Browsing All Posts published on »May, 2009«

Ivo Andric: Bridge on the Zepa

May 31, 2009

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Ivo Andric: Bridge on the Zepa

Ivo Andric is a Nobel Prize winning Yugoslavian writer who rued in dismay at the hatred that existed within the Yugoslavian society.

Abdel Halim Hafez: Golden Voice of Egypt

May 30, 2009

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Abdel Halim Hafez: Golden Voice of Egypt

Abdel Halim Hafez’s songs were mostly about loneliness, pain, love, longing and nationalism. People instantly related to the powerful lyrical soulful music.

Tracey Emin’s New Show: Those Who Suffer Love

May 27, 2009

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Tracey Emin’s New Show: Those Who Suffer Love

Tracey Emin celebrates love, sexuality and womanhood through her work. She depicts herself and all experiences with naked candidness.

Upcoming Exhibition: Controversial Human Skin Art by Andrew Krasnow

May 24, 2009

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Upcoming Exhibition: Controversial Human Skin Art by Andrew Krasnow

Andrew Krasnow uses human skin from bodies donated by people to medical science for creating sculptures and art work. His art itself is his political statement against cruelty and suffering inflicted by human beings on other human beings.

First Painting of Michelangelo Unearthed!

May 22, 2009

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First Painting of Michelangelo Unearthed!

Michelangelo’s first painting will be on public display at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from June 15th onwards.

Welcome to Sarajevo: A Rare War Film

May 20, 2009

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Welcome to Sarajevo: A Rare War Film

Welcome to Sarajevo is a rare war feature film shot in Sarajevo and Croatia just a few months after the gruesome Bosnia and Herzegovina war.

Music Returns to Bosnia and Herzegovina Slowly

May 19, 2009

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Music Returns to Bosnia and Herzegovina Slowly

Bosnian music is influenced by Serbian, Western and Turkish music. It is gaining a revival slowly and may help heal many woulds.

Tori Amos: Abnormally Attracted to Sin

May 17, 2009

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Tori Amos: Abnormally Attracted to Sin

Tori Amos: Abnormally Attracted to Sin is the 10th studio album by the alternative musician.

Cannes Film Festival 2009: Animation Cinema moves into another Dimension

May 14, 2009

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Cannes Film Festival 2009: Animation Cinema moves into another Dimension

For the first time in its entire history Cannes Film Festival opened with a 3D animation film.Thus animation moved into 3D as well as artistic dimension.

Good Morning Heartache: Song for the Tragic Soul

May 11, 2009

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Good Morning Heartache: Song for the Tragic Soul

Both the song and the movie look closely at the heartache. Billie Holiday’s song addresses heartache as an entity living inside one’s own self. The movie takes a perspective of a camera to reveal subtle human emotions and follies that lead to heartache.

Gothic Fashion: Human Ambivalence towards Life

May 10, 2009

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Gothic Fashion: Human Ambivalence towards Life

Gothic fashion could be seen as a reflection of the human need to face darkness and accept it as a part of life.