Author: Fred AMA
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There’s no other option
My new painting: “There’s no other option” The central part that shows us the young man’s face fading away was made in 2023 and this year (2025) I used that part to create this painting. This painting is another example of Suprapictorialism, where the images have irregular frames that do not always limit or circumscribe,…
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Tribute to the Thumb
Tribute to the Thumb: The ability to pinch with the thumb and fingers, enabling fine motor skills, is essential for tool making and is one of the keys to human evolution (along with upright posture and increased brain capacity).This skill, known as the pincer grasp, involves using the tips of the thumb and index finger…
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Theia: the creation of the moon
About 4.5 billion years ago, Theia orbited the Sun almost exactly the same as the proto-Earth’s orbit, hovering near one or the other of the two most stable Lagrangian points in the Sun-Earth system (i.e., L4 or L5). Theia was eventually perturbed out of this relationship by the gravitational influence of Jupiter, Venus, or both,…
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The Hanged Man: so close to life, death arises.
This painting is another example of Suprapictorialism, where the images have irregular frames that do not always limit or circumscribe, but rather allow permeability with the environment. In the Suprapictorialist image, where the wall participates in the image, giving it a new visual meaning (through the interaction of its color & texture together with the…
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Art as Immanent Religion
I believe that all the problems, confusion, misunderstandings, & lack of precision in defining Art are based on a failure to recognize it as an immanent religion, that is, that the divine is present and active in the world. I believe, like Warhol, that artistic creation, especially the reproduction of iconic images, allowed the artist…
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Suprapictorialism considers Art as a Religion
A very important aspect of SUPRAPICTORIALISM is that it considers Art as an alternative to religion. Several philosophers have supported this view, including Hegel, who in his philosophical system gave art an important place as a vehicle for truth and human self-awareness, and even spoke of a “Religion of Art.” Schopenhauer also saw art as…
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Fontana del Bacchino
Although Botero’s work is at the antipodes of what I value in art, I do see mastery in “Fontana del Bacchino” (1560) by Valerio Cioli (1529-1599)
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