Unique and Exotic . . . a Show of beauty, using Lighting and Music, and stunning young women . . . a ‘challenge’ to any artist!
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| “Lips – Vanilla Banana” | Acrylic on canvas | © SIMBARI |
Alain Bernardin, the owner of the famous Parisian Night-club “The Crazy Horse Saloon”, wanted to celebrate 25 years in business on Avenue George V, and he asked Nicola to do a series of paintings depicting his unique “girls” - - - an exhibition of this exceptional collection of works, was held in a noted Paris Gallery . . .
 . . . .And, later in New York . . .
Nicola’s
discussions with Alain Bernadin!
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Nicola carrying one of the ‘girls’ through a Paris street - - - “Miku-miku” Acrylic on Canvas Crazy Horse Collection © SIMBARI |
We stayed in Paris whilst Nicola did his enviable ‘research’. . . sketching his subjects. Then it was home to Rome to create this stunning Collection of paintings . . .
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Having seen the Show, and met the “girls” several times, during our stay in Paris, for me, the paintings show all the colour and the spectacle produced by the music, and the amazing lighting - - - - The Exhibition ‘opening’ was highly acclaimed and most successful. . . “Le Tout Paris” was there, . . . and the gorgeous girls!
“Eva di Bratislava”
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Two round canvasses were particularly Dramatic . . . . almost
as if the viewer is looking through a spy-glass - - - underlining the
Dramatic Theatrical quality of ‘Le Crazy’ - - -
Masterpieces
of Staging - - - painted by a Master Artist!
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No photograph or printed reproduction can ever catch the full vibrancy of colour and texture which bursts upon the senses in every painting . . . “Trucula Bon Bon” Crazy Horse Collection Oil on canvas ©SIMBARI |
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. . . to be able to stand
before a blank canvas, pick up a palette knife, and apply the rich colours, we recognise as his, and capture a fleeting moment - - - FOREVER - - - What a Gift! Pure Genius! To love his work is to understand this Painter . . .
“Uhla Starlight”
Crazy Horse Collection Oil on Canvas © SIMBARI |
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Often asked what it is like to be married to an artist of Nicola’s talent . . . . I have no answer . . . but one thing is sure . . . it has never been DULL ! His enormous vitality and imagination, his dedication to his Art, his zest for life, his undeniable charm, his generosity, and his lightening moods are a challenge and a delight to all who know him . . .
Words are not necessary when showing Nicola’s works . . . they
speak for themselves - - - and yet . . .
I have put in a poem to express HOW his Art “speaks” to me . . .
Sketches for “Crazy Horse Collection” © SIMBARI |
The
Artist Is an alluring Soul, Whose Mistress Is his Art. His Heart is filled With Passion’s Fire, His Master Is his Work. Fantastic Images And Sounds Are his Magic World! With myriad colours In his veins . . . He would share with us! |
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He
understands The Gift he has, He knows Just what he gives . . . He desires To share with us His Boundless Wizardry! It is the very LIFE Of him That he Entrusts to us . . . |
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| Elfrida © 1997 excerpt from “True Artist” | ||
The noted French Art Critic, Hervé Bazin of the Académie
Goncourt,
wrote
of Nicola’s work . . .
“The discovery of Simbari’s paintings amazed me. What struck me first,
in his work, is the materia combined with a brilliance, and a
technique, sure and individualistic. It is an impressive burst of vivid
colour. . .
Today there are few artists capable of giving us, without any complex,
such sensuous joy of creating.”
A compliment, indeed !
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As I show these amazing Dancers, on the page, I am reminded of that time in Paris, with our young daughter, ‘living’ and ‘breathing’ the excitement of “discovering the Crazy Horse” . . . ! “Moony Trafalgar” Oil on Canvas Crazy Horse Collection © SIMBARI |
The “girls” were great company and told many stories of their adventures, to Jenny and I . . .
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They seemed to come from so many different countries . . . but, that IS the excitement of Paris ! “Norma Piccadilly”
Oil on Canvas Crazy Horse Collection © SIMBARI |
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Stuart Preston, the noted New York Art Critic, said of
Nicola’s work ;
“There is a marvelous richness to this artist’s symphonic manipulation
of sumptuous colour.”
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Backstage “Study” 1 Crazy Horse Etching © SIMBARI |
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His series of etchings based on his sketches made backstage at the Crazy Horse, show his “reverence” for the female form. . . . |
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Backstage “Study” 2 Crazy Horse Etching © SIMBARI |
“Every aspect of the world, to the eyes of a painter like Simbari,
celebrates
the great mystery of Eye and Spirit, at the same time secret and
evident of
The Universe becoming Painting”
( excerpt from an article by Raymond Charmet)
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Perhaps, because
I have “roots” in The Theatre - - - I enjoyed this part of Nicola’s “Diaries” so much ! There is no doubt it was an unforgettable ‘experience’ . . . |
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I never tire of admiring
the superb girls of the Crazy Horse as seen through Nicola’s eyes . .
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no
wonder the Exhibition was so acclaimed . . . !
© Elfrida 2010
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