22.07.25
YOURI CHASOV WAS AWARDED AN "OSCAR" IN THE FIELD OF FINE ARTS
posted by Youri Alexander ChasovTOP 60 MASTERS AWARDS,22-25.5.2025,FERRARA,ITALY.
TOP 60 MASTERS AWARDS,22-25.5.2025,FERRARA,ITALY.
Spectral In Spectral, Patrick Joosten explores the shifting boundary between matter and light, between form and energy. Against a patchwork-like background, a rhythmic mosaic of soft earthy hues creates an organic weave, evoking the stratification of the world. Above this textured base rise powerful layers of blue, yellow, and white. These colors do not overlap: they emerge, burst forth, and traverse the canvas like luminous spectra. Joosten's abstraction is not devoid of emotion. It invites the contemplation of an unstable space, where colors seem to be in perpetual mutation, like visual echoes of a world in motion. Spectral is a work that questions inner movements, the hidden vibrations of the world and the soul, in a controlled abstraction that is open to interpretation. Original artwork signed P. Joosten at the front and at the back. Dimensions 140 x 90 x 4 cm. Sold with invoice and certificate of authenticity. 2025 - June 20th
Un artiste sud-africain revisite le dessin comme langage moderne de la mémoire, du chagrin et de la dignité. PARIS — Juillet 2025 Dans une ville où l’art est poésie et mémoire, une voix nouvelle émerge — venue d’Afrique du Sud — qui dessine non pas pour plaire, mais pour se souvenir. La série “I Am In This World, But I Am Not From This World” est un ensemble de portraits monochromes, exécutés en charbon, crayon, encre et acrylique, avec une touche d’or métallique — non pas décoratif, mais symbolique. Chaque œuvre est inspirée d’un événement vécu : violence domestique, rejet, dépression. L’or y est lumière : un éclat de survie. Chaque original est présenté en format A3 avec cadre, accompagné de tirages limités A3 à A0 pour les collectionneurs. “Le dessin au charbon, c’est une langue ancienne — plus proche de la mémoire que de la peinture à l’huile.” Soutenue par The Lady Isabel Foundation, l’initiative artistique s’adresse autant aux galeries qu’aux voix engagées dans la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes. À Paris, berceau des grandes écoles artistiques et des mouvements humanistes, cette série trouve une résonance immédiate.
With echoes of Käthe Kollwitz and Egon Schiele, a South African artist revives charcoal as a vessel for trauma and truth. LONDON — July 2025 At a time when much of contemporary art is driven by digital perfection and hyper-saturation, a South African artist is bringing something far older — and far more urgent — to the international stage: charcoal, pencil, ink… and pain. “I Am In This World, But I Am Not From This World” is a series of emotionally charged portraits rendered in monochrome and gold. Rooted in the artist’s own experiences of abuse, rejection and mental health struggle, each work is a visual account of trauma that refuses to be sentimentalised. It is stark. It is clean. It is unflinching. The use of metallic gold, sparing and deliberate, is not for aesthetic flourish but instead a metaphor — for survival, for the fragments of dignity that violence does not erase. Originals are A3 block-mounted works, sold framed, with limited edition giclée prints available up to A0. “We assume oil on canvas is the only language of ‘fine’ art. But there is beauty in rawness. There is truth in graphite.” In a city known for its critical discourse on class, gender, and race, this series sits comfortably within the modern tradition of activist art — quietly powerful, intensely personal, and globally resonant. The project also supports The Lady Isabel Foundation, a South African initiative focused on trauma, healing, and women’s advocacy.
