Michel Rutten

I believe that art makes us better people and gives us many ways of reflexion on the world of today, past and future. I am amazed and look every time through the eyes of a child. That makes me an art lover and a big admirer of Pablo Picasso. I enjoy visiting art galleries and take at least 40 different looks at the same work of art.

Stories By Michel Rutten

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Ulay: Pioneer of Performance Art

By Michel RuttenMarch 12, 2020

The German performance artist Ulay became known as half of the symbiotic duo Marina Abramovic – Ulay. While Abramovic became the big star, Ulay always kept experimenting and did not shy away from radical actions. Ulay...
Art State of Mind

How Artworks Can Suffer. The Forbidden City Case and More

By Michel RuttenJanuary 30, 2020

Recently, on Monday, January 20th, two Chinese women drove their Mercedes SUV into the Forbidden City in Beijing. That event created quite a controversy. The least you can say is that it is daring and very...
Artist

David Bowie, from Popstar to Neo-expressionist Painter

By Michel RuttenJanuary 23, 2020

Most people know David Bowie as a popstar and performer, but do you know his secret talent? He embraced the fine arts as well as music, performing arts and was also very passionate about painting. To...
20th century

Afro-American Artists Arm in Arm: Charles White and Kerry J. Marshall

By Michel RuttenJanuary 3, 2020

Last month the auction house Sotheby’s sold Kerry James Marshall’s painting Vignette 19 for $16 million. That’s a lot of money for a work by a living artist. But last year the same artist did even better....
Contemporary Art

Vincent van Gogh Revisited: Art of Hope Gangloff

By Michel RuttenNovember 20, 2019

The American artist Hope Gangloff (born in 1974) made several landscape paintings this year, some of which are reminiscent of Vincent van Gogh’s work. Her lively use of color and her tangled brushwork are probably the...
20th century

Disney Figures in Art that Make You Think Twice

By Michel RuttenOctober 25, 2019

Who doesn’t like Disney characters? They are cute, sweet, and adorable. They also represent an ideal image and simplify our world view. That’s fine in children’s movies, but some artists use Disney characters to portray their...
19th Century

Last Days of Summer in Art

By Michel RuttenSeptember 21, 2019

The end of summer is approaching and these last days of sunshine create a kind of melancholy feeling. You probably like to look back on the past few weeks. The summer is a period in which...
20th century

Moving to Abstraction: Andreas Gursky’s Rhine

By Michel RuttenJuly 26, 2019

Andreas Gursky’s Rhine is an interesting piece that tells the transformation of a real-life picture into an abstract work of art. The move towards abstraction in painting has taken a long time ago, but it is...
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The Surrealistic World of Dora Maar

By Michel RuttenJuly 9, 2019

The name Dora Maar (1907 – 1997) reminds most people of Picasso. But as well as being his muse and lover, she was also an ambitious and progressive artist. Before they had even met, she was...
20th century

It’s Not Always What It Seems: The Fabulous Inventions of Panamarenko

By Michel RuttenJune 12, 2019

Panamarenko steals from science and uses it in his art. He has designed planes and submarines that at first sight are perfectly capable of functioning, but don’t be misled: they are unique works of art that...