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Art Critic Joan
Lluís Montané's
critic
on Asbjorn Lonvig's art work in Buenos Aires Translated by Inter-Set from Spanish into English Asbjorn
Lonvig
demonstrates
a
clear
predominance
towards
a
geometrical
approach,
He
communicates
irony,
gives
expression
to
immense
innate
curiosity
connected
with
his
tendency
to
experimentation,
Art Critic Barcelona Spain Member of the International Art Critics Association |
We hope, however, for
business as usual...
We hereby announce the logo and poster motif to the musical "The Swineherd".  One of those are the Hans Christian Andersen Festival Plays in the Village of Funen in Odense. Every year a group of children performs a musical based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. In 2006 the fairy tale is "The Swineherd". We hereby announce the logo and poster motif to this year's musical. Made by Asbjorn Lonvig - as usual. "Completely Excellent", Chairman of the Hans Christian Andersen Festival Plays, Jorn Erik Schreiner said about the logo. See the Swineherd, two of his pigs. See the ladies-in-waiting behind the fence. A lady-in-waiting is checking all the fuss through a hole in the fence. And it might be the emperor to the right behind the fence? Or, is it the princess? |
 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.
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.
 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.
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.
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Thanks. Ask all the questions you like. |
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Appointed
member of International Society of Artists and Designers by
The ARTROM GALLERY GUILD in Rome, Italy.  www.artromgallery.com The purpose of THE GUILD is: - showcase and promote outstanding artists and designers through the strong online presence of ARTROM Gallery worldwide. - to provide a support system for the advancement of those who demonstrate a passion and dedication for their chosen field of interest. Dear Asbjorn Lonvig, The Staff at ARTROM Gallery has met to view
your images.
We have also
visited your website and entered immediately into your world.
We are impressed with your ability to
simplify a concept into an image and concentrate it,
to include 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 of ARTROM Gallery GUILD.
David Genovesi director ARTROM GALLERY GUILD International Society of Artists and Designers Viale Carso, 71 Rome, Lazio Italy Read more. |
| The Pope
has died. I have made these drafts of sculptures to his remembrance.  "trinity I"
 "pray"  "thanks" |
...you are an art
FORCE!! You are THE BEST!!  Dear
AsbjornThank you for making me your official NY fan club!! I love reading your Art Blogs and think that you are an art FORCE!! Not only does your work encourage others with its energy, beauty and aesthetic 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 Long Island New York BA in art from Brooklyn College MA in art from New York University See My New York Fan Club Art Blog. Indeed colorful news. I'm grateful!! This kind of message makes it worth wile being an artist, and I enjoy it tremendously. Why? I often get messages that are not that flattering..........not flattering at all. |
| New exhibition in Miami Beach, Florida  rendiva.com The online gallery Rendiva.com shows Asbjorn Lonvig's PicassoMio selection in cooperation with PicassoMio in Madrid. Rendiva.com's address is 407 Lincoln Road,12th floor, Miami Beach, Florida. PicassoMio has its American Headquarters in 233 S. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, Florida. Rendiva.com, which was launched on November 1, 2004, is designed to bring talented artists together with art lovers. Artists can display their collections in a controlled format, and art buyers can search through the collection with the ease and convenience only available through a searchable, online database. Read more. ___________________________ New exhibition in Cambridge, UK  artistsrepublik.com Is dedicated to a collection of independent world artists online who wish to promote themselves to a global audience. It offers a unique method by which the artist, can upload, control and present his work simply and effectively in his own personal online galleries. Each artist can have up to 4 personal galleries in any one of 20 categories with up to 8 images in each gallery (32 images in total). These galleries include the artist’s profile, list of exhibitions (past and present), details and descriptions of each piece of work as well as a link to the artist's website. Read more. ___________________________  artanddesignonline.com Exciting things are happening at ArtandDesignOnline.com! We are the world’s largest search and viewable directory, exclusively for art and design community! You have, at your fingertips, access to network with the best. Up until now, most people viewed art and design as separate entities, when in fact, they over-lap significantly. ArtandDesignOnline.com is proud to be the bridge that brings the two together, while maintaining their unique qualities. Existing and working as one, gives visitors an unparalleled opportunity to obtain information efficiently and effectively. Our members are in control of their contacts, exposure, sales and commissions. We are the source not the middleman. Our staff brings decades of combined experience in the fields of art and design; ranging from studio artistry, decorating, digital technology, publications and networking. We strive to continually update, revise and adapt to the ever-changing world, thereby offering you the best service possible. ArtandDesignOnline.com
is
an
open
forum.
We
are
interested
in
your
contributions
and
feedback.
Let
us
hear
from
you
feedback@artanddesignonline.com Read more. yessy.com Yessy is a privately held corporation located in Boulder, Colorado and was founded by an artist for the purpose of providing a better way to buy and sell art. Since the beginning, the pursuit of Yessy has been to provide a wide variety of artists the opportunity to sell their art in a manner that is easy-to-use, powerful, and affordable. We believe it is more important to assist and contribute to the art community rather than focusing on financial gain. It is this philosophy that keeps any fees low, provides genuine help to artists and art buyers, and builds trust and loyalty in the art community. The name Yessy is a tribute to a fellow artist from Colombia, South America who will always be remembered for her integrity and inspiration.Read more ___________________________
Exhibition in New York at Manhattan Arts International
We are
dedicated to helping Artists pursue their passion. Diane Leon is an
Adjunct
Assistant Professor of Arts at New York University. Read more _______________ What to do? My manifesto says: I will exhibit psychically in my own gallery "Lille Fejringhus Gallery" and then at internet galleries. I have been offered to exhibit physically at  Art-Domain Gallery Villa Rosental Liviastrasse 8 D-04105 Leipzig at  Talents d'aujourd'hui - valeurs de demain Paris France at  1er Salon International des Petits Formats Lausanne Switzerland at  Grupo VirtuArt International Art Gallery Barcelona Spain at  Gallerie Gora 279 Sherbrooke Ouest, espace 205 Montréal, Qc Canada H2X 1Y2 at Agora Gallery 415 West Broadway New York, NY 10012 at  ARTECLASICA 2006 Centro Costa Salguero Buenos Aires and at  Fifth International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Florence Fortezza da Basso Firenze For all the reasons, that my manifesto is based upon I have to decide not to accept these offers. Even if it at the first glance looks extremely flattering and all that. But. I have to consider carefully - exhibiting physically is a step back??? See editorial |
A
new exhibition in Paris has opened. drouot-cotation.org The third Asbjorn Lonvig exhibition in Paris is opened on 1 December 2004 at the online gallery DROUOT COTATION DES ARTISTES MODERNES ET CONTEMPORAINS. The Drouot-Cotaion website is coordinated with the DICTIONNAIRE de COTATION des ARTISTES - LAROUSSE Diffusion. The web site and the book is in French. Headquarters are 18, Rue DROUOT 75009 PARIS, France. The director is Christian SORRIANO. Read more. ___________________________ Review at Agora Gallery in New York agora-gallery.com The Agora Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery with locations in the SoHo and Chelsea art districts of New York City. Art consulting services to private and corporate collectors. Exhibiting painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and mixed media. Artist portfolios are reviewed. Has been sponsoring the SoHo - Chelsea International Art Competition since 1984. I have made some changes to my portfolio and included Sad Days pictures. Stefanie Mathewson, assistant director at Agora Gallery: "Indeed, your portfolio has been changed and your work will be reviewed by us". See motifs for review in New York. Latest: I was accepted by Agora Gallery and offered an exhibition in autumn 2011. ___________________________ Exhibition in New York enlarged after only one month. yourart.com YourArt in Floral Park, New York supplies Web Services for Artists World-Wide. The Virtual Gallery Service Includes: * 20 Works of Art * Personalized Art Categories * Guest book * Biography * Artist Statement * Exhibits/Events Schedule * Testimonials * Contact Form * Featured Listing on homepage * Listing in Virtual Galleries list * Listing in Artist Directory * Virtual Gallery Control Panel This service allows you to market your art through YourArt.com. By partnering with YourArt.com you benefit from the millions of visits we get from artists, gallery owners, and art enthusiasts. All art work and information in your virtual gallery is uploaded and controlled by you, via our easy to use, web-based control panel. If you have digital images of your art you are ready to go! Ojars Lasmanis, CEO YourArt, Inc. This exhibition was opened in January 2005. Only one month later the exhibition has been doubled from 20 to 40 art works. Read more ___________________________ New exhibition in Tokyo, Japan at Artday Network  artday.org the International site in English jp.artday.org the site in Japanese Artday is a worldwide celebration of art scheduled to take place each year on the second day of July. Why July 2nd? Because it's at the very center of the year just as art is at the very center of the word "earth" as well as a central element in so many events in our lives. (Another neat trick: take the "h" in earth and put it up front and what do you get? Heart! Art's gotta have heart! Art's in our hearts?) The creators of artday, the artday network, are dedicated to democratic principles and faithfully ignore all differences in age, sex, race, religion and nationality. July 2 is off center in leap-years, so there are no artdays when February gets its extra day. And. Artday Network is among other things an online gallery with online exhibitions, there 2 of mine: Asbjorn Lonvig Gallery and For Children. Artday Network has it's own World ArtNews for which I have become a columnist. It too has Artist Salon, art Blog, Art Classified Ads, Event Calendar, Competition Guide, Art Site Directory and ArtistsBlog Headlines. Sure an interesting portal. The man behind the 2 galleries is Seiji Ueoka, who lives outside Tokyo and administers both the international site and the Japanese site. Read more. _______________ Asbjorn Lonvig's artprice.com store www.artprice.com Artprice.com, France is the leading art information company on the Internet. The power of the Classified Ads unlimited during 365 days. Whether you are a professional (gallery owner, auction house, expert …) or an individual (artist, collector …) you can advertise your art for a yearly single fee. The email alert service and MyArtprice, makes it possible for us to advertise your ads daily to our 900,000 members according to their personal preferences: they are informed of the new items recorded for their favorite artists. Quick and easy management tool This Artprice exclusive tool enables you to save each of your ads for online display or put it on hold at your convenience. With Artprice Store, you can change the price of your ad at any time, renew an expired ad in one click and know how many times your ads have been viewed! Your dedicated promotion space Display personalized information that you wish to communicate to your potential buyers for an increased impact (covered artists, events, presentation…) This dedicated promotion space is fully adjustable: you're free to fill in or leave blank, and modify each field, add images at any time. Artprice members only will access your contact details after typing an image code. Our members can access your Store from any of your Classified Ads or directly though your own Internet address (URL) that you can mention on all your sales and communication material. See
the Asbjorn Lonvig art
information on artprice.com.
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Representation
of my art works at internet
galleries around the world
You'll
find
Asbjorn
Lonvig
art
works
exhibited
at
online
galleries
around
the
world.
From the Australian
East Coast to the the American West Coast. And of
course several in Europe:
Tokyo, Japan Manila, Philippines Buenos Aires, Argentina Noosa,
Queensland, Australia
Read more.Toronto, Ontario, Canada Quebec, Quebec, Canada Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Columbus, Ohio, USA New York, USA (KiptonArt) New York, USA (Manhattan Arts International) New York , USA (YourArt) New York , USA (ArtTrack) Emeryville, San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA Los Angeles, Lomita, California, USA Los Angeles, Long Beach, California, USA Silicon Valley, California, USA Boca Raton, Florida, USA Miami Beach, Florida, USA Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, USA Dallas, Texas, USA Denver, Colorado, USA Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Raleigh, North Carolina, USA London, UK Coton, Cambridge, UK Horncliffe, Northumberland, UK Peppard, Henley, UK Paris, France (Art Pour Tous) Paris, France (ArtExpo) Paris, France (FullDigitalArts) Paris, France (AllArtOnline) Paris, France (Avenue des Peintres) Paris, France (Drouot Cotation des Artistes - Larousse) Paris, France (Artabus - Vauhallan) Cugand, Pays de la Loire, France Saint-Romain au Mont d'Or, France Madrid, Spain Rome, Italy Milan, Italy Piacenza, Italy Monterosso Calabro, Italy Jerusalem, Israel Aschheim, Germany Bratislava, Slovakia Uppsala, Sweden Fredensborg, Denmark Hedensted, Denmark ___________________________ Now in GALLERY DIRECT in Pennsylvania in USA gallerydir.com In GALLERY DIRECT in Forty Fort in Pennsylvania, USA - 150 miles west of New York Asbjorn Lonvig has a new huge exhibition. GALLERY DIRECT is designed for artists of all types to showcase their art and increase their exposure throughout the world. Artistic Headquarters in Langley, Vancouver, Canada - headed by Maggie Brezden and IT-Headquarters in Forty Fort in  Pennsylvania, USA - headed by Dave Yelen,
CEO of the company."You raise me up" is the most expensive painting at the exhibition - US$ 43,000. Read more. _______________ New exhibition in Horncliffe, Northumberland, UK unearthit.com Unearthit.net
offers
an
unrivaled,
fully
searchable
database
of
original
creative
work,
enabling
you
to
buy
work
direct
from
source.
Looking
for
arts
events
and
workshops
near you? You will find them listed on
unearthit.net. Or perhaps you are in need of some professional advice
or would just like a chat about your work? Unearthit.net offers it all. This exhibition was opened on 1st March 2005. 10 images are registered in a gallery, 10+ services are registered and a number of events are entered. _______________New exhibition in Washington DC, USA
“This
is
the
kind
of
software
the
internet
has
been
crying
out
for.”
The Wall Street Journal
Online
April 5th, 2004
Read
more._______________ Asbjorn Lonvig exhibits at Konstverket.se Dag
Nordling from Konstverket.se has made a very splendid exhibition of 12
of my art works. About konstverket.se in short
Go to Uppsala and see it yourself.
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Unicef and Christmas    Motifs from Christmas Exclusive Selection. The motifs are drafts for UNICEF, Geneva, Switzerland. Read more. |
The
Planet's
data
center
in
Dallas,
Texas Read more. |
 Bridging
Europe
at Avenue des Peintres in Paris The painting "Bridging Europe" (to the right) is acrylic on canvas, 139 x 201 cm - that is 54.8 x 79.2 inches. It was inspired by the recent election into the European Parliament situated in Brussels and Strasbourg. I have my own unique style of simple shapes and bright colors. I call it "Colorful Zen Simplicity". "Zen" because when I am extremely lucky I might achieve a "Simplicity" near divinity. The online gallery Avenue des Peintres, 17, rue Joubert, 75009 PARIS by Stéphane Soulmana exhibits a selection of 13 paintings. At the far right you can see thumbnails of "che guevara", "grand maitre", "champs elysee", "philosophy of life - blue" and "mediterranean seashore". Read more. |
| 1080 Haight
Street in San Francisco  The
painting
“1080
Haight
Street”
is
acrylic
on
canvas,
201
x
139
cm
–
that
is
79.2
x
54.8
inches.
It
was
inspired
by
my
two
visits to San
Francisco, having seen all the
“painted ladies” of sorts, having seen Robin Williams portrayal of
“Mrs. Doubtfire", and so much more!Recently, I was contacted by Gallery-Worldwide about a link exchange on my website. Gallery-Worldwide maintains a website representing very famous contemporary artists and their original art. After e-mail communications, Luba Dein, Gallery-Worldwide’s CEO and I began to think there could be more to our relationship. In 1973 I developed a software program that interested IBM so much, they came all the way to Denmark to meet me and praise my work. Now I am returning with my work to Silicon Valley as an Artist. I hope that once again my work will be “praised to the heavens” as it was so many years ago. The Gallery-Worldwide selection contains a collection of my American, Canadian, Parisian and Mediterranean inspired paintings. Read more. |
Blue
Sky
-
New
York The
painting
"blue
sky"
is
acrylic
on
canvas,
201
x
139
cm
-
that
is
79.2
x
54.8
inches.
It
is
inspired
by
Frank
Lloyd
Wright's masterpiece on Fifth Avenue.
Guggenheim museum.Amazing how Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture is contemporary. In Chicago I saw several of his houses that looked as if they were built yesterday. One was from 1909. The very blue sky symbolizes divinity. Frank Lloyd Wright had a rare gift, sure. Divinity? "blue sky" is part of a number of paintings inspired from New York. An art dealer from New York asked me to let me inspire from perception. Read more. |
British Columbia I was contacted by online gallery Backyard-Art.com on Vancouver Island, Nanoose Bay covering British Columbia and Yukon. I was introduced me to the online magazine www.thebcwestcoast.com run by David Dornian. The Native Art, the nature, Vancouver. I decided to do "The British Columbia Exclusive Selection". Read more. E-shop  The Princess on the Pea, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Simple-Simon, The Emperor's New Clothes, Willie Winkie, The Swineherd and Thumbelina. They are made to celebrate Odense City's 1000 year anniversary. Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense City April 2nd 1805. I live near by. I have printed 200 signed posters - special prints of each of the 8 motifs. Read more |
Via
Sacra It
is
inspired
by
the
"holy
street"
from
Colosseum
to
the
Arc
of
Titus
in
Forum
Romanum
from
Via
Appia
and
from
the
streets in Saepinum, in
Paestum and Pompei. It was exhibited at the International Exhibition of
Contemporary Art in il Vittoriano in Rome in autumn 2003.”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 honor for us to have your works with us…” prof. Giancarlo Alu director of Mantena Museum director of Mondial Art and Culture Rome Furthermore "septimus severus", "san francesco" and "piazza san marco" were exhibited. Read more |
Landscapes  I saw
Grand Canyon from a helicopter. As
I came home to my studio I made a shape - simple shape - and
worked with different color schemes. I did the same with Mount
Everest, which is the
highest
mountain
in
the
world
is
Mount
Everest
in
Nepal.I
have
not
climbed
it
-
yet!
Read more _______________ 2005 Fifth International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence - Firenze  On 25th May 2004 I was nominated by The International Committee to participate in the Fifth Annual International Biennial of Contemporary Art 3/11 December 2005 in Fortezza da Basso in Florence, Italy. The patrons of The Fifth International Biennial of Contemporary Art in Florence are: Presidente della Republica, Ministero degli Affari Esteri, United Nations, Regione Toscana, Provincia di Firenze and Commune di Firenze. Read more |
| The
LAURA-project Inuit Circumpolar Area culture and especially Greenlandish culture as inspiration to fairy tales in children's books The LAURA-project are fairy tales in children's books inspired by the Inuit Circumpolar Area culture especially the Greenlandish culture. A similar project is the LUCCA-project. I illustrate in simple shapes and bright colors and I write in simple shapes and bright colors. I'll write the online children's books in English and translate them myself into Danish. A Native American will check my English. The online children's books will furthermore be translated into Greenlandish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Dutch, Greek and Russian. Research of Inuit Circumpolar Area culture especially Greenlandish culture will last from 2004 to spring 2006. Starting 1 November 2004. I'll travel to Greenland in near future. Illustration and writing of 3 - 5 fairy tales will take place spring 2006 and end 30 June 2006. Read more. |
The
first
Inuit
drafts of main characters   The
Inuits are the native inhabitants of the seacoasts of the Arctic and
sub-Arctic regions of North America and the northeastern tip of
Siberia. Their habitation area extends over four countries: the United
States, Canada, Russia, and Greenland. Of the more than 90,000 Inuits
in this region, the greater part live south of the Arctic Circle, with
approximately 28,000 on the Aleutian Islands and in Alaska, 17,000 in
Canada, 1,500 in Siberia, and 45,000 in Greenland.
I am drafting the main characters in my Inuit fairy tales. I am studying the characteristics and transform them into my style. Crossing culture boundaries is visiting another world with other values and taboos. I must respect that - do I offend any Inuits by my drafts? - please tell me. I have contacted ICC - the Inuit Circumpolar Committee - and asked that exact question. |
| The LAURA-project research in Nuuk Greenland | ||
 The airport |
 Little Malene |
 The Old Hospital |
 The Harbor |
 The City |
Nuuk Greenland Photos from Nuuk. Notice the light. The photos in the row above are from mid November 2004. The photos in this row are from Christmas 2004. The winter dark is not that dark. |
| 10
World
Artists
Show Is Opened 1st March 2005 at Noosa Gallery in Queensland, Australia. 10 world artists show is an annual invitational online exhibition sponsored by Noosa & AOR Galleries showcasing leading artists from around the globe. In 2005/2006 the following 10 world artists are selected: Alex Francesco Gimbolo - Representing America Ross Mullane - Representing Australia Jaroslaw
Kukowski - Representing Poland
Javier Azurdia - Representing Guatamala James May -
Representing Ireland
Siegfried Zademack - Representing Germany Sara Shamma
- Representing Syria
Javier
Dubrocq - Representing Cuba
Shame
on
Mary,
Peter
Alexandroff
wrote
to
me.
He
had
seen
Mary
in
an
Australian
TV
interview.
It
was
on
ABC TV being interviewed by
the famous journalist Andrew Denton on "Enough Rope".
She came across rather
well, he told me. Obviously she was not
able to open this exhibition in Denmark at the same time.We had talked about
that. Dmitry
Borshch - Representing
Russia
and finally Asbjorn Lonvig - Representing Denmark The exhibition takes place from 1st March 2005 until 1st March 2006. Peter Alexandroff from Noosa Gallery has reviewed submissions from leading artists around the world and he has selected the 10 world artists for the 2005/2006 exhibition. Read more. |
Noosa
in
Queensland
Australia I
was
invited by Peter Alexandroff, Noosa Gallery,
Queensland - the Australian East cost - to a review for exhibiting at 10 WORLD
ARTISTS SHOW 2005 in Noosa in Queensland,
Australia.Inspired by this I made "Noosa Queensland Exclusive Selection". The painting "kangaroo - blue" (to the left) is acrylic on canvas, 139 x 201 cm - that is 54.8 x 79.2 inches. Inspired from visiting a kangaroo farm south of Canberra. And a road sign. I was in Australia. We flew from Denmark to Bangkok. Bangkok to Singapore. Singapore to Sydney. By Quantas. By bus from Sydney to Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide. I flew to Alice Springs and Cairns. And collected a lot of motifs. The kangaroo, of course. The colorful fish in Great Barrier Reef. Daintree Forest. The koalas. The penguins on Philip Island. The Sydney Opera House etc. I was very impressed by the Australian Native Art. Earthen colors. Therefore every single motif in "Noosa Queensland Exclusive Selection" has been transformed into Australian Native Art earthen colors, too. Read more. |
The man behind Noosa Gallery  Peter Alexandroff is the man
behind Noosa Gallery.He is born in the first half of the 20th century. The sirname Alexandroff witnesses about a colorful past. I will investigate that past and tell about it lateron. Peter is a very deep and very symbolic painter himself. I have found my favorite because I am fascinated by the shapes and colors - the title is "drowning". Take your time looking at Peters paintings. You might be scared, but stay there for a while after all!! Peters own paintings at Noosa Gallery. Peter has built "The 10 World Artists Show 2005" and I became as Peter e-mailed to me "first cab of the rank". |
Visions To
provide affordable
quality gallery space to exhibit your
works on the World Wide Web To make this a "must see" site that is easy to navigate for both internet novice and veteran alike. To make our gallery an exciting, changing scene of interesting works and lively debate. To promote, and provide gallery space for, emerging artists (both young and not so young). To encourage participation and communications between artists and the rest of the community. To be more democratic than the existing Art Gallery Scene. To promote freedom of thought and speech. To promote and encourage new directions in Art. To promote and raise the profile of Art generally. To translate online exhibitions offline. Read more. |
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| Exhibition
in Madrid, Spain www.picassomio.com   "even stars are made of molecules" and "square molecules" are acrylic on canvas, 201 x 139 cm - that is 79.2 x 54.8 inches. Dear Asbjorn Lonvig, It was a pleasure to recently see your beautiful works on a Web site. We would like to take the opportunity to invite you to exhibit on PicassoMio.com, independently ranked, by Alexa.com, as the world's most popular destination for gallery-quality modern and contemporary art exhibitions and sales. If you are as interested in our services as we are in your artworks, please contact us for further information and exhibition details. Regards, Allan Majotra Director, Artist Relations I exhibit 25 works in Madrid. Read more. |
Easter
Island selection Claudio
A. Batista Diaz of Chile and director Torben Cornelius have encouraged
me to make a Rapa-Nui Exclusive Selection.On 22 May 2003 we had a fruitful conversation in "Lille Fejringhus" about the island and especially the Rapa-Nui culture, legends and mythology. Thanks to Claudio and Torben. My further studies have been based on Claudio's recommendations and the keywords derived from our conversation. There are 8 motifs in this selection. Read more.  
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Windmills Inspired by the world's largest windmill company First I have been visiting the windmill company. The company gave me a lot of useful information. I have investigated wind energy - especially Danish Wind Energy Association ®'s web site www.windpower.org, videos etc., The American Wind Energy Association's web site www.awea.org and Jean Michel Jarre's AERO event - seeking inspiration to approach the subject from an artistically angle - a new angle. Furthermore my point of departure has been ecologically and environmental. The earth, the sea, the sky, the sun, the moon, the stars etc. Read more |
 Logo
to Hans Christian Andersen Festival
Plays The most well known Dane in the world, fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen, would have been 200 years old. The anniversary is being celebrated with a huge cultural year devoted to Andersen, both in Denmark and worldwide. Read more. |
Logo to
Export
Link
Team - member
of
Danish
Export
Association.
 The
logo
is
based
on
the
design
of
director
Torben
Cornelius'
logo
to
his
company
cornelius
commercial
counselor
and
coordinator
-
world
wide.
Torben
Cornelius'
company
is
one
of
the
key
members
of
Export
Link
Team.
Read more. |
 Logos
to
attorneysDifferent logos, owls, swords, weights, paragraph signs etc. to lawyers represented in the storytelling about Justus.  |
| Children's
Books
Online The LUCCA-project - short multicultural fairy tales to download and print   Octo-Pus
and
Crab-Mac-Claw
are
main
characters
in
a
number
of
fairy
tales. The
fairy tales are made to my grandchild Lucca and children all over the
world. The keywords
are mutual
understanding through
mutual inspiration.
The fairy tales are translated into English,
French, German, Italian, Chinese and Danish by human translators. The
fairy tales are translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese,
Greek, Russian and Dutch by computer translation. Besides children's
books online there are coloring books, slide shows, mini-posters,
T-shirt transfers etc. In Hartford, Connecticut and in Calusa Elementary School, Boca Raton in Florida they use the online children's books and the coloring books in school and preschool. The Memphis TN based web site Internet4classrooms.com has ranked the fairy tales as number one in the category "General foreign language resources". The result is heavy use of the fairy tales by Internet4classroom.com's users. SitesForTeachers.com in Tucson, AZ, which is a list of the best teacher's resource and educational sites on the net and DayCareResource.com, that focus on preschoolers and kindergarteners in all US states use the LUCCA-project every day. The publisher Pumpkin House in Columbus, Ohio has the fairy tales on the main page. Children's Museums use the LUCCA-project, too. And then Cecelia Routsaw - Grandmother of 15 - form Greenville in Michigan wrote to me about my fairy tales: I only have one word that best describes these books: "Awesome". Thanks
so much for the FREE downloads, they are very much appreciated.
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| SOFUS Storytelling about implementing corporate values The storytelling about SOFUS is used for implementing corporate values at the company Fiberline Composites A/S in Kolding, Denmark. Below is Angry-Sofus. Read more  |
Mr.
Jacob
from
Chicago
Storytelling
about
an
event Mr. Jacob from Chicago comes to Denmark with his son in order to built a new factory together with Kims. The storytelling is a celebration of the event from Siemens Technology Services Syd A/S. Below are Mr. Jacob from Chicago and his son. Read more.  |
GAS-ballet Storytelling about biogas production The blue cow Margaret, the pig Nicolai and the rooster August tells about their contribution to biogas production. A gift from Siemens Technology Services Syd A/S to Greenfarm A/S. Below is the blue cow, Margaret. Read more.  |
 Children's
Books
Online
in
Danish      Børnebøger med eventyr online. Inspireret af dagligdags emner. Multikulturelle. Blæksprutten Otto-Pus og krabben Krabbe-Klo. Frøen Frederik og Elefanten Elias. Historien om Landmand Jens og hans dyr. I zoologisk have med Sam og Lucca. Glad Trafik. Søhesten Hippo-Cam-Pus. Barnevognen og Sove-Fåret. Read more. |
Children's
Books
Online
in
English
(US)Translation checked by Ann Watson, Florida, USA Fairy tales by me. In many languages. The fairy tales are FREE. There are coloring books, posters and t-shirt transfers, too. Octo-Pus the cuttlefish and Crab-Mac-Claw the crab. Frederic the frog and Elias the elephant. Farmer Jack and his animals. Lucca and Sam in Middlefiels Zoo. Drive Carefully. The seahorse Hippo-Cam-Pus. The Baby Carriage and Sleep-Sheep. Read more. |
Children's
Books
Online
in
GermanÜbersetzt durch Thomas Fruetel, Essen und durch Gudrun Ploetz, Bad Nauheim, Frankfurt, Deutschland. Geschichten durch mich. In vielen Sprachen. Die Geschichten sind FREI. Es gibt Farbtonbücher, Plakate, Diavorführungen und T-Shirt Übertragungen, auch. Der Tintenfisch Octo-Pus und die Krabbe Krabbe-Mac-Zange. Frederic der Frosch und Elias der Elefant. Die Geschichte vom Bauern Jack und seine Tieren. Im Zoo mit Sam und Lucca. Fröhlicher Straßenverkehr. Das Seepferd Hippo-Cam-Pus. Der Kinderwagen und Schlaf-Schaf. Read more. |
Children's
Books
Online
in
French Traduit par Céline Maeder, Paris. Contes de fées par moi. Dans beaucoup de langues. Les contes de fées sont LIBRES. Il y a des livres de coloration, affiches et transferts de t-shirt, aussi. Octo-Puce la pieuvre et Craby-la-Pince le crabe. Frédéric la grenouille et Elias l’éléphant. L’histoire de Jack le fermier. Au zoo avec Sam et Lucca. Bonne route, les amis ! Hippocampus l’hippocampe. Dodo le mouton et le landau mystérieux. Read more. |
|
Children's
Books
Online
in
Italian Tradotto da Francesca Fancini, Milano, Italy Racconti fairy da me. In molte lingue. I racconti fairy sono LIBERI. Ci sono libri di coloring, manifesti, proiezioni di diapositive e trasferimenti del t-shirt, anche. LA SEPPIA E IL GRANCHIO. LA RANA FREDERIK E L’ELEFANTE ELIA. LA STORIA DEL CONTADINO JENS E DEI SUOI ANIMALI. ALLO ZOO CON SAM E LUCCA. TRAFFICO ALLEGRO. IL CAVALLUCCIO MARINO IPPOCAMPUS. NEW: LA CARROZZINA E LA PECORA DORMIGLIONA Read more. |
Children's
Books
Online
in
ChineseTranslated by Ni Duan, Hangzhou, China 由Ni 段翻译, 杭州, 中国。 话由我。在许多语言。童话是自由的。有彩图, 海报和T恤杉调动, 也是。 乌 贼、章鱼与螃蟹 青蛙福雷德克和大象爱丽丝 农夫杰克的故事 萨姆和卢卡在动物园 愉快的 交通 海马何普 婴儿车和睡觉的绵羊 Read more. |
|
Children's
Books
Online
in
Japanese Translated by S. Hasegawa, artist, Tokyo, Japan and NissanTrans Limited, Guangdong, China タコくんとカニの マックのおはな し フレディリック、カエル と エリアス、 象 農業者 のジャックに関する話 動物園の サム と ルッカ 楽しい 交通 タツノオトシゴ, ヒポ・ケム・パス 赤 ん坊の車 と睡眠羊 Read more. |
Children's
Books
Online
in
Spanish Karen Mikkelsen, Buenos Aires is translating the fairy tales into Spanish right now. |
| Danish Industry Regional Initiative Price
2004 in Vejle County to Easy Food Over the years I have made an art work to the price winning company Danish Industry is a union af all Danish industrial companies. Every year a price is given to a company that has shown outstanding initiative over the years. It is called The Regional Initiative Price - Vejle County. I visit the company to seek inspiration. This year I had a very fruitful meeting with the CEO Flemming Paarch. There were many interesting issues. For instance Easy Food makes bread to McDonald's. Easy Food has very strict hygiene security precautions in the factory. But what I found most interesting was Easy Food's HR policy. "Diversity
is
our
strength".
I knew at once I had to make a puzzle.If you want further information about the symbolism, please ask. The price was handed over to CEO Flemming Paarch by chairman of the board in Danish Industry, Svend Haargaard at a celebration in the factory 28 October 2004. Everybody praised the puzzle and the symbolism behind the puzzle. "Bulls Eye", the CEO said. Contact me. |
 "forskellighed" - diversity acrylic on canvas 201 x 139 cm |
Huge Scandal
has
struck the Hans Christian Andersen 2005 celebrations. Danes are fed up with 2005 and Hans Christian Andersen. No Danes are participating in the celebration activities. A huge scandal has struck the Hans Christian Andersen 2005 Foundation. The scandal has been front page news for several days recently. Due to a not profitable Grand Opening on the 2nd of April 2005, where it was found out that Tina Turner was hired as a last minute stand in for a substantial amount of money, about which the members of the board of the Hans Christian Andersen 2005 Foundation had no knowledge. The chairman of the Hans Christian Andersen 2005 Foundation, Mayor of Odense, Anker Boye, decided to resign on 30 May 2005. And. Secretary General Lars Seeberg has resigned as Secretary General after mutual agreement! There will be implemented a 5.8 million DKK cutback on projects. The cutbacks will affect about 20 projects. There will equally be implemented a 3.8 million DKK cutback on administration and marketing. What a nice start! Read the message from the Board. _____________________________ |
Sculpture
on Piazza
San Pietro in Rome In
spectacular
places
I
have
erected
huge
metallic
spectacular
sculptures.
As
you
might
have
seen
the
images
are
proposals.
I
don't
think
the
Romans
want
a huge metallic sculpture on the
Spanish Stairs. Until now the only real huge metallic sculpture is
erected on the motor way through my hometown, Hedensted.What you buy from me is the idea, the drafts and my experience. The sculpture is built by the buyer, probably in the buyers city by local entrepreneurs. Read more. |
 Children's
sculptures
made
as playground equipmentIn this exhibition you see drafts of sculptures made for children's play. The sculptures are made for viewing, climbing, hiding, sitting, sliding etc. What you buy from me is the idea, the drafts and my experience. The sculpture is built by the buyer, probably in the buyers city by local entrepreneurs. The construction of these sculptures must of course live up to the strictest safety standards for playground equipment. If safety standards cannot be lived up to I'll alter the design. Read more.
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| HI!
-
DRIVE
CAREFULLY Signs to neighborhoods with children Signs in different languages to be placed on streets where children play. In English (US), English (UK), in French, in Japanese, in Chinese, in Dutch, in German, in Spanish, In Danish, in Swedish, in Norwegian.... My French translator told me, that a little guy can't say HI to a grown up in France. A little guy must address grown ups more polite. Like "Please be careful - please drive slowly, thank you". Below is the American baby, the French baby, the Japanese baby and the Chinese baby. See the fairy tale Happy Traffic. Read more. |
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 Portrait
of
ConfuciusAsbjorn Lonvig's words: The portrait "Confucius" is inspired by a sculpture, not the sculpture in Qufuthat is “the official likeness“ of Confucius. There are of course no pictures showing what he looked like 500 BCE, but I found a sculpture that expressed his ideas. Confucius, 551 BCE - 479 BCE, was a Chinese thinker and philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced thought and life of the far East. His philosophy emphasized morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over Taoism during the Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD). Confucius' thoughts shortly is called Confucianism. It was introduced to Europe by the Jesuit Matteo Ricci, who Latinate his name as "Confucius." His teachings may be found in the Analects of Confucius, a collection of "brief aphoristic fragments", which was compiled many years after his death. Some of Confucius' quotes: "Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it." "Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses." “Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star." "It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." "Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart." "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do." "Respect yourself and others will respect you." "Study the past if you would define the future."  A
sculpture of Confucius (to the right) was unveiled 2006
by
the China Confucius Foundation in Qufu, east China’s
Shandong province. It was meant to be the "official likeness" of
Confucius. In my opinion this portrait/sculpture has no resemblance to Confucius at all and never could represent his philosophy what soever. This man expresses arrogance, self insufficiency, narrow mindedness etc. He is old and he looks ill. No, it is not Confucius.  That's why
the point of departure for my work
is another statue. A stature (to the left) that matches the way I
percept the whole Confucius. This Confucius is expresses humility, all-embracing warmheartedness, superiority, wisdom etc. He is old but well. Wikipedia words: Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over other doctrines, such as Legalism or Taoism during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD). Confucius' thoughts have been developed into a system of philosophy known as Confucianism. It was introduced to Europe by the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci, who was the first to Latinate the name as "Confucius". His teachings may be found in the Analects of Confucius, a collection of "brief aphoristic fragments", which was compiled many years after his death. For nearly 2,000 years he was thought to be the editor or author of all the Five Classics such as the Classic of Rites (editor), and the Spring and Autumn Annals (author). When he was 20 years old Confucius married a young woman who was from the Qiguan family of the Song state. Though he had a mild tempered wife who loved him, he left his family to strive for his ideals. Confucius sought to revive the perfect virtue of Huaxia (Chinese civilization) and the classical properties of the Western Zhou Dynasty to build a great, harmonious and humanistic society. |
  More Portraits Mona. One afternoon I wanted to draw a new sculpture to Louvre. Aude Caumon from the Communication Department at Louvre did not like my first draft - neither did I. The new one became a Colorful Mona - "mona I". I was so excited, I made 15 new motifs for sale as collages cut in silk-screen print paper - a unique product of mine. The first time I was in Paris I was very inspired and made a picture of Mona. One of 4 motifs from Paris. Read more. Toulouse. In honor of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, the most famous poster designer ever, I have made Digital Prints of 150+ art works available for everybody in the world for download and print in size 29,7 x 21 cm (a4), that is 8.27 x 11.7 inches. Read more. |
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Absolutearts
Art News is starting a new column www.absolutearts.com Art News is absolutearts.com's newsletter with 3 to 4 issues weekly. Absolutearts.com is the world's largest online gallery. Hello Asbjorn I
hope
your
new
idea
works!
You
continue
to
create
all
types
of
work
-
be
they
art
or
ideas.
We
are
working
on
another
project
here
-
absolutearts.com
is
starting
a
new
column
on
the
homepage
and
in
the
newsletter
in
the
form
of a blog
- or running diary - written by 12 different artists, curators,
collectors and gallerists from around the world.
Each writer will be asked to publish a blog once a month. Our
aim
is
to
provide
dedicated
arts
professionals
with
additional
online
coverage
and,
at
the
same
time,
offer
our
readers
and
visitors
quality
insight
to
a variety of arts perspectives.
Is this something in which you would able to participate? We thought you might be interested due to your seriousness about your art career and your ability to clearly communicate your views. Please email me as soon as possible. We will be setting up a schedule and online interface for the authors in the next weeks. Our goal is to launch be the first of next month. Look
forward
to
hearing
from
you!
Jodi
Melfi,
editorArt News Columbus Ohio Art News articles - by Asbjorn Lonvig. "Colorful News"  "Paraskevidekatriaphobia" "Be careful out there" "Interactive Lecture" "Christmas Mood" "Improving my English" "Cerebral Thrombosis" "Once upon a time..." "Beijing...Cambridge...Dallas" "Who is Aros - who is Bill..." "How to communicate through pictures..." "Corporate valuez..zzzz..." "To moms, to dads, to grannies..." "Exposure - a never ending visit to the dentist..." "Hi sculptor...I mean you!!!" "New Carlsberg Glyptotek" "Matisse and Louisiana..."  "Playhouse inspired by Gaudi..." "A whole playground with playhouses..." "Revival of the Art Poster..." "2006 - a happy new year..." "Search Engine Strategies for Success: 2006" A National Gallery, a Dutchman called Rembrandt and HIGHLIGHTS Huge sculptures in spectacular places - how? Digital Prints on Canvas??? Fairy Tales in a new medium - Fairy Tale Posters... Letter to European Parliament... Racing Cars - The Art Dimension... My User Portal Concept... Merchandise...On-demand manufacturing... Art works on church tower...Beatles on organ... _____________ Appointed Columnist at Editorial Croquis, Buenos Aires in Argentina Croquis is a bimonthly printed art magazine for which you can buy a subscription. It is distributed free to publishers, galleries, museums, national and provincial municipal organs of government etc. Croquis is a company oriented to the visual arts, diversifying their activity through the Publishing House, Galley activities, Events, Exhibitions and Production of Spectacles. Editor and director Martin Enrique Gil has appointed Asbjorn Lonvig columnist, writing articles and notes about Danish and other art initiatives. Asbjorn Lonvig writes in English. Croquis is in Spanish. Translation is taken care of by Croqius' staff. ¿Quién es Aros - ¿quién es Bill...(abreviado) in Revista Croquis de
junio-julio"Nuevo Carlsberg Glyptotek"
in Revista Croquis de
agosto-septiembre"Matisse y Louisiana..." in Revista Croquis de octubre-noviembreRead more. |
Columnist for the
Artday Network's World ArtNews in Tokyo, Japan Yesterday on 7th March 2005 I debuted as columnist on Artday Network's World ArtNews. The editor is Seiji Ueoka, who lives outside Tokyo and administers both the international site at www.artday.org and the Japanese site at www.jp.artday.org. Artday Network's World ArtNews columnists are: Teresa Torres Eça - Portugal Birgitta Jonsdottir - Iceland Jean-Jacques Kunts - France Gebhardt Jacksonville - USA Judy Wray - USA Willem Mook - The Netherlands Dale Copeland - New Zealand Editor Seiji Ueoka - Japan and Asbjorn Lonvig, Denmark ADN World ArtNews articles - by Asbjorn Lonvig. "Colorful News" "Once upon a time..." "Who is Aros - who is Bill..." "New book about how to communicate through pictures" "Corporate valuez..zzzz..." To moms, to dads, to grannies... Exposure - a never ending visit to the dentist... "Hi sculptor...I mean you!!!" Read more _____________ Documents published at FullDigitalArt in Paris, France Asbjorn Lonvig has written the following articles published at FullDigitalArt in Paris, France "Colorful News..." "Interactive Lecture..." "Cerebral Thrombosis..." "Once upon a time..." "Beijing...Cambridge...Dallas" "Who is Aros - who is Bill..." "How to communicate through pictures..." "Corporate valuez..zzzz..." To moms, to dads, to grannies... Exposure - a never ending visit to the dentist... "Hi sculptor...I mean you!!!" _____________ Articles published at Squarespace Inc. College Park Maryland University Washington D.C. Who's Squarespace for? Anyone who needs to maintain a web presence, but wants exacting control over their site, and powerful publishing features that cover everything from blogs to files. You provide the ideas, we turn those into your site. It's that easy. "How to communicate through pictures..." "Colorful News..." "Interactive Lecture..." "Improving my English" "Cerebral Thrombosis" "Once upon a time..." "Beijing...Cambridge...Dallas" "Who is Aros - who is Bill..." "Corporate valuez..zzzz..." To moms, to dads, to grannies... Exposure - a never ending visit to the dentist... |
| PEOPLE AT WWAR.COM Markus Kruse, President and Founder  After a decade of national and
international curatorial and gallery activities Markus Kruse discovered
the impact of the early World Wide Web:
"When I first started to work with the Internet in 1993, I was struck by the lack of visual art within that medium. So, I started collecting a few art links and began publishing my curated exhibitions on the early www as part of any exhibition program. All of a sudden national exhibitions were propelled into an international arena. Some retrospective exhibitions such as 'Roy-Lichtenstein Pre-Pop' actually had more visitors from via the web. I began to understand the impact and importance of the globalization of the visual arts via this medium. I guess it started snowballing from there... I love the ever changing nature and challenges of this type of work." Markus' in-depth knowledge of the visual arts as well as his expertise in Internet activities bring together two areas that often cannot be found when taking a scrutinizing look at Internet based Arts companies. Markus holds a B.A. in Art History from Wittenberg University, an M.A. in Arts Administration/Art Education and a Ph.D. in Art Education from The Ohio State University. When
not
at
work
you
can
find
Markus
on
the
Outer
Banks
in
North
Carolina
windsurfing,
traveling
back
to
his
original
hometown
Berlin,
Germany,
or
riding his R90, and often on a ladder restoring his over 110 year
old house. |
PEOPLE
AT
WWAR.COM Jodi Melfi, Vice President  During the last five years Jodi has
been a critical team member in the growth of World Wide Arts Resources
and absolutearts.com. Her expertise touches design, content and
marketing aspects of day-to-day business dealings.
"Having a practical fine arts education background, I see myself as the typical user of our services. I think it is important to provide an atmosphere online that fosters creativity. A mentor of mine once said ' Creativity can not work in a vacuum' Our job is to facilitate finding information and networking between artist enthusiasts." Jodi holds a B.F.A. from Columbus College of Art and Design and has worked as head of graphic design at Design Collective Incorporated, as a merchandise designer at Levi Strauss & Co., and in accounting at a large architectural firm. When
she's
not
outdoors
reviewing
email
with
her
iBook,
she
can
either
be
found
volunteering
her
time
for
The
Ohio
Art
League
or
chasing
her 4
1/2 year old. You can often find Jodi practicing a difficult hunter
course at the stable. |
|
Exclusive
Selection Indonesia
On
30
August
2004
Teguh
Prasetyo
Heruwaluyo,
Jakarta,
Indonesia
and
director
Torben Cornelius, commercial counsellor & coordinator, Denmark visited me in Lille Fejringhus.
|
| ...you raise me
up and the Indonesian Selection Inspired by Teguh Prasetyo Heruwaluyo, Jakarta Indonesia and Torben Cornelius.
"you raise me up" was one of them. Shortly after I had finished it it was featured on Art News at a price of US$ 15,000. But as my art dealer in Jakarta saw it he "raised up" the price to US$ 43,000. Samples from the selection:    Read more _____________ Art dealer Toolbox And off to Jakarta went Teguh Prasetyo Heruwaluyo. Carrying his toolbox under his arm. Ok, it is not quit right. An art dealer toolbox doesn't weigh so much. It's a web page on Cornelius' web site. This once you may look into his toolbox. See http://www.comcoco.com/personal-page-teguh- prasetyo-heruwaluyo.html What's in it??? Access to Exclusive Selection Indonesia. A special reference list for printing. 6 new brochures on Exclusive Selection Indonesia for download (see below). Access to postcards of portraits for download. Access to Colorful News. Access to Gallery News. Normally. The toolbox' address is only known by Cornelius and by the art dealer himself. _____________ Colorful Zen Simplicity Portrait Painting Dogma Colorful Zen Simplicity in portrait painting is the concept of extracting face shapes and face shadows in gray nuances and black and white. The gray nuances and black and white is placed on a white or a black background. That's the Colorful Zen Simplicity Portrait Painting Concept. The Colorful Zen Simplicity Portrait Painting Dogma if you like. The concept is developed by my son Morten Lonvig. To make it simple you might call it Morten's Dogma. Use of other colors for instance blue and red is possible - but high aesthetic caution is recommended. This is the procedure: A digital image is made of the person who's portrait is to be painted. I'll make the portrait ready for painting so that the customer can see exactly how the painted result will be - including placement, size, colors, posterizing, brightness adjustment, contrast adjustment etc. etc. _____________ Sold to a customer in Murcia in Spain 
"soul hurting still" inspired
by
Christmas
2002,
North
Jutland
Art
Museum,
Marc
Chagall,
Max Ernst - from
Native Art
American Native Art _____________
Celebrating Hans
Christian Andersen's bicentennial in 2005 - All his fairy tales in
English for you!!!!
To the readers of Colorful News: To
celebrate
Hans
Christian
Andersen's
bicentennial
in
2005,
the
Hans
Christian
Andersen
Center
at
University
of
Southern Denmark at
Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies has helped me to
guide you to
All Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales in English by Jean Hersholt: The Complete Andersen is a rather extensive collection of Andersen's tales and this is the most comprehensive edition of Andersen's fairy tales in English (American) on the internet. You have to notice, however, that Simple Simon is called Clumsy Hans and Willie Winkie is called Ole Lukoie in this collection. Read more. Thanks to Web Editor Lars Bo Jensen University of Southern Denmark Institute of Literature, Media and Cultural Studies Hans Christian Andersen Center Campusvej 55 5230 Odense Denmark Web: http://www.humaniora.sdu.dk/ _____________ |
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| 6 brochures in the art
dealer's toolbox
on Exclusive Selection
Indonesia for download Until everything is happening online, the good old brochure/flyer in paper handled over to a potential customer personally always is a very effective marketing tool. I believe it'll last long. That's why www.lonvig.dk handles everything about brochures/flyers, download and print automatically like this: 
  (click
on
a
brochure
to
download
in
full
size)
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| Exclusive
Selection
China I was in China. I flew from Helsinki to Beijing, I saw everything in Beijing. I saw the Great Wall, I flew to Shanghai and Xian, too. My contact in China Ni Duan in Hangzhou is trying to have my fairy tales published in China. She has translated them into Chinese. So. I'm in a hurry. Now the Exclusive Selection China has to be made. 
   The selection is being translated into Chinese by Ni Duan. I need to make 2 more motifs - I think. Read more. |
Skyline
of Shanghai In start of 1990's I visited Shanghai. There were no skyline. Nothing but some European architecture at the harbor view..... But now there is indeed a skyline.
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| SMM
in Hamburg Once a year there is a fair in Hamburg called SMM Hamburg. We have attended this fair for several years. There are visitors from all over the world. Greeks and Chinese. Germans and Indonesians. Danes and ....... This year it was from 28 September to 2 October. We have equipped Torben Cornelius with wall sheets, brochures/flyers, collages etc. Brochures and everything was made automatically by the www.lonvig.dk web site. We have made a special brochure/flyer with a special selection for the visitors of this trade fair: Selection SMM 2004 Hamburg. All Asbjorn Lonvig brochures - that's 75+ on different subjects in different languages, but in the same design - can be downloaded and printed from http://www.lonvig.dk/promotion.htm Two wall sheets:
wall sheet I
60 x 80 cm SMM 2004 Hamburg in English International Art Exhibition in Rome in Italian Asbjorn Lonvig's Storytelling Concept in English Sculptures in spectacular places (click on a brochure to download in full size)
wall
sheet
II
60 x 80 cm Easter Island Selection in Spanish Indonesian Selection in English Chinese Selection in Chinese British Columbia Westcoast Selection in English (click on a brochure to download in full size) |
| H2O from BG Bank to
the waterworks How was it made? At first I have to do some research. And have an idea. I ride my bike the same tour every day. It takes an hour or an hour and a half depending on the weather, my legs etc. My tour goes through the huge metallic sculpture symbolizing two giant Hs in Hedensted. I ride the tour despite of rain and storm. One day I got the idea, it had to be the chemical formula of water: H2O The two H's in the sculpture refers to the city of Hedensted: H2 And the fresh air and all the oxygen I need on my rides gives the: O I make a draft in my head – that's why I always work in simple shapes – and then I draw it on my computer , when I return home. I send an e-mail pointing to a web page with the drawing to the customer and ask if that's it? If it is, I do the original. In this case it is a 80 x 80 cm collage. In other cases it might be a painting, a sculpture, a....... For collages I have preprinted silk screen printed paper in red, yellow, green and blue. I have white and black, too. Every single color is cut out and mounted on the collage. During this process I make corrections to the motif. When
I am happy with the outcome, I sign the collage with my name I
frame it, and now I have to stop, |
 "H2O"
80 x 80 cm Collage |
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