Art Of The Mystic Otto Rapp - BLOG of the Mystic Otto Rapp

VISIONARY ART GALLERY IS AGAIN ON LINE

16/6/2026

On Hiatus for almost two years because of a nasty virus, the situation 'self-corrected' after I had taken it off line and put it in sort of a 'induced coma'. From time to time I checked the status on Weebly, i.e. tried to edit, but every time in those two years, even in edit I would get re-directs from the virus. So I just let it be. Until a few monts ago, when again I went to edit and found everything seemed OK, so I took a chance and clicked 'publish'. Voila, it worked! I don't know if Weebly in the meantime had added a virus removal program to its site builder (like Wordpress does), but I am glad it works again, since I have other sites cross-referencing pages from it that during the time of the hiatus would just return Error 404 Results. But now, all that should be working again!

This is a older screenshot - the link will open in a new tab of the curren version

Below find some related websites that had linked to the Visionary Art Gallery.

I still need to update this site to the newest stand - remove the warning about the VA site

THE COMMITMENTS

16/3/2025

Alternativer Text

The Commitments is a 1991 musical comedy-drama film based on the 1987 novel by Roddy Doyle. It was directed by Alan Parker from a screenplay written by Doyle, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Set in the Northside of Dublin, the film tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins), a young music fanatic who assembles a group of working-class youths to form a soul band named "The Commitments".
Wikipedia

EXHIBITION AT GALERIE ESTHER - ERNST FUCHS MUSEUM

19/9/2024

EXHIBITION AT GALERIE ESTHER - ERNST FUCHS MUSEUM
VERNISSAGE SEPTEMBER 19th 2024 at 7 pm
FINISSAGE NOVEMBER 2nd 2024 at 7 pm

Opening of my Solo Exhibition at the Galerie Esther, Ernst Fuchs Museum in Vienna, Austria
is scheduled for September 19th 2024 at 7 PM
I will be celebrating my 80th Birthday, 2 months before the actual date, with this commemorative show.

RECENTLY POSTED ON ZAZZLE

4/4/2024

NOCH FRAGEN?

19/1/2024

Ich finde es eher beängstigend, dass offenbar bei fast allen europäischen Politikern die Sicherungen durchknallen.

Sehr prominent auf meinem X (Twitter) Feed. Geht es noch? Ist das eine Rückkehr auf Stasi Verleumdungen? Es wird noch ganz offen über ein Verbot der AfD gesprochen! Wer sind denn wirklich die 'Rechtsextremisten'?

Rechtsextremisten greifen unsere Demokratie an. Wir alle sind gefordert, deutlich Stellung zu beziehen: für unser demokratisches Deutschland. Und für unsere mehr als 20 Millionen Freunde, Arbeitskolleginnen und Nachbarn, die eine Migrationsgeschichte haben. #Kanzlerkompakt pic.twitter.com/Cs1Dj69TwM
— Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (@Bundeskanzler) January 19, 2024

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Eine der besten Antworten

Es stellt sich die Frage: wer greift in Wirklichkeit wen an. pic.twitter.com/t6v4YwhqrI
— Morlock Nr.2 (@MGGA2021h) January 19, 2024

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Und das hier beantwortet wer eigentlich die Extremisten sind

Hier Extremisten, die unsere Demokratie angreifen: pic.twitter.com/q2KLZMYYeD
— henning rosenbusch (@rosenbusch_) January 19, 2024

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Laut #Habeck will die #AfD aus Deutschland "einen Staat wie Russland" machen. Natürlich frei erfundener Blödsinn - wir setzen uns im Gegenteil für direkte Mitbestimmung ein, während Habeck ganz großer Fan von China ist. Sehen Sie selbst! #DeshalbAfD pic.twitter.com/7jXsaUgr52
— Alice Weidel (@Alice_Weidel) January 17, 2024

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UM DAS GEHT ES HIER

Wenn etwas verboten werden sollte, dann sind es die Linksextremen Hetzportale und Volksverpetzer, wie eben auch solche links-finanzierte Schmutzkübel wie Correctiv.

"Die inszenierte #Schmutzkampagne gegen die #AfD stellt einen der größten & ungeheuerlichsten Medien- und Politikskandale Deutschlands dar. Das sind DDR-Methoden!" #Correctiv #Pressekonferenz pic.twitter.com/SIN3OXYFad
— Alice Weidel (@Alice_Weidel) January 16, 2024

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Nur so zur Erinnerung – ‘Das beste Deutschland aller Zeiten’?????
https://blackout-news.de/aktuelles/wirtschaftlicher-absturz-wie-fehlentscheidungen-und-politik-in-deutschland-die-wirtschaft-bedrohen/

IN MEMORY OF JASON RAPP

1/11/2023

Over a year ago my first-born son posted this guitar piece on Soundcloud. It pains me to no end to listen to this and having found out that he passed away on October 27th 2023. - He was just 52 years old! His funeral is set for November 3rd 2023 in Calgary, Alberta. Jay was his nickname, in fact he went under Jay Wormbox on Facebook. Wormbox is the name of the band he was the lead guitarist. His given name is Jason Rapp. RIP my son - I love you and my heart aches. Perhaps we see each other again when I too will go over the rainbow bridge. I weep as I write this.

Jay Rapp · Solo Keys

The last time I seen my son personally was 2015 in Lethbridge, Alberta, when I came for a vacation visit to my former home. He came from Calgary to see me, together with his two children Trista and Sebastian. Spending time with my younger son Otti and his mother Christan.

I remember as if it were yesterday, the times we had when he was just a little boy. These pictures are particularly precious to me, recovered and scanned from an old album. His mother, Mary Jane, passed away in 2009. After we separated in 1988, Mary Jane also had 2 daughters, Tasha and Nicole.

CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA

19TH BIENNALE MUSEUM PAVLOVIC BARILLI

1/11/2023

I am happy to have been selected to participate in this exhibition in honor of Serbian artist Milena Barilli

I am participating in this invitational exhibition in honor of Serbian artist Milena Pavlovic Barilli with one painting and one drawing.
https://www.culturalplaces.com/tour/the-gallery-of-milena-pavlovic-barilli
Official opening is on November 5th, the birthday of the artist.
The exhibition will be opened by Dijana Metlic, art historian, Snezana Petrovic, artist and selector for this years event, and Vladimir Dunjic, artist who won the top prize last year.

Milena Pavlović Barili was one of the most prominent Serbian artists of the first half of 20th century. She was well acclaimed in artistic circles of Europe and USA.
The gallery houses nice selection of here works from all the periods of her short life including posters and covers she did for Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and other famous magazines and some of her personal belongings.
The gallery is open from 7 to 15h from Tue till Fri and from 8 to 16h on Sat.

I am participating with these two works - both completed in 2023 - a drawing and a acrylic painting

ATELIER FINE ART OPENING

8/10/2023

On Saturday, October 7th 2023 my friend Artist Shahram Alizadeh opened his atelier for a group show of fantastic artists, where I had the opportunity to participate with some of my artwork. The display will be open-ended, that is, I can exchange my work with other pieces at any time. This is both Shahram's atelier as well as a showroom for his artist friends.

On Tiktok I made a vide from clips and photos that Shahram provided, adding special effects (and the 'obligatory selfie' at the end, which is a transition creation from Dreamwombo. The charcoal drawing of 'Nubian Kore' is not in the video, but it is displayed in the back room part, whereas the other two are in the front room.

@ottorapp521 ATELIER OF FINÈ ART opening day October 7th 2023 in Ober St Veit, Vienna, Austria □ group exhibition of fantastic art #fantasyart #openingday #fineart #atelier #vienna #austria ♬ Галактикум - Аэросса

WALDRAPP'S TOMB - at Cafe Cosmos

6/10/2023

In connection with the OPEN STUDIO at the KUNSTQUARTIER WIEN MEIDLING, a selection of artwork from our house was placed at the nearby Cafe Cosmos which will be there for about two or three weeks.
The Open Studio was held on September 30th 2023 and was quite a success.

WALDRAPP'S TOMB

This was my OPEN STUDIO at the KQWM

KUNSTQUARTIER WIEN MEIDLING
Aichholzgasse 51-53, 1120 Wien

CAFE KOSMOS
Tanbruckgasse 14, 1120 Wien

ART OF WHERE CLOTHING STORE CHANGES

27/3/2023

Yesterday I received a Email from my POD Merchandise ART OF WHERE to inform me that the associated web page for my products will not be maintained anymore after April 2023.
This announcement came via Mailchimp.

It is a bit frustrating - on Facebook I wrote:
According to the latest update from my AOW Print-on-Demand place, the store web page will no longer be maintained after April 2023. I would have to host my own store (pages?) on my own website, or else join Etsy or Shopify to offer my products via API from AOW. All rather complicated and time-consuming work to make those changes. This is frustrating.
For anyone to check out within the next few weeks, here is my existing store on the AOW website that will be no more after a month (get it while it lasts - I will still be able to sell my creations, but have to make other arrangements): MY AOW STORE PAGE ART OF THE MYSTIC OTTO RAPP

After some time of being idle, I just recently created a number of items so maybe check them out while my store page is still up. Still available to order from my store page until end of April.