlooking a pond and surrounded by a beautiful garden. Few people know, however, of its unique and unforgettable golden interiors. I personally find it flabbergasting revelation of the oriental wisdom coming from the simple and at times naive decorative designs on the sliding doors and walls in the traditional japanese style. So beautiful and yet fragile, Golden Pavilion found its reflection in the Golden Pavilion art series of the Japanese Collection, made with loving memories of Kyoto. D.A.Stauer
Golden Pavilion. Sakura Blossom.
Artwork name: Golden Pavilion. Sakura Blossom Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic, Oil Colours on Wood (Pine) 48Ă—32 inches 2018, Florida
Find a small panda sitting and admiring cherry blossom in the right corner of the painting.
Golden Pavilion. Sakura Blossom.
Golden Pavilion. Tiger. Artwork name: Golden Pavilion. Tiger. Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic, Oil Colours on Wood (Pine) 48×32 inches
How many tigers do you see?
Golden Pavilion. Tiger.
Golden Pavilion. Dragon.
Artwork name: Golden Pavilion. Dragon. Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic, Oil Colours on Wood (Pine) 48Ă—32 inches
Find a dragon flying over the forests, rivers and mountains.
Golden Pavilion. Dragon.
Golden Pavilion. Japanese Gardens. Artwork name: Golden Pavilion. Japanese Gardens. Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic, Oil Colours on Wood (Pine) 48Ă—32 inches
Find waterfalls, colorful foliage of plants and rocks in the painting.
Golden Pavilion. Japanese Gardens.
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Tokyo
What kind of image does Tokyo present in your mind?
most of their time in the cyberspace, and in real life has
Extremely digitalized, neo-formal futuristic culture… Indeed, it is difficult to summarize in a few words what it is like to find yourself in the very heart of Tokyo.
robot-pets and want to look like anime-cartoon characters.
Perhaps, it is resembling a rainbow explosion of colours; yet still kind of closed to outsiders, a refined, yet cold glacier.
Tokyo is not just a city. It is an unforgettable
History of Tokyo, originally named Edo, stretches back some 400 years of eventful past. However, it is just in the recent past - 1980-s that the Japanese capital first began to attract global attention, when its creativity blossomed to give birth to a unique culture. Having passed through earthquake disasters and economic recessions, a platform upon which to seek ways to create the next culture is finally coming together. Tokyo series artworks consist of two elements that allow the viewer to 'sense' Tokyo afresh. One presents images of vibrant streets with their colorful commercials, while the other “smudges” the edges of contemporary life-style where tradition integrates with modern technologies, admiration of the untouched nature with high-tech and commercial success with carrier - driven megalopolis population who spend
experience, incredible mix of the past and the future, amazing colors, lights, striking fashion, and a non-stop movement in all directions. Something changed in me while in Tokyo. I understood that a part of my heart is staying there. I understood that I need to come back to Japan… D.A.Stauer
Artwork name: Tokyo 1 Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic on Wood 48×32 inches 2018, Florida
Artwork name: Tokyo 2 Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic on Wood 48×32 inches 2018, Florida
Artwork name: Tokyo 3 Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic on Wood 48×32 inches 2018, Florida
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Japanese Wave
The amazing icon of the world art -“The Great Wave of Kanawaga”- was my awakening muse for the creation of this series which I called “Japanese Wave”. I’m pleased to tell you that “The Great Wave” gave impulse to some great minds. For example, this jewel of Japanese art, have inspired Debussy’s La Mer (The Sea) and Rilke’s Der Berg (The Mountain). Quite recently, the curator at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Jocelyn Bouquillard, outlined Hokusai’s development of landscape prints, technical skills and creating processes in Hokusai’s Mount Fuji: The Complete Views in Colour, providing several statements about how Japanese culture and historical events influenced Hokusai’s creations as well as how he has been internationally perceived by the Western arts world, which is quite interesting. Katsushika Hokusai cleverly played with perspective to make mountain Fuji appear as a small triangular within the hollow of the cresting wave. The artist innovation was the use of a palette of indigo and the beautiful dark blue pigment called Prussian Blue, which was a new material at the time, imported from England through China. You won’t see me copy neither form nor colors. I merely used the same metaphor: the great wave makes us remember the irresistible force of nature as compared to the weakness of human beings.
Artwork name: Japanese wave 1 Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic on Wood (Pine) 48Ă—32 inches 2018, Florida
Artwork name: Japanese wave 2 Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic on Wood (Pine) 48Ă—32 inches 2018, Florida
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KENZO
Kenzo is a French luxury house founded in 1970 by Japanese designer Kenzo Takada. Kenzo Takada was born in Japan and moved to Paris in 1964 to start his fashion career. He then became known for using Asian and Japanese influenced style with the expert construction of European high fashion. I personally love Kenzo fashion style and admire the choice of colors and prints for the house fashion collections. I do believe that we are witnessing a unique historical period becoming one.
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The courage of the designers to raise their level of creativity to pure art is, above all, unprecedental and it to be admired. It is amazing that Kenzo used the Hokusai’s wave and tiger/jungle prints this year. I was surprised to see that my art is very much in parallel with Kenzo collection. So, I dedicated a special series to “Kenzo”, because I admire this distinct Japanese spirit in fashion. D.A.Stauer
Artwork name: KenzoJungle 1, Kenzo-Jungle 2. Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic on Wood 48Ă—32 inches (each artwork) 2018, Florida
Artwork name: Kenzo-Waves 1, Kenzo-Waves 2. Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic on Wood 48Ă—32 inches (each artwork) 2018, Florida
Artwork name: KenzoColors. Artist: D.A.Stauer Acrylic on Wood 48×32 inches 2018, Florida
Text by Yam H. Preisler and Diana Avgusta Stauer. Photography of the artist by Xavier Dollin, France. Photography of the artworks by Yam H. Preisler, USA. Photography of the Japanese gardens landscapes by Yam H. Preisler, USA.
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