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Jesus?! Yes, the title of this painting is actually “The Last Supper”. The painting was created in Jakarta in 2005. The rooster played an important role in ditArdo’s imagination. Firstly, because chickens and roosters were omnipresent in Indonesia, and secondly because the question arose as to what would have happened if the rooster had not crowed in the morning…
Jesus! Yes, the title of this painting is actually “The Last Supper”. The painting was created in Jakarta in 2005. The rooster played an important role in ditArdo’s imagination. Firstly, because chickens and roosters were omnipresent in Indonesia, and secondly because the question arose as to what would have happened if the rooster had not crowed in the morning? Would the history and fate of Peter and Jesus have been different? According to tradition, the cock crowed three times and Peter slandered Jesus. DitArdo turned the rooster into a DJ, and the story rocks to his music.

Another protagonist: Judas. Coming into the picture from the left, with his mouth wide open, he points at the three-eyed Jesus. Judas does this facing backwards, his finger forming a strong contrast in the backlight of the sun.
In vino veritas est.

Three eyes see more than two, the cock crows three times, holy is the Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The painting was sold into an art collection at a wonderful exhibition at The Peak Bandung with introductory words by the very famous sculptor Nyoman Nuarta.

Jesus?! Yes, the title of this painting is actually “The Last Supper”. The painting was created in Jakarta in 2005. The rooster played an important role in ditArdo’s imagination. Firstly, because chickens and roosters were omnipresent in Indonesia, and secondly because the question arose as to what would have happened if the rooster had not…
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On February 24, 2022, Russia launches a war of aggression against Ukraine. This senseless war of annihilation in violation of international law is a historic caesura for the peace order in Europe after the Second World War – a turning point.

On February 24, 2022, Russia launches a war of aggression against Ukraine. This senseless war of annihilation in violation of international law is a historic caesura for the peace order in Europe after the Second World War – a turning point.
30 years of comic cubism

To mark this occasion, the KAMADO B10 GERMANY manufactory is releasing this hand-painted Kamado Kubicom in collaboration with ditArdo the comic cubist

The Kamado KUBICOM is named after the Comic Cubism style developed by ditArdo, which ironically reflects the classical modernism of Georges Braque or Pablo Picasso and translates it into pop art-inspired comic strips.

The transfer to the three-dimensionality of a Kamado cites the totality of perspective that once made Cubism a revolutionary art form.

To mark this occasion, the KAMADO B10 GERMANY manufactory is releasing this hand-painted Kamado Kubicom in collaboration with ditArdo the comic cubist The Kamado KUBICOM is named after the Comic Cubism style developed by ditArdo, which ironically reflects the classical modernism of Georges Braque or Pablo Picasso and translates it into pop art-inspired comic strips.…
Interview – Marion Graeber (Stuttgartango.de)

Anarchistic and yet in orderly step, following the tender melody of the bandoneon, a walk between pure lust for life and gentle melancholy, eroticism and death … Tango
ditArdo

In conversation with the Stuttgart artist dietArdo, painting and sculpture – Marion Graeber in May 2021

Marion Graeber: “What does art mean to you?”
ditArdo: “First and foremost, I see myself as a painter. More precisely, as a draughtsman and painter with a tendency towards sculpture.
Painting is defined by the surface, drawing by the line and sculpture by the malleability of a material. Sculpture stands in contrast to the latter.

For me, art is the antithesis of the calculability of rationality and empirical science. The driving forces in art are intuition and creativity and the self-determination of the author or, if there are several, of the authors.

Art is free.”

You can find the whole interview at
https://stuttgartango.de/Kunst-und-Schauspiel

angochicks Acryl auf Baumwolle 200x300cm ditArdo 2004

Anarchistic and yet in orderly step, following the tender melody of the bandoneon, a walk between pure lust for life and gentle melancholy, eroticism and death … Tango ditArdo In conversation with the Stuttgart artist dietArdo, painting and sculpture – Marion Graeber in May 2021 Marion Graeber: “What does art mean to you?”ditArdo: “First and…
Spring

Open the window! The first rays of sunlight push through the window and penetrate the room, the air is still cool. What a beautiful day!

The aesthetics of color have always been a strong driving force on my path to painting. Colors say more than 1000 words.

Open the window! The first rays of sunlight push through the window and penetrate the room, the air is still cool. What a beautiful day! The aesthetics of color have always been a strong driving force on my path to painting. Colors say more than 1000 words.
Exhibition Art Prize 2018

March 09, 2018 until March 28, 2018

The world … out of joint?

The exhibition of the 73 selected works will take place from 9 to 28 March 2018 at the Sparkassen-Kundenzentrum am Europaplatz, Kaiserstraße 223, 76133 Karlsruhe.

Opening hours:
Monday and Thursday: 8:30-18:00,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8:30-16:00.

The jury awarded 1st prize to Marcus Günther from Düsseldorf. The 2nd prize went to Melanie Siegel from Munich and the 3rd prize to Stephanie Abben from Karlsruhe.

We cordially invite you to the vernissage on Friday, March 9, 2018, at 7:00 pm, at the Sparkassen-Kundenzentrum am Europaplatz, Kaiserstraße 223, 76133 Karlsruhe.

March 09, 2018 until March 28, 2018 The world … out of joint? The exhibition of the 73 selected works will take place from 9 to 28 March 2018 at the Sparkassen-Kundenzentrum am Europaplatz, Kaiserstraße 223, 76133 Karlsruhe. Opening hours:Monday and Thursday: 8:30-18:00,Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8:30-16:00. The jury awarded 1st prize to Marcus Günther…
Liberty

The comic-cubist painting Liberty is a woman is an interpretation of the often quoted painting La Liberté guidant le peuple by Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix – We live in turbulent times. I have taken THE Liberty as my theme.

The idea for this painting developed during the process of painting The Demo. The painting Liberty was first published in the group exhibition Eos in Vittoria (see above). There is a catalog for the exhibition.

The comic-cubist painting Liberty is a woman is an interpretation of the often quoted painting La Liberté guidant le peuple by Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix – We live in turbulent times. I have taken THE Liberty as my theme. The idea for this painting developed during the process of painting The Demo. The painting Liberty…
Carnation – Memento Mori

The carnation is making slow progress … lots of details in the play of light, which I have to invent in this case… The lower row of teeth is now a little more in shadow and the upper row is slowly becoming more even, so it becomes a little more unreal and comic-like … The candle is slightly reflected in the abstracted surface of the book …

Next, the teeth are made more even and a little more three-dimensional and the abstracted cubist candle is painted a little more waxily, and the carnation is of course emphasized a little more (more clearly).

I didn’t paint an ember on the smoking wick, I had considered it, orange or red embers don’t work of course, but in white-grey tones it might have worked … I decided against it because it would then emphasize another focal point in the picture too strongly.

Vanitas 2017 sketch

Wippeschädel

Nelke

The carnation is making slow progress … lots of details in the play of light, which I have to invent in this case… The lower row of teeth is now a little more in shadow and the upper row is slowly becoming more even, so it becomes a little more unreal and comic-like … The…
Peak Bandung Solo Exhibition

Einzelausstellung im “Peak” in Bandung mit Malerei von ditArdo
Einleitende Worte durch den Bildhauer Nyoman Nuarta

GRAFTS by ditArdo at The Peak

The Peak Resort Dining in collaboration with painter Mr. ditArdo will host a comic and cubist painting exhibition in the restaurant area.

The Peak Resort Dining
Jln. Karyawangi Village, Ciwaruga,
Parongpong District, Bandung from June 9 to June 30, 2006. The exhibition, which opens on Friday (June 9, 2006), will be attended by several collectors, businessmen, painting figures, and West Java cultural figures.

ca. 100x120cm Acryl auf Baumwolle ditArdo 2005, Jakarta

Einzelausstellung im “Peak” in Bandung mit Malerei von ditArdoEinleitende Worte durch den Bildhauer Nyoman Nuarta GRAFTS by ditArdo at The Peak The Peak Resort Dining in collaboration with painter Mr. ditArdo will host a comic and cubist painting exhibition in the restaurant area. The Peak Resort DiningJln. Karyawangi Village, Ciwaruga,Parongpong District, Bandung from June 9…
Out of the common

14.10.05 – 27.11.05

GalerieHaus42, Gerlingen

The origin and development of comic cubism

At the beginning of the 1990s, ‘ditArdo’ developed his characteristic artistic language of ‘comic cubism’. The term ‘comic cubism’ was then coined by Fred Feuerbach in 2004 in connection with ditArdo’s paintings in front of a wide audience.

The stylistic terms ‘comic’ and ‘cubism’ overlap in their formal approaches in ditArdo’s artistic language. The ‘comic’ is characterized by the means of line and surface, whereby the space is also defined by the surface. The striking effect is used together with synthetic ‘cubism’, the simultaneous and superimposed representation of different views or perspectives, to make high-contrast statements about the motif or experiences. The motif becomes a pictorial symbiosis of everyday experiences, dreams, lines, colors and structures. For example, the yellow tomcat stands for the image of laissez-faire, of roaming around in the midday sun. In the process of artistic observation, questions about the fourth dimension arise primarily in sunny Jakarta. What color are the streaks of light over the water, how much time is eight months, is time yellow, red or blue?
These are just a few quotes from our lively email exchange in the ether.

Text: Dr. Wolter Abele, art historian for the exhibition ‘Out of The Common’ 2005

14.10.05 – 27.11.05 GalerieHaus42, Gerlingen The origin and development of comic cubism At the beginning of the 1990s, ‘ditArdo’ developed his characteristic artistic language of ‘comic cubism’. The term ‘comic cubism’ was then coined by Fred Feuerbach in 2004 in connection with ditArdo’s paintings in front of a wide audience. The stylistic terms ‘comic’ and…

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The origin and development of comic cubism

At the beginning of the 1990s, ‘ditArdo’ developed his characteristic artistic language of ‘comic cubism’. The term ‘comic cubism’ was then coined by Fred Feuerbach in 2004 in connection with ditArdo’s paintings in front of a wide audience.