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Monday, December 9, 2013

Brian Viveros – jaded beauty


The moment I saw Brian Viveros’ work I was sold. I wouldn’t know how to put it into words and feel I made it justice but there’s something about his art that gets an emotional reaction out of me. There so much of everything in this world that you just can’t react to it all so when you do, or more truthfully when I do, it’s to something special that hits home in more ways than one. 

For me his portraits talk about the dark side of everything beautiful, the desire for destruction and self-destruction that’s in all of us, how we’re so jaded and hopeful at the same time, so powerful and so very weak, how we get wounded everyday by all the small and big things we never thought would happen to us, how we all pretend and play the many roles we have to, how we see ourselves and how others do, it’s about all the beauty and ugliness that coexist in this world, it about all the love and all the hate, all the contrasts that we live with.

I love how Brian paints these incredibly beautiful wide-eyed women while also giving them a super heroine quality that makes you feel they are true fighters. They are stunning and vulnerable but you wouldn’t want to mess with them. I guess ultimately it’s about how things are never black and white and how beauty gets tainted and soiled and wounded in the struggle to be happy or get wherever we want to get, how perfection is overestimated and how we are all damaged and fucked up but sometimes better in spite of it all.

Blue Velvet
Cleopatra
  Blue Rose
  Seeing Red
 La Frida

“A technical perfectionist, Brian Viveros’ oil, airbrush, acrylic, and ink paintings are highly saturated with pigment, luminosity, and depth, while the compositions are poignant and simple. The artist’s emphasis tends to be on focal points such as the eyes, lips, and skin, conveying the subtlety of minute expression and the power of an impaling gaze. The paintings feel cinematic, like haunting stills from a film, owing to their evocative suggestion of narrative and to the iconicity of their subjects. The artist’s creative cosmos is beautifully stylized, never derivative, and distinctly recognizable as his own.” – this is a quote I found on his website that I subscribe to so I had to share it.
Scorpio Rising
 Baroness
 Octopussy
 Captain Dirty
 Fake Empire
  Poetry in motion
The text reflects my feeling towards Brian Viveros’ work and being personal I don’t expect everybody to agree but I would love to hear your thoughts about it.
 

14 comentarii :

Peaches McGinty said...

they are amazingly good, I like art and our own interpretation from what we see, and I see evidence of 'battle' (life) yet the fierce glances shine through, they are unbreakable and tough, the cigarette is something to lean on in times of struggle, everyone has a vice of some sort I suppose x x x

Chrissie aus der edelfabrik said...

Great arts!!!!!

Greets from the EDELFABRIK
Chrissie

Unknown said...

beautiful post <3 http://veronicacagno.blogspot.it/

Effortlesslady said...

Great post! new post on the blog.
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Unknown said...

I think this work is very unique and the talent is incredible.

Rebecca
www.winnipegstyle.ca

melissa said...

cool illustrations

Unknown said...

The art of human contradiction. Beautiful XOX

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Jen27 said...

Killer inspiration! Thanks for sharing :)

-Jen

www.vibrantbeautyblog.com

Iván The Trendy Surfer said...

Awesome illustrations !
I'm following you now.

xx
http://www.thettendysurfer.com/

WengYee said...

Love the dress, you're definitely rocking that x

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Andrea Fernández said...

Wonderful pictures!!! A big artist!
http://andreafdezpiedra.blogspot.com.es/

skadiida said...

beautiful!

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ylenia said...

Love them all, so amazing!
XOXO
Ylenia

sonia // daring coco said...

Wow these are so beautiful, have to check out more of his work! Thanks for the FYI!

SDMxx
www.daringcoco.com

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