Helsinki Meet-up FRIENDS Visit Leonard Cohen Artworks in Porvoo Before the Concert - Szilvia Szanto's Images

September 2, 2012

Szilvia Szanto standing next to"Muse of the Laboratory" at the Art Factory

Organized by Jarkko Arjatsalo with the help of Sinikka Hijlnen, a group of FRIENDS made a pre-concert trip to the Art Factory in Porvoo to visit the Leonard Cohen concert related exhibit.

Szilivia Szanto (Gallina on the Leonard Cohen Forum) uploaded a wonderful album on Facebook early this morning with photos of the visit.

Here are just a few from all her beautiful photos.  Thank you, Szilvia

Ciarran Dorr, Wendy Marshall & Marie Nolan

Jarkko Arjatsalo

Jarkko & FRIENDS

Eija Arjatsalo (c) & FRIENDS

Szilvia Szanto, Ciaran Dorr & Wendy Marshall

Wenche Bats, Maarten Massa (Mr Wenche Bats) & Sinikka Hiljnen

Jarkko & Henry Tengelsen

Time to return to Helsinki and get ready for the concert

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My apologies for any name typos. Please let me know.
Helsinki Concert, Sonera Stadium - Sept 2/12

Henry Tengelsen's Image Report, Leonard Cohen Concert - Halden Fredriksten Festning

August 29, 2012

"Leonard Cohen promised to give us everything. And he delivered :) - with Per Arne Monsen that Leonard Cohen that fortress." (google translate)

 

" Great charge to the concert with Leonard Cohen. Cohen photos, speeches by Håvard Rem, strawberries and champagne in Gallery Ramfjord
- With Per Arne Monsen, Elisabeth Ramfjord and Håvard Rem that fortress" (google translate)

Henry Tengelsen, stalwart Leonard cohen FRIEND kindly uploaded a speedy image report on Facebook shortly after the concert ended in Halden.  Thank you, Henry.

For my Galleri Ramfjord report with Marianne in attendance and more photos of Leonard Cohen's artworks, click here

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Top photo: Henry, upper row middle

Bottom photo: Henry, bottom right

Leonard Cohen's 1960 Portrait of Marianne Ihlen On Exhibit in Halden, Norway-Concert at Fredriksten Festning

August 28, 2012

"Elisabeth Ramfjord and Marianne Ihlen next to Leonard Cohen's portrait of her from 1960"

Photo: Thanks to LC Norwegian FRIEND Anne Riise (Facebook)

An exhibition of Leonard Cohen's artworks has been on display at Galleri Ramfjord in Halden, Norway to coincide with the date of his concert tomorrow, August 29 at the Fredriksten Festning, "The Fort".

There are 50 Leonard Cohen artworks in the exhibit including 20 new works.  One of the new works was printed specially for this concert related exhibition.

"you can't emerge"

Leonard Cohen To Halden With Art And Music

Artist The visit coincides with Gallery Ramfjord exhibition of Cohen-art fortress.

The exhibition opens on Saturday 11 August, reports from the curator hold, and takes place in the old Commandant's residence. The exhibition will be opened by the Canadian Embassy.

29. august coming artist to see the exhibition, and then there will be another concert with the Canadian artist.

It's Exactly one year ago Gallery Ramfjord presented Norway's first exhibition of Leonard Cohen in Oslo. The new exhibit in the Halden holds nearly 50 works that will be exhibited for sale at the fort.

We are talking about 30 older work, as well as 20 new ones.

• See pictures of Cohen on the website gallery Ramfjord.

According to Cohen's management, Norway is in a class as well as the sale of Cohen's art on canvas.

(From: NRK*-google translate)

Photos from the gallery's website

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* The NRK article includes a photo with this caption: "Leonard Cohen is considered as a real friend of Norway".

To see more photos of Marianne Ihlen, click the Label below "Marianne Ihlen" 

My Silent Protest - No Leonard Cohen Photos in "Who Shot Rock and Roll" Photography Exhibit

August 24, 201

200+ Images - Photos & Album covers - but None of Leonard Cohen

When sonLeonard invited me to join the family for this exhibit, he suggested there might be a photo of Leonard Cohen included. And that certainly excited me.

I did some research and discovered that there were no photos or album covers of Leonard Cohen in the exhibit.

So I huffed and puffed in indigantion about this terrible slight -after all LC is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - and decided I had to stage a protest.

The dignified strategy I came up with was wearing my 6" I Love Leonard Cohen button. It sometimes attracts notice and lovely conversations happen.  And it did.

When sonLeonard and I approached the outdoor entrance of the Annenberg Space For Photography, a gentleman in a navy blazer greeted us saying, "I love Leonrd Cohen too". So I pointed to my button and told him, "This is my silent protest because there are no Leonard Cohen photos in the exhibit. And Leonard Cohen is in the R&R Hall of Fame."

 I had pre-arranged with my son to please snap a photo of me with a background of the exhibit for posting on the LC Scrapbook. To my surprise and delight, he agreed. (As many of you know, sonLeonard usually disapproves of my Leonard Cohen "extra-curricular activities.")  In the foyer inside, I asked a lady at the welcome desk for permission to snap a photo of me in front of the wall banners advertising the exhibit. The lady said she would have to ask her boss. Lo and behold, the blazered young man who greeted us outside was "the boss".

He came inside and said the banners were copyrighted and were for sale.

Here comes the good part:

The boss agreed with my protest, Leonard Cohen deserves to be in the exhibit. But, they just couldn't include everyone.

Then he took over and organized my photo moment.

"You can't take photographs inside the building,  But you can take photos outside the building."

 I love how some legal technicalities can be solved so simply. Just move the playing field a few feet..

He commandeered a second young man in a navy blazer and the two of them moved a standard with a display photo of Tina Turner outside and beside the front door. That is where my photo at the top was taken.

Here is the same image of Tina Turner on a postcard size flyer.

Annenberg Space for Photography post card

Photo: Henry Diltz-Tina Turner, Universal Amphittheatre Los Angles 1985

For my final quiet protest effort, on the way out, I left this comment in the guest book:

Great Exhibit!  I am disappointed that Leonard Cohen is not included. He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ArleneD

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To see some examples of the photography in the exhibit, click here

Leonard Cohen's Artwork On Display in Toronto Until May 19 - A Free Glenn Gould Prize Event

           The End Of The Day                                                                                Montreal Woman

 

 May 7, 2012

The Ninth Glenn Gould Prize: "Artworks" by Leonard Cohen

May 7 - 19, 2012

The Glenn Gould Foundation has programmed a series of free events in celebration of this iconic singer, songwriter, poet, artist and novelist. The series includes “Artworks” – Leonard Cohen Visual Art Exhibition at the Allen Lambert Galleria (Brookfield Place) from May 7 to 19.

When I first read this announcement on the Glenn Gould Foundation website, I was unfamiliar with the name of the  location of the Leonard Cohen artworks display.

When I did some digging, I instantly recognized the photo of the atrium but when I lived in Toronto the building was called "BCE Place "

That's what happens when you move out of a city, things change.

Having lived in Toronto until only recently and having worked in the financial district for many years, I often walked the PATH, the pedestrian underground network connecting many downtown buildings.  I passed through and admired this atrium many times on the way to clients, going to cultural events or just staying out of the wintry cold on the way to the subway.

It certainly is a space to behold and is an outstanding setting in which to display the magnificent artworks of Leonard Cohen.

Brookfield Place/The Allen Lambert Galleria

Brookfield Place is a 2.6 million square foot complex that fosters business and commerce, and is visited by more than 1 million people each year. Located in Toronto’s financial core, the building is home to both financial and legal firms.

Conceived by Spanish designer/architect/engineer Santiago Calatrava, the Allen Lambert Galleria is a six-story pedestrian avenue that integrates the two office towers, over 50 shops and services, and 11 other historical buildings. The sights include the Historic Bank of Montreal Building and the Hockey Hall of Fame. Brookfield Place offers direct access to the Air Canada Centre, Union Station and the PATH underground pedestrian walkway system.

The Allen Lambert Galleria, sometimes described as the "crystal cathedral of commerce", is an atrium designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava which connects Bay Street with Heritage Square. The six stores high pedestrian thoroughfare is structured by eight freestanding supports on each side of the Galleria, which branch out into parabolic shapes evoking a forest canopy or a tree-lined avenue because of the presence of building facades along the sides of the structure.

The Galleria was the result of an international competition and was incorporated into the development in order to satisfy the City of Toronto's public art requirements. It is a frequently photographed space, and is heavily featured as a backdrop for news reports, as well as TV and film productions.

The parabolic, arched roof that Santiago Calatrava created for the assembly hall of the Wohlen High School in Switzerland is generally considered to be a precursor of the vaulted, parabolic ceiling in the Galleria.

Brookfield Place is located at 181 Bay Street at the corner of Bay and Front Streets. 

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Sources used in his post:

Glenn Gould Foundation here

Toronto.com here

Wikipedia here

Batman Is A Leonard Cohen Fan

March 3, 2012 

Found on twitter. Uploaded by Motek Sherman via Pinterest here

Sketching Leonard Cohen by DREG Studios, The Artwork of Brandt Hardin

DREG Studios, The Artwork of Brandt Hardin  published the following description of sketching Leonard Cohen.  The step-by-step images that match the narrative can be viewed  here.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Portrait Process: Leonard Cohen

I was running errands Sunday when I got a song stuck in my head.  Actually- just one line in particular from Leonard Cohen's "Anthem."

"There is a crack in everything-
That's how the light gets in"

This is one of my favorite songs from the author and musician next to Hallelujah and Everybody Knows.   I hadn't considered drawing a portrait of Cohen in the past but when the lyrics got stuck in my head, the gears turned just right to give me the perfect image of him in profile with a beam of light radiating out a crack in the darkness.  I couldn't get the image out of my head so I started working on him Sunday night...

I began sketching Cohen's profile from a picture off the net.  If I'm doing a larger piece with multiple reference photos, I'll usually print them but tonight was just a small 5 x 7 portrait.  I start out loose, just trying to get the general layout and spacial settings, them start hashing out the details..

After the sketch is done, I throw down my outlines in ink and call it a night after I get a scan (I had already been working on a much larger piece all day for an upcoming group exhibit.)

 This morning I got back to the portrait as I erased away the sketch and got a clean outline for coloring.  This is the process I go through on each and every illustration.  When you erase the lead however, it dulls the outlines, so I go back over them when I'm done coloring.  So essentially all my drawings get an initial sketch and the outline done twice, the second outline usually adding much more detail. Now to get to coloring...

In many mediums, you go dark to light.  With markers, I've found it depends on the situation and I often go back and forth.  Most of the time I'll get my background done and then start adding my highlights to see where my light source will be.  You can't really add a light area over top of a dark one with my medium.  I lay some grays down first to get some depth on the "crack" and let the light in with three different hues of yellow.

Next, I begin work on the clothes and skin-tones.  I generally use anywhere from 2-5 colors for a skin tone.  The hat and suit took four different blues and then a few grays to shade...

I work the drop shadow from the hat and then darken the background with another wash of black before adding some stars to match the suit (with a blue metallic pen.)  Last, I add some more depth to the shadow from the hat...

I went back over my outline to get things a big crisper (as I mentioned above.) Now I get my final scan...

Reprinted with the artist's permission. Thank you.
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Brandt Hardin is a pop surrealist illustrator and designer living and working out of Clarksville, TN.  Brandt’s colorful creations are inspired by pop culture, surrealist art, comics, and alternative culture.  His works have appeared in hundreds of galleries, festivals, and publications world-wide including The Detroit Dirty Show, Hive Gallery of Los Angeles, and Youngblood Gallery of Atlanta.   The artist has worked with many musicians, companies, galleries, and groups creating custom artwork and illustrations including Disney of Hong Kong and The Rivers & Spires Festival locally.

Generous Donation of Leonard Cohen Artwork to a New Zealand School




  From Nov 1, 2010  leonrdcohenforum

Nov 1, 2010

Signed limited edition fine art pigment print by the internationally acclaimed singer song writer Leonard Cohen. 

The print comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

The print title is "First Snow" and is number 13 of 100.
The print size is 12" x 15"

From Jan 8, 2011  leonardcohenforum

Leonard Cohen's print sold on November 11, 2010 on "Trade Me", New Zealand's largest Internet auction website.

The Reserve was met.

Leonard Cohen's Artwork at Claremont College, California, March 26, 2009

This is one of the drawings in the exhibition (with LC's signature) reproduced on the tote bag that is on sale as part of the tour merch. I bought a tote bag in San Diego and will have it framed – it’s the closest I will get to owning a signed drawing by Leonard Cohen.

From March 31, 2009  leonardcohenforum

Magnificent!  Like all of his endeavours.

It is said that anticipation heightens realization. So, I scheduled a visit to Leonard's Art exhibition at Claremont College, about 50 miles east of Los Angeles, prior to attending his two concerts in San Diego (April 7) and Los Angeles (April 10) next week. Now, here I am writing this posting while listening to the CBC Radio 2 broadcast of the London Live CD.  Gosh, life is good.I was lucky to be the only one at the exhibition and could take my time to enjoy each individual drawing. To me, Leonard’s art is funny, poignant, erotic and spiritual.

My particular favorite was the one of himself reading poems to Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, who I feel was the greatest PM Canada ever had. The drawing included an excerpt from the “Book of Longing”.  At a friend's rooftop gathering, Trudeau asked Leonard to read a poem and when he finished, to read another poem and another.  As a transplanted Canadian now living in L.A., I found the drawing of Canada’s two greatest National treasures very moving.

Leonard Cohen's drawings are awesome.

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This exhibition was held in conjunction with the Philip Glass production of "Book Of Longing" at Claremont College, California. The drawing on the promotion poster, which I was lucky to get, is titled, Paris Again.

Enlarged lower left image of: Leonard Cohen & Philip Glass