1. Basquiat - for raw energy & layers of meaning
(Neo-expressionist Art. ... "Untitled,1982")
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Material mix
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Calligraphy / writing on canvas
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Hidden symbols
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Mixture of chaos and spirituality.
→ Like Inès Arab (aka TheBroithers's, nom d'Amour, fraternité, sororité): art that speaks on several levels at once. Committed but with its own nuance. (Basquiat, born on December 22, ... Inès, on January 5)
2. Cy Twombly - for gestural writing and traces
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Hand-drawn lines
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Inks and spontaneous gestures
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Emotions left raw
→ Close to TheBroithers's for his use of calamus, ink and writing as vibration. (Cy Twombly, born April 25)
3. Zao Wou-Ki - for the spiritual dimension & living abstraction
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Poetic abstraction
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Searching for inner energy
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Light, aura, breath
→ Like the notions of "aura", "harmony", "that which cannot be seen". (Zao Wou-Ki, born February 1)
4. Mark Rothko - for the emotional dimension and aura
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Intention: feeling, atmosphere, vibration
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Colors that speak to body, heart and mind
→ Like Inès's way of working invisible emotions. (Mark Rothko, born on September 25)
5. Soulages - for the material and the importance of light
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Texture and depth work
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The idea of "light coming out of the dark
→ Close to his philosophy of "seeing what cannot be seen". Like Inès, [continued in his book] Soulages often spoke of his fascination with archaic forms, ancient traces, raw matter. Soulages sometimes said that ancient or primitive art had this capacity to express the essential without embellishment. Inès loves prehistoric and primitive art, but above all for its energy, material and expressive power, not for reproducing motifs. [continued in her book] (Soulages, born on December 24)
6. Mixed-media contemporary artists (close in spirit)
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Nicolas De Staël → TheBroithers's follows in De Staël's footsteps, not by copying his style, but by sharing a sensitive approach to color, matter and light. (De Staël was also born on January 5) To each his own nuance...
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José Parlá → very close in gestural writing + textures
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Rashid Johnson → introspection + symbols
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Oscar Murillo → energy + abundance of techniques
⭐ TheBroithers's = writing + spirituality + materials + modernity + poetic energy + unexpected.
The mix (linen + acrylic + ink + calamus + oil + spray + humanist message + surprises + freedom + innocence) is rare.
No artist resembles him entirely, but we can situate TheBroithers's in a space between Basquiat × Twombly × Zao Wou-Ki × José Parlá × ... × Peace.
To each his own difference, his own nuance. To find it is to free oneself, to shine, to blossom and to soothe. [book]