Monday, November 15, 2010

Superstroke. Deleted article

I have copied this from a deleted article.

The Superstroke Art Movement is an avant garde post modern art movement founded in 2008 in Johannesburg South Africa by the conceptual artist Conrad Bo. Initially The Superstroke Art Movement was formed as an reaction to The Superflat Art Movement (Founded by the Japanese artist Takashi Murakami), and also borrowed the word "Super" from Superflat.

The manifesto for Superstroke written by Conrad Bo is as follows:

1. Paintings and Sculptures should be executed using expressive even violent brush strokes on at least some part of the picture.

2. Should a photograph be used for a figurative painting, the objection should not be Photorealism, but Expressionism.

3. If mediums such as pen, pencil, etc are used, the pen and pencil strokes must at least be overly expressive for it to be considered a Superstroke picture.

4. Paintings can be executed in both the abstract and figurative.

5. Subject matters such as Africa, light, dark, life and death are encouraged.

6. Collage, Stencil and Calligraphy may be used for impact.

7. The Super Expressive Brush, Pen etc. strokes can be used on any object with a surface, and this makes sculpture possible in Superstroke.

8. The concept, Art for the sake of art, does not apply in Superstroke. In Superstroke it is art for the sake of Superstroke, as the artist must always strive for paintings rich in texture, or excessive brush or pencil strokes.


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