Archive for October 20, 2014

Artist of the moment……Rudi Baerwind

 

 

Rudi Baerwind was a German artist renown for his abstract paintings. Rudi Baerwind was born in Mannheim, Germany in the year 1910. For his artistic education Baerwind attended the Munich Art Academy, the Berlin Art Academy, and the Academy of Fernand Leger based out of Paris, France.

The artist was a prisoner of war in World War Two and his works confiscated and destroyed.

Baerwind was influenced by the Art Informal movement.

The artist flourished during the 1950s and 1960s.

 

Rudi Baerwind passed away in 1982 at the age of 70 years old.

Price range information: Sorry none available.

Another artist with a great sense of color who is very bold in his finished works.

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Artist of the moment……Street Artist MOMO

 

Street artist MOMO creates wonderful minimalist and abstract works and is based out of Manhattan Beach, California.

MOMO was born in San Francisco, California.

The artist has published a book. He has also worked with foot apparel company Adidas in designing footwear.

MOMO has even created art that is interactive and meant to be seen on a smart phone with an app. The viewer points their camera to the art and once recognized some pieces of the artwork become 3d. This work was done in St. Louis, Missouri.

Price range information: Sorry none available.

 

In this clip we view the artist at work on a building:

What a great use of color and shapes!

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