While I was organizing this exhibition in my mind to be held in France in April or May this year, I suddenly read on the world wide web that the original model for Death comic book charater of Sandman saga named Cinamon Hadley written by Neil Gaiman died on the 6th January 2018.
It struck me on my mind that "death" was gone and that we only "get what anyone gets... you get a lifetime" quoting Mr Neil Gaiman.
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| Cinamon HADLEY being the model for Neil Gaiman's Death comic book character |
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| Cinamon Hadley |
I know that life's a fleeting moment for any being in this planet, I always prefered life above death, because there's happyness in life with Alpha and Omega in a continuous circle of beings that we meet or that we comunicate with.
I know that evil people are everywhere, but why fighting when in the end of this life that we've, we'll all be cosmic dust?
Like I always do in exhibitions that I curate, I've asked for artworks from international artists (since this is my work and this is my life).
Comunicating with them is easy, either in social networks or by email, sometimes I joke with them and they joke with me, because we all know that this life that we've is not fair, since we've to entertain human beings based on how we "see" the world and sometimes this is not "seen" as a job.
To be able to entertain people.
To be able to exhibit your work.
To be able to show who you're.
To be able to show where your roots stand.
For hundreds of years, artists were "seen" by society as outcasts, as people without a voice while living, but after they're dead, they suddenly turn into icons and that's not how I see artists or arts.
This is a puzzle within my heart and soul because I truly believe in the power of women and men that provide life and light in this world that was filled with darkness until the appearance of beings in this planet several millions of years ago, so I've added in this post along with sample artworks by the best artists in the world some pictures of my personal life, Peaky Blinders TV series (that I love a lot) in order to try to write a sort of narrative that could be emotional and fair for this exhibition.
It's a known fact that since the beginning of mankind, writers, poets, artists are good vampires that create worlds within worlds based on what they see with images or words and I know that I'm a vampire also.
Here's a list of some good international "vampires" organized by countries that are helping me in another journey with their awesome artworks (and other international artists are also entering in this boat/journey in the upcoming days):
Argentina
Pablo Burman
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| Mirror looking towards you |
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| Looking towars a mirror |
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| Trapped in a wall |
Teke Teke
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| Cosmic dust |
Martin Arrizalbaga
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| Gazing at the stars |
Dario Mekler
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| Pit and the Pendulum |
Carlos Dearmas
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| Time - Alpha and Omega |
German Genga
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| Snake woman |
Belgium
Christophe Swijsen
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| Snow |
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Why war?
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| A raven |
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| In the trenches? |
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| A pretty woman |
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| A soldier |
Brazil
Douglas P. Lobo
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| What's man? |
Gelson Mallorca
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| What will become of men? |
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| What will become of women? |
Denmark
Henrik Kim Rehr
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| Light in a world |
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| Vultures in shadows |
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| Light |
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| Breathing |
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| A path |
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| A pet's love |
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| Cosmic dust |
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| Human beings |
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| Nature |
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| Fire |
France
Beuh
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| Where are we? |
Isabel Pessoa
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| Memories of a mother - 01 |
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| Memories of a mother - 02 |
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| Memories of a mother - 03 |
Holland
Marcel Rujters
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| Life and death dancing |
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| An ageless song |
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| Circle of life |
Finland
Terhi Ekebom
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| Where are we? |
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| A cure? |
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| sickness |
Japan
John Kurokawa
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| Fallen angel |
Italy
Gianluca Costantini
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| Barcelona message |
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| China message |
Rolando Cicatelli
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| Women as center of life |
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| Women as source of life |
Stefano Zattera
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| Skull Foureyes |
Mexico
Gaston Ortiz
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| No fear |
Poland
Nikodem Cabala
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| Time and choices |
Spain
Daniel Esteve
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| A midsummer's night dream donkey playing hamlet |
Diego Fermin
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| What's an artist? |
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| Who am I? |
Enrico Fiori
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| Love without borders |
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| Bills |
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| Symbol - 01 |
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| Symbol - 02 |
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| Icarus |
Jano
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| No TV |
Javier Olivares
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| A wounded man |
Jon Ander Azaola
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| Bleeding heart |
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| A circle |
Ruben Pellejero
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| Ressurection |
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| Life and light |
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| What am I doing here? |
Sancho Retáblez
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| Am I a machine? |
Toni Benages Gallard
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| Are you for real? |
Sweden
Lars Erik Sjunesson
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| Heart's beating |
Max Andersson
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| Rope |
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| Car boy |
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| Life playing with death |
Nicolas Krizan
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| Burning sun |
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| Ashes |
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| Fire |
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| Flames |
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| Birth |
U.S.A
Brian Biggs
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| Dia de los muertos |
Bill Koeb
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| Life |
Danielle Otraki
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| "Purity" |
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| "Capitulation" |
Jon Kutzer
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| What am I doing? |
Mark Wheatley
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| Where's my mother? |
Being a world wide art exhibitions curator with help by several international artists makes my mind spin and spin and as a simple (human) being in this universe, I love to figure out how to prepare exhibitions with artworks on printed papers and a tiny bit of who I am, so sometimes it seems that I'm dealing cards thinking on how to join all the tiny dots working and living my own personal life at public coffeeshops where "real" life is while trying to communicate with everybody in the best possible way that I can.
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| Samples display - 01 |
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| Samples display - 02 |
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| Samples display - 03 |
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| Samples display - 04 |
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| Samples display - 05 |
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| Samples display - 06 |
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| Samples display - 07 |
After the samples artworks gathered I glue all of them with some personal images of my own life in order to create a puzzle within a narrative that should make sense in my mind as the samples that they're for this or any other exhibition that I've curated or will curate in the upcoming future with help by international artists.
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| Personalized Samples - 01 |
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| Personalized Samples - 02 |
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| Personalized Samples - 03 |
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| Personalized Samples - 04 |
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| Personalized Samples - 05 |
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| Personalized Samples - 06 |
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| Personalized Samples - 07 |
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| Personalized Samples - 08 |
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| Personalized Samples - 09 |
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| Personalized Samples - 10 |
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| Personalized Samples - 11 |
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| Personalized Samples - 12 |
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| Personalized Samples - 13 |
I truly believe that we as human beings are inspired by what we see or watch in our own professional work.
I just love Peaky Blinders Tv Series, where love and family is above everything in the world, because in this series, we clearly can watch and see life messages, its beginning and its end in a vicious circle with simple human beings who love what they're and their purpose in life by being mere characters in a Tv show while playing some part in life.
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| 01 |
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| Angel or devil? |
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| 02 |
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| Remembrance |
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| Fog |
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| The kill |
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| A talk |
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| Shadows |
I also love to put a bit of my personal life in what I write, because since I was a child until now I was and I am always surrounded by women and they taught and teach me a lot, so I try to teach what I've learnt or I'm learning about what a woman is or what will be to my six nieces and even cousins by trying to put on their essence an artistic feeling and making them believe that they can conquer the world if they want, not living in any doubts or among shadows within shadows since they're light in this world .
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| My youngest niece Letícia with my coat at night being some sort of little vampire ;) |
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| Of course that she loves me and I'll always love her, since our blood is the same in life |
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| Portrait of myself by my youngest niece Letícia |
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| Portrait of a kitty that I've used to have also by Letícia |
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| A true artist like my youngest niece shows her heart and soul |
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| In some sort of a theater play with my cousin that even injured entered on it |
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| With my youngest niece and my little cousin Luna |
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| A little artist giving autographs to ladies - part 01 |
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| A little artist giving autographs to ladies - part 02 |
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| A little artist giving autographs to ladies - part 03 |
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| With Spanish Artist Chris Stygryt and his wife Carmen Villar |
Hoping that this exhibition can be as sucessful as the others that I've curated in the past with help by the best artists in the world.
I have to thank to all these artists/human beings/friends from all over the world that believe in my skills and that I do treasure in my professional and personal life until the next post about this exhibition.
Manuel Espírito Santo
