John Nava is one of the American modern painters whose art includes masterpieces that I would compare to the one of Michael Angelo. I have discovered him by watching on http://www.onnetworks.com/ program called “For the Art’s Sake”. The figures he draws looks like photographs that are refined on computer program. But his hands are specially gifted and can copy any posture and movement of a man. One of his paintings presenting mostly a woman face is an idea of the famous one of Vermeer “A girl with the pear earring”. He asked his model to pose just like the one from the famous painting. He did “put the actual earring in her ear and to try to make something that was contemporary figure but it had that resonance from the past” (J.Nava-Painter).
He also did an amazing job at the Cathedral of our Lady of the Angles. J.Nava painted the Communion of Saints Tapestries that is now on the walls of the place inside. This work made him feel to increase the benefit of “the tradition again by making a huge image cycle for the church that was a part of the 2000 year old tradition” (J.Nava-Painter). Any other artist is amazed for the great project that he has done. This way he definitely felt to be at some point connected to tradition and part of his presentation. J. Nava says about himself as minimalist in the art he is creating and that’s why his art is aesthetic and his figures of people are still, there is a true reality in them. The great power of his painting is that it is out of a time, “it’s literally timeless and for [him] it was something that has stopped and this way it’s out of time. In his works he tries to get some neutral expression and at the same time a reality existence.
He is not trying to be a messagistig, moralistic or anecdotal. In the past he has made some exhibitions with works that have an overt story line. They were expressing message that is very clear. There was a political meaning, it said about our present live and people in the society and realities they/we have to confront with.
John Nava is definitely one of the painters who create amazing masterworks that is and will be admired by many.
http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/for-arts-sake/john-nava---painter?autoplay=true#
He also did an amazing job at the Cathedral of our Lady of the Angles. J.Nava painted the Communion of Saints Tapestries that is now on the walls of the place inside. This work made him feel to increase the benefit of “the tradition again by making a huge image cycle for the church that was a part of the 2000 year old tradition” (J.Nava-Painter). Any other artist is amazed for the great project that he has done. This way he definitely felt to be at some point connected to tradition and part of his presentation. J. Nava says about himself as minimalist in the art he is creating and that’s why his art is aesthetic and his figures of people are still, there is a true reality in them. The great power of his painting is that it is out of a time, “it’s literally timeless and for [him] it was something that has stopped and this way it’s out of time. In his works he tries to get some neutral expression and at the same time a reality existence.
He is not trying to be a messagistig, moralistic or anecdotal. In the past he has made some exhibitions with works that have an overt story line. They were expressing message that is very clear. There was a political meaning, it said about our present live and people in the society and realities they/we have to confront with.
John Nava is definitely one of the painters who create amazing masterworks that is and will be admired by many.
http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/for-arts-sake/john-nava---painter?autoplay=true#
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