Art: André Gonçalves, @andre_goncalves_art
DEPORTED FORMS AND DISCONTENT
Teal mists spray engulfed
Danse flâneuse Danube révélérs
Eyes coutured skin-Rhine-skin
Schwarz Strasse fleur zein
Shots tabs repetit
Redlit dancefloors bleed sweat
Designer heels black skirts
Rise from tequila soaked walls
Dansing back through distorted
Throngs of trap sub bass
Cumbia appropriated white jazz
About the artist:
Rose Knapp is a poet and producer. She has publications in Lotus-Eater, Bombay Gin, BlazeVOX, Hotel Amerika, Gargoyle, and others. She has a chapbook with Hesterglock Press and a forthcoming collection with Dostoyevsky Wannabe. She lives in Los Angeles. Her work can be found at roseknapp.net.
Art: André Gonçalves, @andre_goncalves_art
In the artist’s words:
André Gonçalves, born in 1987, lives and works on the island of Madeira. A lover of art in its many forms, he describes himself as a photo lunatic; eccentric and bizarre. He soon applied his knowledge and love for obscure use of imagery to define his own style of dark photography. As a lover of dark atmosphere and melancholy, he portrays the inside of a twisted chaotic mind generating emotions. He has found his own way of playing with sad expressions, like some of his portraits show, as if he were silently screaming.
He says his photographs are a sort of an autobiography; he puts himself in his imagery, his contrasts, his passions and his obsessions . When he looks at an old portrait photo, he travels with his mind – he tries to imagine that person in her life, in her era. That is what he wants for his images.
His work is mainly concerned with facial expressions; he says the eyes are the shell of the soul. He is not interested in showing beauty as an outward phenomenon, he prefers to present the facial expression as a whole, expression and soul united.
His work has been showcased in several international and national magazines. He has joined a few international exhibitions in Paris and Italy. On the island of Madeira the viewer can see his work exhibited very often.
