Archive for October, 2011

Exposición Pintura

October 26th, 2011
Roger Cummiskey

The Artist - Roger Cummiskey.

AEPE – Las Lagunas  - Asociación Española de Pinturas y Escultores.

Colectiva de Pintores malagueños

“El artista busca al Creador de toda belleza”

Malaga Artists Collective: ”The artist seeks the Creator of all beauty”

TV Programme 340 TV, Mijas.

Ventana, Mijas - r. cummiskey

Casa de la Cultura, Las Lagunas, Mijas Costa, Malaga, Spain.

Nuestra Tierra 25 Noviembre 2011 – Exposición AEPE
AEPE – Las Lagunas, 2011.

Inaugaración: 18/11 (opening) 20:00 h

Expo:  18 Nov-11 Dec, 2011.

Imagen:     50 x 70 cm

Nombre: Roger Cummiskey

Titulo: Ventana de Mijas

Tecnica: Oleo

Precio: €500.00 (c. $ 700.00).

Ref.#: O39

Artist Biography

Roger Cummiskey is a Dublin watercolourist and full time professional painter living in south county Dublin and in southern Spain – Mijas Costa. He has developed a unique individual style. He specializes in paintings that take their themes and titles from the writings and wanderings of James Joyce, Samuel beckett, Miguel de Cervantes and other Literary and Historical personalities. This has come from a lifelong interest in trying to interpret in paintings what Joyce et al. so eloquently wrote.

Roger’s unique style and individual talent have won him international acclaim. His paintings hace been exhibited in China, UK, USA, Sweden, Spain, France, Australia and Italy as well as in numerous private, public and national exhibitions in Ireland. He has a large public and private appreciation of his art. His paintings have represented Ireland at the Florence Biennale, 2003 and also in London, Stockholm and New York during 2000.

Biografia del Artista

Roger Cummiskey es un pintor profesional de Dublín, Irlanda. El cual vive en el sur de España,  Mijas Costa. Su estilo individual es único. Es especialista en cuadros que toman sus temas y títulos de las escrituras de James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Miguel de Cervantes y otros personajes históricos de literatura. Roger intenta interpretar en sus cuadros aquello que Joyce y los demas escribieron con tanta elocuencia.

Su estilo único y su talento individual han hecho que sea conocido mundialmente. Ha tenido exposiciones en China, U K, USA, Suecia, España, Australia, Italia, Francia y numerosas exposiciones nacionales en Irlanda. El arte de Roger Cummiskey tiene una gran apreciación en público y privado. Los cuadros de Roger han representado a Irlanda en el Florence Bienal de 2003 y también en Londres, Estocolmo y Nueva York.

Roger es:

Professional Member of Visual Artists Ireland – VAI.

Presidente del Grupo de Artistas Internacionales en Andalucía – PAIA.

Miembro de la  Asociación Española de Pintores y Escultores – AEPE.; Spanish Painters and Sculptors assoc.

Miembro de la  Asociación de Acuarelistas de Málaga – AAM. Málaga Watercolour Society.

Les informamos que el viernes 18 de noviembre a las 20:00 horas se inaugura en la sala de la Casa de la Cultura de Las Lagunas una exposición de pintura de socios de la Asociación Española de Pintores y Escultores, dicha exposición podrá visitarse hasta el 12 de diciembre.

Ángel Giró
Ascensión Moreno
Carmen Pascual
Cinta Agell
Francisco Martín Tamayo
Griselda Giachero
Inés Figari
Isabel Mancebo
José Antonio Jiménez
José María Poyato
Lucía Trabalón
Magdalena Romero
Maite Santolaria
Maribel Moreno
Mercedes Lacasa
Paz López de Hoyos
Pilar Ibáñez
Pilar Segura
Roger Cummiskey
Tilla Zúñiga
Toñi Moreno

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Oil Paintings

October 21st, 2011
Roger Cummiskey

The Artist - Roger Cummiskey.

Look out of the window, Goldenhair.

Look out of the window, Goldenhair.

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James Joyce themed Paintings

October 21st, 2011
Roger Cummiskey

The Artist - Roger Cummiskey.

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Mr Leopold Poldy Bloom

October 21st, 2011
Roger Cummiskey

The Artist - Roger Cummiskey.

Mr Leoplold Poldy Bloom

Mr Leopold Poldy Bloom

Mr Leopold Poldy Bloom from James Joyce´s novel Ulysses.

Blue Bloom is an oil painting on canvas measuring 50 x 70 cm.

Bloomsday takes its name from him. 16th June.

And now Mr Bloom goes to America!

Mr. Bloom

Bloomsday – June 16th – is an annual celebration among James Joyce fans throughout the world, from Fort Lauderdale to Melbourne. It is celebrated in at least sixty countries worldwide, but nowhere so imaginatively, of course, as in Dublin, Ireland where Joyce was born and about which he wrote extensively.

The novel, Ulysses, by James Joyce recounts the hour-by-hour events of one day in Dublin – June 16, 1904 - as an ordinary Dubliner, Leopold Bloom, wends his way through the urban landscape, the odyssey of a modern-day Ulysses. This year celebrates the 108th anniversary.

Dedicated and not so dedicated followers of James Joyce and his writings have some fun on Bloomsday – which now can stretch to Blooms week – dressing up in garb of the period, reading passages from Ulysses, knocking back copious amounts of alcohol and chatting about probably one of the best known novels in the World, few people have read and many not understood! Daft but fun!

This painting by Roger Cummiskey is from James Joyce’s caricature of Leopold Bloom, drawn in Myron Nutting’s studio in the 1920’s.

Touch me. Soft eyes. Soft soft soft hand. I am lonely here. O, touch me soon, now. What is that world known to all men? I am quiet here alone. Sad too. Touch, touch me.    Ch 3 Ulysses (Proteus).

 

James Joyce Paintings.

James Joyce Prints.

James Joyce Wear.

 

Picasso como pretexto

October 21st, 2011

Picasso as a pretext.

Manolo Valdéz – Picasso como pretexto.

Picasso como pretexto

At the opening, 20/10/2011, of a new exhibition at the Picasso Foundation, Malaga City.

The photo shows L-R: the Alcalde (Mayor) of Malaga City, Francisco de la Torre Prados, the artist Manolo Valdéz and the Director de la Fundación Picasso, Museo Casa Natal, José María Luna Aguilar in front of Las Meninas II, 2011 óleo sobre arpillera – 229 x 188 cm

The exhibition runs until 12th February 2012.

Over 50s Show 2011

October 18th, 2011

Happy Buyers!

The bit of PR!

Winner Alright!

Catch me on Mijas 340TV live on Friday 25/11 at 2.00 PM. Repeated at 7.00 PM. and on Analogical at 7.30 pm.

News and Views with Karen McMahon.

ALSO: Una Sierra Mijas on Broadband Mijas Comunicación at 3.30 pm.

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Video of the show. Video by Juan. Photos by Roger.


SOLD!

Happy Buyers!

The bit of PR!

Winner Alright!

OVER 50S SHOW - 2011 Win 2

WINNER.   Conor Larkin.
Conor Larkin wins at the Over 50s Show 2011

Press release

AIA Artists at Over 50s Show

The AIA-Group are displaying their new works at the Over 50’s Show at the Palacio de Congressos y Exposiciones, (Exhibition and Conference Centre), Estepona between the 26 and 27 November – Saturday and Sunday, 11-am to 6 pm daily.

The AIA group is privileged to display at the Over 50s Show for the fifth year running and are to be located near the entrance way to the main exhibition area.

Close collaboration with the Andalusian International Artists Group has resulted in thirteen of their members’ work being selected for this prestigious show.

The artists are Diana Worthy, Richard Wood, Gordon Haslett from the UK; Roger Cummiskey, Dolores Cummiskey, Philip Magee, & John Low (AIA guest) from Ireland; Mette B Madsen from Denmark; Eleazar Galea from Malta; Arcadio Cabrera and Roger Rodriguez Ayala from Cuba; Enrique Linaza and Juan Cruz Plaza from Spain.

Exhibition organizer John Low said, “I am delighted with the very professional approach from the AIA group and believe that their artists will substantially contribute to the success of this popular annual exhibition. The artworks on display are all of very different subject matters but all with the same aim which is to reflect on the artist’s view of the world, sometimes entering into the realms of fantasy”.

The AIA-Group was formed seven years ago by professional and dedicated visual artists from around the world who are all living and working in Andalucia. The Group’s objectives are to encourage members to promote their work, enhance their knowledge, assist them in their careers and to promote the best standards as artists between people form diverse backgrounds.

Further information is available from their web site on www.aia-artgroup.com

AIA News Sheet 11/11/2011

Photos: Philip Magee, AIA member.

Luminosity

October 17th, 2011
Roger Cummiskey

The Artist - Roger Cummiskey.

Luminosity

A new high quality exhibition features 10 works by two members of the Andalusian International Artists Group which commences on 01st November and will remain open until the 28th of November.

Roger Cummiskey from Ireland and Mijas Costa and Roger Rodriguez Ayala from Cuba, exhibit different techniques and styles, including oil and acrylic on canvas, watercolors and ink on paper.

The exhibition takes place at the galería of restaurante LUCIA, Calle Maestra Angles Aspiazu, 17, Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain – up the road from the three horse fountain.

The gallery owners congratulated the artists for the quality of the exhibits, and highlighted the good work being done by the AIA. “The artworks bring a fresh look for Autumn. They are in complete contrast to each other and yet are in harmony. It promises to be a delightful exhibition.”

The AIA-Group was formed seven years ago by professional and dedicated visual artists from around the World, and is based in Andalucía. Further information is available from the AIA web site www.aia-artgroup.com or the Chairman at 952592652.

Roger Rodriguez Ayala was born in Pinar del Rio in Cuba in 1957. He graduated from La Facultad de Arte y Letras de la Universidad de La Habana.

Critics describe his art as naive, calm and full of tenderness, an important message for peace. In his world of art there is a great message of love with a very deep sense of innocence. Beauty and humanity shine through.

The paintings of expressive faces contain a duality of joy and sorrow, of light and dark, day and night, moon and sun, man and woman etc. Several of the paintings express a silent melancholy or you could say thoughtfulness, pensiveness, awareness or whatever pops up, while you are having your conversations with the faces.

Ayala is a new member of the AIA. This is his first exhibition with the group.

Roger Cummiskey was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1944. He studied art at the National Collage for Art and Design in Dublin and has exhibited extensively around the World representing Ireland at the Florence Biennale and in International exhibitions in Stockholm, London and New York.

Cummiskey´s paintings take their themes and titles from the wanderings and writings of James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and Miguel de Cervantes.

Cummiskey is chairman of the AIA and also a founder member.

This Exhibition is supported by Blevins Franks, Financial Advisors.

Directions.

Photos from the private preview.

Ziyii

October 14th, 2011
Roger Cummiskey

The Artist - Roger Cummiskey.

Les demoiselles de Dublin

This is a new online gallery website that I think you might like.

They are running two galleries with my images.

Abstract and

James Joyce themed.

The slide show will run as a continuous loop and hence, if you like my images, you can use them as an alternative to your current computer screen saver.

Well try it out and see what you think!

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. Oscar Wilde.

The Spain Guides

October 12th, 2011
Roger Cummiskey

The Artist - Roger Cummiskey.

Spain Guides

This image was produced for me by The Spain Guides (de Spanje Gids)

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde (1840-1900).

cervantes, literature and the discourse of politics

October 11th, 2011
Roger Cummiskey

The Artist - Roger Cummiskey.

I am happy to promote the new book by

Anthony J. Cascardi.

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 2011

What is the role of literature in the formation of the state? Anthony J. Cascardi takes up this fundamental question in Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics, a comprehensive analysis of the presence of politics in Don Quixote. Cascardi argues that when public speech is constrained, as it was in seventeenth-century Spain, politics must be addressed through indirect forms including comedy, myth, and travellers’ tales.

Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics convincingly re-engages the ancient roots of political theory in modern literature by situating Cervantes within a long line of political thinkers. Cascardi notably connects Cervantes’s political theory to Plato’s, much as the writer’s literary criticism has been firmly linked to Aristotle’s. He also shows how Cervantes’s view of literature provided a compelling alternative to the modern, scientific politics of Machiavelli and Hobbes, highlighting the potential interplay of literature and politics in an ideal state.


Director :: Townsend Center for the Humanities;

Professor :: Comparative Literature, Rhetoric, Spanish; U.C. Berkeley.

One of my images of Don Quijote was chosen by Anthony for the cover. Thank you.

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Don Quijote the pluralist.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).

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