Peter Zelei, Hungary
The City of Angels 3
Photography
27.6 H x 41.3 W x 0 in
Private collection
Peter Zelei is a Hungarian visual artist who specializes in portraits, conceptual imagery, landscapes and also photo manipulations. From his use of colour and surreality, he creates a reality found only in his imagination, but with an emotion that is undeniably human. He explores the divide between darkness and light, unafraid to explore themes that others may find uncomfortable. He exposes the rawness, surreality, mysticism and poetry of his surroundings. His photographs and photo manipulations are created within an immense subtleness and ease. They take the observer on a journey into the most intimate realms of the human experience. Tina Lorien (Gallerie Lorien)
Zdzislaw Beksinski
Untitled, Beksinski Cross, mid 1960's
Painting
Zdzisław Beksiński, (24 February 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Polish painter, photographer and sculptor, specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism. Beksiński did his paintings and drawings in what he called either a 'Baroque' or a 'Gothic' manner.
Beksiński was born in Sanok, southern Poland. He studied architecture in Kraków. In 1955, he completed his studies and returned to Sanok, working as a construction site supervisor, but found out he did not enjoy it. During this period, he had an interest in montage photography, sculpting and painting. When he first started his sculpting, he would often use his construction site materials for his medium. His early photography would be a precursor to his later paintings often depicting peculiar wrinkles, desolate landscapes and still-life faces on rough surfaces. His paintings often depict anxiety, such as torn doll faces, faces erased or obscured by bandages wrapped around the portrait. His main focus was on abstract painting, although it seems his works in the 1960s were inspired by Surrealism
Beksiński was stabbed to death at his Warsaw apartment in February 2005 by a 19-year-old acquaintance from Wołomin, reportedly because he refused to lend the teenager money. More on Zdzisław Beksiński
Peter Zelei, Hungary
Black Roses
Photography
Private collection
The magic of Black roses has attracted our attention for centuries. They appear to originate from a fairytale world. Their improbable and "unnatural" color inspires a powerful feeling of mystical expectation.
The color black has always been synonymous with death and mourning. It is thus the color of sadness and farewell. So, many people consider black roses to symbolize bereavement, loss and mortality. They are often used at funerals. A single black rose might be sent by a close friend and/or loved one leaving for a war or on a journey from which he did not expect to return. More on Black roses
Peter Zelei, Hungary, see above
Peter Zelei, Hungary
Whoever Drinks My Blood, Caroline Madison
Photography
Private collection
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.…
Peter Zelei, Hungary, see above
Gabriel Corcuera Zubillaga
Barbara like a Saint
Private collection
Saint Barbara is a former Christian saint and virgin
martyr believed to have lived in Asia Minor in the 3rd century. Her story dates
to the 7th century and is retold in the Golden Legend. It is as follows:
Dioscurus, the father of Barbara, was a heartless nobleman who had a tower
built so that he could lock his daughter away to deter suitors. At first the
tower only had two windows; however, Barbara persuaded the workmen to add a
third when her father wasn't looking. She also secretly admitted a priest
disguised as a doctor, who baptized her to become Christian. When her father
returned, Barbara declared that the three windows symbolized the Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost who ignited her soul. Dioscurus grew enraged and chased his
daughter who had fled the tower. She hid in the crevice of a rock; however, a
shepherd told her father of her hiding place. Once found, Barbara was dragged
out by the hair and beaten by her father who next handed her over to the Roman
authorities. She refused to renounce her Christian beliefs and was tortured.
Miraculously, at the moment of her execution by her father's sword, he was
struck by lightning, his body devoured by fire. More on Saint
Barbara
Gabriel's work explores the beauty of human beings and attempts to celebrate them as they are, moving away from overstylized, romanticised versions whilst retaining a sense of mystery, driven by desires and openly vulnerable his figures when most powerful enrich and inspire. More on Gabriel Corcuera Zubillaga
King Herod (Charles Laughton) is the king of Galilee, and makes the government a den of orgy, injustice and corruption. John the Baptist (Alan Badel) and the followers of Jesus fight against him, denouncing the atrocities. The beautiful Salome (Rita Hayworth), daughter of the wife of Herod lives with them. His mother, Herodias (Judith Anderson) asks the head of John the Baptist, but it is not heard, because Herod fears the popular action. Unhappy, Herodias will use his daughter Salome to get what she wants. John the Baptist is arrested and beheaded. Although based on the New Testament story, the film does not follow the Bible text strictly. Note: The original soundtrack was by: George Duning, dance music by: Daniele Amfitheatrof and cinematography by Charles Lang. Music used in this video: Belly Dance - Classic Hassan Dance of the Seven Veils The dance of the seven veils is one of the most famous, beautiful and mysterious primitive rites. Although many people believe that it is the oldest version of striptease, the dance was not exclusively erotic. It was not practiced in fertilization rites, but by the priestesses within the temples of the Egyptian Goddess Isis. . The priestess offered the dance to the Goddess Isis, who in it exists, and gives her beauty and strength. This dance was performed in honor of the dead. The priestesses, in their temples, removed not only the veils, but all the props upon their body, to symbolize their entrance into the world of the dead without attachment to material goods. The Dance of the Seven Veils can also be performed in honor of the Babylonian Goddess Ishtar or Astarte, goddess of love and fertility. According to the Babylonians, Tammuz, his beloved would have lost his life and taken to the kingdom of Hades, the underworld, and Ishtar, out of love, decided to go to the kingdom of Hades as well. Determined, Ishtar crossed the seven portals of the underworld, and in each portal left one of her belongings: a veil or a jewel (each representing one of its seven attributes: beauty, love, health, fertility, power, magic, and dominion on the seasons of the year). The veil would represent what we hide from others and from ourselves. By leaving the veils Ishtar reveals his truth and manages to unite with Tammuz. Later it came to symbolize the seven colors of the rainbow, the seven planets known at the time (which are represented in dance as possessing qualities and defects that influence the temperament of the people) and the seven chakras (energetic points of the human body). Thereby, the dance was performed by dancers, who simply removed the veils. The withdrawal and fall of each veil, mean the opening of the eyes, the fall of the sale, which awakens the woman's consciousness. And spiritual evolution. There is also another version that says that the Dance of the Seven Veils is a Hollywood dance (Salome) that was joined to the belly dance gaining fame and spreading with her. However, it should be emphasized that, speaking of belly dancing, there is no truth and no absolute lie. The dancer wraps herself with the seven veils. The veils can be of the following colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, lilac, white. The garment of the belly dance, under the seven veils, should preferably be of a light, soft color More on this Video
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