The works by Karla Mialynne

"How does she do it? " This has to be one of the most frequent questions that emerge in your mind while you watch the works of Karla Mialynne. She shows all the tools, used when drawing, and that makes no doubt - these pictures are not photos! That's incredible. So realistic!!

"I'm just an average girl doing average girl things" - she says. Oh, I guess, if any girl could do those "average girl things", our planet would be covered with masterpieces!!! :)

Enjoy the pictures! P.S. Press to enlarge! ...I've just discovered this function of my blog, ahah))))

NICE TO MEET YOU, DEAR READER!

Here are some words about me, your personal art observer) My name is Augustina. I am a young artist, who is passionately in love with art. 


But not in its every manifestation, which is presented to us through mass media. In my opinion, there are hundreds of talented artists worth to be known. But they are not! So, in order to avoid the situation showed in the picture, I decided to create this blog and to share my own thoughts and impressions with you. As to say, to combine business with pleasure :) 


Here you can find new artists' works, some of my own paintings, interesting art news and facts, tutorials and other things to bring you aesthetic pleasure and to get you in good mood :)

English is not my native language, but being a citizen of the world in this era of globalization, I am happy to communicate with people from all around the world. So, please, don't hesitate to express your opinion in comments. 

DEAR READER, WELCOME TO MY ART BLOG! :)

As it is dedicated to Contemporary Art, let's, first of all, make it clear what is it?

The answer is simple. I've found the best explanation reading one of the art history websites. Contemporary means "art that has been and continues to be created during our lifetimes." In other words, contemporary to us.

Now, of course, if you are 96-years old and reading this (By the way, congratulations, if this describes you!), you can expect a certain amount of overlapping between "Contemporary" and "Modern" art in your lifetime. A good rule of thumb is:

Modern Art: Art from the Impressionists (say, around 1880) up until the 1960s or '70s.

Contemporary Art: Art from the 1960s or '70s up until this very minute.

1970 is the cut-off point for two reasons. First, because it was around 1970 that the terms "Postmodern" and "Postmodernism" popped up - meaning, that the art world had had its fill of Modern Art starting right then.

Secondly, 1970 seems to be the last bastion of easily classified artistic movements. This, in spite of the fact that Contemporary Art enjoys far more working artists making far more art. (It may be that Contemporary artists are mostly working in "movements" that cannot be classified, due to there being around ten artists in any given "movement", none of which have shot off an email saying that there's a new "movement" and "could you please tell others?") 

On a more serious note, while it may be hard to classify emergent movements, Contemporary art - collectively - is much more socially conscious than any previous era has been. A whole lot of art from the last 30 years has been connected with one issue or another: feminism, multiculturalism, globalization, bio-engineering and AIDS awareness all come readily to mind as subject matter.

So, there you have it. Contemporary art runs from (roughly) 1970 until now.