Milne Publishing is proud to present Artist Talk Magazine issue 26. This issue is dedicated to celebrating all aspects of art.

Everyone featured within this issue have given interesting, in-depth, honest accounts about themselves, their work, views and ideas. In addition to the amazing images of the work they have produced, which I know you the reader will enjoy and be inspired by.

Thank you to everyone who entered our open call. The cover of this issue features all 52 artists involved in this issue.

“It is popularly said that we invented art as life was not enough and in order to fulfill it or give it purpose, art beautified life. However, is not art life itself? Is it not born fluidly, carries memories, teaches, learns and conducts itself?

Its function, if ever it can be defined cartesianly, is to perpetuate lives. Translate love, pain, struggle, hope, desire and make it tangible and immortal. It is to create an intentional and inexplicable reality. It is to sharpen our sensitivity by bringing feelings and emotions to the surface and conflicting with any and all pre-established views. I would agree with the famous saying and state that one picture translates more than a thousand words. And which words, might you ask? That would be easy. When it comes to art: your own words.

Art is the intentionality of randomness. It is a chance and necessity. Dare to think, my dear readers and artists, what are your intentions, your needs and how they are transformed by chance into the beauty you introduce to the world. How every artwork changes you and the world. How you translate a poem into a thousand feelings. A scene in a thousand emotions. A painting in a thousand meanings. Hence, we perceive with our heart.

The artist puts their soul into their art. You can feel their emotions, peel their skin, catch their breath and even maybe read their message but you can never see through their eyes and you can never read their minds. That is the beauty of art itself, you will feel it in your bones, it will consume you and your thoughts. The observant will see themselves and who they are, how they feel and what they need. As for the artists, they can call it their movement, their timeframe, abstractism, minimalism, modernism, contemporary, post-modernism, or even call out their own artistic style, but their style, every thought in their minds, is nothing but who they truly are.The diversity of artistic forms represents the diversity of people. Painting, sculpture, music, dance, literature, cinema and theatre are among the traditional forms of art, but what a limited field we would live in if it stopped there. Digital arts, photography, collages, landscaping, interior and furniture design, among many other forms that represent and translate our technological and experimental society. Indeed, art represents the people and with its globalization, it connects people. What a privilege we have to be able to receive such a global magazine and so rich in arts and artists in literally every corner of the world! What a privilege we have to be able to access art, culture, knowledge and talent with just a few clicks. A path unimaginable for Greeks artists. This easy digital access to cultural and artistic diversity is so common to us that, sometimes, we need to be reminded of how enriching the feeling of leafing through a magazine and of being published by it. Daring times enable daring people. In this issue, when flipping through each page, you feel a different emotion. Artistic expressions of quality and talent, hailing from so many parts of the world and plentiful styles. Let us remember that each one tells a story, each one has a soul. I hope that you, sensitive readers, when opening the magazine, open your heart and imagination and try to capture and experience your sensations in each artwork. Connect with them and feel them.

The covers, front and back, are a curated collection of the souls of individuals who change the world with each artwork and who translate who they are to the public. Each piece of art is a window into the artist’s soul. That shows us that there is a lot of courage in art, in the vanguard, in exposing themselves to readers through their talent. It takes courage, indeed. It also takes courage to live, even more to dream and even more to fulfill your dreams and passions.”

Written by -
Deisemara Roberta da Silva

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