THE UNION OF HOPE AND SADNESS: THE ART OF GAIL POTOCKI is a lavish hardcover full of emotionally charged portraits depicting the internationally exhibited artist s subconscious explorations and environmental concerns as physical characters. Full color throughout, with an in-depth exploration of the artwork by Symbolist art historian Thomas Negovan. Also includes essays from Richard Metzger, the host of BBC's Disinformation: the Series, neuroscientist Marina Korsakova-Kreyn, and an introduction by Jim Rose of the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow.
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Brilliant occult portraits from the Symbolist underworld of the 21st Century. More than just paintings, Gail Potocki conducts seances on canvas... ---Grant Morrison, visionary author, psychic revolutionary, and one of Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Creative People in America
A really fantastic artist... It's refreshing to see a modern painter that has a classic, romantic touch and the skills to add a fresh facet of expression to the new period of Realism. ---Robert Williams, legendary controversial painter and founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine.
Gail Potocki's work offers beauty to a world that desperately needs it. With the publication of this book, a truly world class talent's rare gift is now available for everyone to appreciate. ---Richard Metzger, co-founder of The Disinformation Company Ltd., pop culture guru and host of the award-winning BBC television program Disinformation: The Series
A really fantastic artist... It's refreshing to see a modern painter that has a classic, romantic touch and the skills to add a fresh facet of expression to the new period of Realism. ---Robert Williams, legendary controversial painter and founder of Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine.
Gail Potocki's work offers beauty to a world that desperately needs it. With the publication of this book, a truly world class talent's rare gift is now available for everyone to appreciate. ---Richard Metzger, co-founder of The Disinformation Company Ltd., pop culture guru and host of the award-winning BBC television program Disinformation: The Series
About the Author
About the author: Thomas Negovan Since 1999 Thomas Negovan has been curating museum level collections of Art Nouveau and Symbolist art and artifacts as co-founder of Century Guild. As one of the first collectors of the artwork of Gail Potocki, Thomas has applied his understanding of the history of Symbolism to provide a unique insight into the development of her career. He also lectures on the topics of Symbolism and the Berlin Cabaret era. About the artist: Gail Potocki Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1961, Gail Potocki learned to paint in the manner of the Old Masters and has applied her skills to creating contemporary Symbolist imagery. Her artwork has won top honors in several international exhibitions devoted to Symbolism and Surrealism, sharing wall space with artworks by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, H. R. Giger, and Salvador Dali, and has been featured on numerous television programs and in a variety of periodicals, including The Sentimentalist and Juxtapoz Art & Culture magazines.
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A Beautiful Collection of Modern Symbolist Works of Art,
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"The Union of Hope and Sadness" written by Thomas Negovan is a beautifully haunting exploration of the artwork of modern symbolist painter Gail Potocki. The book features a great collection of her art spanning over six years from 1999 to 2006 and reveals some of her inspirations and influences while detailing the symbolic meanings represented in her paintings. In addition to showcasing her paintings, the book also features fascinating insight (by Thomas Negovan and Gail Potocki in the form of commentary on select paintings, but also by Richard Metzger, Jime Rose, and Marina Korsakova-Kreyn in the form of essays) into her creative process.
Stylistically, her work is unusual since it takes the artistry and technique of classical paintings of the 18th and 19th Centuries and infuses them with more contemporary symbolic attributes. In some cases, the works display Gail's own emotional state at the time of creating the fantastic imagery, while at other times its apparent that Gail is showing the world her perspective on various matters such as the detrimental effect of the human population on the environment and ecosystem or the way in which we are all constantly fretting our own mortality, and yet other works are celebratory manifestos exploring the brilliant eccentrics of the past century and their influence on culture. Gail's art is somewhat difficult to describe since many of the words which spring immediately to mind seem contradictory: beautiful, grotesque, sensual, melancholy, innocent, cynical. The figures in her paintings have a life of their own, a complexity, which extends beyond the four corners of the canvas; a complexity which reaches out to the viewer pleading for something unobtainable yet almost within reach, and whether they exude desire, loneliness, hope, despair, or creativity, they always intrigue and provoke. Creating a work of art, in any medium, which possesses the ability to evoke such strong emotions and provoke thought long after viewing it is a sign of a master at work and, in this case, is evidence that Gail's work will be around for many, many years to come.
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gorgeous collection ....,
By W. Flower "walking after midnight" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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I am new to Gail Potocki's work - really love this book. The printing and binding quality is good, and the collection of images is impressive. Short review - I know! Just wanted to give the five stars as feedback. This book would make a great gift for any art lover.
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wow, just wow...,
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Grant Morrison has said good things about Gail Potocki's art, so you know it has to be good! ;)
But in all seriousness, this woman creates really really beautiful works of art. The cover of "Union of Hope and Sadness" should give you a hint of what Gail Potocki can do. This collection was released all the way back in 2006, and Olympian Publishing is promising a second collection of her work will be released sometime in the near future, which will be called "Opened Apples".
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