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 Bogdan Ater
Article by Isabel del Río  |
The first time that I saw Bogdan Ater's photos, I was shocked. It was the same impression that I have lived before... in front of the terrible Barroque paintings: Ribera, Valdés Leal, Carreño... How can a so young person create a shake which lasts hours? Shadows and lights, blood and flesh, life and death… eternal passion dialoguing from contradictory feelings: Eros and Tanatos would say old Greek philosophers; real life would answer Caravaggio, the father of Tenebrism and, what is more important, of Naturalism, that movement which tried to reflect Men’s truth. But what would say Bogdan Ater?
It is not my truth what I want to show, I left painting and I have preferred photography to express my art because this one allows me to see mankind and nature without implying your own way of thinking, it is much more objective, less big-headed, I dislike being the protagonist of my art. However, I like to create worlds, fantastic worlds which reflect Men’s feelings and possibilities. All is out and I like to see things more than once, I like to fixe them, to share them.
Photography is still a young art, it needs a dialogue with the past: Dalí o Caravaggio have served me to abandon my selfish thoughts and to enter in the fantastic kingdom of colours and shadows, these ones which produces laughs and worries, transparencies and shapes: new worlds, with a new technique, built on the old ones.
The last time that I saw Bogdan Ater’s photos, I was impressed. It was the same impression that I have lived before… in front of every person who is trying of giving us a present, a new creation: Art.  **No os perdais el artículo en español de Martín Cid sobre Bogdan Ater del pdf!!!!
Bio: | | Bogdan Ater, the art of photography |
BOGDAN ATER is a Greek-Romanian photographer, born in Bucharest in 1980. When he was 9 years' old, he received his  | | Bogdan Ater, the art of photography |
first camera from his uncle, who also gave him the first photography lessons and introduced him to the art of photography. In 1995, at only 15 years' old, he held an individual exhibition at the Bucharest Music Conservatory, which comprised 24 photographs, entitled "The Life of the Romanian Peasant". In 1998, he began his studies at the Fine Arts Academy of Bucharest, and in 2000 he was one of the founders of the MATCA Cultural Foundation. As a MATCA member, he later exhibits at the Museum of the Romanian Peasant a series of 16 photographs entitled "The Modern Peasant - the Loss of Traditions". In 2004, he lived for a short period of time in Lisbon. The Cultural Magazine "Diaspora" publishes several paintings by him, under the pseudonym Emil Gabor (E.G.), of the painting series "Syntology", later exhibited at the Gallery of the Townhouse of Lisbon. In 2005, he held a painting exhibition at the "Cafe Cultural cem Medos" in Lisbon. In 2006, he exhibited at the Boa Vista Gallery in Lisbon, a collection of photographs and paintings under the title of "La Celda". One of these works was published by the Fine Arts Magazine Niram Art, No.6, Nov. 2006. Beginning with February 2008, he is the director of Madrid - Arts and Culture Magazine . He presently lives in Madrid. His latest project, ATER MUNDUS, offers a different vision on interior design - from mural art, art photography for high-quality prints, statues and decorative objects to the uniquely designed ATER & NIRAM art furniture, based on a combination of painting, sculpture and craftsmanship. Creating truly artistic objects which serve as furniture, each ATER & NIRAM piece is handmade and combines enduring construction and original design. Read more: http://bogdanater.netne.net *Yareah magazine es una revista cultural fundada y dirigida por el escritor Martín Cid
**Directora de arte: Isabel del Río
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