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The Unchanged Hand: On the Artistic Mastery of the Cave of Cosquer

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  Author - Brian Hawkeswood.                                                        Nach unten scrollen für die deutsche Übersetzung There are moments in the long contemplation of art when time folds in upon itself, when the distance between twenty-seven millennia and the present hour seems no greater than the space between the eye and the canvas. One stands before the painted animals of the Upper Paleolithic and senses not primitiveness but recognition. The line is assured. The form is understood. The creature breathes. And one realises, perhaps with some discomfort, that the human capacity for artistic perception has altered far less than our technologies would flatter us into believing. Among the most haunting of these early sanctuaries is the submerged cavern known as Cosquer Cave , hidden for tens of thousands of years along the Mediterr...
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The Village That Painted the World: Why Dafen Grew — and What It Reveals About Us

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  Author- Brian Hawkeswood                                       Nach unten scrollen für die deutsche Übersetzung There is a particular kind of astonishment one feels on first encountering the story of Dafen Village — a place that, at its height, was said to generate over six hundred million US dollars annually by producing hand-painted copies of other people’s art. Not prints. Not posters. Oil paintings. Thousands upon thousands of them. Sunflowers blooming in unison. Water lilies multiplied beyond nature. Starry skies laid down in shifts like factory steel. And one is tempted — as many artists are — to respond with indignation. How is it possible that ordinary painters struggle to sell a single canvas while an industrial enclave built upon imitation thrives? The answer is neither mysterious nor conspiratorial. It is economic, historical, and cultural. And perhaps more revealing abou...
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