#delavaux

[sweet-void-princess]

Everyone, meet my new Tales of Arcadia oc: Valentine Delvaux!

She's a French witch that focuses on speaking to and for those who have long sinced passed.

She is the physical age of 28, but she is currently 928 years old, and is the older sister of another oc of mine (who will be drawn soon, don't worry) Raven Delavaux.

She works at the Lovely Hearts Bakery and Coffee Shop in Arcadia Oaks, as well as having a side job reading fortunes.

Despite living in the US for a few centuries, she retains her French accent.

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✧ ⁺ ⁺  keep an eye out! the following muses have reached 4+ days of inactivity and are in danger of having their roles reopened!

✧ Bang Chan (5 days) @fivestarchan ✧ Dermot Kennedy (6 days) @fleabagboy ✧ Tara Yummy (6 days) @supernintendhoe ✧ Miles Wood (Rolehogging) @woodsy28 ✧ Tommy Cannon (4 days) @tommymaccaroni ✧ Ten Lee (4 days) @jurassicrat ✧ Andrew Bazzi (4 days) @shaniabrain ✧ Iris Kim (Rolehogging) @lilnashex ✧ Huening Kai (Rolehogging) @penguinplushies ✧ Jake Oettinger (6 days) @star-otter ✧ Ashlee Simpson (6 days) @midnightbluecitrus ✧ Jeon Wonwoo (4 days) @buzzmarbles ✧ Tobias Forge (4 days) @marygoorewantsout ✧ Lenora Delavaux (5 days) @leviismadeofjade

✧ ⁺ ⁺  time to say goodbye! the following muses have reached 7+ days of inactivity and are now free to be reserved. if you feel you have been mistakenly listed, please feel free to reach out!

✧ Phoebe Bridgers ✧ Seo Changbin ✧ Octavia Rhodes ✧ Bishop Briggs ✧ Randy “Brakence” Findell ✧ Aaron Matts (dropping) ✧ Joakim Karlsson (dropping) ✧ Esmeray Schafer ✧ Elijah Jamison ✧ Violet Page ✧ Courtney LaPlante ✧ Viviana Mckee ✧ Lee Siyeon ✧ Kang Yeosang ✧ Han Choonhee ✧ Luke Hemmings ✧ Ashton Irwin ✧ Calum Hood ✧ Mark Lee ✧ Matthew "Yung Gravi" Hauri ✧ Hana Kang ✧ Maggie Lindemann ✧ Ty Dellandrea ✧ Henrietta Everhart ✧ Octavia Weir ✧ Katie Gavin

[dogandcatcomics]

Attribution: Zizi aka Marcel Drouin (France, 1914-?). Animal, no date, colored pencil and felt tip marker on cardboard, 16.6 x 19.6 cm. Seen in Les Contes de Perrault Illustrés par L'art Brut, eds. Celine Delavaux and Bernadette Bricout (Paris: Éditions Diane de Selliers, 2020). I am always interested in graphic accompaniments to Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault (France, 1628-1703), and this one is particularly interesting because of the juxtaposition of the classic story with the work of an outsider artist. @editionsdianedeselliers

[puppyorgans]

Salem Delavaux ref sheet

[penhive]

History of Art

Art is a fascinating subject of study for mankind. It is interesting to note how art, especially painting has gone through many stages in its evolution.

Here in this essay, I would like to trace the trajectory of art and it has progressed through realism, romanticism impressionism, expressionism, surrealism, cubism and pop art.

Now, what is realism in art? Realism in art is the systematic representation of what is literally real. Art occurs in a mimetic mode of expression. Some famous works are the Mona Lisa by Da-vin-chi, the statue of David by Michelangelo and many more. What is unique about the charm of Mona Lisa is her mystical and enigmatic smile. The smile of Mona Lisa occupies an important heritage in the History of Art. The smile of Mona Lisa remains embedded in the soul as a transfiguring work of art. It makes the art historians speechless. What can be garnered from the statue of David Michelangelo?  David can be understood as a humanism of aesthetic sculpture. It could also occupy a place in gay literature.

Now what is Romanticism in art? The poet laureate William Wordsworth traces the philosophy of romanticism as the spontaneous overflow of feelings. A romantic image is an ideal one. Romanticism traces the imagery of an aesthetic object and expresses itself as an epitome of passion. A famous romantic work of art is Liberty Leading the people by Eugene Delacroix.  This painting capitulates and becomes a historical subject of the French Revolution. Another famous work of Romanticism is Saturn devouring his son by Goya. It has an imagery of a metaphysical nature and shows the conception of time, an aura of time being in the experiential context. Another work of romanticism is Goya’s nude Maja. This panting captures a frenzy of emotion and bequeaths to the soul, an amorous adventure of beauty.

Now what is impressionism in art? Impressionism captures the visual imagery in soaking impressions. Famous exponents of impressionism include Van Gogh, Monet and Gauguin. Now let’s look at Van Gogh’s painting the sower. In the sower, a farmer is planting seeds in the field.  The colors of this work bright yellow and brilliant blue. Nature is captured in the kaleidoscope of a delirious art. The canvas becomes a mystical, magical, copulation of an adventure that is metaphysical and spiritual. Another one of Van Gogh’s work is the sunflower and in it he epitomizes the beauty of nature into a fetish of artistic poetry. Another impressionistic painter is Gauguin. A famous work of his is, the spirit of the dead watching a nude girl. In it there is an aura of a ghostly halo of figure replete with the transcendent imagery of tender lyricism. Another famous painter of this genre is Monet and he is famous for bequeathing the sun set. The imagery of the sun captured on to the canvas is a lyricism of invitation for a tender solitude.

Now what is expressionism in the philosophy of art? Expressionism is the explosion of a powerful imagery of emotion. A classic example is Munch’s work, the Scream. The scream is a volatile expression of a human in angst. The scream is deigned to be work of art which encapsulates the existentialist philosophy of angst. The scream acts as a plague on the soul. Another work of expressionism is the sculpture of Rodin called the thinker. In the thinker, a man is portrayed deep in thought with his hands resting on his thighs.  Rodin’s Thinker is a fetish of a narcissistic superego projecting the intellect. The thinker is a Nietzsche rendering the metaphysics of transcendence into nullification.

Now what is Surrealism? Surrealism is an art form that seeks to uncover the unconscious and the depiction of imagery of the fantastic with reality. Famous exponents of surrealism are Dali and Delvaux. A famous surreal work of Dali is the persistence of memory. In it we find melting clocks on trees and also a frozen embryo. Is the persistence of memory a fetish of an oedipal arrest into the memory of a child? The Persistence of Memory can also be visualized as an image made by an artist trying to understand the conceptions of space and time. Let’s look at Delvaux work: the call of the night. In it there is a barren vegetation and one old and two young women with covered hoods. The older woman is holding a lamp and is outside a cave like structure. Is this panting an initiation into the rites of fertility and sexuality? Is the hood a revealer of the unconscious? Is the bareness of the landscape a sign of coming to terms with menopause? The call of the night is fantastic in its imagery and whispers to us to be edified with its artistic imagery.

Now what is Cubism? The famous originator of Cubism is the notorious Picasso. I would like to explain his two famous works and they are the Guernica and the Whores of Avignon. The Guernica is reminiscent of the bombing of Basque town. In the Guernica, human and animal glyphs are made into a piracy of grotesque proportions. Is Picasso a perverse artist of fetish implants? Is it a magnificent projection of the Freudian ID? Does it arouse the imagery of horror? In it fact and fiction merge into an astounding realism. The next painting that I would like to talk about is Picasso’s Whores of Avignon. In it prostitutes are standing and also sitting. Their breasts and hips are exaggerated into hyperbolic, aesthetic artifacts. The mood of the painting is revelation of the sensuous and the amorous. Is Picasso using the feminine sacred and violating the body of  the sacred feminine to deify the self-inflicted lust of being. The painting resembles the Mother Goddess with its robust sensuality and Epicurean carnality.

Now what is Pop Art? Pop art traces the establishment of the trivial and daily life artifacts into the art of the natural mysticism. Pop art is the coming to terms with a reality that is postmodern. Pop art is the pulp art of fiction. Everyday objects are fictionalized into a reality that is aesthetic.

To sum up, I would like to say: art has undergone a revolution from naturalism to many forms like romanticism, impressionism, surrealism, expressionism and pop art. Art is the imagery of the intellect to deflect and realize the symbiosis of encountering meaning. Art has proceeded from the real to the abstract.

[critic-corner]

Naomi Campbell at Princess Eugenie’s Wedding : Naomi looked marvelous in this perfectly fitted Ralph & Russo ensemble that she finished off with matching Manolo Blahnik pumps, Delvaux bag, Philip Treacy hat and Samer Halimeh jewelry. Flawless!

[antiquatedkey]

closed starter for @isladelvaux​

It was an extreme gust of wind that had Key reaching out despite his better judgement. He had been walking down a narrow Seattle street, unbothered by the biting wind and cold himself, but with a small woman a little ways ahead of him obvious in a hurry to get somewhere other than out in the freezing streets when he realized that the cold front was proving to carry more of a punch than expected.

The wind was gale force, the tall buildings lining the street funneling its power and he realized that the woman was likely to get blown backwards onto the asphalt and pushed violently on down the street if he didn’t intervene. “Hold on, love.” He instructed, tucking an arm around her back to brace her as the wind whipped around them for a few more seconds before fading into something more manageable. “You daft or something? Get inside somewhere.” He directed before realizing in the same moment that he was not just talking to a particularly stupid human, but a witch whose power was thrumming between them, indicating its strength. “Yeah, definitely daft.” Key stated in confirmation, dark eyes giving her face a once over before he smiled like the cat who had gotten the canary. “Well met, Delavaux.”

[elsamillsdesign]

Georges Rousse

1947- present day

He's an architectural photographer who’s influenced by abstract art and Land art and brings together painting and the environment in a new way. He uses disused buildings. Rousse transforms the three-dimensional architectural space into a two-dimensional image.

What I like about Rousse’s work is the combination of architecture with photography and art in order to create an illusion piece of art. Although this is not directly linked to my project I think that the combination of Illusion and colour is definitely relevant and the importance of the angle when taking photographs in order to get the full effect of the art installation.

source: The optical tricks in art museum of illusions by Celine Delavaux

2/4/19

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✧ ⁺ ⁺  welcome our newest members! please make sure to follow everyone on the masterlist (or use the quick follow here) and have fun!

✧  Ashlee Simpson┊ Actress/Entrepreneur ┊ neonstarstickers ✧  Lenora “Levi” Delavaux┊ Tattoo Artist ┊ delavauxlevi ✧  Tobias Forge┊ Musician ┊ marygoorewantsout

[elsamillsdesign]

Michael Kalish

1973- present day

I was interested in his piece called ‘reALIze’ 2004 which was installed from March 25th to 9th April 2011 in LA. Close up the piece looks like a loads of leather punch bags hanging in the air but in order to get the full picture this needs to be seen at a distance and at a particular angle. The sculpture is more than 20m tall and took kms of steel in order to create the framework, when seen correctly it makes up a portrait of the famous boxer Muhammad Ali. It took 3 years and the help of the architect Oyler Wu to construct the piece.

I found that this was extremely relevant to my project as this is what I would hope to achieve with my bridge installation, where from one angle it would resemble a random mess of colours and wood but when looked on from the right angle it would depict a bridge of my own design. 

2/4/19

source: The optical tricks in art museum of illusions by Celine Delavaux

[elsamillsdesign]

Felice Varini

1952- present day

He creates installations which reveal a series of geometric shapes when seen from a certain angle. He sets them up both in architectural spaces and urban landscapes, the viewpoint for these pieces are always at his viewpoint which is 1.62m. His geometric shapes are painted in the primary colours, black or white.

What I like about Felice Varini’s work is that he takes ordinary looking places and transforms them into something new which looks ordinary or odd from a certain angle but when you line things up correctly that's when your able to see the full picture.

2/4/19

source: The optical tricks in art museum of illusions by Celine Delavaux