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Amazing
I finally received my novel and read it in two hours. It is amazing, I can't wait for number 2--Rosa, USA
Just bought this book
I just received the Birth of a World yesterday from a friend who knows the writer, I had been waiting for its release for more than two months, and read it in two hours. It is simply brillant. I could not stop reading, I have never read such an amazing saga; it took me in a completely different Universe, to places I would not even be able to imagine. What a novel, what a masterpiece...I can't wait for book number two to come out. Jose Da Silveira is pure genious.--Jerome, France
Press:
"At first glance I was mesmerized by the ethereal beauty of the women
painted by José Da Silveira...as a collective his paintings reveal the
spectacular spectrum of womankind...softness to vibrancy...friend sister
lover mother...as women we are one yet each woman emanates her own
quintessential beauty...José Da Silveira possess a rare gift...the gift of
insight...his ability to see beneath the tangible flesh of immediate reality
reveals the internal exquisite treasure of woman."
Get Underground Magazine
"José's paintings illustrate the mingled romanticism of his inner world
and triumphs and trials of his life in vibrant, flowing colors that all but
radiate physical sensations of emotion...for all his mysticism, he proves as
grounded in the modern world as the rich artistic context of the past."
Sequential Tart Magazine
"His mastery of colors and pigments allow him to exercise total control
over his canvas. His images grab the heart and the imagination and pull
the viewer into the world which exists only within the four corners of his
creation."
Left Coast Art
"Soul of a Woman" by Star Jewel Smith, Get Underground Magazine
"At first glance I was mesmerized by the ethereal beauty of the women
painted by José Da Silveira...as a collective his paintings reveal the
spectacular spectrum of womankind...softness to vibrancy...friend sister
lover mother...as women we are one yet each woman emanates her own
quintessential beauty...José Da Silveira possess a rare gift...the gift of
insight...his ability to see beneath the tangible flesh of immediate reality
reveals the internal exquisite treasure of woman. José is a classically
trained artist who began as a realistic painter...i moved away from it
when I realized I could not express fully what I wanted to put in a
painting through realism...years ago a journalist dubbed his art
Formism...although such terms may make art easier for people to
understand José is against every type of ism which reduces artists and
their work...I have always seen the term as a limitation and am moving
away from it...my artistry should not be categorized because the subject
leads the way I paint and not the reverse...to be good José feels art must be
direct and temporal but at the same time linked to the time it is painted.
unlike artists who paint themselves and the perception of their subject the
captivation of his creativity manifests from his attempt to discover what
his subject will not show the world...the little light which sets the subject
apart from the rest of us...i try to paint the soul of others through my own
experience...more precisely José paints what the ancient Greeks referred
to as the anima which is what breathes life into us...his art is very
spiritual and beauty is part of it...there is beauty in everything...there is
the world we live in which is only a shadowy representation of another
world where everything is perfect...José goes beyond our world to tap into
the essence of things and paints what is behind the flesh"
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Underground Magazine
"Formism, Feeling, and José Da Silveira's Muse" by Tracy Paddock and
Laura DePuy, Sequential Tart Magazine
"José Da Silveira has been called one of the last masters of the art world.
Da Silveira was discovered by a noted art critic at the youthful age of 16,
and his work as been widely celebrated, particularly in Europe. In part,
this title may be due to decades of study with influential artists of our
time, during which José honed a style one reporter dubbed Formism.
Formism is a sort of surrealism (Formism is also known as Naïve
Surrealism) without borders, literally on the canvas, abounding with
high-energy colors to direct the eye, and a wealth of artistic technique
somewhat reminiscent of Van Gogh and Picasso's work. José's paintings
illustrate the mingled romanticism of his inner world and the triumphs
and trials of his life in vibrant, flowing colors that all but radiate physical
sensations of emotion; his passion for his birthplace of Africa; his
romance with Provence; his ability to find inner serenity, and liberation
from any manner of confinement. The source of José's gift is impossible
for any but José to resolve. In part, we can safely attribute it to his
formative years, caught between civil wars, and - as he related in his
haunting narrative voice - to long, cold hours of practice with almost no
materials. However, to hear him tell it is to realize the source of his art is
more ethereal. The Greeks; Shakespeare; poetry in general once made
references to artistic Muses, as if creating art were more spiritual than
physical. In many ways, José's stirring descriptions of painting remind
me of divine intervention by another agency, though, in this case, the
agency is the unchained power of his imagination. José Da Silveira's
narrative voice is so evocative while he is discussing his work, that his
poetic replies, much like his paintings, seem a snapshot of his essence, a
delightful door opened to the creative force of another being. Yet, for all
his mysticism, he proves as grounded in the modern world as the rich
artistic context of the past."
Galerie Veillon - FORMISM
"Although difficult to describe a new school of painting, it is even more so
when its creator refuses to recognize its existence. José M. Da Silveira
continues to be surprised that an entire generation of young artists are
attempting to follow his example. However, art critics throughout France
and Europe as well as here, at the Gallerie Veillon have come to recognize
Formism as one of the foremost upcoming schools of painting for the 21st
Century.
Formism, also known as Naive Surrealism, combines form and color to
create a three dimensional image on the canvas. The canvas has no limit,
no boundary. Poetic figures existing only in the symbolic world of the
painter's imagination reach out to us with their message of questioning
serenity. The colors and images are, powerful but delicate. Da Silveira
describes his work as inspired: "I cannot control my art. Images are sent
to me in my dreams and I reproduce this world which exists only in my
mind."
Bacchus, a recent work by Da Silveira, from the Musical Winds Collection,
clearly represents the formist vision. The mythological figure appears to
be flying in a sea of gold, the canvas has no boundary, it is another world,
a world of poetry and beauty."
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