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[2006-08-22 12:42:41 +0000 UTC]
"Gromyko Padilla Semper"
(Philippines)
# Statistics
Favourites: 15828; Deviations: 1333; Watchers: 1942
Watching: 846; Pageviews: 177269; Comments Made: 25405; Friends: 846
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Dali,Michelangelo,Rothko,Matta, De Chirico, Picasso,Rembrandt, millet, Ernst,Durer, VelasquezFavorite movies: Lord of the Rings series, Underworld, Troy, Alexander, Pollock etc...
Favorite bands / musical artists: Angelic Hosts
Favorite writers: Jose Rizal, William Blake, Andre Breton, Anne Rice, Kandinsky, GOD
Favorite games: Dreams, Automatism,Paranoiac Critical Method, cadavre Exquis, Bulletism
Favorite gaming platform: 16-dimensional Space time
Tools of the Trade: Ink, Pencil, Watercolor,Acrylic and Mixed Media
Other Interests: Surrealism,Symbolism,history, CosmologyPositivism,Psychology,Religion,Christianity
# About me
Gromyko Semper is a young artist who stands at the crossroads of two realities: One is grounded in a tradition of high cultural metaphor, while the other is a sensual dream world of feverish risk. He does not dabble in either, but instead bounds intoGromyko Semper is a young artist who stands at the crossroads of two realities: One is grounded in a tradition of high cultural metaphor, while the other is a sensual dream world of feverish risk. He does not dabble in either, but instead bounds into both simultaneously. His comprehension and connection to the great religious and historical visual languages of the world is nerve-rattling to viewers because it is so concise, and he reminds us that, when used properly, the symbols and stories of the past do not sleep in volumes of dusty books, but boom with terrible, matter-of-fact authority, like a gun of truth. Unlike artists from previous contemporary generations, he does not speak the language of ancient fable out of irony or desperation, but out of sharpened passion and even out of love. And then, Gromyko rejects the purely classical tongue as quickly as we recognize it. It becomes infused with the aura of metaphysical science, kaleidoscopic incantation and blasphemous zeal. The crossroads is never resolved. We are compelled to take both roads with him at once. We find that reality is never fully tangible and dreams manifest as incontestable.
Add to this his prodigious work ethic, and we recognize in Gromyko Semper an artist who does not play games with his time. These are not tricks of craft, but deliberate, passionate and ever-flowing assaults on the mundane. Gromyko sings to us that the entire human experience is ours to drink, all history is now ours to bathe in, all visual textures of heightened complexity are ours to feed upon. As viewers, we cannot help but take his outstretched hand.
John Paul Thornton,
Art Education Coordinator, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
# Comments
Comments: 7529
You have an outstanding gallery, and I have truly enjoyed perusing it today.Β Thanks for sharing your work!
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You are away for quite some time now, anyway Happy Birthday, old friend.
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Your style is astonishing! Keep up the awesome work!
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oh I found you first on facebook, and now on devianart _()_
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Ser, kayo po ba gumawa ng album cover ng Light of Luna?
Tama ba?
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Prayers for you and your family and country my friend.
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Just stumbled upon your work today! I absolutely love it, Happy Birthday too btw!!!
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Thank you for fav-ing my homage to MC Escher! Feel free to follow me on Facebook [link] by clicking the "Like" button!
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Hey chief, good to see you are around. Hope all is well.
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Hey man! Howzzit going? I've been considering traveling to your beautiful country and was wondering if you had any recommendations...
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Good to see you're still as amazing as ever. Been away from DA for a long time, there's few I've watched for so long that are still around and kickin'.
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Amazing work dude, what do you draw with? ALso i have featured your art here:
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Fantastic work.
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That is quite a review Mr. Thornton gave you in your Deviant ID!
Looks like you are doing fantastic work.
Watching you...
-Merton
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Thank you for feature my Gromyko friend, and congrats for your book, you are taking it to a new level, your passion never fails to amaze me
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G man, it is time to collaborate. Send me a file mon amigo!
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hey dave...message me your email,i seem to forgot it...cool lets collab again!!!
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Hey G, I sent an e-mail to the address you sent.
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yo dave,my computer got corrupted so i have to reinstall my pohotoshop,i apologize for any delays but ill work on it soon
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Cool no worries man. Looking forward to it!
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I stumbled upon your work, and I'm very glad I did. You may very well be my new favorite artist of all time. Great work!
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Happy Birthday, old friend! I hope all is well with you!
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