Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Jordin Sparks Shares Memories Of ‘Sparkle’ Co-Star Whitney Houston: ‘She Was An Incredible Woman’

First Published: February 24, 2012 11:08 AM EST Credit: Screen Gems

Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston in ‘Sparkle’Caption Jordin Sparks and Whitney Houston in ‘Sparkle’ LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Jordin Sparks paid tribute to her “Sparkle” co-star, the late Whitney Houston, at the 5th Annual ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon on Thursday, and she told Access Hollywood she had a few nerves before her performance.

“I don’t know how I’m gonna do in there. We’ll see,” Jordin told Access Hollywood on the red carpet before the event. “We’ll see what happens. If I choke up…

“I’ll get it together,” she continued. “Have to try and keep it in.”

Jordin’s “Sparkle” performance at the ESSENCE event was a long time in the works, but following Whitney’s death earlier this month, it turned into a tribute for the late superstar.

“I was already going to do it and sing a song from the movie and everything like that and then all recent events happened, and now I’m going to be singing a song that she actually sang, but is also in the movie, from the original, it’s called ‘Look Into Your Heart,’” Jordin explained to Access. “She was a part of the Curtis Mayfield tribute album. She actually sang [an] amazing version, so I’m going to do my own little version too.”

Looking back on her time with Whitney, Jordin admitted to being a little emotional as Thursday rolled around.

“It definitely makes me very emotional,” she told Access. “I looked up to her and I sang her songs and then all of a sudden I was in a movie with her and I got to see her face-to-face, and she was so kind and she was so sweet.

“She was an incredible woman and I was very, very blessed to get to know her for the short time that I did, but she was incredible,” Jordin added.

And the former “American Idol” winner is hoping to keep Whitney’s memory alive with the release later this year of “Sparkle.”

“It gives me a lot of excitement to be able to put this movie out because it was her baby, and she was so, so into it and so happy to be doing it,” Jordin told Access. “I’m excited that I get to be a part of it.”

“Sparkle” will hit theaters on August 17, 2012.

For Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson’s exclusive sit down interview with Jordin backstage at the ESSENCE event, tune into Access Hollywood on Friday.

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Oscars Producer: Sacha Baron Cohen Will Be ‘Part Of The Show’ As ‘Himself’; Comedian’s ‘Dictator’ Issues Threat Over Academy Ban

First Published: February 24, 2012 12:32 PM EST Credit: Paramount Pictures

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Sacha Baron Cohen as Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen in ‘The Dictator’Caption Sacha Baron Cohen as Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen in ‘The Dictator’Comedic mastermind Sacha Baron Cohen has been invited to attend Sunday’s Academy Awards (for his role in Best Picture nominee “Hugo”), but after the comedian revealed he planned to attend the glitzy ceremony as his latest character, “Dictator” Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen, the Academy was a bit wary.

However, Access Hollywood correspondent Tim Vincent caught up with Don Mischer and Brian Grazer (who are producing this year’s Oscars) as they prepared for Sunday’s show and the pair said not only is the comedian is absolutely welcome – he will actually take the stage at some point.

“We absolutely respect him as an artist and he’s allowed to come,” Grazer said. “He’s coming. In fact, he’s even part of the, there’s a piece — he’s part of the show… as himself.”

Meanwhile, Baron Cohen issued a video statement as Aladeen saying expressing his “outrage at being banned” by the “Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Zionists,” and warned of “unimaginable consequences” if he was not allowed to attend – a statement he clarified to the “Today” show’s Ann Curry on Friday.

“Good morning, I’ve been very busy today – I actually delayed 30 executions to do this,” General Admiral Aladeen (Baron Cohen) told Curry during a phone interview on Friday. “Those jokesters at the Academy have banned me, and normally I would be impressed by an act of cowardice by a faceless regime, but this is personal. You know, I have issued them an ultimatum. They have until midday on Sunday to give me my tickets back.

“If they do not, they will see and face unforeseen and unimaginable consequences. By the way—how is your family?” Baron Cohen continued, as Curry laughed.

As for his upcoming movie, “The Dictator,” Baron Cohen’s Aladeen said it is “the story of a great and benevolent leader who fights to stop democracy from ruining the lives of his people,” adding that he won the abundant medals adorning his military clothing by performing “great acts of bravery” and “impregnating over 13,000 women.”

“The Dictator,” which also features Megan Fox, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley and former “MADtv” star Bobby Lee, hits theaters on May 11.

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MovieMantz 2012 Oscar Predictions: How The Academy Awards Came Full Circle

First Published: February 21, 2012 4:27 PM EST Credit: Composed by AccessHollywood.com

‘The Descendants’/‘The Artist’Caption ‘The Descendants’/‘The Artist’ LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- If you really think about it – and you don’t have to think about it – it makes perfect sense that both “Hugo” and “The Artist” ended up being the two most nominated movies of the year.

On a visual scale, the two films are miles apart. “The Artist,” which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, is a black-and-white silent movie – or, at least, an almost-silent movie – that takes place in the 1920s and looks like it could have been shot back then too. By contrast, “Hugo” – the most nominated movie with 11 noms – is a gorgeous visual masterpiece that contains the best 3D effects in the history of the medium (yes, even better than “Avatar” – but more on that later).

But if you strip away all the bells and whistles, the two films actually share a common theme: both are love letters to the early days of cinema. “The Artist” tells the story of a silent matinee idol who fades into oblivion when the “talkies” take over, while his protégé embraces the new format and becomes a huge star. In “Hugo,” a young orphan who lives in a Paris train station befriends a local merchant who turns out to be a filmmaking pioneer that time forgot.

When the Oscar winners are announced in Hollywood on February 26, it’s a foregone conclusion that one of these movies will be showered with more praise than the other. But does that deserve to be the case? How will the other nominees fare? And how should they fare? What about other films that, in their own way, are also old-fashioned tributes to movies the way they used to be? Will it be a clean sweep, or will Academy voters spread the love? Read on, fellow movie lovers, and let’s find out…

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

The Nominees: Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”); Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig (“Bridesmaids”); J.C. Chandor (“Margin Call”); Woody Allen (“Midnight in Paris”); Asghar Farhadi (“A Separation”)

The Lowdown: While “Bridesmaids” has often been referred to as “The Hangover” for women, its Oscar-nominated screenplay proved that it was a much smarter and deeper film by comparison. “Margin Call” was a gripping fly-on-the-wall account of the first 12 hours of the economic collapse, and “A Separation” was a mesmerizing depiction of the dissolution of an Iranian marriage (which makes it a lock to win Best Foreign Film). But in terms of being “original,” nothing defined that term more than “The Artist.” The movie looks like it was stashed away in a time capsule for almost 90 years, but the screenplay had a 21st Century sensibility that made it clever, delightful, rousing and unforgettable. And then there’s Woody Allen, whose 45th feature, “Midnight in Paris,” was widely hailed as being a return to form for the prolific filmmaker. Not only is it the biggest movie of his career by far (grossing over $150 million worldwide), but it also won the Best Original Screenplay award from the Writer’s Guild of America.

Should Win: “The Artist”

Will Win: “Midnight in Paris”

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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

The Nominees: Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (“The Descendants”); John Logan (“Hugo”); George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon (“The Ides of March”); Steven Zallian and Aaron Sorkin, story by Stan Chervin (“Moneyball”); Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”)

The Lowdown: “The Ides of March” was extremely well-written, but the film as a whole didn’t leave a lasting impression after the credits rolled. “Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy” was complex, but the screenplay may have been a little too smart for its own good. “Hugo” was more of a visual triumph, so that leaves “The Descendants” and “Moneyball.” While “Moneyball” hit a home run by taking a detailed book about statistics and turning it into an entertaining crowd-pleaser about beating the odds, “The Descendants” was a more profound, powerful and poignant story that was awarded Best Adapted Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. And with a certain black-and-white film all but certain to win the bigger prizes, the Academy could honor Alexander Payne (already an Adapted Screenplay Oscar-winner for 2004’s “Sideways”) with a win here.

Should Win: “Moneyball”

Will Win: “The Descendants”

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

The Nominees: Berenice Bejo (“The Artist”); Jessica Chastain (“The Help); Melissa McCarthy (“Bridesmaids”); Janet McTeer (“Albert Nobbs”); Octavia Spencer (“The Help”)

The Lowdown: Of all the major categories, two of them are locks. This is one of them. Octavia Spencer towers over the competition here with a scene-stealing turn in a movie that was bursting at the seams with stellar performances. And since she already won every other major award so far this season, expect the Oscars to follow suit.

Should Win: Octavia Spencer (“The Help”)

Will Win: Octavia Spencer (“The Help”)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

The Nominees: Kenneth Branagh (“My Week with Marilyn”); Jonah Hill (“Moneyball”); Nick Nolte (“Warrior”); Christopher Plummer (“Beginners”); Max von Sydow (“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”)

The Lowdown: Behold the second lock of the major categories. In this case, it falls to 82-year-old Christopher Plummer for both his intimate performance in “Beginners” and a storied career for which he never before won a competitive Oscar. The same could be said for Max von Sydow (who’s 3 months older than Plummer, making him this year’s oldest nominee), but “Beginners” is a more critically-praised film than “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” and like Octavia Spencer, Plummer’s been collecting awards for “Beginners” since, well, the “beginning” of kudos season.

Should Win: Christopher Plummer (“Beginners”)

Will Win: Christopher Plummer (“Beginners”)

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BEST ACTRESS

The Nominees: Glenn Close (“Albert Nobbs”); Viola Davis (“The Help”); Rooney Mara (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”); Meryl Streep (“The Iron Lady”); Michelle Williams (“My Week with Marilyn”)

The Lowdown: Though the predicted winner here may seem like the obvious choice based on how many awards she’s gotten so far this season, the Best Actress category could turn out to be an upset – albeit one in favor of the nominee who actually deserves to win. For Rooney Mara, the 26-year-old rising star of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” the nomination is the prize – especially given the competition she faces here. And though 6-time nominee Glenn Close is long overdue for a statue – and a win here would be the ultimate payoff for her efforts to bring her 30-year passion project to the big screen – her performance in “Albert Nobbs” (along with that of her nominated co-star Janet McTeer) was the most praiseworthy aspect of the movie. Viola Davis will most likely win for being the emotional anchor of “The Help,” even though 17-time nominee (and 2-time winner) Meryl Streep won the Golden Globe and the BAFTA for playing controversial British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” But if the votes are split between them, Michelle Williams could go down the middle to nab the big prize. At least in this case, an upset here would be well-deserved for Williams, who gave the performance of a lifetime for her complex, sexy, confident, conflicted and vulnerable portrayal of screen icon Marilyn Monroe in “My Week with Marilyn.”

Should Win: Michelle Williams (“My Week with Marilyn”)

Will Win: Viola Davis (“The Help”)

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BEST ACTOR

The Nominees: Demian Bichir (“A Better Life”); George Clooney (“The Descendants”); Jean Dujardin (“The Artist”); Gary Oldman (“Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy”); Brad Pitt (“Moneyball”)

The Lowdown: Despite making less than $2 million at the box office, “A Better Life” still resonated with enough Academy voters to snag a nomination for Demian Bichir. But as with Supporting Actress nominee Rooney Mara, the nomination is the prize. Gary Oldman scored his first nomination, which is remarkable, given his storied body of work. And Brad Pitt gave a superb performance as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane in “Moneyball.” For a few weeks, it looked like George Clooney – a prior Supporting Actor Oscar-winner for 2005’s “Syrianna” – was the frontrunner for his vulnerable turn in “The Descendants,” but when Jean Dujardin pulled an upset at the SAG Awards for winning Best Actor for “The Artist,” this category turned into a horserace. There’s no question that Dujardin was outstanding, but Clooney topped his great turns in 2007’s “Michael Clayton” and 2009’s “Up in the Air” with his deepest performance yet in “The Descendants.”

Should Win: George Clooney (“The Descendants”)

Will Win: George Clooney (“The Descendants”)

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BEST DIRECTOR

The Nominees: Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”); Alexander Payne (“The Descendants”); Martin Scorsese (“Hugo”); Woody Allen (“Midnight in Paris”); Terrence Malick (“The Tree of Life”)

The Lowdown: Given all the awards “The Artist” has already collected since the season started in early December, Michel Hazanavicius might seem like a lock to win Best Director. But if anyone has a real shot at an upset here, it’s Martin Scorsese. Though he won his first long-overdue Oscar for Best Director just five years ago for “The Departed,” Scorsese’s accomplishments with “Hugo” cannot be understated. It’s his first family film, albeit a very mature family film that’s bound to stand the test of time and grow in stature over the years. And for a film that marks his first foray into 3D, “Hugo” manages to top the likes of even “Avatar” to set a new standard for the medium. That’s because unlike other 3D films, where the process loses its effect (and its appeal) as the movie progresses, the 3D in “Hugo” sustains itself throughout the duration of its running time. And since the subject matter regarding film history is bound to resonate strongly with Academy voters, they might decide to spread the wealth between “Hugo” for Best Director and “The Artist” for Best Picture.

Should Win: Martin Scorsese (“Hugo”)

Will Win: Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”)

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BEST PICTURE

The Nominees: “The Artist,” “The Descendants,” “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” “The Help,” “Hugo,” “Midnight in Paris,” “Moneyball,” “The Tree of Life,” “War Horse”

The Lowdown: With its new voting process representing something of a sliding scale, the Academy chose nine films for Best Picture for the first time in its history. And for the first time since “Wings” won the very first Academy Award for Best Picture back in 1929, the Oscars will come full circle by honoring a black-and-white silent film with the biggest prize of them all. Simply put, no other film this year was quite like the “Artist” – not just on a visual scale (which is obvious), but on an emotional level for being so incredibly clever, smart, funny, irresistible, heartbreaking and delightful. It stirred emotion like no other film could, and it represented everything that a movie should be.

Should Win: “The Artist”

Will Win: “The Artist”

-- Scott Mantz

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Roselyn Sanchez Reveals Post-Baby Body Secrets, Dishes On Working With Navy SEALs For ‘Act Of Valor’

First Published: February 23, 2012 5:54 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Roselyn Sanchez smiles during a visit to Access Hollywood Live on February 23, 2012Caption Roselyn Sanchez smiles during a visit to Access Hollywood Live on February 23, 2012Roselyn Sanchez gave birth to daughter Sebella Rose just seven short weeks ago and she’s already looking stunningly svelte – so what’s her secret?

“Breastfeeding,” the beauty told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Thursday’s Access Hollywood Live of her post-baby shapeup. “I haven’t worked out. I guess it does [provide exercise] and it’s a lot of work.

“Tuesday the doctor said I can finally go and work out,” she added. “I’m excited to go back and be in the gym.”

In addition to becoming a mom, the 38-year-old actress recently got to work with real life heroes – filming “Act of Valor” alongside the military’s elite Navy SEALs – and Roselyn said the highly-trained soldiers definitely knew how to hit their marks.

“[The SEALs were] amazing — they were telling us how to do things!” she said. “Amazing. Just nice, nice people. Professional and unaffected by the whole business.”

Adding, “They just wanted to do a good job. It was great.”

Roselyn is one of only four professional actors in the movie – the rest of the roles are filled by SEALs and their real-life wives and children – something that caused the actress to pause before signing on for the upcoming film.

“My first instinct was like, ‘[That’s] weird. How are they going to act?’ But then I met the directors and I met the guys and I was fine,” she explained.

“At the beginning of the movie they tell you, [these are] real Navy SEALs. So, it’s endearing,” she added. “When you see them acting, you’re not expecting…you know that’s not what they do. And I think they did really good.”

“I’m obsessed with the Navy SEALs,” Billy confessed.

“You’re going to love this movie,” Roselyn said.

“Act of Valor” hits theaters on Friday.

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I AM IMPRESSED!!! Absolute unique, dedicated, brilliant, excellent.

Asbjorn Lonvig has selected the best of his motifs. They are for sale as 1 inks on Hahnemühle quality canvas and 210 numbered and signed Fine Art prints on Hahnemühle quality paper. He uses advanced IT- Technology in every possible aspect of his work. Asbjorn Lonvig combines the IT based Art with the canvas and paper from Hahnemühle. To the right you see the Hahnemühle Hologram used in the Certificate of Authenticity issued to every print. Asbjorn Lonvig has thoroughly researched the IT-Technology market in order to achieve the controversial goal: "The World's Best in Fine Art...Nothing less". The new IT-Technology offers tools to easily perform calibration and greatly accurate color matching of high pigmented inks and to achieve an unprecedented sustainability of 200 - 400 years. See detailed description of the new concept including the 10 IT-Dogmas - click here. You might as well read Colorful NEWS covering all Asbjorn Lonvig's recent activities - click here.
Granted The World of Art Award:
The editor of the World of Art Magazine: “Absolute unique, dedicated, brilliant, excellent. Searching your web site I have to say that I AM IMPRESSED!!!" "...we granted you The World of Art Award - the WOA.” The WOA is granted to artists, galleries and museums for the best practice in art and culture and for redefining standards of art excellence challenging existing trends and tendencies in art and culture.
The Art Book ”Creative GENIUS":

Masters of Today  Limited, London, UK will in Autumn 2011 launch the Art Book ”Creative GENIUS”. 100 artists from all over the world have been chosen. One af the 100 artists is Asbjorn Lonvig.

Author Alain Joannes, Paris compares Lonvig to Johan Sebastian Bach!!!
 
...the composer was organizing motifs melodic and harmonic in an architecture known personally. And one notices a dramatic subjectivity in the organization, apparently neutral, standardized musical figures. Similarly in the work of Asbjorn Lonvig, it takes a singular intent in the layout, in script, rudimentary forms of brightly colored.Below are 325+ motifs in 10 Collections. Click on a motif and you can see it enlarged and with a discription/video.Highly original derivative, oxymoronic singularity, individually universal, satirical
chutzpah subversive hilarity. I am LOVING LONVIG
Florence Siegel
Boro of Queens
New York

Congratulations. Wonderful work!
Please, look my website: www.edprimo.hpg.com.br
Ed Primo
Sao Paulo
Brazil

”Dear Master Lonvig (but after reading your biography and seen your wonderful Art, your name should be
"Loving"), thank you for your interest in participating  in this Feast of Culture and Art.”,
“………..are you sure you are not Italian?”
“…..I have no words to tell you how much I enjoyed your art presentation you sent me. I can tell you it would be an honour for us to have your works with us…”
prof. Giancarlo Alu
director of Mantena Museum
director of Mondial Art and Culture
Rome
Italy

Dear Asbjorn,
your work is really great!!!
I have gone through your portfolio and your other links too!!!!
Wish you happy creations!!!
Prakash Deshmukh
Akola
India

I love your work!
I have added a link to your site too under "Creative People"
Francesca Judd
Auckland
New Zealand

I love your concept! Your art and your generosity of spirit.
 I am a concert pianist and am very committed to inner city kids in Hartford CT.
Sanda Schuldmann
Executive Director
Chamber Music Plus
Hartford
Connecticut
US

I'm writing to you to tell you I like your work....the way you express the synthesis is very interesting
By the way..im an argentinian artist, if you have a minute i invite you to visit my site
www.mariadelavega.com.ar
cordially
María de la Vega
Buenos Aires
Argentina

I'm speachless...wow you are creative and diligent:
o)....I like your stuff because the beauty is in simplicity..... Just a warm hello to Denmark from Germany
Best
Gudrun Ploetz
Bad Nauheim
Germany

Hello Asbjorn,
All of your art and specially the Lucca Project are superb works of fine art.
I have enjoyed your art works with a tremendous amount of enthusiasm.
Best from
Anton Vogels
Dulwich Hill, Sydney
New South Wales
Australia

I was quite impressed with all the creativity here.
Keep up the good ART!
ART is needed everywhere.
Greetings from Portugal
Rod Costa
Portugal

Hello
I have just found your site and found it so refreshing,
as have been looking for ideas for some paintings for my granddaughters  baby's room,
and it has giving me some ideas and I just want to keep it simple, as I get older. Less is more seems to be the answer , keep up the good work. Lee Pennington
Painter
Tasmania
Australia
Your color and amazing simplicity inspire me so madly.
I'm looking for a brush now!
Incredible, quiet, moving, loud, and awesome!
Randy Jacobs
Dallas
Texas
US

Hello
I am a New York based artist. I work primarily in pastels, oils & watercolor.
I loved your web designs and art that I located through absolute arts! 
Is this to be another web magazine like absolute arts? 
Is it solely your own promotion?  It is GREAT!!!!  If it is ongoing, how do I subscribe? 
You have a linking option...I'm interested in it....please see my web site:
www.ellenfisch.com
I wish you much success!!!  Are you interested in a NY publisher....
I know of one who may be interested in your work....maybe
All the best for  wonderful holidays!
Happy painting,
Ellen Fisch, BA in art from Brooklyn College - MA in art from New York University
Long Island
New York
US

Dear Asbjorn
Thank you for making me your official NY fan club!! (but please spell my name correctly...Ellen Fisch )....
I love reading your Art Blogs and think that you are an art FORCE!! 
Not only does your work encourage others with its eneryg, beauty and aethetic sensibility, but your writing is wonderful!! 
Every time I go to your web site (often) I get a mega dose of art fuel!! 
You are THE BEST!!
Warm Regards,
Ellen Fisch, BA in art from Brooklyn College
MA in art from New York University
Long Island
New York
US
PS I'm having a show of my work at the Jadite Gallery on West 50 Street in New York City. 
Opening is April 5.  If you are in New York, I hope you will stop by.  I would love to meet you in person!!

Dear Asbjorn:
Thanks for ordering another 25 artworks.  You account has been updated
to allow 75 artworks.  We are so glad you are excited about Gallery
Direct and decided to upgrade your account to allow display of more of
your genious artwork.
Dave Yelen
President and founder of Gallery Direct
Forty Fort
Pennsylvania
US

Hello,
I just like to congratulate you and thank you for the fantastic art work
that you have created and exhibited.
Keep on creating!!!
Best regards,
Paul Lionakis
Dover
Kent
UK

Dear Asbjorn Lonvig
Your website is truly colorful and fantastic!!
I entered the RSS in ArtistsBlog Headlines of artday.org.
Seiji Ueoka
Editor World ArtNews
Tokyo
Japan

I only have one word that best describes these books.
Thanks so much for the FREE downloads, they are very much appreciated.Thanks, Grandmother of 15
Greenville
Michigan
US

Hi Asbjorn Lonvig
Thanks for forwarding – magnificent article… Thanks 
Bjarne Bækgaard
Communication manager
Aros Art Museum
Aarhus
Denmark

Hi, your work is very powerful.
Your writings and work are very impressive.
Diane Leon
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Arts at New York University
New York
US


Congratulations on your beautiful work.
You have been accepted.
Michael Jason
Manhattan Arts International
New York
US

The Staff at ARTROM Gallery has met to view your images. We have also visited your websites and entered immediately into your world.
We are impressed with your ability to simplify a concept into an image and concentrate it,
to incude only what is necessary. In evaluating your work for its strong graphic content, we  became aware of the size of the originals; they are all quite large and are acrylic on canvas. 
In viewing your works we discussed not only their graphic content, but discussed them as paintings, as objects unto themselves. Knowing that the images exist somewhere as objects of that dimension is far different than looking at images stored in some computer, regardless of how they were created. One can appreciate the graphic illustrative/informative quality of an image on a computer screen, but it stops there, until you know more about the image as it exists in "real life",
and this adds another dimension to the work. It also adds credibility to the commitment the artist has made to the image.
We feel that you believe in your commitment as an artist.
This is one of the aspects we look for in our GUILD Members.
When one believes in himself the message is clear.  We are also interested in your "Manifesto" below.         "It's about the fact that the art market is predicted to grow 3,5 times because of the Internet.
It's about my decision to stake everything on the internet.
It's about concentrating my efforts on the internet when it comes to sales.
It's about my decision to make new standards and challenge art traditions by
making my drafts on a computer and exhibit the drafts.
And insist upon that a computer is nothing but a new tool.
And insist upon that using a computer is as worthy as not doing it!!!
Worthier????" We would like to help you accomplish these things, and welcome you to become a member.
David Genovesi directorARTROM GALLERY GUILD
International Society of Artists and Designers
Viale Carso, 71
Rome, Lazio,
Italy

Searching your web site I have to say that I AM IMPRESSED!!!
Absolute unique, dedicated, brilliant, excellent. I wish the see you.
Are you living outside Copenhagen?
Actually we are in Stockholm and London, we are passing throw Denmark in regular basis…
Anticipate thanks
Petru Russu
Editor and publisher
World Of Art Magazine
Stockholm
Mörbylund 19, 9tr, 182 30 Danderyd, Sweden
London
17 Ringwood Gardens, London, UK

Great, very interesting.
Your wide vision and conecting compex ideas in simple presentation are of high value.
You obsereve sights digest them and present them in colorful simple forms, have a quality of their own.
I wish you great success.
Today in India is Great Festival of Lights- Diwali,
On this occasion your paintings gave us enjoyment.
With regards,
O. P. Joshi,  Sociologist of art, Ph.D.
College of KISHANGARH  
Jaipur, Rajasthan
India

The jubilation feelings given
by forms and colors
of Asbjorn Lonvig...
French author Alain Joannes from Paris praises Asbjorn Lonvig's art to the skies in his new book "Comment communiquer par des images" ("How to communicate through pictures"). It is presented at Salon du Livre in Paris.005.
He wrote the following:
The art of the Danish painter Asbjorn Lonvig communicates at the first glance euphoria in a rough state. A so intense euphoria that the glance can not move away from the piece of his art.
Of course, the saturated colours are decisive in this very great glowing. The coloured dazzling and the feeling of pleasure which prolongs it have multiple causes. 
As adequacy between artistic creation and the constraints of communication, the art of  Asbjorn Lonvig illustrates an assumption of neurocognitives sciences: the neurons in charge of visual perception are first activated by patterns recognition, then by colors recognition, then by recognition of textures and movements recognition. In a piece of art  like "Soul hurting still ", the sensory impacts of the forms and the colors are very strong and equal.  The pleasure comes from what the eye and the brain receive from the red, the yellow, the green and blue at the same time as they recognize the squares, the rectangles, the circles, the triangles, the straight and broken lines and even  the letter “A”.
The glance thus filled by a profusion of feelings founds a generating mental state of pleasure.
After and beyond the primary emotion, in a second phase of contemplation, the spirit endeavours to confer an overall significance on the table.  It calls upon its repertory of already memorized forms.  Then, the pleasure becomes ludic.  Functioning like a rebus, the chart of an unknown territory, a coded language or a mysterious diagram, the piece of art asks to the witness:  " What am I ?"
The many possible answers are mental resonances which give to the artistic communication a richness higher than all the other ways to communicate.
This communication is intersubjective.  It organizes the meeting between the subjectivity of the artist and the subjectivity of the witness. 
The witness of the piece of art is free to refer to tropical sensory prints: association of a dominating solar yellow, sky blue, deep vegetal green.  He can also associate the table with an intimate collection of primitive art. 
He shall perhaps remember the geometrical abstractions of Kandinsky and Mondrian. Surely, the piece of art  will be kept in the long memory space into the brain with all its resonances sensory, emotional, ludic and cultural.
It is may be interesting to know that the joyfull  impact piece of art by Asbjorn Lonvig is closely related to its is canvassed artistic. High level data processing specialist then head of a software company, the painter found serenity in a pictorial creation which starts with digital drafts and finds its completion on a support – frame and fabric - entirely conceived and manufactured by the artist.
Alain Joannes, Author
Paris
France

Asbjorn,
your work is amazing!
I am really impressed with the use of colour and your contribution to art and design,
thanks,
Jorge Restrepo, native Columbian
Tegucigalpa
Honduras

Hello mr. Asbjorn Lonvig,
your work is very well, your abstract is simple but so and
so deep..i wish you the very good luck
Amany Ali Fahmy, Ph.D Helwan University, Cairo
Pyramids Avenue
Giza
Egypt

I'd like to send you my compliments for your outstanding work.
Mark Collins

What a wonderful site! It makes me proud to be an artist and gets me anxious to create more!
Keep it up!
Rosana Modugno
(born in Uruguay)
New York

Congratulations. Wonderful work!
Please, look my website: www.edprimo.hpg.com.br
Ed Primo
Sao Paulo
Brazil

”Dear Master Lonvig (but after reading your biography and seen your wonderful Art, your name should be
"Loving"), thank you for your interest in participating  in this Feast of Culture and Art.”,
“………..are you sure you are not Italian?”
“…..I have no words to tell you how much I enjoyed your art presentation you sent me. I can tell you it would be an honour for us to have your works with us…”
prof. Giancarlo Alu
director of Mantena Museum
director of Mondial Art and Culture
Rome
Italy

Dear Asbjorn,
your work is really great!!!
I have gone through your portfolio and your other links too!!!!
Wish you happy creations!!!
Prakash Deshmukh
Akola
India

I love your work!
I have added a link to your site too under "Creative People"
Francesca Judd
Auckland
New Zealand

Highly original derivative, oxymoronic singularity, individually universal, satirical
chutzpah subversive hilarity. I am LOVING LONVIG
Florence Siegel
Boro of Queens
New York

Congratulations. Wonderful work!
Please, look my website: www.edprimo.hpg.com.br
Ed Primo
Sao Paulo
Brazil

”Dear Master Lonvig (but after reading your biography and seen your wonderful Art, your name should be
"Loving"), thank you for your interest in participating  in this Feast of Culture and Art.”,
“………..are you sure you are not Italian?”
“…..I have no words to tell you how much I enjoyed your art presentation you sent me. I can tell you it would be an honour for us to have your works with us…”
prof. Giancarlo Alu
director of Mantena Museum
director of Mondial Art and Culture
Rome
Italy

Dear Asbjorn,
your work is really great!!!
I have gone through your portfolio and your other links too!!!!
Wish you happy creations!!!
Prakash Deshmukh
Akola
India

I love your work!
I have added a link to your site too under "Creative People"
Francesca Judd
Auckland
New Zealand

I love your concept! Your art and your generosity of spirit.
 I am a concert pianist and am very committed to inner city kids in Hartford CT.
Sanda Schuldmann
Executive Director
Chamber Music Plus
Hartford
Connecticut
US

I'm writing to you to tell you I like your work....the way you express the synthesis is very interesting
By the way..im an argentinian artist, if you have a minute i invite you to visit my site
www.mariadelavega.com.ar
cordially
María de la Vega
Buenos Aires
Argentina

I'm speachless...wow you are creative and diligent:
o)....I like your stuff because the beauty is in simplicity..... Just a warm hello to Denmark from Germany
Best
Gudrun Ploetz
Bad Nauheim
Germany

Hello Asbjorn,
All of your art and specially the Lucca Project are superb works of fine art.
I have enjoyed your art works with a tremendous amount of enthusiasm.
Best from
Anton Vogels
Dulwich Hill, Sydney
New South Wales
Australia

I was quite impressed with all the creativity here.
Keep up the good ART!
ART is needed everywhere.
Greetings from Portugal
Rod Costa
Portugal

Highly original derivative, oxymoronic singularity, individually universal, satirical
chutzpah subversive hilarity. I am LOVING LONVIG
Florence Siegel
Boro of Queens
New York

Congratulations. Wonderful work!
Please, look my website: www.edprimo.hpg.com.br
Ed Primo
Sao Paulo
Brazil

”Dear Master Lonvig (but after reading your biography and seen your wonderful Art, your name should be
"Loving"), thank you for your interest in participating  in this Feast of Culture and Art.”,
“………..are you sure you are not Italian?”
“…..I have no words to tell you how much I enjoyed your art presentation you sent me. I can tell you it would be an honour for us to have your works with us…”
prof. Giancarlo Alu
director of Mantena Museum
director of Mondial Art and Culture
Rome
Italy

Dear Asbjorn,
your work is really great!!!
I have gone through your portfolio and your other links too!!!!
Wish you happy creations!!!
Prakash Deshmukh
Akola
India

I love your work!
I have added a link to your site too under "Creative People"
Francesca Judd
Auckland
New Zealand

I love your concept! Your art and your generosity of spirit.
 I am a concert pianist and am very committed to inner city kids in Hartford CT.
Sanda Schuldmann
Executive Director
Chamber Music Plus
Hartford
Connecticut
US

I'm writing to you to tell you I like your work....the way you express the synthesis is very interesting
By the way..im an argentinian artist, if you have a minute i invite you to visit my site
www.mariadelavega.com.ar
cordially
María de la Vega
Buenos Aires
Argentina

I'm speachless...wow you are creative and diligent:
o)....I like your stuff because the beauty is in simplicity..... Just a warm hello to Denmark from Germany
Best
Gudrun Ploetz
Bad Nauheim
Germany

Hello Asbjorn,
All of your art and specially the Lucca Project are superb works of fine art.
I have enjoyed your art works with a tremendous amount of enthusiasm.
Best from
Anton Vogels
Dulwich Hill, Sydney
New South Wales
Australia

I was quite impressed with all the creativity here.
Keep up the good ART!
ART is needed everywhere.
Greetings from Portugal
Rod Costa
Portugal

Hello
I have just found your site and found it so refreshing,
as have been looking for ideas for some paintings for my granddaughters  baby's room,
and it has giving me some ideas and I just want to keep it simple, as I get older. Less is more seems to be the answer , keep up the good work. Lee Pennington
Painter
Tasmania
Australia
Your color and amazing simplicity inspire me so madly.
I'm looking for a brush now!
Incredible, quiet, moving, loud, and awesome!
Randy Jacobs
Dallas
Texas
US

Hello
I am a New York based artist. I work primarily in pastels, oils & watercolor.
I loved your web designs and art that I located through absolute arts! 
Is this to be another web magazine like absolute arts? 
Is it solely your own promotion?  It is GREAT!!!!  If it is ongoing, how do I subscribe? 
You have a linking option...I'm interested in it....please see my web site:
www.ellenfisch.com
I wish you much success!!!  Are you interested in a NY publisher....
I know of one who may be interested in your work....maybe
All the best for  wonderful holidays!
Happy painting,
Ellen Fisch, BA in art from Brooklyn College - MA in art from New York University
Long Island
New York
US

Dear Asbjorn
Thank you for making me your official NY fan club!! (but please spell my name correctly...Ellen Fisch )....
I love reading your Art Blogs and think that you are an art FORCE!! 
Not only does your work encourage others with its eneryg, beauty and aethetic sensibility, but your writing is wonderful!! 
Every time I go to your web site (often) I get a mega dose of art fuel!! 
You are THE BEST!!
Warm Regards,
Ellen Fisch, BA in art from Brooklyn College
MA in art from New York University
Long Island
New York
US
PS I'm having a show of my work at the Jadite Gallery on West 50 Street in New York City. 
Opening is April 5.  If you are in New York, I hope you will stop by.  I would love to meet you in person!!

Dear Asbjorn:
Thanks for ordering another 25 artworks.  You account has been updated
to allow 75 artworks.  We are so glad you are excited about Gallery
Direct and decided to upgrade your account to allow display of more of
your genious artwork.
Dave Yelen
President and founder of Gallery Direct
Forty Fort
Pennsylvania
US

Hello,
I just like to congratulate you and thank you for the fantastic art work
that you have created and exhibited.
Keep on creating!!!
Best regards,
Paul Lionakis
Dover
Kent
UK

Dear Asbjorn Lonvig
Your website is truly colorful and fantastic!!
I entered the RSS in ArtistsBlog Headlines of artday.org.
Seiji Ueoka
Editor World ArtNews
Tokyo
Japan

I only have one word that best describes these books.
Thanks so much for the FREE downloads, they are very much appreciated.Thanks, Grandmother of 15
Greenville
Michigan
US

Hi Asbjorn Lonvig
Thanks for forwarding – magnificent article… Thanks 
Bjarne Bækgaard
Communication manager
Aros Art Museum
Aarhus
Denmark

Hi, your work is very powerful.
Your writings and work are very impressive.
Diane Leon
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Arts at New York University
New York
US


Congratulations on your beautiful work.
You have been accepted.
Michael Jason
Manhattan Arts International
New York
US




In general


Hahnemühle FINE ART

Only a few companies can proudly look back on such a long, uninterrupted tradition. Founded in 1584 we are the oldest German papermakers manufacturing papers for traditional and digital artists as well as industrial papers.

Since the founding of the company more than 400 years ago a forward-looking attitude has formed the basis for continuous growth and the innovative strength of the company. Close cooperation with national and international partners enables speedy transformation of research results into new products. These are successfully marketed
via a global distributor network.

Hahnemühle FineArt GmbH
Hahnestraße 5
37586 Dassel/Relliehausen
Germany

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Original - one of a kind - signed:
Inks on Hahnemühle Artist Canvas canvas, size:
84 x 59,4 cm (33.1” x 23.4”).
Price US$ 5,976 - 8,632 valued by Graham's Fine Art Auctioneers, Johannesburg. Graham’s only deals with works that illustrate great significance through execution, condition, aesthetics, value and iconicity.
A Certification of Authentication is issued on demand.

Fine Art Prints:
Edition 210 for each Original art work, 210 x exclusive fine art prints numbered and signed by Asbjorn Lonvig, printed on Hahnemühle Museum Etching 350 gsm Fine Art paper using pigment based archival inks for pigment load maximization and lightfastness augmentation. Processed with Hahnemühle Protection Spray.
Retail Price is US$ 2,000 - Artist Price is US$ 2,000 valued by art publisher 2010 Fine Art alias MMX Art, Cape Town.

Hahnemühle USA, North American distributors of high-quality digital art media from Hahnemühle FineArt GmbH, recently announced the addition of a new inkjet paper to its ArtLine series. Designed for the professional digital artist, this new product is intended to meet the growing requirements of high-end artists, photographers, galleries and museums.
Museum Etching 350gms is a natural white, 100% Cotton Rag, OBA free paper with a slight texture and a soft homogenous surface. This new paper is unique in that while maintaining the desirable traditional surface structure of other etching papers, it also demonstrates the subtle velvety nuances found in 100% rag papers.
Developed in summer of 2005 according to specifications put forth by digital imaging pioneer Stephen Johnson, Museum Etching 350gms will be ready for distribution fall 2005. Available in 17”, 24”, 36” and 44” rolls as well as all standard cut sheet sizes, Museum Etching 350gms is ideal for the discriminating artist who requires a unique traditional art paper.

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“I’ve long wanted a 100% cotton-fiber fine-arts white paper with a traditional printmaking surface of some texture and substance.
After long discussions as to the kind of paper I needed, Hahnemühle has now made a great implemen tation of those qualities in their new Museum Etching Digital Fine-Art Paper. It is 100% rag, a good weight of 350gsm, no optical brighteners, a stable coating and a subtle, rich surface.There is no evident linting and it profiled well on the first try. I’ve been using the White Etching for all of my Fine-Art prints for galleries and individual collectors and in my Digital Printing classes to much acclaim.It’s a very beautiful paper.”

-Stephen Johnson-

Concerning sale contact
lonvig-complete-works
@mail.dk

Certificate of Authenticity

The catificate of Authenticity is issued according to the Hahnemühle Hologram System. A serialized numbered hologram is added to the Certificate. A second, identically numbered hologram is then applied to the reverse side of the artwork.
The combination of certificate and hologram assures that each Certificate of Authenticity relates to one particular piece of art.

See the Hahnemühle Hologram System


Hahnemühle Protective Spray
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The Protective Spray is fast-drying and does not turn yellow. It is completely transparent and has no influence whatsoever on the original colours of the paper.

New IT Technology:
New advanced IT technology - hardware and software - offers tools to easily perform calibration and greatly accurate color matching of high pigmented inks and not least a sustainability of 200 - 400 years.
See detailed description of the new IT-Technology and the 10 IT-Dogmas for reaching the ultimate goal: "The World's Best in Fine Art...Nothing less"10 IT-Dogmas - click here.




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sister organizations all over the world.
Asbjorn Lonvig has the contract number 1549.
If you want to use a work for some purpose like a beer label, a book cover,
marketing or product design etc.
please contact copydan@copydan.dk for price information.

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New Article "Search Engine Strategies for Success: 2006" by John Wooton and Asbjorn Lonvig

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Search Engine Strategies for Success: 2006
by John Wooton, Author and Creator, The SEO Journal Blog  and Asbjorn Lonvig.

Readers of my latest Art News Artblog have asked me to write about how I got a relatively good presence on the internet.
Yesterday's statistics:
150,000 hits on Google.com and 100,000 hits on Yahoo.com on the search term "lonvig"
and 64,708 hits and 1,176,552,123
bytes transferred per day on my web site www.lonvig.dk.

John Wooton:

As you know, every year is always rocked by a plethora of changes in the search engine marketing world. The acquisition of smaller companies by the Big 3 changes the marketing landscape as we know it every month and with every update to the index that is made, we hold our breath and hope that we come out better (if not, the same) in the end. So when it comes to the new year, there are many things that we should look out for to stay on top of the rankings.

1. Quality Content: I say this so often and I cannot overemphasize this enough: Content is KING! Search engine spiders, crawl the net to find what? Content! Your site has information (hopefully) that you want the spiders to see and include in their index. By the creation and publication of quality content, you give the search engines more reason to return. You are feeding them what they want. In 2006, you should be finding creative ways to get your content noticed and viewed as well as finding creative ways to publish fresh content on a regular basis. A very good way this is done is through the use of message boards (hosted on your site) and by blogs (enabling you to publish more frequently).

Asbjorn Lonvig:

Tell a story.
Every time I enter something on the internet, on my own website or another web site like an online gallery I tell a story. Like what Jose Dali said about my fairy tale character Crab-Mac-Claw or Alice Garibaldi's view of my computer drafts of sculptures in Rome.
For search engine optimization and submission to selected search engines I use the software IBP Internet Business Promoter by Axandra, Germany.  For check of meta tags I use the free Meta Tag Analyzer from  Submitexpress.com. This is to ensure 100 % title relevancy to page content, 100 % description relevancy to page content and 100 % keyword relevancy to page content.


Don't focus on your web main page
(index page) - focus on every page,
only 1.56 % of my visitors enter through
the web main page.

__________________


John Wooton:

2. Don't Overextend Your Link Exchange Structure: Backlinks were a popular way to increase your rankings fast in the search engines. The tradition holds: find a PR7 website and trade backlinks and you'll be indexed in Google within 24 hours. That strategy still holds true and is beneficial for new web sites.

But in my opinion the days of tremendous link swapping are coming to an end. Many website have been founded with the purpose of allowing you to exchange links with other web sites. This has caused a massive influx of web masters who want to exchange a ton of links with the hope that it will help them in the search engines.

But what really matters when it comes to links is the amount of quality one way backlinks that direct users to your website. You want the balance of links to be in your favor, that is what leads to success.

Also, there has been talk of search engines taking notice of these "link farms" and penalizing those who take part in them. So if you do take part in link exchanges, please be moderate in respect to the number of exchanges you take part in.


Asbjorn Lonvig:

I do not concentrate upon links any more. I only make links that are relevant to my content. If I am asked to link to a Kangaroo farm in Canberra, New South Wales, Australia, I sure will do it.
Now and then I run a Link Popularity Check on my online galleries to check their degree of presence on the internet. The Link Popularity Check program is free and it is from Axandra, Germany. Absolutearts.com has the highest link popularity of all online galleries.


__________________


John Wooton:

3. RSS and XML: Two new technologies that have begun to take center stage especially in 2005 include a programming language that has been around for several years called XML. XML is short for extensible markup language and is a derivative from HTML. The main difference is your ability to create descriptive tags for your data.

This has led to the advent of RSS or real simple syndication. RSS is a way for you to publish your data to an XML file hosted on your site. Users subscribe to your RSS feed via the XML file and whenever you make a changes to your XML file they are notified. It's become a major technology used by news agencies and bloggers alike as a simple method of publishing your information across a wide variety of platforms.

XML has also proved useful with the Google Site maps program, newly released in 2005. The optional tags available with the XML site map allow you to be descriptive about the individual pages on your site including dates the individual pages were modified. There are some small things you need to pay attention to when creating this: namely you have to follow the Google xml schema, and you have to be diligent about tracking and fixing errors in the code. But if used correctly, it is a great way to help Google index the hidden pages of your website due to javascript or flash.


Asbjorn Lonvig:

I have made an RSS to all main pages on my web site and an RSS to every online gallery.
I use the FeedForAll RSS feed creation tool to built my own RSSs. This way I have built 73 "hand made" RSSs.
I use the following blogging systems for posting a lot of news and for automatic building of RSSs, ATOM feeds and RDFs: Blogger.com, Blogger.dk, Blog.com, Bloglines.com, Spaces.msn.com, Squarespace.com, Angelfire.com and Artday.org.
Artday.org is Japanese. It is from Tokyo. And so is the image to the left. It's the Tokyo skyline with Tokyo Tower. The title is "Tokyo Moonlight".

All of the above RSSs, ATOM feeds and RDFs - both my own "hand made" RSSs and the RSSs, ATOM feeds and RDFs generated automatically by blogging systems - are submitted to selected directories and search engines with the software RSS FEEDS Submit from rssfeedssubmit.com - if you need an introduction to RSS news feeds, you'll find it on rssfeedssubmit.com.

I have built one site map in English and one in Danish.


___________________


John Wooton:

4. Stay away from Flash and Javascript for the time being: Flash and Javascript are very powerful tools for creating dynamic and eye catching web sites. The most prominent problem with the two technologies is that the spiders can't index through them (at least not yet). This limits your ability to have the search engines index portions of your site. Many have speculated that the Big 3 are working on solving this problem, but for the time being, avoid or limit your use of these technologies.

5. Avoid Unethical SEO: There are a lot of programs out there that help you to achieve maximum link back ratios in a very short amount of time. Some of them are good; some are bad. In fact, some of them will waste your effort trying to post trivial comments on blogs or trying to maximize your link exchanges. In my opinion, you should seek success in SEM the right, ethical way. Seek out honest web companies to exchange a moderate amount of links with. Post only relevant comments to forums and blogs because that behavior leads to lasting link backs. Also, don't try to manipulate your website to make it appear to have a higher PR than you really do. Google sees that one!


Asbjorn Lonvig:

I  stay away from Flash and.....
I stay away from unethical SEO.

_____________________

John Wooton:

6. Last, but not least, Articles: There is a little bit of controversial talk about whether it is right to post articles for free use in directories. In my opinion, you are providing a well needed service to web masters and I don't see this one as a potential loss for 2006. Information is valuable. And web sites that need content (especially fresh content) desire what you do to make their efforts a success. So it is natural for your web site rankings to benefit through backlinks from those articles. It's a win win situation.

One other thought on this subject. Right now, the search engines can punish web sites for having duplicate content, and that is an argument that many will propose. But, the search engines will usually only punish you if the html format of a web site is similar, not a couple of articles. So posting articles is safe for now.

But be cautious. Many lucrative methods of ethical SEO can be turned into a problem when too many people attempt to abuse the technology.

So that's it. Short, but informative. SEO is both an art and a technology that we have to use correctly for the right type of success. Who knows what the year ahead may bring, but playing your cards right, you can achieve success and avoid any pitfalls that may come.


Asbjorn Lonvig:

This Art News Artblog article is an example of Articles.
I write articles to as you know WWAR/Absolutearts, to Editorial Qroquis - a printed art magazine in Buenos Aires (translated into Spanish) and ADN World ArtNews in Tokyo. Furthermore my articles are published on selected RSSes of my own, on all the blogging systems mentioned above and on the online gallery ArtCad.com in Paris.

To keep track of the effect of my efforts to have a relatively good internet presence I use a server based statistic system on my web hotel called InSite.
I use Google Alerts to continuously inform me what new things of mine have been indexed.
Occasionally I check presence on Yahoo.com.
And then I check the online galleries.
January 2006 WWAR/Absolutearts topped with 73,000 hits followed by ArtWanted in Salt Lake City with 21,000 hits.  Other online galleries like Yessy.com in Denver Colorado had 17,000 hits and a new online galley in Paris - ArtPourTous - had reached 4000 visitors. "Grand Maitre" to the right - that is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - is of course exhibited in Paris.
I'm working hard to produce decent traffic on all online galleries. 


__________________


Asbjorn Lonvig:

Thoughts.
Your sales has nothing to do with your artistic talent, with your exhibition at Chicago Athenaeum or with nice words written about your art in a French book on "How to communicate through pictures".
It's all about your internet presence???

Thanks.
I want to thank John Wooton Author and Creator, The SEO Journal Blog for  permitting me to use his article "Search Engine Strategies for Success: 2006", which I read 5 January 2006 in Entireweb Newsletter. 

Questions.
Ask all the questions you like.


My way - I am proud of doing it my way.  COPYRIGHT ASBJORN LONVIGsee Asbjorn Lonvig'sCopyright - Business Concept - Disclaimer

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New article: "New Carlsberg Glyptotek...support the arts, but do it with caution...

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New Carlsberg Glyptotek
by Asbjorn Lonvig


This Friday I visited the New Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen,
the capital of Denmark known for the statue of the Little Mermaid.

I came to Copenhagen very early in the morning.
I had dropped my son off at Copenhagen Airport for a transatlantic flight.
Copenhagen was still asleep.
Baresso, my favorite coffee shop, opened at 7.30 a.m.
So. I spent some time sightseeing before breakfast.



The Royal Castle, Amalienborg was wrapped.



The Parliament, Christiansborg was wrapped.

 



Christo???
The National Bank, The Tivoli Concert Hall and the New Carlsberg Glyptotek was kind of wrapped, too.
Might it be an art work by Christo accomplished over night?
What a surprise!
What an excellent idea!
Excellent.
Or?
Was it nothing but prosaic reconstruction, rebuilding, restoration, renovation.
I have decided not to ask.

I was stuck in an elevator in the parking house.
I totally panicked.
Baresso was not far away.
A double espresso and a focaccia bread.
And a double americano.
Was what it took to recover.

Carlsberg
Carlsberg's slogan is "Probably the Best Bear in the World".
If it is the Best?
Try it out.


I found Carlsberg's web site, and the title was:
Carlsberg.com - Probably the Best Website in the World.
Try it out.

The World?
You might have seen these Carlsberg advertisements....

 

I asked friends in New York, in Paris, and in Tokyo.
What is Carlsberg?
All of them answered : "A bear".

In 1847 Carlsberg's founder I.C. Jacobsen started the beer production in the first Carlsberg brewery plant, know as the Old Carlsberg.
In 1880 - as part of a fatiguing family drama - Carl Jacobsen, the son of the founder, established his own brewery, New Carlsberg.
This fatiguing family drama is documented in books and has been the theme of a very spell-binding TV serial.

In 1887 I.C. Jacobsen died and Old Carlsberg and New Carlsberg were united in the Carlsberg Foundation.

And the Carlsberg Foundation 
made
over the years
an awful lot of money.

New Carlsberg Glyptotek
However.
In one area I.C. Jacobsen and Carl Jacobsen were united.
They were both passionate art collectors.

The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek was founded 1897 by Carl Jacobsen who created one of the largest private art collections of his time. It was named after his brewery, New Carlsberg, with the addition of "Glyptotek", meaning collection of sculpture. He was interested in contemporary French and Danish art, as well as ancient art from the cultures surrounding the Mediterranean. To secure the future of the collection, Carl Jacobsen and his wife Ottilia donated it to the public in two deeds of gift from 1888 and 1899. The Museum's buildings were created to house these works of art.



Collection of ancient art
Today, the museum houses the largest collection of ancient art in Northern Europe, primarily sculpture, from Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Italy.



Egypt Statue, 1403 B.C. - 1365 B.C. Diorite, H. 160 cm.
Greece Vase, Apulian Amphora, Trozzella 500 BC.- 475 B.C. Clay, H. 33.3 cm
Etruria Statue, from Chiusi, 500 - 330 B.C. H. 100 cm
Etruria Vase, Archaic 700 - 500 B.C. Clay, H: 47.5 cm
Rome Pompey the Great, 106 BC.- 48 BC. Marble, H. 25 cm
Rome Aphrodite, Roman Imperial Period, 30 B.C.- 500 A.D. Marble, H. 92 cm
Rome Alexander the Great, Roman copy (2. cent. AD) of Greek original (2. cent. BC). Marble, H. 36 cm
or click on the above pictures to see New Carlsberg Glyptotek's collection notes.

Collection of European, French and Danish art
But during the more than one hundred years of its existence, the museum has also expanded the collection of French and Danish art from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
I was at New Carlsberg Glyptotek for the first time decades ago.
I was there together with my art teacher Jes Dueholm Jessen - a great art teacher.
It took my breath away.
Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Heni de Toulouse-Lautrec,
Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir...



Click on the above pictures to see New Carlsberg Glyptotek's comprehensive collection notes.


...and
Auguste Rodin, Camille Pissarro, Édouard Manet, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Carot,
Gustave Courbet...
And then a Van Gogh, I never had seen a Van Gogh before.





Thoughts
At this visit at New Carlsberg Glyptotek the collection even had a Pablo Picasso.
Some years ago I saw the collection of European Paintings at Art Institute of Chicago.
Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Picasso, Gauguin, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Monet, Renoir, Chagall...
and a thought popped up in my mind: "These masters don't belong here".
Before that I saw the same artists at Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands - no thoughts of that kind popped up.
Wandering around among the sculptures, vases, mosaics etc. from ancient Mediterranean cultures at the New Carlsberg Glyptotek this thought popped up again: "These sculptures, vases, mosaics etc. from the ancient Mediterranean  cultures don't belong here".
Last summer I visited Rome and I wandered around among sculptures, vases, mosaics from ancient Mediterranean cultures at Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme - no thoughts of that kind popped up.

My common sense tells me to brutally neutralize these thoughts.
Of course citizens in US must have the possibility to see a van Gogh.
Of course citizens in Denmark must have the possibility to see sculptures, vases, mosaics etc. from ancient Mediterranean cultures.

But...

Photos:
Photos of Amalienborg, Christiansborg, Copenhagen City Hall and New Carlsberg Glyptotek outside are by Asbjorn Lonvig
Photo of New Carlsberg Glyptotek inside is from Photo Archives at www.glyptoteket.dk
Photos of
sculptures, vases, mosaics etc. from ancient Mediterranean cultures are from Collections at www.glyptoteket.dk
Photos of Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Heni de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Vincent van Gogh art works are from Collections at www.glyptoteket.dk
Photos of Carlsberg bear bottle and 3 photos of Carlsberg advertisements are from Media, Image Library at www.carlsberg.com



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