Featured Artist - Daniel Pešta

Daniel Pešta, puzzle (detail), 2011. Latex rubber

Daniel Pešta   Daniel Pešta was born in Prague in 1959. During the Communist regime he moved outside the official artistic and social circles. He changed his jobs often in order to be able to dedicate his spare time to his free artistic creations. Later he worked in the field of applied graphic art, especially poster design, which he had studied at the Václav Hollar Art College. After 1989 he designed a series of album covers for a classical-music publisher. He engaged himself in graphic arrangements of catalogues, receiving awards for book and poster design.   In his free creations Pešta systematically develops in his own unmistakable style. He dedicates himself primarily to drawing and painting, in time he begins to experiment with a wide variety of natural materials, such as wood, paper, wax and leather.   In 1998 and 2000 he introduces his work at his own exhibitions in New York. These study journeys are the milestone for the author’s creative work and subsequently bear fruit fully manifesting themselves in 2003, when he moves away from painting and begins to create with transparent acrylic materials, working withphotographs. He seals his older rolled-up pictures into tightly-shaped columns, giving rise to the “Genetic Codes” and a series of “dark assemblages“, he implements conceptual projects, he films videoart   Pešta’s works are exempt from aesthetic kitsch, often hovering on the edge of raw naturalism. In the majority of cases they reflect the social and political situation. His masterful psychological analysis of the individual or society at large impedes any pathos whatsoever. The genesis of his works is subordinated to a precise preparation, he progressively works on their final form over a number of years.   Daniel Pešta has shown his work at dozens of one-man exhibitions in both Europe and America. He is represented in important museums and collections, he attends biennales of contemporary art. He is a member of the Mánes SVU Association, he lives and works in Prague and Frankfurt am Main.   more. www.danielpesta.com/en/     Do you want to become a featured artist? If you would like to become a featured artist send us a brief text about you and your work, CV, biography, a selection of high resolution images and your contacts to info@itsliquid.com For more details download the media pack 2012 here or visit the advertise section here   more. www.itsliquid.com

It's LIQUID - International Contest

Call for Artists: It’s LIQUID International Contest - First Edition

Submission Deadline: January 19, 2012

It’s LIQUID Group, in collaboration with International ArtExpo, is proud to present “It’s LIQUID International Contest - First Edition 2012”.

The contest is born with the goal of promoting contemporary art, photography and design through all the divulgating tools that the communication platform It’s LIQUID has used for years (press release, mailing list with more than 60,000 subscribers, international contemporary art and design events realization).

Who can apply?
The contest is open to solo artists and designers as well as groups from all over the world without any limit of age and nationality.

Categories
The contest have five main categories:
– painting and drawing
– sculpture and installation
– photography
– videoart
– product design

Awards- Prize of the value of 15.000,00 euro consisting in one year of interviews, publications and specials about winner artists of all categories on the It’s LIQUID Platform, and one year of email announcements sent to the mailing list dedicated (more than 60.000 subscribers).

- A collective exhibition about winner artists of all categories at the Rearte Gallery, Wien (Austria).

- The realization of a site-specific artwork set in the context of the city of Venice, for winner artists of sculpture and installation, videoart, product design categories. The prize is offered by Contaminante, an interactive project between planners, artists and territory which carries out site specific shows that become in the end integral part of the heritage of the city.

- Prize of the value of 5.000,00 euro consisting in one year of participation to the International Videoart Festivals organized by International ArtExpo Group.

- A special about winner artist of videoart category on one of the most important videoart platforms (videoartworld.com).

- The participation to International Videoart exhibitions organized by the group “The Palestinian Social Cinema Arts Association”, for the winner artist of videoart category.



How much is the entry fee?
There is a 30 euro entry fee to submit up to 2 artworks.

How many artworks can I enter?
A maximum of 20 artworks may be submitted, per person. You can submit to one or all of the categories, not exceeding a total of 20 works.

When will the winners be announced?
The names of the winners, one for each category, will be notified on the official website of the contest through a press release on March 08, 2012.

The winners will be selected following the criteria of quality of the work, originality, uniqueness. The jury reserves the right to nominate a maximum of n.3 honorable mentions for each category that will be communicated through the same press release.

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