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Th eo r i gi nal i t yoft hear t i s t i cwor kofAnaSn e e r i n g e ri saf i n eb a l a n c eb e t we e ns a f e t yd r a wi n ga n da s ubt l ec ol ours e ns i bi l i t y . Apai nti sme as ur e db yt h et h o u g h t f u lr e n d e r i n go ft h es u b j e c tt h a ts t a nd si n t hes pac ewi t ht hel i ght ne s soft hef ac et oe x p r e s st h es e n s eo fap a r t i c u l a rv i s i o no fr e a l i t yt h a ti s t r ans f or me di nt oawor l dofme ani ng,c onc e p t s ,mo me n t so ft h ee v e r y d a yl i f ei ns t e pwi t ht h et i me s . i v i nge x ampl eoft hatar t i s t i cv i t al i t y ,mo v e me n ta n di n n o v a t i o n ,d r i v e nb ye v e r n e we x p e r i e n c e s Al di c t at e dbyt het al e ntandbyt hee x t r aor di nar ye x p r e s s i v ea b i l i t yo ft h ea r t i s t . An aS n e e r i n g e rwi t hh e r wor k si si nac ons t ants e ar c hofa“Ai s t e s i s �a c c o r d i n gt ot h ec o n c e p to fPl a t o n e ,t h a ti sa ni mi t a t i o n ormi me s i soft hei de aspr e s e nti nt hi ngsg o i n gf a rb e y o n d ,ac u t t i n g e d g ec on s t r u c t i o no fk a n t i a n me mor y .Wat c hi ngt hi swor k ,wer e al i z et hee x t r a o r d i n a r yv a l u eo fv i s u a l ,c o n c e p t u a l ,wi t har a r e t e c hni c al and di f f i c ul t t o dos e wi t h o u t f a l l i n g i n t o t h e o b v i o u s o r t h e b a n a l . e atandar e mar k abl ear t i s t i cs e ns i t i v i t ya n das t r o n gs e n s eo fc o l o r , as o l i dt e c hn i c a lb a c k g r o u n d Agr and a mas t e r y of t he de s i gn a r e a t t h e b a s i s o f h e r a r t i s t i c wo r k . Th ear t i s t ' se x pr e s s i on, i nt hes e ns et hat h e ra r t l e a d su st or e f l e c t o nt h ec o n c r e t er e l a t i o n s h i pwi t ht h e c ompanyandt he r e f or eofc ommuni c at i on.Ap a i n t i n gt h a ti se x p l o r a t i o no fc o l o ra n dc o mp o s i t i o n c ont i nue s t o t r ans mi t t he me s s age s o f l i f e t h a t a r e s u b l i me d b y h e r a r t . I nhe rwor ki sabr e at hofi nf i ni t ef r e s hne s s , t h ep r o t a g o n i s to fac r e a t i v ej o u r n e ywo r t h yo ft h eu t mo s t c ons i de r at i on. AnaSne e r i nge rof f e r susi mag e se l e g a n t o f f i c e so f ap o e m, v e r ys we e t , a c c o mp a n i e db y as k i l l f ulus eofc ol or ,andf r om adi s i nv ul t u r ae x t r e mei nt h es y s t e mo fs i g n st h a th e l p st oy i e l d e mot i onalofhe rs ubj e c t s ,byi nv ol v i ngusi naf a s c i n a t i n gc r e a t i v ep r o c e s st h a ty o uc a nf r a mei na mode r n,r e al i s m, c har ac t e r i z e dbyac l e aror i g i n a l i t y .
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As u kaRi ppl e “S c i e nc ede s c r i be st hi ngsast he yar e ;t h eAr ta st h e ya r ef e l t ,h o wt h e yf e e lt h e ys h o u l db e ” ( Fe r n a n doPe s s o a ) As uk aRi ppl e , i sas e l f t aught J apane s ear t i s t . S h eb e g a nt od r a ws i n c es h ewa sac h i l d , c o mb i n i n gt h i s pas s i onwi t ht heonef ormus i c . Shel ov e st oe x p e r i me n ta n da l wa y su s ei n n o v a t i v et e c h n i q u e s , h e l p i n g he r s e l fwi t ht heus eofdi f f e r e ntmat e r i al s . Sh er e c e n t l yb e g a nt op a i n twi t ht h et e c h n i q u eo fS p r a yAr t , ac t i v i t ymai nl yc har ac t e r i z e dbyt heus eofs p r a yp a i n t . I ti sc o n s i d e r e do n eo ft h emos ti n t e r e s t i n ga n d i nt r i g ui ngs hade sofSt r e e tAr t ,whos eor i gi ni st r a c e db a c kt ot h es e v e n t i e si nt h ec i t yofNe wY o r k . I t i snot pos s i bl et oe s t abl i s hapr e c i s edat ef o rt h eb i r t ho f t h i smo v e me n t , b u t s u r e l yt h ep u b l i ci n t e r e s t f or" s t r e e tar t "e x pl ode dar ound2000,t han k st ot h es t e n c i l soft h ea r t i s twi t ha nu n k n o wni d e n t i t y : Bank s y . I ts t ar t sf r omPopAr tandGr af f i t iAr t , b u td e v e l o p sd e e p e rt h e me s , e s p e c i a l l yb yme r g i n gt h e t y pi c alt e c hni que sofwr i t e r s ,wi t ht hos eofs p r a yp a i n t e r s ;t h er e s u l to ft h i swo r ki sa c t u a l l yv e r y e x c i t i ng.I ti se s s e nt i al l yaf or m ofqui c kar t ,u n e x p e c t e d ,t h a tc a t c h e st h ea r t i s tb ys u r p r i s e ; andt hr ought heus eofs omes pr ayc ana n ds o mep i e c eo fme t a l ,c r e a t e sar e a lwo r ko fa r t . Anunc onv e nt i onal t e c hni quet hat f i r ml yde pa r t sf r o mt r a d i t i o n a l a r t i s t i cv i s i o n , wh i c hl e a v e sr o o mf o r f ant as y , c ol ourandi nnov at i on. As uk aands p r a ya r ti sas h o r tb u twe l l u n d e r s t o o ds t o r yt h a tt e l l sh o w t hear t i s t i cpr ogr e s st odayi sabl et oge ne r a t ep r o d u c t si n c r e a s i n g l yd i s t a n tf r o mt h ec l a s s i ci c o n i c Re nai s s anc ef i gur e ,ort hepe c ul i ar i t yoft heBr u n e s c h e l l i a n ap e r s p e c t i v et e c h n i q u e .Br e a t ho fLi f e , madeupofpl as t i cpl at e s ,woode nboar ds ,b u t t e rk n i v e sa n dp a p e r ,t e l l su sa b o u tc u r r e n te v e nt s , mat e r i alpor t r ay i ngt hei nt e ns ee mot i onsoft h ea r t i s t . “Thes upr e met ouc hoft hear t i s t ,k n o wi n gwh e nt os t o p ”( Ar t h u rCo n a nDo y l e )
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amamot oi saJ apane s ear t i s tandde f i n e sh e ra r ti nt h i swa y .S h eu n d e r s t o o dt h ei mp o r t a n c e At s uk oY ofi ns pi r i ngbyt her e al i t y ,us i ngt hephot og r a p h ya n dc r e a t i n ga ma z i n ga r t wor k s .At s u k og o ta wa y f r omt hewor l dofar tf ors omey e ar sands hewo r k e di na ne n t e r p r i s e , b e c a u s es h es t u d i e dEc o n o mi c s . Butwhe nhe rs onsbor n,s hede di c at e dagai nt oa r ta n di n2 0 0 4b e g a nt ot e a c hp a i n t i n gt oc h i l d r e n . Shei sapol y he dr alar t i s tands hec anu s edi f f e r e n tt e c h n i q u e sa n dma t e r i a l s , s h ei sa b l et op a i n twi t h oi lpai nt sandwat e r c ol our s . I nhe rmos tr e c e n ta r t wo r k s , s h ec o mmu n i c a t e she re mo t i o n sa n df e e l i n g s t hr oughar t , v al or i s i nghe rc ons c i ous ne s s . Fo rAt s u k oa r t i sv e r yi mp o r t a n t :h e ra r t wor k sr e p r e s e n t t h e c l os er e l at i ons hi pbe t we e nar t i s tandar tandt h ef o r c eo fe x p r e s s i o n .Pa i n t i n gc a nb ec o n s i d e r e da sa v e r ys hor ts t or ywhe r et he r ei si nt e ns ec onc e n t r a t i o n .I ti sa l s os e e na saf l e e t i n gmo me n ta n dar a r e me nt a landphy s i c alc ondi t i on. Sheal s of oc u s e do na b s t r a c te x p r e s s i o n i s ma n dt hi sc a nb es e e ni nh e r pai nt i ngs , t hr ought heus eof l ongbr us hs t r ok e s , ( f o ri n s t a n c et h ea r t wo r k se n t i t l e d“Wea r et h el i g h t ”) . Mor e ov e rs hep ai nt sar t wor k swhe r et he r ei st h ed e f o r ma t i o no fs t r u c t u r a le l e me n t sa n da l s ot h e r ei s t hec ombi nat i onofc ol our sandl i ght .
“Col our s , l i k ef e at ur e s , f ol l owt h ec h a n g e so ft h ee mo t i o n s ”( Pa b l oPi c a s s o )
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At s us hiOht a «WhatdoIwantt oc ommuni c at et hr oughmywo r k ?No t h i n go t h e rt h a nwh a te v e r ya r t i s twa n t s , t oac hi e v ehar monybybal anc i ngt her e l a t i o n s h i pb e t we e nl i n e s ,c o l o r sa n ds u r f a c e s . Onl yi nac l e ar e rands t r o n g e rwa y »( Pi e t e rMo n d r i a n )
I nt hear t wor k sofAt s us hiOht at he r ear eg r i d so fc o l o r sa n dg e o me t r i cs h a p e st h a ta t t r a c tt h e at t e nt i onofpe opl e .Hei sat al e nt e dJ apan e s ea r t i s ta n dh ei si n f l u e n c e db yh i s t o r i c a la n ds o c i a l c i r c ums t anc e s .Hi sar t wor k sar edi f f e r e ntan dh es i mp l i f i e ss h a p e sa n dr e d u c e st h enu mb e ro fc o l o r s us i ngv i v i dandpr i mar yone s( f ori ns t anc et h ea r t wo r k“Dr a wi n gas q u a r e3i n3 . I nt h emo me n t o f t h e pr e s e nt .I nt hi sl i mi t e dar e aofhe r e ”,r e al i z e dwi t hami x e dt e c h n i q u e ) .I na l lc e n t u r i e sp a i n t e r st r i e d t ounde r s t andt hebe aut yofl i ne sandc ol or s . I nt h eMo d e r na r tt h e r ei st h ep u r ea b s t r a c tp a i n t i n gt h a t i nc l ude sor t hogonall i ne sandpr i mar yc ol o r s .Th e ya r ev e r yi mp o r t a n tt or e a c ht h et r u ee s s e n c eo f pai nt i ng.Thi sJ apane s ear t i s tgi v e si mpor t a n c et ot h e s ea s p e c t s .Hi sp a i n t i n g si l l u s t r a t es h a p e st h a t ar ebal anc e dandhec r e at e smul t i f or ms ubj e c t s .Hea l s og o e si ns e a r c hofp u r i t y ,p a i n t i n gl i n e sa n d c r e at i ngage ome t r i cor de r . Hewant st or e pr e s e n tt h ei mmu t a b l en a t u r eoft h i n g s , c o n s i d e r i n gwh ati s t r ul ye s s e nt i al .Thes hape ss t ar tt ohav eas y mb o l i cv a l u ea n dt h e yb e c o mei n c r e a s i n g l yf r a g me n t e d ands i mp l e . Thi sar t i s tl ook sbe y ondappe ar a n c e s , ma r g i n a l i z i n ga l lt h ee mo t i o n sb e c a u s eh ewa n t st o v al or i z eauni v e r s alar t .
“Onec ane x i s twi t houtar t , bu to n ec a n n o tl i v ewi t h o u ti t ”( Os c a rWi l d e )
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Cami l l ec oul dbede s c r i be dwi t ht hei nv e nt e dt e r m" d r e a mt r a v e l e r " , s h et r a v e l si nt h eu nc o n s c i o u sa n d t hr oughh e rwor k smak e susnav i gat or swi t hh e r . He rwo r k" Ba l l e t "i st h ef u s i o no f l i g h t sa nds h a d o ws , dar kt one sandc ol or st hatmov equi c k l ypus h e db yf l e e t i n gb r u s hs t r o k e s . Th eg l o wi nt h ec e n t e ro ft h e wor kgi v e st hev i e we rt hef e e l i ngofbe i ngi nt h ec e n t e ro fas t a g e ,i ts e e mst ob ei nt h es p o t l i g h t . I nanyc as e ,t heonl yl i ght st hatt hear t i s ti nt e n d st ou s ea r et h o s et h a ti l l u mi n a t eo u rs e l f .Th eFr e n c h ar t i s tgi v e st hev i e we rani mage ,wi t houtan yp r e t e n s eo fb e s t o wi n gt e a c h i n g s ,i nt h es a meways h e doe s not i nt e nd t o s ugge s t hi dde n me a n i n g s ,s h e l e a v e st h i st a s k t o t h e v i e we r . Th ear t i s ts e e mst obei ns pi r e dbyi nf or malwo r k s ,h e rwo r kd o e sn o th a v ef i g u r e st h a tc a nb et r a c e d bac kt or e al i t yl i k et hegr e atmas t e r soft hei n f o r ma l ,Ca mi l l ei n t e r v e n e swi t he x p r e s s i v es i g n sa n d s pont ane ousge s t ur e s . Mor e ov e r , t hei nf or ma li sar e b e l l i o u si d e ao fa r t , a n di ti sp r e c i s e l yt h a tf e e l i n g andt hede s i r et oge toutoft heboxt oc r e a t es o me t h i n gn e wt h a ts h i n e st h r ou ghi nCa mi l l e ' sa r t . I npar t i c ul ar ,t hewor koft hey oungar t i s tr e f e r st ot hea r t i s t i cwo r kofo n eo ft h ee x p o n e n t so ft h e me nt i one dar t i s t i cc ur r e nti nI t al y :Vas c oBe n d i n i .Th eI t a l i a nma s t e rc r e a t e sad i a l o g u eb e t we e n f or ml e s sandname l e s sf or c e st hatani mat et h ev i e we ra n dq u e s t i o nh i m,i nf a c t ,Ca mi l l e ' sa r tf o l l o ws t hi spat handt ak e sont hes amev al ue . Cami l l ef e r r i e su si n t oawo r l do fe n e r g i e st h a tme r g ei n t oe a c h ot he r ,whi c har es ome t i me si mpe t ust owar dsi n f i n i t y ,o t h e ri n t u i t i o n sa n de c s t a t i ci n s t a n t s ,a n dy e ta s us pe nde dv or t e xbe t we e ne v e r y t hi ngandno t h i n g .
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Ch a i rHo us e “The r ei snoabs t r ac tar t .Y o umu s ta l wa y ss t a r twi t hs o me t h i n g . Af t e r war dy ouc anr e mov ea l lt r a c e so fr e a l i t y ”( Pa b l oPi c a s s o ) Hi t os hiY as ui ,k nownasChai rHous e ,wasb o r ni nT o k y o ,J a p a n ,a l o n g s i d et oh i sp r o f e s s i o na sa n e ngi ne e r , he be gan hi sc r e at i v e c ar e e ri n t h e e a r l y ' 9 0 s ,a s a mu l t i me d i a a r t i s t . Hi smai ns our c e sofi ns pi r at i onar emus i c ,i ma g e s ,f i l ms .Hei samul t i f a c e t e da r t i s t ,e n g a g e di n v ar i ousdi gi t alar tac t i v i t i e s . Thear twor l dh a sa l wa y sb e e nv e r ya t t e n t i v et ot e c h n o l o g i c a la d v a n c e s , s t ar t i ngt obe c ome ,mor eandmor e ,as e l f r e f e r e n t i a la c t i v i t y ,wh i c he s s e n t i a l l yd i a l o g u e swi t hi t s e l f andal way se l abor at e sne we x pr e s s i v ec od e s ,i ma g i n i n gac o n t i n u o u s" pr o g r e s s "l i n g u i s t i ca nd ae s t he t i c .Manyar t i s t shav ec hos e nnol onge rt or e p r o d u c et h ev i s i b l e ,b u tt oma k ev i s i b l ef o r msa n d i mage st hatwoul dnotbeot he r wi s e ,f i ndi ngt h e ms e l v e s ,t h e r e f o r e ,t oe l a b o r a t ec o mp o s i t i o n so fp u r e s hape sandc ol our s .TheJ apane s ear t i s tCha i rHo u s emo v e si nt h i sd i r e c t i o n ,e x p e r i me n t i n gwi t ht h e mos ti nnov at i v ef or msofar ti nhi swor k s .Hec h o o s e st ou s et h r e e d i me n s i o n a lr e p r e s e n t a t i o nt og i v e s hapet o hi ss ubj e c t s ,t hr ough 3D and Ph o t o s h o ps o f t wa r e ,c r e a t i n gt o t a l l ya b s t r a c ti ma g e s . I nDe aI v y ,t hear t i s te x pe r i me nt i ngwi t hn e wt e c h n o l o g i e s ,ma n a g e st or e c r e a t ewa t e ra n di t s t hous ands hade s .Thewomande pi c t e di nt h i swor ks e e mst os wi mi na l li t sb e a u t ya n dp u r i t y . Aswe l l asi nDe aCows l i p, whe r et hef e mal eb o d yi sr e p r e s e n t e dn a k e d , i na l l i t ss e n s u a l i t y , a saV e n u s . Apr ot ot y pet hati sge ne r al l yt r ac e dbac kt ot h es i x t e e n t h c e n t u r ya r t i s tGi o r g i on ea n dt h e nt r e a t e db y mor ec ont e mpor ar yar t i s t ss uc hasCour be t ,I n g r e s ,Ma n e t . Ar e a l i s t i cd i g i t a lp r o d u c tt h a to v e r c o me s al lar t i s t i cl i mi t at i onsandt hatf ul l yr e pr e s e n t sp a s t ,p r e s e n ta n df u t u r ea r t .
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Chr i sBy r nei saSc ot t i s har t i s twhot ookhi sd e g r e ei nAr ta n dPr i n t ma k i n ga tt h eUn i v e r s i t yo fFi n e Ar t si nGl as gow.Hi sar t i s t i cac t i v i t yhast ob ev i e we da sar e a le x p l o r a t i o no fr e l i c s ,a r c h i t e c t u r a l s t r uc t ur e s ,pl ac e sandf r agme nt swi t hapar t i c u l a rf o c u so nh o wt h e ywe r eu s e da n dd e s i g n e di nt h e pas t .Chr i s ’ar t ,byov e r c omi ngt hel i mi t so fs p e c i f i ct e c h n i q u e sa n dma t e r i a l s ,b e c o me sar e s e a r c h whi c hdoe snotf ol l ow pr e e s t abl i s he dpat t e r n sb u ti n v o l v e st h ei n t e r l i n k i n gp r o c e s s e so fi d e a s , c onn e c t i onsandme ani ngs . Thi si showt hef a s c i n a t i o nf o rt h o s es c o t t i s hi o l a t e dl a n d s c a p e swh e r et h e ar t i s t gr e wupt r as c e nds , i nhi sc anv as , t heme r ea e s t h e t i c so ra t mo s p h e r eo f p l a c e sa n di t t u r n sh i se a r t ot het al e sandt hee x pe r i e nc e sofpe opl ewh ol i v e dt h e r ea n dwh op a s s e dd o wnt h o s es t o r i e sf r o m ge ne r at i ont oge ne r at i on,i nas t r e amofme mo r i e sa n df e e l i n g s .Th ei s p i r a t i o nt h a th et a k e sf r o mt h e c ont e mpl at i onofol dabandone di ndus t r i alr e mn a n t s ,o ft h es c a r s l yp o p u l a t e dS c o t t i s hl a n d sa n do f t hec r umbl i ngc r of t sge ne r at ei mage st hatr e p r e s e n td e e pa n dme l a nc h o l yr e f l e c t i o n so nt h ee s t e h e t i c ofde c ayandont her e c l a i mi ngoft hes pac eb yn a t u r ea n dc o n t e mp o r a r yc u l t u r e . Av i s i o nwh i c ha l s o s t r ongl yi nt e r e s t se mot i onalas pe c t s ,t hos ei mp r e s s i o n so nt h ep h o t o g r a p h i cf i l mo ft h eh u ma ns o u l t hatr e mai ni mpr i nt e dwhe nweos be r v et h et i mep a s s i n ga n dt h ef o r msc h a n g i n g .Hi swo r k sa r e t i me l e s sabs t ac tc ompos t i ons , s i mi l art i l e so ff e e l i n g sa n dv i s u a lf i n g e r p r i n t s .I nt h ea r t wo r kn a me d “Empt i ne s s ”,f ore x ampl e ,t hes e ns eofs ol i t u d e ,a b s c e n c ea n dv a s t n e sc o n v e y sami x e dme s s a g eof e x t as yandr e s t l e s s ne s s ,butal s oofhopet h a tt h e s ep l a c e swi l ln o tb ef o r g o t t e ns ot h e ywi l lh a v et h e oppor t uni t yt ol i v eane wl i f e .I nt hi spe r s pe c t i v e ,Ch r i s ’p a i n t i n g sa r emi r r or so fo u rt i me s ,ana g e whi c hs i mi l ar l yt owhathappe ndi nt heT we n t i e s , i sd o mi n a t e db yc o n f u s i o na n du n c e r t a i n t yb u ta tt h e s amet i mepe r v ade dbyahugede s i r ef orc onn e c t i o n , c h a n g ea n dr e n e wa l t h r o u g hac o mp l e xs y n t h e s i s be t we e npas t ,pr e s e ntandf ut ur e .
“Wel e av eourf oot pr i nt si nt hepl a c ewh e r ewef e e lt h a tweb e l o n gt ot h emo s t ” ( Ha r u k iMu r a k a mi )
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Da v i dOr t i zFue r t e s “Ar ti st odi s c ov e rc e r t ai ns i gnsandr e l at i o n s h i p si nr e a l i t y ,l o g i c a l l yi n e x p l i c a b l e ,a ndt oe v o k e t he mbyc ommuni c at i ngt he m;s ot h a tt h r o u g ht h e mt h er e a lwo r l dp r e s e n t si t s e l f" ( Mas s i moBo n t e mp e l l i ) way sbe e nane x t r aor di nar yme an sb ywh i c ht ou n d e r s t a n da n di n t e r p r e tt h ewo r l da r o u n d Ar thasal us .Howe v e r ,t hi swor l dc hange sc ons t a nt l ya n ds u d d e n l y .Th r o u g ht h e i ra r t ,a r t i s t sh a v et h eg i f to f be i ngabl et ogoi ns i deandbr i ngouti t smo s tmy s t e r i o u ss i d e s .I n d e e d ,mo s to ft h et i me ,t h e ye v e n managet oant i c i pat ene wf ac e st hatr e al i t yi sa b o u tt os h o w.Wi t hh i sa r t ,t h eS p a n i s ha r t i s tDa v i d Or t i zFue r t e si sabl et ogi v eusanabs t r ac tv i s i o no fr e a l i t y ,o fwh a tc o mp o s e si t ,o fwh a tg ui d e si t s c han ge s .Thewor khe r epr e s e nt s ,t hatmos tc a nr e p r e s e n taf u n d a me n t a la s p e c to fe v e r y o n e ' sl i f e ,i s e nt i t l e d" Lov e " . Y e s , be c aus e , asi nt hewor k , t h ewo r d" Lov e "s t a n d so u tr i g h ti nt h ec e n t e r , s ol o v ei s t hef e e l i ngt hatgui de soure v e r yde c i s i ona n dt h o u g h ti ne v e r y d a yl i f e ,t h ep u r p o s eo fe ac ho fo u r ge s t ur e s .He r el ov e ,s y mbol i z e dbyt hel e t t e r st h a tma k eu pt h ewo r d ,r e l e a s e sag r e a te n e r g yo fl i g h t andc ol or s :i tge ne r at e sar oundi tawhi t el i g h t ,wh i c hi sf a c e t e di nt h ev i v i dp r i ma r yc o l o r s ,t h e n mov i n gawayt owar dst heout s i deoft hec an v a s ,t h ec o l o r sa r eg r a d u a l l yb e c o mi n gs o f t e ra n dmo r e nuanc e d,be c aus ee ac hofus ,mov i ngawayf r om i t ,l o s ee n e r g ya n dl i f ef o r c e .S i mi l a rc o l o r sa n d s hade sar ea l s ot ak e nupbyDav i di nt hewo r k" Fa n t a s y " ,i nwh i c ha na l mo s tr a r e f i e da t mos p h e r e c r e at e dbyt hei nt e ns es hadeof c ol or si saf f e c t e db yas p l a s hof r e dp a i n t . Be i n ga b l et oi ma g i n ewo r l d s andr e al i t i e sdi f f e r e ntf r om t hos ei nwhi c hwel i v e ,t h r o u g ho u ri ma g i n a t i o n ,i sa ni n s t r u me n tt h a t al l owsust oc ol orour s e l v e swi t has udde ns k e t c ho fj o ya n dh a p p i n e s s ,wi t h i nawo r l dt h a td o e sn o t al way ss how i t s e l ft ouswi t hc l e arande a s yt ou n d e r s t a n do u t l i n e s .I n s t e a di nt h ewo r ke n t i t l e d " Ex pr e s s i ons " ,Dav i df ul l ys howsust hev i t a le n e r g yo fh i swo r k s :t h ep r e d o mi n a n c eo fb r i g h t l y c ol or e dc ol or ss pr e adont hec anv asi nana l mo s tma t e r i a lwa yg i v et h ec a n v a sa no v e r wh e l mi n g e ne r gy . I nas i ngl ec anv asDav i di sabl et oe x p r e s s , a ss u g g e s t e db yt h et i t l ei t s e l f , ah e t e r o g e n e o u ss e t oft hought sandf e e l i ngs ,whi c hi nt hec hr o ma t i cc o n t r a s t ,h o we v e r ,ma n ag et odi a l o g u ewi t he a c h ot he r ,gi v i ngl i f et oawhi r l wi ndofe mot i onsa l s oi nt h eo b s e r v e r .I nt h eo t h e rwo r k sp r e s e n t e dh e r e , e nt i t l e d" Bar nar d"and" My s t i cBos que " ,r e di st h ep r o t a g o n i s tc o l o r ,wh i c hp e r me a t e sa l lt h e c anv as e s . I nt hef i r s twor kwef i ndi ti nal li t ss h a d e s , f r o mp u r p l et op i n k , pa s s i n gt h r o u g hy e l l o wa n d or ange .Thi se x pl os i onofc ol or sl ook sl i k et h es k ywh e ni ts e t so nf i r ea ts u n s e t :t h es u nf i l l si twi t h c ol or sandt he yar et he nr e f l e c t e d, s of t e randmo r en u a n c e d , i nt h eb l u eo ft h es e a . I nt h es e c o n dwo r k , howe v e r , Dav i dgi v e sushi spe r s onalr e pr e s e n t a t i o no fama g i c a l , my s t i c a lp l a c e . Th ewh i t ema r k so n t hec anv ass e e mt os howust heway , t ogi v eu sap o i n to fr e f e r e n c en o tt og e tl o s ti nt h i sp l a c e :ap l a c e ofouri magi nat i onwhe r ewec angot of i ndo u r s e l v e se l s e wh e r ea n dl e to u r s e l v e sb eg ui d e do n l yb y oure mot i ons ,whi c hDav i dmanage st obr i ngo u twi t hh i sc o l o r s .
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El e n aChukhl e bova I fphot ogr aphyhast her ol eoft e l l i ngt het r u t h ,i ft h es h o tc a p t u r e sap l a c eo ra no b j e c ta si ta p p e a r s , El e na' swor kgoe sbe y ondt he s el i mi t s .Thea r t i s tma n a g e st og e to u to ft h o s ewe l l d e f i n e do u t l i n e so f phot ogr aphy ,be c aus er at he rt hanr e pr e s e nt i n gr e a l i t y ,i nh e rwo r k swef i n dt h eme a n st og e te x c i t e d . I nf ac t ,he rwor ki se ne r gyandpas s i on,El e n ah a st h eg r e a tg i f to fa b s o l u t es e n s i t i v i t y ,h e re y es e e s whe r eo t he r sdonotar r i v e .Thes e ns at i o nst h a tt h eo b s e r v e re x p e r i e n c e si nf r o n to fh i swo r ka r e pr o babl yt hes amet hatEl e naf e e l swhe nl oo k i n ga tt h eo c e a n .Li g h t ,c o l o r s ,t o n e st h a tmi xwi t he a c h ot he rar et heundi s put e dpr ot agoni s t soft hewo r k .Ha l f wayb e t we e nt h ea b s t r a c ta n dt h el a n ds c ap e , notwe l lde f i ne ds hape s ,wat e rt hatme e t st h es k y ,g a me so fs u r p r i s i n gc o n t r a s t sma k eEl e n a ' swo r k uni que .He rar ti sc l e ar l y de s c r i bab l ea sl a n d s c a p ep h o t o g r a p h yb u ta tt h es a me t i me h a s c har ac t e r i s t i c st hatr e f e rt oabs t r ac t i oni s mb e c a u s et h er e a li sl o s tb e t we e nc o l o r sa n db r i g h t n e s s . He rar t wor kc al l st omi ndt hewor koft hegr e a tp a i n t e ra n de n g r a v e rT e t s u r oS a wa d a ,f o rt h ec h o i c e of pl ac e st opor t r ayandbe y ond, e s pe c i al l yf o rt h ef u s i o no f l i g h t sa n ds h a d o ws , o f t o n a l i t ya n ds h a d e s of c ol or , andf ort hehor i z ont al i t yof t hel i ne s . I nf r o n t o f t h ewo r k" Pe r f e c t e n do f t h ed a y "t h eo b s e r v e r i sc apt ur e dbyi t , t hegaz eme e t st hatl i neoft h eh o r i z o nt h a tma k e sy o ud r e a ms omu c h . Wea l lb e c o me Ul y s s e s , l e tour s e l v e sbec ar r i e dawaybyt hed e s i r et ok n o wa n df a c eaj o u r n e yi n t ot h eu n k n o wn , t h e onet hatmak e susdi s c ov e rour s e l v e sandou re mo t i o n s .
" Thes e ai sy ourmi r r or :c ont e mpl at ey o u rs o u li nt h ei n f i n i t et u r n i n go ft h er o l l i n gwa v e " ( C.Ba u d e l a i r e )
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Eac hofushasbe l i e f sandi de al st hatgui deh i m,o f t e ne v e nu n c o n s c i o u s l y ,i nt h ed e c i s i o n st h a twi l l i ne v i t abl yc hangeourl i f e ,asi nt hes mal lo n e so fe v e r yd a y .Ea c hh a sag o a li nl i f e ,ag o a lt ob e ac hi e v e d:e v e ni fwe pe r hapsk now t ob ea u t o p i a ,i th e l p su st ot r a c et h e wa yf o r wa r d . Abouthi swor kofar tpr e s e nt e dhe r e ,t heFr e n c ha r t i s tEr i cCa r i o uc h o s et h ewo r dg a me" Y o u t o p i a " asi t st i t l e ,whi c hal s owant st obear e pr e s e n t a t i o no ft h ep e r i o dt h a ta l lh u ma n i t yi se x p e r i e n c i n g . He r eEr i cpr e s e nt susav i de oi nwhi c hhes h o wsu ss omeo fh i sa n a l o gs h o t s ,c h a r a c t e r i z e db ya s hi ni ngc e nt r alpi nkl i ght , c r e at e dbyt hec ame r an o tc l o s e dp r o p e r l y . Th el i g h ta l mo s ts e e mst oc r e a t e agas hi nt hes k y ,apor t alt os ome t hi ngun k n o wn ,n e w.I nl i f e ,o n c eas t a t eo fs t a b i l i t yh a sb e e n r e ac he d,ournat ur epus he sust oal way sl o o kf o rs o me t h i n gn e w,an e wa d v e n t u r e ,an e wg o a lt ob e ac hi e v e d, ane wut opi at ober e al i z e . Thegoa l o f a na r t i s t i sb e a u t ya n db e i n ga b l et oe x p r e s si t t h r o u g h hi swor k sofar t , t ot he nt r ans mi ti t t oany onewh oo b s e r v e st h e m. Th i sb e a u t yi sp e r f e c t l yd e s c r i b e db y Ant oni oMe r c ur i oi nLi f easagi f tandl i f ea sawo r ko fa r te x p l a i n e di n4 1f i l ms :“Be a u t yi sav e r y powe r f ulf i e l dofmagne t i ce ne r gyt hat ,whe ni tp a s s e sb yy o u ,c a p t u r e sy o u …I tma k e sy o up a s sb y wor l dk nownt oanunk nownwor l d;f r om awo r l di mp o s s i b l et oa b a n d o nt oawo r l di mp o s s i b l et o c onq ue r. . .I ti samagi c alpowe r !"
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Fr a n c e s c aRot t ma nn “The r ei sonl yonev al uabl et h i n gi na r t :t h et h i n gy o uc a n n o te x p l a i n ” ( Ge o r g e sBr a q u e ) t e r mani saSwi s sar t i s twi t hI t a l i a nr o o t s .S h eg r a d u a t e df r o mt h eS c h o o lo fAr t sa n d Fr anc e s c aRot De s i gni nSt . Gal l e n, obt ai ni ngas t r ongs uc c e s si nt h ef a s h i o nwo r l d . He ra r ta p p e a r s , f r o mas t y l i s t i c poi ntofv i e w, c l e ar l yl i nk e dt ot hec ubi s tr e p r e s e n t a t i o n s , a na r t i s t i cmo v e me n tb o r ni nPar i sb e t we e n 1907and1914,whos ef oundi ngf at he r swe r ePi c a s s oa n dBr a q u e .S o me t i meb e f o r e ,a r t i s t sl i k e Gaugui nandabov eal lCe z annehads t ar t e dt oi n s e r td i f f e r e n tp e r s p e c t i v ep o i n t si nt h e i rp a i n t i n g s . Buti twas ,howe v e r ,Pi c as s ohi ms e l fwhobr o u g h tt h emu l t i p l i c i t yo fp o i n t so fv i e wa n d ,o n c ea g a i n , di s t or t e dt hec our s eofar t .I nt hear t i s t ’ swor k s ,i nf a c t ,t h eo b j e c ti sr e p r e s e n t e db yamul t i p l i c i t yo f poi nt sof v i e w, s oast oobt ai nat ot al r e pr e s e n t a t i o no f t h eo b j e c t , g e t t i n gs o me t i me s i n c o mp r e h e n s i b l e i mage sasar e s ul t .Cubi s m br e ak st hec on v e n t i o ns c h e mea n di n t r o d u c e san e we l e me n ti n t ot h e pi c t or i al r e pr e s e nt at i on:t i me . I nTheBe aut ya n dI mp e r f e c t i o nb yFr a n c e s c aRo t t e r ma n , t h i sd i s c o u r s e onc ubi s tpe r s pe c t i v eappe ar st ot al l yc l e ar . Th er e f e r e n c et ot h eDu t c ha r t i s tRe mb r a n d t , u n i q u ei nt h e r e nde r i ngofc hi ar os c ur o,i spr omi ne nti nt h eu s eo fl i g h tan dp s y c h o l o g i c a lc h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n,i nt h e ac c ur ac yofde s c r i pt i onandi nt her e nde r i ngo fd e t a i l s .Awo r ki nwh i c ht h ear t i s tr e p r e s e n t sa l lt h e k nowl e dges hehasac qui r e dont heobj e c t , t h a ti sn o tl i mi t e dt ot h eg a z eb u tt ot h ewh o l ei n v e s t i g a t i o n oft hes t r uc t ur eoft hee l e me ntandi t sf unc t i o n .Af a c e ,p r o b a b l yf e mi n i n e ,wi t hma r k e da n da n g u l a r f e at ur e s , wi t has t r ongge ome t r i z at i on, f r omt h emu l t i p l i c i t yo fv i s u a la n g l e s , wh e r et h ed e c o mp o s i t i o n andr e c ompos i t i onoft hef or msi st hemai nk e yt or e a d i n g . Th ec o l o u ri ss t r o n g , d o mi n a n ta n da b l et o mak ei mme di at e l yc l e art ot hev i e we rt hef e ma l ec o n d i t i o nt h a tc o n s t a n t l ys wi n g sb e t we e nb e a u t ya n d i mpe r f e c t i on. “Gr e atar tpi c k supwh e r en a t u r ee n d s ”( Ma r cCh a g a l l )
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Ge r r i tHode ma c he r “Themode r nar t i s ti swor k i ngwi t hs pa c ea n dt i me ,a n de x p r e s s i n gh i sf e e l i n g sr a t h e rt h a n i l l us t r at i n g ”( J a c k s o nPo l l o c k )
Ge r r i tHode mac he ri saGe r manar t i s twhowa sb o r ni nHa n o v e r .S i n c eh ewasac hi l d ,h ebe g a nt o e x pr e s shi sc r e at i v i t ye s pe c i al l yt hr oughac t i n ga n dwr i t i n gp o e ms .Ge r r i tt h e ngr a d u a t e di nb u s i n e s s admi ni s t r at i onbuthi spas s i onf orar te me r g e ds t r o n g l ya g a i ni n2 0 1 9wh e nh ed e c i d e dt os t a r t pai nt i ngasawayt ol i be r at ehi se mot i ons .Hi swo r kc o n c e n t r a t e so ng e s t u r a lf r e e d o ma n di ti s c har ac t e r i s e dbyani mme di at eandi ns t i nc t i v ef o r mo fi n t e r a c t i o nwi t hb o t hc a n v a sa n dt h ep a i n t ,i n or d e rt omov et hev i e we r ’ se y eawayf r om p r e c o n c e i v e dn o t i o n so nwh a ta r ts h o u l db e .Ge r r i t ’ s c anv as e sc hal l e nget her ul e sofc ompos i t i o nb e c a u s et h e ya r ep u r e l yd r i v e nbyt h ei n s t a n t a n e o u s f e e l i ngst hatt hear t i s ti sl i v i ng,wi t houtan yr a t i o n a lf i l t e ro rp r e c o n s t r u c t e dt h o u g h to rs c h e me . Hi shandsar eme r e l yc ont r ol l e dbyt hee mo t i o n a lf l o wa n dwh a ts t a n d so u ti sv i s c e r a la s p e c tofh i s v i s uali mage sandwr i t t e nwor ds ,as or tofs i l e n ts c r e a mc o mi n gf r o mh i sd e e p e s td e s i r e s ,f e a r sa n d i nt i mat ev i s i onoft hewor l d.Wi t ht hi st e c hn i q u ea n dap p r o a c ht h ea r t i s ti sa b l et oa c h i e v eamo r e i mme di at eme ansofc r e at i ngar t ,s ome t hi ngt h a ti ss i mi l a rt oa nu n o r g a n i s e dp o we r f u le x p l o s i o no f e ne r gy , amome ntofl i be r at i onf r omt heae s t h e t i cmo r a la n dn o r m. I n“S t r o n gLi f e ”Ge r r i tp l a y swi t h t heambi v al e nc ebe t we e nt hewor dsl i f eandl i e ,t woc o n c e p t st h a ta r ei n h e r e n t l yo p p o s i t eb u tt h a ti n ours oc i e t yof t e nt e ndt oc oi nc i de ;t hi sar t wo r ki sap o t e n ta n dp e r s u a s i v ed e c l a r a t i o no fh o wi d e n t i t y nowaday si sac ompl e xs t r uc t ur e ,madeofv a r i o u sl a y e r s ,s h a d e sa n df a c e t sa n da tt h es a met i mei t r e pr e s e nt sapos i t i v ee x pr e s s i onoft hei mpo r t a n c eo fp r e s e r v i n go u rt r u es o u l swi t h o u thi d i n ga n d we ar i ngmas k s .Thei nf i ni t ys y mboli nt hemi d d l eo ft h ec o mp o s i t i o ns i g n i f i e st h ee n d l e s smo v e me n t andc hangeandi npar t i c ul arhowqui c k l yme nc a ns wi t c hb e t we e nt h e s et woe x i s t e n t i a ld i me n s i o n s , ac c or di ngt oe v e r y dayl i f es i t uat i onsandc o n v e n i e n c e .I ni n d i v i d u a lp s y c h o l o g y“l i f el i e ”i st e r mt o de no t et hef al s ebe l i e f ,f unc t i oni ngasane s c a p et oe v a d ea n da v o i dr e s p o n s i b i l i t yo rc i r c u ms t a n c e s be y ondourc ont r ol andGe r r i t r e mi ndsust ha t , i f wewa n t t o , wec a ne mb r a c eo u ri n n e rc o n s c i o u s n e s s i name ani ngf ulmanne r .
“Pe opl edon’ twantt ohe art het r ut hb e c a u s et h e yd o n ’ twa n tt h e i ri l l u s i o n sd e s t r o y e d ” ( Fr i e d r i c hNi e t z s c h e )
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Go me zVe i nt e s “Ar ts houl dc omf or tt hedi s t ur b e da n dd i s t u r bt h ec o mf o r t a b l e ”( Ba n k s y ) i nt e swasbor ni nMadr i danddi s c o v e r e dh i sa r t i s t i cv o c a t i o no n l ya tama t u r ea g e .T o d a y , Gome zVe t hr oughdr awi ng,hei sabl et oe x pr e s sanddi s c o v e rwh a th eh a si n s i d e .Hec h o s en o tt oc r e a t ea uni queandde f i ne ds t y l e ;hedoe s n’ tr e al l yc a r ea b o u ti t .Hes i mp l yl e t sh i ms e l fb ec a r r i e da wa yb y e mot i onsandbyhi ss ur r oundi ngs .Hec r e a t e si ma g e sb o r nf r o ms t r a i g h tl i n e sa n dc u r v e s ,g e n e r a t e d byac haost hatwaspr e v i ous l yc r e at e d.Fr omt h i sme t a p h o r i c a ld i s o r d e r ,Go me zc r e a t e sa n dc ol o u r s hi s wor k s ,t hat ar e dr e s s e di n br i gh tc o l o u r sa n dt h a tf o l l o w t h eg e o me t r i ct r e n d s . Av e r yc ont e mpor ar yf or m ofar t ,whos ec o mp o s i t i o n a lh a r mo n yh a sb e e na d o p t e ds e v e r a lt i me s . Squar e s , c i r c l e s , t r i angl e sandr e c t angl e si na r t h a v ea l wa y sb e e np r e s e n t , b o t hi nt h ef o r mo f ad e f i n e d f i gur eandasabas i sf orc r e at i nghar moni ousc o mp o s i t i o n s , o rc h a r a c t e r i z e db yap a r t i c u l a rme a n i n g . Ge ome t r i cf i gur e si nar ts t ar t e dwi t hc av ep a i n t i n g s :t h ep r i mi t i v ep o p u l a t i o n swa n t e dt or e p r o d u c e t hewor l dt hats ur r ounde dt he m,f orbot hma g i c a la n dn a r r a t i v ep u r p o s e s ,a n dt h es i mp l e s twa ywa s t ous es t y l i z e ds t r ok e st hat s y mbol i c al l yr e f e r r e dt oar e a l o b j e c t . Bu t t h a t ’ sn o t a l l :i nt h ea r t a n dc r a f t s ofanc i e ntGr e e c e ,andi nt heEas t e r nandMi d d l eEa s t e r nwo r l d ,r e g u l a rg e o me t r i cp a t t e r n swe r e of t e nus e dasor name nt sofmor ec ompl e xwo r k sa n d ,i nma n yc a s e s ,t h e s ed e c o r a t i o n sc o n v e y e da pr e c i s eme ani ng.Pr e c i s e l yt oobt ai nt hebe s ta e s t h e t i ce f f e c t ,t h emo s tf a mo u sRe n a i s s a n c ea r t i s t s r e gul ar l yus e dge ome t r i cf i gur e s( s uc hast h et r i a n g l e )a sac a n v a sf o rt h ec o mp o s i t i o n , t h u se n s u r i n g r e s ul t st hatbor de r e donabs ol ut epe r f e c t i on.Amo n gt h eb e s t k n o wne x a mp l e sa r ec e r t a i n l ywo r k sb y Mi c he l ange l oandLe onar do.I nSe ñorVt heg e o me t r yf o l l o wsa n da c c u r a t e l yp r o p o s e st h o s es a me s t y l i s t i cs c he me sr e v i s i t e di nac ont e mpor ar yk e ywi t ht h eu s eo fma r k e r st r i c o l o u r . “Theobj e c tofar ti snott or e pr oduc er e a l i t y ,b u tt oc r e a t ear e a l i t yo ft h es a mei n t e n s i t y ” ( Al b e r t oGi a c o me t t i )
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“Phot ogr aphyi snotame r edupl i c at i onnora ne y es t o p wa t c hwh i c hs t o p st h ep h y s i c a lwo r l db u ti t i sal anguagewhe r et hedi f f e r e nc ebe t we e nr e p r o d u c t i o na n di n t e r p r e t a t i o n ,a l t h o u g ht h i n ,i te x i s t s andge ne r at e sc ount l e s si ma g i n a r ywo r l d s ”( Lu i g iGh i r r i )
I ngr i dGi e l e ni sanar t i s twhol i v e si nSi nt Tr u i d e n ,Be l g i u m.Af t e rb e i i n gas o c i a lwo r k e ra l lh e r l i f e ,f i v ey e ar sagos hede c i de dt ot ak et h es t e po fa t t e n d i n gt h eAc c a d e myo fVi s u a lAr t sa n d phot ogr aphyf i nal l ybe c amei nt e gr alpar tofh e re x i s t e n c ea n da c t i v i t y .I n g r i d ’ sp h o t o g r a p h y ,wh i c h f oc us e smai nl yont hos eas pe c t sofhumanl i f ef i l t e r e db yame l a n c h o l i ca n dd r e amyl o o k ,o f t e nu s e s i mage st hats e e mage di nt i meandi tt ouc he st h e me sl i k eme mo r i e s , t r a v e la sa ni n n e rj o u r n e ya n dt h e c ons c i uos ne s soft hewor l ds e e nasac ont a i n e rf o rf e e l i n g sa n dp e r c e p t i o n s .I nt h es e r i e sn a me d “Mi ndt r av e l l i ng”t hei de awhi c hc ome sf r o mp i c t u r e st h a tt h ea r t i s tb o u g h ta tt h ef l e ama r k e ti n Br us s e l l e s ,i st oe x pl or eandi nv e s t i gat et hec o n c e p to ft r a v e lt h a ts h ei n t e r p r e t sn o ti nap h y s i c a l pe r pe c t i v e , butr at he ri nas pi r i t ualandps y c h o l o g i c a lma n n e r , a l s oi nt h el i g h to ft h ei mp a c tt h a tt h e c ur r e nt e c onomi c al and s oc i al s i t u a t i o n wi l l h a v e o n t h e wa y we mo v e ;
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t hec ombi nat i onof ne wi mage sandol df r ame s , t h eu s eo f ma c r o p h o t o gr a p ya n dwat e r c o l o u r s , a i msat c r e at i ngbr andne w mi nds c ape st hatr e pr e s e n taf o r mo fv i s u a lp o e t r yc o n s i s t i n go ff r a g me n t so f f e e l i ngsand c l i ppi ngsofe mot i ons .Thi st y p eo fa r t i s t i cme d i t a t i o ng e n e r a t e sp l a c e st h a ta r e nonpl ac e s ,s upe nde dme t aphy s i c ale nv i r onme n t st h a t ,t h r o u g ht h ej u x t a p o s i t i o n ,c r e a t eami n i ma l i s t andc onc e pt uals t or y t e l l i ng:he rappar e nt l yd r ya n dg a u n ts c e n e r i e ss u g g e s tan e wv i s i o no ft h i n g s , l i k et he r ewast hec ons t antde s i r et hats ome t h i n gu n e x p e c t e di ss u d d e n l yg o i n gt oh a p p e n ,as o r to f pr o j e c t i onofani nt e r nali nt i mat egl anc e . I ng r i dg i v e san e wme a n i n ga n dan e wl i f et ot her e s i d u a lb y s av i ngpi c t ur e sf r om be i i ngde s t r oy e d,f o r g o t t e no rl o s ta n db yp u t t i n gt h e mi na no r i g i n a la n d pe r s onalc ont e x t .Thec utt ur nsi nt oapr oc e s swh i c hd e f i n e st h ee s s e n t i a l ,i nau n i v e r s ewhe r ewh a t l ook s“v i nt age ”be c ome sapr e c i ouse l e me ntt or e a dt h ef u t u r e .
“Forme ,t heac tofphot ogr aphyi sal la b o u td i s c o v e r ya n df i n d i n gn e wt h i n g s . ”( Al e cS o t h )
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J a n eGot t l i e b “Thec ol ori se ne r gy , i te v ok e se mot i onsan df e e l i n g swh i c hma k ey o uf e e lg o o d ,a n ds u d d e n l yy o u s t ar ts mi l i n g ”( J a n eGo t t l i e b )
twasc ons i de r e dt hef i r s tar tmo v e me n tt oh a v ei n c o r p o r a t e d ,i nac o n s t a n ta n dd e c i s i v e Th ePopAr way , t hephot ogr aphwi t hi ni t sme s s age , br e a k i n ga p a r t f r o mt h ewe l l k n o wn“s t r ug g l ef o rt h ep i c t u r e ” agai ns t t hepai nt i ng. Themov e me nt k e pt goi n gf o r wa r db yg i v i n gwi d es p a c et ot h eg r e a t wo r kc a r r i e d outbyAndyWar holandbyt hemos ti mpor t a n ta r t i s t swh os h a r e dt h ePo pAr ts t y l e , a n di nt h i sf r a me wor kf i ndapl ac eJ aneGot t l i e b’ sr e pr e s e nt a t i o nwh i c hg i v eah u g eb r e a t h i n gt os e v e r a lo b j e c t sa n d e v e r y days i t e s .Wi t hapas s i onf ort hena t u r ea n de v e r y t h i n gt h a ts u r r o u n d sh e r ,f r o mc i t i e st o monume nt s ,t hr ought heus eoft hec ame r at h ea r t i s tr e n e wsh e ra p p r o a c ht oo b s e r v et h ewo r l d . Th eur bane nv i r onme ntbe c omear e pr e s e nt a t i o n ’ ss u b j e c t , b e i n ga d h e r e n tt ot h es e v e r a la s p e c t so ft h e e v e r y dayl i f e . Thepi c t ur e sar et ak e nf r omt her e a l i t y , b u t t h a n k st ot h ef o l l o wi n gmo d i f i c a t i o n sa n dh e r c apa c i t yt ok e e ps e e i ngbe y ondt hec onc r e t ed a t a , e a c hd e t a i lr e b o r no n c ea g a i na n di ta c q u i r e san e w e ne r gy .Thr oughouthe rgr e atc r e at i v i t y ,t h ea r t i s tt a k e st h eo b s e r v e ri n t oas p i r a lo fv i t a l i t ya n d f r e s hne s s , whe r et hec ol ori st hepr i mar ys our c eo f h e ra r t wo r k s , wh i c hi n t e r a c t swi t ht h ee mo t i o n sa n d s t at e sofmi nd.Y v e sKl e i nc l ai me dt hatc ol o r sa r ee v o l v e dl i v i n gb e i n g s ,t h er e a li n h a b i t a n t so ft h e s pac et hatr e l at ewi t ht hee nt i r ewor l d. Fort h i sr e a s o n , i n t r o d u c i n gi nh e ra r t wo r k sn e ws h a d e s , J a n e Got t l i e bs hape sane wdi me ns i onr i c hofnua n c e s .
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" Don' tl ookatt hepas twi t hange rort h ef u t u r ewi t ha n x i e t y ,b u tl o o ka r o u n dc a r e f u l l y . " ( J ame sGr o v e rTh u r b e r )
J ohnBac ont r e at sv e r ys i mpl ef i gur e st hr o u g hwh i c hp a s ta r ti st a k e na sas t a r t i n gp o i n tt ol o o k t owar dst hef ut ur e ,i ns e ar c hofne ws t y l e san dt e c h n i q u e s .Hi sa r tb r i n g su sb a c kwi t hme mo r i e swi t h hi sabs t r ac tf or mst r y i ngt ohav ec ont ac twi t ho u rr o o t sa n dt oc r e a t es o me t h i n gn e w.Hi sp a i nt i n g s f or m as or toft r ai lofe mot i onss t ar t i ngf r o mt h e i rt i t l e s .Ce l e b r a t i o no fFr i e n d s h i pi so fa na l mo s t Cubi s tpr i mi t i v i s mwi t ht he s ef i gur e si nt e r t wi n e da si nawa r ma n df r i e n d l ye mb r a c e ;Rap un z e l ,i sa r e f e r e nc et ot hef amoust al eoft heGr i mmbr o t h e r s , o n eo ft h es t o r i e st h a to u rp a r e n t st o l du swh e nwe we r eo nl yl i t t l ek i ds , i nwhi c hhepai nt sawoma nwi t ht h eh a i rt h atf r a me sh e ri ng o l d , a sKl i mtwo u l d do;Dr e s s e dt oKi l lwast het i t l eofa1980Br i a nDePa l maf i l m,ap s y c h o l o g i c a lt h r i l l e rf u l lo f my s t e r i e sandt wi s t s , ase ni gmat i cast hee y e sp a i n t e dh e r e ;Gr e e n a c r e swa sas i t c o mo ft h e6 0 swh e r e t wos pous e sabandonNe wY or kt ogoandl i v ei na ni mme n s eI l l i n o i sf a r ma si f t h e ywa n t e dt og e t b a c k i nt ouc hwi t ht he i ror i gi nsde s pi t et hes hado wo fp r o g r e s sa n d ,i nt h ee n d ,Ce n t e ro fAt t e n t i o nt h a ti n i t ss y mbol i s ml e adst hev i s i t ort oge tl os ti ni t ss h a p e sa n dc o l o r si nas o r to fa r t i s t i ch y p n o t i s m. Fi gur e st h ati nt e r t wi nec haot i c al l yi nawhi r lo fe mo t i o n sa n dp e r c e p t i o n s" wi t ho n ef o o ti nt h ep a s t andt hegaz es t r ai ghtandope ni nt hef ut ur e �.
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" Whe nni ghtf al l s , t he r ear eal way saf e wmo me n t st h a td o n ' tl o o kl i k ea n y t h i n ge l s e " ( Ro b e r tMu s i l ) Th emome ntt hee v e ni ngar r i v e s ,t hes ungoe sd o wnb e h i n dt h eh o r i z o nb u ts t i l ll e av e sa f t e r s h o c k so f l i ghtandc ol or :t hi si st hemome ntoft heda ywh e ne v e r y t h i n gs e e mss u s p e n d e d .Th ed a yha sn o ty e t t ot al l yl e f tus ,butt heni ghthasnoty e tt ak e no v e rt h es k y .Th ey o u n ga r t i s tJ u l i e tNa p i e r ,i nh e rwo r k e nt i t l e d" T wi l i ght " ,manage dt oi mpr e s sont h ec a n v a st h a tmag i c a lmo me n to ft wi l i g h t ,wh i c hh a s al way sf as c i nat e dmanf ori t smy s t e r i ousan dn o twe l ld e f i n e da u r a .Th ewa r mc o l o r so ft h es u ns t i l l e manat ef r omt hec l e arbl uel i neof t hehor i z o n , e x p r e s s e dwi t he n e r g e t i cs t r o k e so f c o l o r , whi c hc r e a t e ane nv e l opi ngat mos phe r ei nt hes k yando nt h ec a n v a s .Th ewo r k ,wi t hi t sc l e a rd i v i s i o ni nt ot wo par t s ,r e pr e s e nt st hec ont r as tofbal anc eandi mb a l a n c e ,o fc a l ma n df r e n z y ,o fl i g h tf u l lo fc o l o r sa n d dar k ne s s :anabs t r ac t r e pr e s e nt at i onof l i f e , o f t e nc h a r a c t e r i z e db ymo me n t so f t r a n s i t i o n , b yas t a t eo f r e s t l e s s ne s st ooneofc al mandt heot he rwa ya r o u n d .Wi t ht h i sv i s i o nJ u l i e ta l s oma n a g e st og i v ea r e pr e s e nt at i onoft hec ur r e nthi s t or i c alpe r i o do ft r a n s i t i o n ,i n s t a b i l i t y ,r e e v a l u a t i o no fwha ti sr e a l l y i mpor t anti nl i f e , whatc angi v euss e r e ni t ya n dwh a ti n s t e a dc r e a t e su sr e s t l e s s n e s s . Ast wi l i g h tma r k s t hee ndoft hedayandt hebe gi nni ngofs ome t h i n go p p o s i t ea n dc o mp l e t e l yd i f f e r e n t ,s ot h ec u r r e n t mome ntwi l ls ur e l ybet hee ndofs ome t hi ngo l dt h a twi l ll e a dt os o me t h i n gn e w, wi t hc o n t o u r st h a ta r e s t i l lnotde f i ne d.
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i i sav e r s at i l ear t i s t whol ov e st op l a ywi t ht h eb e a u t yo f f e ma l ef i g u r e s . I nt h e s ef i v ewo r k s Li k aRamat ofar ts hepai nt st hec har ac t e r i s t i c st hatgi v es t r e n g t ht oe v e r ywo ma n ,God d e s so ft h eS k yi sbe c a u s e t hewomanf l i e sov e rt hee v e nt sofl i f ewi t had i v i n eg r a c e ;Go d d e s so ft h eUn i v e r s e ,b e c a u s et h e uni v e r s ei t s e l fi se nc l os e di ne ac hofus ;Th ePh o e n i xRi s i n gb e c a u s eo n l ywo me nk n o wh o wt or i s e f r om t heas he sl i k ene v e ronebe f or e ;Re dRe a l i t yo nh o wwef a c et h er e a l i t yo fe v e r y d a yc a u t i o u s , butwi t houtf e arandGol de nShi e l d,whe r ef e ma l es t r e n gt ha n dd e t e r mi n a t i o nb e c o meas o u r c eo f s e c ur i t ya ndpr ot e c t i on, j us tl i k eas hi e l d. Sh ei sa na r t i s t , p h o t o g r a p h e ra n dd e s i g n e rwh ob e l i e v e si n ar tasane x pr e s s i onoft r ut h, t r ans l at i ngt hee v o l u t i o no fhe rs o u li n t ot i mea n ds p a c e . Ha v i n gs t u d i e d f as hi onde s i gns hec har ac t e r i z e sf e mal ef i g u r e so fme t i c u l o u sd e t a i l sf r o mh e a d d r e s s e st or o b e s , mak i n gt he mgor ge ous , e ni gmat i candf ul lofg r a c e . Li k ae x p l o r e st h er e l a t i o n s h i p sb e t we e no p p o s i t e s ( c haosand be aut y ,har mony and di s har mo n y )c r e a t i n gn e wc o mb i n a t i o n sa n do v e r wh e l mi n g pe r s pe c t i v e st obegi v e nt ot hev i e we rofwhi c ht h ewoma ni sac l e a re x a mp l e . Th ea r t i s t i cp a t ho fLi k e Ramat ic r os s e st he s ewor k ss t ar t i ngf r omhe ri n n e rs e l fu n t i lr e a c h i n gt h ep e a ka sawo ma ni nr e b i r t h c e l e br at i ngal lwome n.Ast hewor l dc hange s ,i ta l s oc h a n g e swi t hi t .Fr o mt h ea wa r e n e s st h a ts h ei s nol onge rani ns t r ume ntofpat r i ar c hy , s her e d i s c o v e r sh e rd e p t h , s t r o n ga n de n i g ma t i ct h a tn ol o n g e r ne e dst hepowe roff e mi ni s mt omak ehe rv oi c eh e a r d .
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“Thet i mes t e al se v e r yr ar e s tv i r t u e ,b u tt h eb e a u t yo fa r tr e p a i r si t swr o n g s ” ( An t o n i oCa n o v a )
ac r av e dt hi si nt hes c ul pt ur e ,i nawa yt oi mp r e s si nh i s t o r yo n eo ft h ee s s e n t i a la r t ’ s Ant oni oCanov c har ac t e r i s t i c :mak es ome“be aut y ”i sac o n c e p ta l mo s td i v i n ea n dp e r f e c t ,wi t h o u ta nyd e f e c t . Andt hi si swhats hi ne st hr oughe v e ni nLui s aBa r b a ’ sa r t wo r k sa r es y mb o l so ft h ep o r t r a i ta n dt h e be au t y .Th ear t i s tr e s ume st het one sands ha d e so ft h es c u l p t u r e s ,e mp h a s i z i n gt h ep a r t i c u l a r i t ywi t h whi t e and l i ght gr e y , as t o gi v et h es a me b r i g h t n e s sa n ds a n d i n gt ot h e mar b l e . He rc har ac t e r sc omet ol i f e ,andt he yapp e a ra sp u r ea n du n s p o i l e ds u b j e c t sa c c or d i n gt ot h e Cl as s i c i s m’ spr i nc i pal s ,t hr oughani de ala n du n i v e r s a lb e a u t ya n dr e c a l l i n gt h eme s s a g eo fGi a n Lo r e nz oBe r ni ni .
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Mor e ov e r ,asi nt heanc i e ntGr e e kandRoma n ’ ss t a t u e s ,t h eb o d i e sa r ep e r f e c ti nt h e i rl i n e sa n d s hape s ,wi t hc al mandpos e dge s t ur e s ,t hec h a r a c t e r s ’ p h y c o l o g yr e ma i n ss i l e n t ,t h eo v e r a l lc o mp o s i t i onsar et r ul ybal anc e dands t at i onar y , andu l t i ma t e l yt h ed e e p n e s si sg i v e nt h r o u g he a c hd e t a i l o f t h e f i gur e s ’f ac e sorf r om t he i rphy s i que .Eac hp r o t a g o n i s ti n c l u d e si nh i ms e l fl i gh t ,c o l o r ,f i g u r a t i o n , di me n s i onalandpr opor t i onali l l us i on. Mi c he l a n g e l oBu o n a r r o t ic l a i me dt oh a v es e e nana n g e li n s i d e t hemar bl e , andt he nt ohav ec ar v e dunt i ls e ti tf r e e :e v e ni ft h es c u l p t u r ei st a n g i b l e , Lu i s aBa r b au s e s t hepai nt i ngt ogi v emor ee mphas i st ot hec r e a t i v ea c tan ds h ema k e sh e ra r t wo r k sp e r f e c tmo d e l sas muc hast hes c ul pt ur e .
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Lu zSa nc he z “Look i ngats ome t hi ngi sv e r ydi f f e r e ntf r oms e e i n gi t .Y o ud o n ' ts e eat h i n gu n t i ly o us e ei t sb e a u t y ” ( Os c a rWi l d e )
Lu zSanc he z ’ st hr e ear t wor k sar eac l e arr e c a l l t ot h ep u r ea n ds i mp l eb e a u t yo f t h eh u ma nb o d y , wh e r e e v e r yde t ai l i se mphas i z e dt hr oughs har pl i ne s . Th r o u g ha ni n f o r ma l p o s e , t h ec h a r a c t e r sa p p e a rf r o m be hi nd,asi fi nf r ontoft he mt he r ewasac t u a l l yt h ea r t i s tma k i n gt h ep a i n t i n go nt h ec a n v a s .I nt h i s way ,t heobs e r v e rhast hec hanc et obepar t i c i p a t ed u r i n gt h er e a l i z a t i o n ,b e i n gp l a c e d“b e h i n dt h e s c e ne s ”whi l el ook i ngatt hes t at uar yf or ms . Asi nt h ep o r t r a i t sd u r i n gt h eBe l l eÉp o q u ep e r i o d ,t h e r e c oul dbef ounddi f f e r e nts i mi l arde t ai l s ,ast h ec h a r a c t e r s ’ p o s t u r e sa n dg r a c e f u lg e s t u r e swh i c hs e e m t ob eappar e nt l yc as ual ,e me r gi ngf r omt hes o f tc o l o r e db a c k g r o u n da n db e a r i n gas t r o n gc h a r ma n d phy s i c al i t y .Eac hbr us hs t r ok egi v e sbac kas h a p ea n dq u a l i t yt oe v e r ye l e me n tr e p r e s e n t e d ,i n c l u d i n g f ac e s ,l i mbsandc l ot he s .Thi se x t r aor di nar yl i n e s ’e a s ec o u l dd i r e c t l yr e mi n dt h eI mp r e s s i o n i s m’ s pai nt i ngs ;f ur t he r mor e , t he r ei sas i mpl i f i c at i o na n dd i r e c t n e s si nt h ec h a r a c t e r sa swe l la si nMa t i s s e andFauv e s ’ ar t wor k s . Ev e ni ft hepr os pe c t i v ec o u l db el e s sp e r c e i v e dwi t h i nt h e s ewo r k s , i te me r g e sa f e e l i ngofde pt ht r i gge r e dbot hbyt hec har ac t e rr e p r e s e n t e di nt h ef r o n ta n db yt h ec h r o ma t i cc o n t r a s t wi t ht hebac k gr ound.Thr ought he s ewor k st h ei n d e p t hs t u d yc a r r i e do u to nt h ei n d i v i d u a le me r g e s t hank st ot hes t r uc t ur eoft hef i gur e s ,wi t hou tf o r g e t t i n gag r e a ta t t e n t i o na n da b i l i t yt oc o mbi n et h e ar toft hepor t r ai twi t ht heus eofl i ghtandn u a n c e ds h a d e s ,wh i c hg i v et h ep a i n t i n g sa ne x t r e me de l i c ac yandapl e as anthar mony .
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Ma r i aVa mva ka “Themas s e swantt oappe arnonc onf o r mi s t ,s ot h i sme a n st h a tn o n c o n f o r mi s mmu s tb e pr o duc e df ort h ema s s e s ”( An d yWa r h o l )
Mar i aVamv ak ai sas e l f t aughtar t i s t ,bo r na n dr a i s e di nAt h e n s ,Gr e e c e .He rp a i n t i n gf i n d s i ns pi r at i o ni nt heanc i e ntGr e e kpoe tSi moni d e s , wh oo n c es a i d , r e f e r r i n gt oawo r ko fa r t , t h a tp o e t r y i sat al k i ngpai nt i ngandt hatpai nt i ngi ss i l e n tp o e t r y .T a k i n gi n s p i r a t i o nf r o mt h i sq u o t e ,t h ea r t i s t mak e sofhe rc anv ashe r" s i l e ntpoe t r y " ,t h a ti mme d i a t e l yb e c o me smu s i cf o rt h eb y s t a n d e r s . ghtofI t al y ”s hec hoos e st opa yh o ma g et ot h eI t a l i a npe o p l es h el o v e sv e r ymu c h . I n“TheLi Th es ubj e c toft hewor ki st he r e f or ebot hme t a p h o r i c a la n da b s t r a c t ,c h a r a c t e r i z e db yl a r g et e x t u r e d br us hs t r ok e s .Thedr i ppi ngoft hebr i ghtc o l o u r s ,s u c ha sb l u ea n dy e l l o w,i sr e mi n i s c e n to ft h e t e c hni queus e dbyt hegr e at Ame r i c anar t i s t J a c k s o nPo l l o c k , t h ed r i p p i n g . At e c h n i q u eb o r na t t h ee n d oft hef or t i e st hatt ak e si t sc uef r omt hes ur r e a l i s twr i t i n g , a c c o r d i n gt owh i c ht h ec o l o u ri sl e f tt od r i p ont hec anv as . Av e r yf r e ear tf or m, outoft heb o xa n da l wa y su pt od a t e . La t e r , b e t we e nt h e1 9 5 0 sa n d 1960s ,t hedr i ppi ngwaswi de l yus e di nal li n f o r ma lEur o p e a nmo v e me n t s .Th i swo r ks y mb o l i c a l l y e manat e sawi l de ne r gyandas t r onge mo t i o n a lc h a r g et h a tma n a g e st of u l l yi n v o l v et h ev i e we r , bys e ndi ngt hes ames e ns eofl ov eandde v ot i o nt ot h eI t a l i a np e o p l e . Ac h e e r f u l , h a p p ya n de x e mp l a r y pe op l ef ormany .
“I ns pi r at i one x i s t s , buti tha st of i n dy o uwo r k i n g ”( Pa b l oPi c a s s o )
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Ma t i naVos s ou Pi c as s os a i d:“Somepai nt e r st r ans f or mt hes u ni n t oay e l l o ws p o t , o t h e r st r a n s f o r may e l l o ws p o t i n t o t hes un”.Whe nanar t i s tpai nt sf ac e sorobj e c t s , u s i n gs o mea r tt e c h n i q u e s ,h ee x p r e s s e st h ep r e v i o u s c onc e pt ,whe r e he t r ans f or mst he mos th u mb l e ma t e r i a li n t ot h e mo s tc o mmu n i c a t i v ef a c e . Mat i naVos s oui sanAt he ni anpai nt e rwhoma k e su n i q u ean dor i g i n a lp o r t r a i t s ,b r e a k i n gd o wn ar t i s t i c al l yt hef ac i alanat omyoft hec har a c t e r st of i n dt h ee s s e n c eo fmo v e me n ta sac h i l db r e a k s downhi st oy st os e ehowt he yr e al l yar e .He ra r t wo r k“Aq u ar e g i a& t h es c r e a mi n gf i n g e r p r i n t so f gol d”r e pr e s e nt sal otofge ome t r i cs hape st h a ta r ev e r yc o l o r f u la n df a s c i n a t ea l lt h ep e o p l ewh ol o o k at t hi s . Themaj or i t yof he rpi c t ur e sar epai nt e dwi t hd e l i c a t et r a i t sa n ds t r o n gme a n i n gsa n ds h ewa n t s t oe x pr e s sl ov eandf ami l yv al ue st hr oug hh e ra r t .Ma t i n ao f t e np a i n t sc h a r a c t e r s ,wh i c ha r e c ompl e t e l ydi f f e r e nti nt her e all i f e ,be c aus es h ee x p r e s s e ss y mb o l i cme a n i n g st h a ta r es o me t i me s r e l i gi ous .Thear t wor k“TheSe v e r e dMad o n n a ”i sv e r ye mb l e ma t i ca n db e a u t i f u l .I te x p r e s s e s e mot i onsandpl e as ur et hr oughmanyc ol or sa n ds h a pe s . Wec a na f f i r mt h a t t h ea r t wo r k so f Ma t i n aa r e as s oc i at e dwi t hCubi s m.Thi sar tmov e me nti sp a r to ft h edi f f e r e n ta v a n t g a r d emo v e me n t so ft h e9 0 0 andi ti st ot al l ydi f f e r e ntf r om t her e pr e s e nt a t i o no fr e a l i t y .Th ep a i n t i n gs u b j e c ti st a k e na p a r ta n d r e as s e mbl e d,ac c e nt uat i ngt hege ome t r i z at i o no ft o t a le x t e r n a ls h a p e s .Th ef a c e sa r es p l i ti nal o to f par t sandt he r ear emul t i pl epoi nt sofv i e w.Th ef a c ep r o f i l ea n df r o n ta r eb r i g h t l yc o l o r e d( b l u e , y e l l ow,r e d)andt he s et y pe sofc ol or sar e n’ tr e a l i s t i c .Th e s ea r t wo r k sr e p r e s e n tc u r r e n ta n ds o c i a l t opi c swhe r ear tandphi l os ophyj oi nt oge t he r ,g i v i n gt h ep o s s i b i l i t yt of o r mu l a t ea ni mp l i c i tc r i t i q u e andmak eaj udgme ntoft hepr e s e nt .
“Amas kt e l l susmo r et h a naf a c e ”( Os c a rWi l d e )
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" Thede e pe rt hebl ue , t hemor es t r ongl yi ti n v o k e sma nt o wa r d st h ei n f i n i t e ,a r o u s e si nh i mt h e nos t al gi af orpur i t yandf i na l l yf o rt h eo v e r s e n s i t i v e "( V .Ka n d i n s k i j ) wi t c hi ngande x c i t i ngi sMaur i c i o ' swo r k .Th ea r t i s tp l u n g e st h ev i e we ri n t ot h ewa t e r , Env e l opi ng,be hes e e mst obeabl et ohe art hel appi ngoft hewa t e ra n dt h emo v e me n to ft h ewa v e sc r a d l eu swh i l ewe obs e r v et hewor k .Wat e r ,whi c hhasal way sb e e nt h ep r o t a g o n i s to fa r t wo r k s ,i st h emo s tr e p r e s e n t e d e l e me ntofnat ur e .Mani sde pe nde ntoni t ,t h e r ei sad e e pb o n db e t we e nh i ma n dwa t e r .Th el a t t e r ar o us e se mot i ons ,br i ngsouts e ns at i ons ;wa t e ri sl i f e ,e n e r g y ,s t r e n g t ha n dt h es o u lo fmanne e d st o f e e doni t . Maur i c i ogi v e st hev i e we rt heopp o r t u n i t yt od i v ea n dr e f r e s ht h es p i r i t , l o o k i n ga th i swo r k me ansr e di s c ov e r i ngt hegr e atv al uet hatnat u r eo f f e r su s .I ft h es u b j e c to ft h ewo r ki sar e a le l e me n t , s ur e l yt het e c hni quewi t hwhi c hi ti smadec a n n o tb ec a l l e dr e a l i s t i c .Th el i n e sa n dc o l o r sma k et h e i de aofwat e rbuti nanal mos tt ot al l yabs t r ac twa y , i nf a c tMa u r i c i o ' swo r kc a nb ed e f i n e da sa b s t r a c t . Th edi v i s i oni nt omanys mal ls quar e smak e st h ewo r ka p p e a rl i k eamo s a i c :p i e c e st h a tc r e a t e undul at i ngs hape st hats ome howr e f e rt oGa u d ĂŹ ' swo r k .Th eg r e a tma s t e rp r e f e r r e dc u r v e d ,s i n u o u s ands of tl i ne sbe c aus et he yar ec l os e rt ot h o s eo fn a t u r e ,i nt h es a mewa yMa u r i c i oc o mp l e t e l y e nv e l opst hev i e we r ,mak i ngt hebe s te ne r gyo ft h ewa t e r .Ma u r i c i o ' sa r t i s t i cwo r ki se n c h a n t me n t ,i t t r ans por t st hev i e we ri nt oanal mos ts ur r e a ld i me n s i o n ,wh e r ee mo t i o n sa n dme mo r i e sf i n dt h e pos s i bi l i t yofr e t ur ni ngt ot hes ur f ac e .Thea r t i s tg i v e st ot h ev i e we ramo me n tt or e f l e c ta n dl i v e f or got t e ns e ns at i ons , hemak e susf e e ls af ea si nt h ewo mb .
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c ki say oungar t i s twhoc ome sf r o m Hu n g a r ya n ds h ec o n v e y sh e rd e e p e s te mo t i o n sa n d May aBe f e e l i ngsi nhe rar t wor k s , whi c har ebot hr e al a n dd i g i t a l . At t h eb e g i n n i n gs h ep a i n t e dp i c t u r e so f ma n y t opi c ss uc hasl ov e ,de at h,f e arandpe ac e .Be f o r es h ed r e wo nap a p e ra n ds h ea l s op a i n t e dwi t h wat e r c ol or s . Af t e rs hes t ar t e dt ous ene wt e c h n o l o g yp l a t f o r mss u c ha sI Ph o n e s , i nwh i c hs h eo n l yu s e d he rf i nge rt or e al i z ehe rpi c t ur e s . Wec ans ayt h a tMa y ai sav e r s a t i l ea r t i s ta n dt h ats h ei su pwi t ht h e t i me s .May ae s pe c i al l yus e ss omec ol or ss uc ha sr e da n db l a c k ,wh i c ha r ed e l i mi t e db yat h i c kl i n e . I nhe rar t wor k st he r ear e n’ tc ol orr e f l e c t i on, p l a yo fl i g h ta n dc o l o rc o n t r a s t sb e c a u s eo n l yt h es u b j e c t domi nat e st hes c e ne .He rpi c t ur e sde mons t r a t et h a ts h ei sac o mp l e t ea r t i s t .Wec a nd e du c et h a th e r ar twasaf f e c t e dbyPi c as s oandbyt hear toft h el a s tc e n t u r y .I nf a c tt h es u b j e c t so fh e rp a i n t i n g sa r e v e r ydi f f e r e nts uc hasf i c t i onalc har ac t e r s ,s t y l i z e dp e o p l et h a tt h e yh u ge a c ho t h e r ,k i s sa n dl i v e( f o r i ns t anc eLov ei sal lar ound”or“Lov ei same s s a g e ”) ,s e l f p o r t r a i t s( f o ri n s t a n c e“Ma y an e w”) , as t or yo fdai l yl i f e .May as uppor t sal lk i nd so fl o v ea n do n eo fh e rmo s ts i g n i f i c a n ta r t wo r k s“On e Lo v eNo. 1”s howst h r e epe opl ewhodanc et ot h en o t e so far o ma n t i cs o n ga n dt h e yha v eab i gr e d pul s at i nghe ar t . I ti si mpos s i bl et ounde r s t an di ft h e ya r eg i r l so rb o y sb u tt h i sd o e s n ’ tma t t e r . S hea l s o f oc us e sons oc i ali s s ue sands ome t i me ss hep a i n t sp i c t u r e st h a ta r ea b o u tc h a l l e n g i n gt o p i c sb e c a u s e ar ti sane f f i c i e ntme ansofc ommuni c at i on( f o ri n s t a n c et h ea r t wo r k“Tr a n s g e n d e r ”) .He ra ma z i n g s t y l i z e dc har ac t e r sar ede s t i ne dt oi nv adet hewo r l da n dt h e ywi l lc o n t i n u ei nt h ef u t u r e .
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Mi r os l a va “Ev e r yl i f ei sane nc y c l opae di a, al i br ar y ,as a mp l eo fs t y l e swh e r ee v e r y t h i n gc a nb ec o n t i n u o u s l y mi x e dandr e ar r ange di na l lp o s s i b l ewa y s ”( I t a l oCa l v i n o ) r os l av awasbor ni n1993i nChi c al y o, Pe r ù . S h er e c e i v e daBac h e l o r ’ sd e g r e ei nAr c h i t e c t u r ea t t h e Mi Uni v e r s i dadCat ól i c aSant oT or i bi odeMogr o v e j oa n dh e rs t u d i e sh a v eal wa y sb e e na c c o mp a n i e db y he rpas s i onf orv i s ualgr aphi c sandar t .He rwo r ka sa na r t i s te x p l o r e st h ed i f f e r e n tp o s s i b i l i t i e so f e x pr e s s i nghe rpe r s onal i t yt hr ought hec r e a t i o no fa b s t r a c tc o mp o s i t i o n st h a to f t e nu s et h ec r e a t i v e de c ont e x t ual i s at i oni nc ombi ni ngf r agme nt s ,a r c h i t e c t u r a le l e me n t sa n df l o o rp l a n s ;t h er e s u l ta r e mapsf ort hemi ndt hatgui det heobs e r v e rt h r o u g haj o u r n e yi n t oh e rv i s i o no ft h ewo r l da n di t s e s s e nc e . St ar t i ngf r omanar c hi t e c t ur alappr o a c h , Mi r o s l a v aa r r i v e sa td e f i n i n gap r oc e s swh i c ha d d s v ar i ousl ay e r st ohe rwayofmak i ngar t :e v e r yp r o j e c ti sma d eo fc o mp o n e n t san dt h e i rl o g i c a la n d r at i onalc ombi nat i oni sf unc t i onalt ot hef i na lr e s u l t . Ho we v e rt h es i n g l ep a r t sc a na l s ob ec on s i d e r e d i ndi v i dual l yandbymodi f y i ngt he i rme ani n ga n dc h a r a c t e r i s t i c si ti sp o s s i b l et og e n e r a t en e w as s oc i at i onsgui de dbyf e e l i ngsandf r e ef l owso f i d e a s . Th eo u t c o mea r ei ma g e si nwh i c ht h el i n e sa n d t hec ol our sme l tandme r gel i k emi c r oo r gani s mt h a ti n t e r a c ti no r d e rt of o r mn e wc omp l e xs t r u c t u r e s andc e l l s . The s ear t wor k s , s i mi l art oac ont e mp o r a r yf o r mo f Da d a , d i s t o r t a n dp u t t h ec o n v e n t i o na n d t heae s t he t i cmode l si ndoubt ,i nt hec on s t a n tr e s e a r c ho fe x p r e s s i v ef r e e d o m.Th i si r o n i ca n d i r r e v e r e ntwayofs e e i ngt hi ngsl e adst oad e e pr e f l e c t i o no nar e a l i t ywh i c hi sdo mi n a t e db y unc e r t ai nt yandt hel ac kofpoi nt sofr e f e r e n c e ;au n i v e r s ewh e r et h el o g i c sa n dt h eo r d e ra r e i nade quat ei ns t r ume nt st oi nt e r pr e ta c on t r a d i c t o r ys o c i e t y ,b u i l to n dy n a mi c st h a tc a n n o tb e unde r s t oodt hr oughr i gi ddogmasandr ul e s .Byb r e a k i n gt h ef a c e sa p a r ta n db ymi x i n gv i v i dc o l o u r s wi t hav i br antande ne r ge t i ct r ai t ,Mi r os l av as u c c e s s f u l l yd i s ma n t l e sa n dr e c o mp o s e so u rt r a d i t i o n a l v al ue sands her e de f i ne st hec onc e ptofbe au t yi nav e r yp e r s o n a l , o r i g i n a la n ds o me t i me sd e s e c r a t i n g manne r . “Thec he s spi e c e sar et hebl oc kal phabe twh i c hs h a p e st h o u g h t s ;a n dt h e s et h o u g h t s ,a l t h o u g h mak i n gav i s ualde s i gnont hec he s s boar d ,e x p r e s st h e i rb e a u t ya b s t r a c t l y ”( Ma r c e lDu c h a mp)
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" Andy ou,nowt haty ouhav es e e nmeasIr e a l l ya m,c a ny o us t i l ll o o ka tme ? "1 9 8 4 .Ge o r g eOr we l l Moni c aLe me s honok ' sme ani ngf uls y mbol i s mi sab i t t e rr e f l e c t i o no nt o d a y ' swo r l d .Th r o u g hd e n s e andc ol or f ulbac k gr oundss hev i s ual i z e st o d a y ' ss o c i e t yt h r o u g ht h eme t a p h o ro ft h emo u n t a i no f s ungl as s e s .Whoar ewer e al l y ?Doweac c e p te a c ho t h e r ?Ho wd owes h o wo u r s e l v e so u t s i d e ? Whatdowewantt os howofour s e l v e st ot h es o c i e t ywel i v ei n ?Wh a ti sa c c e p t e da n dwh a ti sn o t ? Ev e r yhumanbe i ngt r i e st oi nt e r ac twi t ht hes o c i e t yt h a tp e n e t r a t e so u rl i v e si nv a r i o u sway st h r o u g h t heI nt e r ne t , t heme di aande v e nt r i v i al l ydi s c u s s i o n sa n dg o s s i p . Al lo fu sd on o t h i n gb uta n a l y z ea n d j udgee ac hot he randt hes ungl as s e ss y mbol i z ep r e c i s e l yt h i ss c r u t i n i z i n ga n dj u d g i n gc o n t i n u o u s l y . Sy mbol i s mhasni ne t e e nt hc e nt ur yr oot sandwa sb o r ni no p p o s i t i o nt or e a l i s m,wi t ht h ea i mo fgo i n g be y ondt heappe ar anc e sofr e al i t y .Fors y mb o l i s ta r t i s t s ,a u t h e n t i cr e a l i t ys h o u l dn o tb ei d e n t i f i e di n t heobj e c t i v ee x i s t e nc eoft hi ngsbuti ni de a s .Mo n i k ac a r r i e so nh e ri d e a st r y i n gt og oag ai n s tt h e s oc i e t yt hati sde v ot e dt os upe r f i c i al i t yandv o y e u r i s m,l e a v i n gu swi t haq u e s t i o nmar ki nt h emi n d . Whe r ewi l lal lt hi st ak eus ?
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Mo t ooSa i t o “Su r r e al i s mi sbas e dont hebe l i e fi nt heomn i p o t e n c eo fd r e a ms ,i nt h eu n d i r e c t e dp l a yo ft h o u g h t . I tt e ndst or ui nonc eandf oral lot he rps y c h i cme c h a n i s msa n dt os u b s t i t u t ei t s e l ff o rt h e mi n s ol v i ngal lt hepr i nc i pl epr obl e mso fl i f e ”( An d r éBr e t o n ,Ma n i f e s t ed us u r r é a l i s me )
Andr éBr e t oni sanar tc r i t i candFr e udi ns pi r e sh i m. Heh i g h l i g h t st h ei mp o r t a n c eo fd r e a m, wh i c hi s t hee s s e nt i ale l e me ntofhumanl i f e . I ti sf und a me n t a la st h ewa k e f u l n e s sb e c a u s ep e o p l es a t i s f ya l lt h e f ac t st hathappe ni nt oadr e am di me ns i on.Mo t o oS a i t oi saJ a p a n e s ea r t i s ta n dh er e a l i z e dt wo ar t wor k s( “Hal fi naDr e am”and“Dr e aml a n d ”) ,wh i c hs h o wt h ed r e a ma n dh i sp e r s p e c t i v eo fa n ups i dedownr e al i t y . Hec r e at e sanopt i c al i l l u s i o na n dh ea l s ou s e sd i g i t a l t e c h n i q u e s . I nh i sp a i n t i n g s her e pr e s e nt st hedr e am,f ul lofpowe r f ulf or c e so fs u b c o n s c i o u st h a tb r e a kt h ec h a i n so fr e a s o na n d c omet ot hes ur f ac e .Mot ooe s pe c i al l yf oc u s e so nt h ep r e c o n s c i o u sd i me n s i o na n dt h ed r o ws i n e s s bl e ndswi t ht her e al i t y .Het ak e si nt oac c oun tar e a le l e me n ts u c ha sac i t ya n dt h e nh es t u d i e si t( f o r i ns t anc e“Me mor yofAnc i e ntT own”) .Hei sav e r s a t i l ea r t i s ta n dh ec a ne a s i l yp a i n td r e a ml i k e i mage s . Mor e ov e rhehast hec apac i t yt opai n t r e a l i s t i cp a i n t i n g s . Hec o mb i n e st h o u g h t san de mo t i o n s , r e al i z i ngdi f f e r e nt ar t wor k ss uc hast hep ai nt i n g“J a p a n e s eS p r i n g ”. Th i sa r t wo r ks h o wsab l o s s o mi n g c he r r yt r e ei ns pr i ngandi ti sv e r ye l e ga nta n dr e f i n e d .Th i sa r t wo r kat t r a c t st h ea t t e n t i o no fp e o p l e andi ti l l us t r at e st hef l owe r i ng,whi c hoc c u r si ns p r i n g .Th i si sat y p i c a lf a c tt h ath a p p e n si nt h e c oun t r yofMot oo. Hi sar t i s t i ct e c hni quemak e sh i mau n i q u ea r t i s ts t i mu l a t i n gt hec u r i o s i t yo fp e o p l e .
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man i sa Dut c h/ Egy pt i an ar t i s t .Hes t u d i e de c o n o mi c si n Ca i r o ,Eg y p t ,b u tn e v e r Mous s a Sal appr oac he dt hes t udyofar t i s t i ce duc at i on.I nf a c t ,h ei ss e l f t a u g h ta n dh i sa r ti sl i n k e dt os t r o n g e pi s ode st hathav emar k e dhi sl i f e . Hi sar t i s t i co r i e n t a t i o ni sd e f i n i t e l ya u t o b i o g r a p h i c . S h a d o wsi sa n abs t r ac t wor kt hat c onv e y sas t r ongc hr omat i cg a me , wh o s ec e n t r eme t a p h o r i c a l l yr e p r e s e n t sav o r t e x . Th ec ondi t i onoft hear t i s tl ar ge l yi nv ol v e st h es t y l i s t i c ,c h r o ma t i ca n dl u mi n i s t i cq u a l i t i e so ft h e pai nt i ng;t hepi c t or i almat e r i ali si nf ac tc or r o d e da n ds c r a t c h e d , a n ds e e mst ou n r a v e lu n d e rt h ee y e s oft heobs e r v e r . Me anwhi l e , hel i ght i ngf ac t o rh o l d so nd a r kt o n e s , c o l dc o l o u r st h a ts e e mt oe ma n a t e t he i rownbr i ght ne s s .Thear t i s tc hoos e st oi ma g i n ec o mp l e t e l ya b s t r a c tf i g u r e s ,wh o s ei n e l u c t a b l e put r e f ac t i onofmat t e rdoe snoti nt e ndt ode s c r i b et h eb o d i e so ft h ef i g u r e s ,b u tt h e i rs o u l s ,r e n d e r e d t hr oughs k e t c he sofc ol our ;i nt hi swayt he i rp r e s e n c ei sr e p r e s e n t e db yma t t e r ,ma d eo ff e e l i n g sa n d pas s i ons .Thi sbol dc ompos i t i on,f ort hel a c ko fad r a wi n ga n dc h i a r o s c u r o,i st h er e s u l to fa we l l de f i ne dandi nt e r nal i z e dc hoi c e . Hi sar t c a nb es e e nf r o mma n yp e r s p e c t i v e s , b u t a l l r e p r e s e n t t h e s e ar c hf orbe aut yi nc haosandde s pai r . Man yh a v eb e e nt h ea r t i s t swh oi nt h ec o u r s eo ft h eh i s t o r yo f ar thav emar k e de poc hs ,l i k ePi c as s oorMu n c h ,wh ou s e dp a i na st h ema i ns o u r c eofe x t i r p a t o r ,o f e mot i ons ,ofc onc e nt r at i on, ofc r e at i v i t y .
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Nank ewasbor ni nPol andandhe rf i r s tappr o a c ht oa r td a t e sb a c kt oh e ry o u t h ,wh i l ea t t e n d i n gt oa l e s s onbyal oc alar t i s tandbe i ngf or e v e re l e c t r o c u t e d . S h ei sf a s c i n a t e db ye v e r y t h i n gt h a tb e l o n g st o t hewor l dof abs t r ac t i oni s mandi mpr e s s i oni s m, wh e r ee v e r ye l e me n t mo v e sa wa yf r o mb e i n gc o n c r e t e . Eac hr e pr e s e nt at i oni sdi c t at e dbyt hede e pe s tu n c o n s c i o u s ,o u to ft h ec l a s s i c a lp a t t e r n so fp a i n t i n g . He rmai ns our c eofi ns pi r at i oni snat ur e ,wh i c hh a sa l wa y sb e e n ,wi t hi t smy s t e r i o u sa n df a s c i n a t i n g c har ac t e r ,t heobj e c tofar t i s t i cr e pr e s e nt at i o n ;j u s tt h i n ko ft h ef i r s tgr a f f i t if o u n di nc a v e su n t i lt h e gr e atar t i s t soft heni ne t e e nt hc e nt ur y .Cas pa rDa v i dFr i e d r i c hwa st h ef i r s tGe r ma np a i n t e rt oe n t e r t hef ul lat mos phe r eofr omant i c i s m. Hi sl and s c a p e sh a v eb e c o mei c o n i c , d i s t i n g u i s h e db yt h ea b s e n c e oft hehumanf i gur e .Col our sands hade sa r et h ema i nc h a r a c t e r so fe a c hp a i n t i n g .Th ea r t i s t c ons i de r e dt henat ur all ands c apeadi v i newo r ka n dh i sd e p i c t i o n swe r es n a p s h ot so fp a r t i c u l a r mome nt ss uc hass unr i s e ,s uns e t ,ors t or mys e a s .I nh e rwo r k ,Na n k e ,j u s tl i k eFr i e d r i c h ,s e e st h e l ands c apeasani de al bac k gr oundt opr oj e c t o nac a n v a sh e ri n n e rwo r l d ;b o t hme l a n c h o l ya n dh a p p y , att hes amet i me .Awor l d" Anpl ai nai r "wh e r et h ea r t i s ti sa b l e ,t h r o u g hh e rp a i n t i n g,t oc r e a t e di f f e r e nte mot i onsands ugge s t i ons ,whe r es e r e n i t ya n db e a u t ya r er e a d a b l ei nt h ef l i g h to ft h e s wal l owsandi nt hepal e t t eofwar mc ol our s .
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Ne r os une r o’ swor k sar el i k es naps hot sofe v e r y d a yl i f e ’ smo me n t sr e p r e s e n t e dt h r o u g ht h eme d i u mso f bot hDi gi t alPai nt i ngandNe wMi x e dMe di a( mi x i n gd i g i t a l&t r a d i t i o n a lp a i n t i n gwi t hp h o t o g r a p h y andf r e ehanddr awi ng) .The ymi ghtappe a rl i k eme a n i n g l e s smo me n t s ,a n dt h ea r t i s ti sf a rf r o m at t ac hi ngt ot he manymor eme ani ngt hatt heo n ee a c hu sc a ns e ei nt h e m.Th ec h o i c eo ft h emo me n t i t s e l fandt hec hoi c eofde pi c t i ngornott heb a c k g r o u n da r ea r t i s t i ca n da e s t h e t i cc h o i c e s ,wh i l es t i l l unc o ns c i ousandi ns t i nc t i v e .Thec oupl ede p i c t e dh e r ec a p t u r e dt h ea r t i s t ’ sa t t e n t i o n .Li k eag amewe al ldo,t hemi ndwonde r si magi ni ngs t r ang e r s ’l i v e s ,r e l a t i o n s h i p sa n df e e l i n g s .Ar et h e yl i k eu s ? Dot he yhav ebe t t e rorwor s el i v e sandpos s i b i l i t i e s ,wea s ko u r s e l v e s ,wh i l eun e x p e c t e d l yp o n d e r i n g al s oaboutourownl i v e s .Whathasdr awnt h ea r t i s tt ot h e ma n dn o ta n o t h e rc o u p l e ?Co l o u r s , o por t i ons ,l i ght ,c ompos i t i on.Thear t i s tc o mmu n i c a t e sa n dr e a d sv i aa na e s t h e t i cl a n g u a g et h a t pr doe snot r e qui r ebe i ngt r ans l at e di nt owor dso rc o d e s . Hi sc o n n e c t i o nwi t has u b t l e rr e a l i t ya l l o wsh i m t oc apt ur et hemome nt ,s ot hatt her e pr e s e n t a t i o no ft h a tmo me n t ,c r y s t a l l i z e dt h r o u g ht h ear t i s t i c me di u m,s pe ak st oal lofus .Andbe c aus et h e r ea r en oe x p l a n a t i o n s ,n owo r d s ,t h ei ma g es p e a k st o e ac hofuswi t hauni quev oi c e , s pe c i f i c , pe r s o n a l , a n du n i v e r s a la tt h es a met i me . Ast h ea r t i s tp u t si t : “t hei mages e e msal r e adyt ohav ee v e r y t h i n gy o un e e dwi t h i ni t . ” Li k eami r r o r ,wel o o ka t Ne r os une r o’ swor kandwec ans e ear e f l e c t i o no ft h ewo r l da n do fo u r s e l v e s .
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Ni k oi say oungGe r manar t i s tandhebe ganh i swo r ka sap h o t o g r a p h e ri n2 0 1 8wh e nh er e c e i v e da c ame r aasagi f tf r om hi sunc l e .He nc ehi sg r o wi n gi n t e r e s tf o rt h ema n i p u l a t i o no fi ma g e st h r o u g h de di c at e ds of t war e s :wi t hr e gar dst ot hes ubj e c t s , t h ea r t i s tf o c u s e sh i sa t t e n t i o no nt h ee x p l o r a t i o no f nat ur e ,l ands c ape sandani mal s .ForNi k o ,t h ec h o i c eo ft h e s et h e me sc o me sf r o mt h en e e dt o r e di s c ov e rt hats e ns eofe nt hus i as m andwo n d e rt h a th er e a l i s e dh eh a dp r o g r e s s i v e l yi g n o r e da n d ne gl e c t e d,be i ngov e r whe l me dbyt hee v e r y d a yl i f ec o mmi t me n t s .I nh i sp h o t o g r a p h i cs h o t s ,t h e at t e nt i ont ode t ai l s ,t heus eofi magi nar ye l e me n t sa n di ma g e st a k e nf r o md i f f e r e n tb a c k g r o u n d sa n d t hes t r ongc ont r as t i ngc ol our sar eal las pe c t st os t i mu l a t et h eo b s e r v e r ’ sc u r i o s i t yi nn ot i c i n gt h e magi coft hos epl ac e st hatt ooof t e nwed on o tn e c e s s a r i l yc o n t e mp l a t ea n dv a l u e .Th en at u r a l e nv i r onme nt ,wi t hi t sc ount l e s smot i f s ,s hape sa n ds h a d e s ,b e c o me same d i u mt or e k i n d l eas p a r ko f as t oni s hme nti nf r ontoft hel i t t l es i mpl et hi n g st h a ts u r r o u n du s .Ni k o ’ sp i c t u r e sc o mb i n es u r r e a la n d s us pe nde dat mo s phe r e s ,s i mi l art odr e ams ,t or e a l i s t i ca n dd e t a i l e ds e t t i n g s :t h i smi x t u r eo fd i f f e r e n t f e e l i ngsandappr oac he s ,t hatar es ome t i me sr e a s s u r i n g ,s o me t i me se s t r a n g i n g ,d e f i n e sh i ss t y l ea n d hi su ni quec apabi l i t yoft r ans por t i ngus , ont h ef l y i n gc a r p e to fi ma g i n a t i o n , t o wa r d se n c h a n t e dl a n d s t hatr e mi ndusoft heone sofHay aoMi y a z ak i ’ sa n i ma t i o nf i l ms .I nt h eh e r ee x h i b i t e da r t wo r k ,wh i c h i same t aphorar oundde c ayandr e s ur r e c t i o n ,t h ed e e rb e c o me st h ec e n t r a lp r o t a g o n i s twi t hi t s bl oomi nghor nst os y mbol i s et hei ne l uc t ab i l i t yo fc h a n g ea st h ee n g i n et h a tf u e l st h ec o n t i n u o u s r e ne wal of t hemi r ac ul ousc y c l eof e x i s t e nc e . Th er a d i a n t s t r e n g t ho f t h ea n i ma l ’ sf o r ma t i o n sr i s i n gt o war dst hes k yl i k et hebr anc he soft het r e eofl i f es e e mst or e f e rt ot h ec o n c e p to fp a s s a g eb e t we e nt h e t e r r e s t r i alands pi r i t ualdi me ns i onsandi tgi v e su st h ee x t r a o r d i n a r yo p p o r t u n i t yt oe n l i g h t e no u rs o u l andt oal l owouri nne rs e l ft omani f e s t .
“Iwoul dl i k et ope r c e i v et hi n g st h es a mewa yad e e rd o e si nt h ef o r e s t . T obeabl et ohe arhowe ac hl e a fb r e a t h e s ”( Fa b r i z i oCa r a ma g n a )
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Ni r i tGi l adOv adi ai sanI s r ae l iar t i s twhon o to n l yh a sap a s s i o nf o rn a t u r eb uta l s oi nt h es o c a l l e d “h umanl ands c ape ”:t hr oughoutt hepai nt i n go fap o r t r a i ti ti sp o s s i b l et oa d mi r et h ei n n e ra s p e c to f e ac hpe r s on.Fort hi sr e as on,t heNi r i t ’ ss t y l ed i s p l a y sah i g h l e v e lo fr e a l i s m,b e i n gc o mp o s e db y di f f e r e ntl ay e r sofpe r s onali nt r os pe c t i on.Mo r e o v e r ,wi t ha ne x t r e mef o c u st oe a c hd e t a i l ,s h ei s c apa bl eoft r ans mi t t i ngt hr oughpai nt i ngsh e rp e r s o n a ll i f ee x p e r i e n c e .Fo re v e r ys i t u a t i o nwh o c at c he she rat t e nt i on, s het r i e st ode v e l opar o u n di tas t o r y , wi t ht h ea i mt od e s c r i b ei ti nh e rp i c t u r e s : i nt hi sway ,t hi sc anbe c omeac ur ef ort ho s ewh oa r ei n v o l v e di nt h ema t t e r ,h o p i n gi ns o me t h i n g pos i t i v e .He r et hear tt ur nsi nt oani ns t r ume n tt or a i s ea wa r e n e s so ft h eh u ma nb e i n go nr e ma r k ab l e as pe c t s .I nt hi sar t wor ke nt i t l e dBl oomi ngag a i ni so n l yama t t e ro f t i me … at r a g i ce v e n t i sb e i n gt o l d , c onc e r ni ngawomanwho“i nf ul lbl oom”h a sb e e nh i tb yt h ec a n c e r .Th i si l l n e s sd r i v e sh e rwi l l i n g ne s st ol i v ebyal lme ans .Oneofhe rdr e amswa st ob e c o mead a n c e r ,a n df o rt h a tr e as o nt h ea r t i s t de pi c t st hewoman’ sdaught e rwhi l es hei sa b o u tt oma k ead a n c emo v e .Byd o i n gs o ,t h ey o un gl a d y r e pr e s e nt st hehopeofhe al i ng,r e bi r t handt of r e eh e r s e l ff r o mt h ed i s e a s e . Al lt h ed a n c e r ’b o d yi si n t e ns i on,t r y i ngt os t andupagai nt i l lt ouc hi n gt h ef l o we rr e p r e s e n t a t i o no nt h er i g h t .Th eg i r l ’ sh e a d i st i l t e ddowne x ac t l yast henat ur als t r uc t ur eo ft h ef l o we r ,wi t hb o t hh e ra r msa n dp e t a l sl i f t e da n d s t r e t c he dupt ot hes k y , ast he yar et r y i ngt oc a t c ht h el i g h twh i c hs t a n d so u ta st heo n l yh o p eo v e rt h e bac k gr oundmadebyani nt e ns ebl ac k .Bot ht h ef l o we ra n dt h eg i r ld i s p l a yt ob ev e r yf r a g i l ea n d pur e ,be ar i ngagr e atde gr e eofde t e r mi nat i o na n dp o s i t i v i t y .Asi nt h et r a n s i t i o n a r yp e r i o df r o m wi nt e rt os pr i ngwhe r ef l owe r ss t ar tt obl os s o m,o rh o wap h o e n i xr e b o r nf r o mi t sa s h e s ,t h emo me n t whe nt hedanc e rwi l ls t andupagai nt ok e e pd a n c i n gi sa b o u tt oc o me .
“I nn at ur ewes e eac y c l eofbl oomi ng, t ha to c c u r se v e r yt i mea n e w.Ev e ni nap e r i o do ff a l l ,i ti s k nownt hatt hef l owe r swi l lb l o o ma g a i nwh e nt h et i mec o me s …” ( Ni r i tGi l a dOv a d i a )
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Ni s hai sundoubt e dl yar e s e ar c he r , s hee x pe r i me n t sd i f f e r e n tt e c h n i q u e sa n ds t y l e s , we a v e sc o l o r sa n d s hape s ,br i ngsabs t r ac ts i gnsc l os e rt or e a lf i g u r e s ,c r e a t i n gi n n o v a t i v ewo r k s .Co l o ri st h ef i r s t me di u m ofwhi c ht hear t i s tmak e sgoodus et oa c c e n t u a t et h ee n e r g e t i cp o we ro fh e rwo r k s ,s i mp l e s i gnsout l i nepr of i l e sofwome nandme nwh oa l mo s tt a k eo namy s t i c a lv a l u e .Ni s h ae x a l t sh e r c har ac t e r sasdi v i ni t y ,i nf ac t ,s omeofhe rwo r k sc a nb ec o n s i d e r e dt r u ei c o n s ,a st h eBy z a n t i n ee r a hashande ddownt ous .Br i ghtands t r on gc o l o r st a k et h ep l a c eo ft h eg o l dt y p i c a lofs a c r e d i c onogr aphy ,humanf i gur e st hatbe c omee t h e r e a l .Wo me nwh oo c c u p yt h ee n t i r ewo r ka p p e a rs t r o n g anddomi nant ,butatt hes amet i met heme l a n c h o l yt y p i c a lo fa wa r e n e s s ,o ft h el i f ee x p e r i e n c e st h e y t aughtandmar k e d,s hi ne st hr ought he i rf ac e s .I fo nt h eo n eh a n dt h ea r t i s t i cwo r ko fNi s h ar e f e r st o t heBy z ant i nei c ons ,i nat ot al l yi nnov at i v ev i s i o n ,o nt h eo t h e rh a n dt h es t y l ea n dt a s t ea r ep u r e l y c ont e mpor ar y . Ni s ha' swor k shav eas i mi l ar i t ywi t ht h o s eo f t h eAf r i c a na r t i s t Ab d o u l a y eKo n a t é , e a c h ofhi swor k si si ndi al oguewi t ht her e al i t ya n dc u l t u r eo fhi sc o u n t r y .Ko n a t éu s e sc l o t h sa si t sma i n e l e me nt ,Ni s haus e sc ol ort hatbe c ome sbod ya n dma t t e r ,i ti sal i v i n ge l e me n t .Ni s h a ' sa r t i s t i cwo r k hasal i nkwi t hc ont i nge ntr e al i t y ,butt he ya r ee l e v a t e dt oas pi r i t u a ld i me n s i o n ,i nwh i c ht h e yf i n da pe r f e c tbal anc e . He rwor k sal way sc ont ai ne n e r g ya n ds t r e n g t h , i nt h e mt h eo p p o s i t e sme e tt og i v el i f e t ohar mony .
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“Y ouar enotani s ol at e dmonad, bu tau n i q u ea n di r r e p l a c e a b l ep a r to ft h ec o s mo s . Donotf or ge ti t , y ouar eane s s e n t i a le l e me n ti nt h et a n g l eo fh u ma n i t y " ( Epi t t e t o, Gr e e kp h i l o s o p h e r5 0a . C.-1 3 8a . C. )
Ar tc ont ai nsme mor i e s ,f e e l i ngs ,pe r c e pt i onsa n dmo o d st h a tl e a dt h eh u ma nb e i n gt of e e lp a r to ft h e uni v e r s e ,r e c onne c t suswi t ht hec os mosr e ga r d l e s so ft h es u c c e s s i o no fh i s t o r ybe t we e nt r a d i t i o na nd pr o gr e s s .Pame l aBas al de l l awi t hCos mi cEmo t i o n sa d d r e s s e st h e m asau n i v e r s et h a tpu t su si n c ont ac twi t ht hei nf i ni t ei t s e l f . Fr omt hewor ks h i n e st h ea r t i s t ' si n t e r e s ti nt h emy s t e r i o u sd y n a mi c so f l i f e .Ass hes ay s" Thec os mosi sf ormeoneo ft h emo s tp o we r f u lg i f t st h a tn a t u r eo f f e r su st og i v eu s t heoppor t uni t yt ogr as pour s e l v e sasawh o l ei nr e l a t i o n s h i pwi t hi t ”.Al t h o u g ht h ev i s i o no fa r t c han ge swi t ht i meandhi s t or y ,Pame l a' sg o a li st os a f e g u a r dwh a tWa l t e rBe n j a mi nc a l l e da u r a , auni que ne s st hat e x t e ndst oal l e x i s t i ngt hi ng so f c r e a t i o nb yc o mb i n i n gt h e mwi t ha ni n v i s i b l et h r e a d . Onl ybyl ook i ngatt hes t ar swec ans e et hi st h r e a d ,wh e nwer e a l i z et h a twea r es ma l li nf r o n to ft h e c os mos but our pr e s e nc ei s not an a c c i d e n t ,e a c hb e i n gc o n t r i b u t e st oi t sg r e a t n e s s .
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Re gi naDant aswasbor ni nBe l oHor i z ont e ,Br a z i l .S h eg r a d u a t e da tt h eGu i g n a r dS c h o o lo fVi s u a l Ar t sand s hei sc ur r e nt l yl i v i ng and wor k i n gi n Ri od eJ a n e i r o .Re g i n a ’ sa r tf o c u s e so nt h e i nv e s t i gat i onandr e s e ar c hf ormus i c al i t yandh a r mo n yb ye x p e r i me n t i n gwi t hc o l o u r s , f o r ms , t e x t u r e s andmat e r i al swi t ht heai mofr e i nt e r pr e t i ngt h ewo r l da r o u n dh e ri ni t sc o u n t l e s sf a c e t s .Th r o u g ht h e us eofs t e nc i l bas e ds e r i gr aphy ,t hear t i s te x p l o r e sr e p e a t e dv a r i a t i o n sa n dp r i me v a ls h a p e si nt h e i r de e p,s y mbol i cme ani ngandc onnot at i ons :e v e r yp r i n tb e c o me samo n o t y p e ,a ni mp r e s s i o no np a p e r ofhe rv i s i onofr e al i t yi nt hats pe c i f i cmo me n t .I nt h i sn e ws e r i e s ,Re g i n as e e st h ec i r c l ea st h e r e pr e s e nt at i onofs pi r i t ual i t yandi t si ndi s s ol u b l el i n kwi t ht h ec o n c e p to fe t e r n i t ya n de n d l e s smo t i o n ; t heabs e nc eoft heoppos i t e s ,t hel ac kofan g l e sa n de d g e st h a tc h a r a c t e r i s e st h i sa n c e s t r a le l e me n t s i gni f i e st hei mmat e r i al i t yof t hes oul andt hee t e r n a l c y c l eo f l i f e . Th ec i r c u l a rmo v e me n t o f t h i si ma g e c apt ur e st hee y e ,k i dnapt hes e ns e sandt r ans p o r tu st oan e wme t a p h y s i c a ld i me n s i o nwh e r et h ei d e a oft hec e nt r er e mi ndsusoft hepoi ntwhe r ea l lt h ee n e r g i e ss t a r ta n dc o n v e r g e . At i me l e s sa n di ma g i nar ys pac et hatal l owst or e di s c ov e rt heor i g i no fe x i s t e n c ea n dt ot h i n ka b o u tt h ema g i co fr e n e wa l andr e bi r t h.I nRe gi na’ smi ndt hi ss hapebe c o me sat e mp l e ,as a c r e ds h e l t e rwh e r ewec a nk e e pi n t ouc hwi t houri nne rc os mi cf or c eandf e e lt h a te v e r y t h i n gi sc o n n e c t e da n dr e l a t e d . Th es t r o n gv i s u a l i mpac tofhe rwor kr e s i de si ni t ss i mpl i c i t ya n de s s e n t i a la s p e c t :t h ed o t sa n dt h el i n e sb e c o met h e uni v e r s alk e yt o ope nt he dooroff e e l i n g sa n dp e r c e p t i o n s ,e v e r y t h i n ge l s ei su n n e c e s s a r y .
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“Col ouri st hek e y boar d, t hee y e sar et h eh a mme r s ,t h es o u li st h ep i a n owi t hman ys t r i n g s . Th ear t i s ti st hehandt hatpl ay s , t ouc hi n go n ek e yo ra n o t h e rp u r p o s i v e l y ,t oc a u s ev i b r a t i o n s i nt hes oul ”( Wa s s i l yKa n d i n s k y )
Re i nhar dMaue ri saGe r manar t i s twhok no wsv e r ywe l lt h ewo r l do fc o n t e mp o r a r ya r t .Hi sa r th a s par t i c ul ardy nami c sandor i gi nalf e at ur e s .Her e a l i z e sg e s t u r ep a i n t i n g sa n dh ea l s oc r e a t e sc o mp l e x ar t wor k s . Hes pe ndsal otoft i met opai ntpi c t u r e st oc o mmu n i c a t eh i se mo t i o nst h r o u g har t . Re i n h a r d dr awsmanys hape s ,of t e n nots oc l e ara n du s e sa l o to fc o l o u r s( f o ri n s t a n c et h ea r t wo r k “I t ’ st hi c k e ni ng, s ai dt hel i s pi ngman”) . Hee x p r e s s e sh i se mo t i o n st h r o u g hh i sa r t wo r k st h a ta r ev e r y e l e gantandhar moni c .Hef oc us e songe ome t r i ca b s t r a c t i o na n dh ep a i n t sal o to fd e t a i l ss h o wi n g di f f e r e ntt y pe sofc hr omat i cbal anc e .Hi ss i g n a t u r ei sac i r c l ea n di ti sap e r f e c ts e n s u a ls y mb o l . Re i nhar d Maue ri s an ar t i s te as i l yr e c o g n i s a b l et h a n k st oh i so r i g i n a lp a i n t i n gs t y l e .
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“Ev e nwi t hi nt hec onf i ne dbor de r sofmyc a n v a sIa ma b l et of r e e l ye x p r e s smy s e l fa n dc r e a t e s ome t hi ngwi t houtr e s t r i c t i ons .Thi st r ans l at e si n t ot h er e s to fwi d e rl i f e ,a se v e nwi t h i ns a i db o r d e r s wear eabl et oc r e at e , e x pr e s sandf e e lasi fwewe r en o tl i mi t e db yr e a l i t y ”. S u s a n n eWo l f s g r u b e ru s e s t hi se x pr e s s i ont oc l e ar l yanddi r e c t l yde f i n eh e rn e wa r t wo r k sh e r ei ne x h i b i t i o n .Li v e l ya b s t r a c t l ands c ape st hatar ebot hc ol dandhotr e pr e s e n tt h en a t u r ea n dt h es o u lt u r mo i l .S h ei si n s p i r e df r o m l y r i ct opi c se s c api ngf r om r e al i t y .I nf ac t ,i nh e ra r t wo r k ss h eh i g h l i g h t st h ei mp o r t a n c eo fs o u l , t her omant i cf e e l i ngsande mot i ons .Ar tdoe s n ’ te x i s twi t h o u tp e o p l ewh ol o o ka ta r t wo r k s ,b e c a u s e , ac c or di ngt ot hede f i ni t i on,anobs e r v e ri sf u n d a me n t a lt oa d mi r ea n de x p r e s so p i n i o n s .Fo rS u s a n n e ar ti si mpor t antbe c aus es hec anc onv e ye mo t i o n st r o u g hp a i n t i n g s .Th ec o l o u r so ft h es u b j e c t st h a t ar er e pr e s e nt e di nt hear t wor k sar er e al l yi mp o r t a n tb e c a u s et h e yc a ne x p r e s ss e n s a t i o n s .I nt h e s e ar t wor k s ,f e e l i ngsar epr e domi nalandf unda me n t a la swe l la st h ed y n a mi s ma n dt h ei mp or t a nc eo f t hought sbe c aus et he yar e , t oal li nt e nt s , e x p r e s s i v ep a i n t i n g s .
“I fwemor ee as i l ype r c e i v et hei de ai nt h ewo r ko fa r tt h a ni nt h ed i r e c tc o n t e mp l a t i o no fn a t u r e andr e al i t y ,t hi si sduet ot hef ac tt hatt hea r t i s t ,wh oo n l yf o c u s e so nt h ei d e aa n dn ol o n g e rt u r n s hi se y e st or e al i t y , de t ac he df r omt her e al i t ya n df r e ef r o ma l lc o n t i n g e n c i e st h a tc o u l dd i s t u r bi t ” ( Ar t h u rS c h o p e n h a u e r )
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Tr a c yWhi t e “Anar t i s ti ss ome onewhopr oduc e st hi ng st h a tp e o p l ed o n ' tn e e dt oh a v eb u tt h a the-f o rs o me r e as on-t hi nk si twoul dbeag o o di d e at og i v et h e m”( An d yWa r h o l ) Tr ac yWhi t ei sanAme r i c anar t i s twhoowe sh e rl o v eo fa r tt oh e rg r a n d mo t h e r , p a i n t e rPl e i nAi r , wh o t ookhe rwi t hhe ri nhe rpai nt i ngday sasac h i l d .T e c h n i c a ls t u d i e sh a v eb r o u g h tTr a c yc l o s e rt o me c hani c aldr awi ngandphot ogr aphy .Thatwa st h ep e r i o dt h a tb r o u g h th e rt od e v e l o p eag r e a tl o v e f ore v e r y t hi ngr e l at e dt oar tandc r e at i on.He rc u r r e n two r kh a sl e dh e rt od e s i g ne x p e r i e n c e sf o r ot he r s ,c r e at i ngpr ops ,s e t sandmuc hmor e .Th r o u g ha r tTr a c ye l a b o r a t e sap e r c e p t i v ep r o c e s st h a t e v e r yhumanbe i ngi nt he i rownwaye x pe r i e n c e s ,t h r o u g ht h eu s eo ft h ef i v es e n s e s :s i g h t ,h e a r i n g , s me l l , t ouc h, t as t e . Ane x c i t i ngc hal l e nge . Pa i n t i n gf o rt h ea r t i s tr e p r e s e n t sh e rs a f eh a v e n , h e re s c a p e andhe rs al v at i on.Thebr i ghtc ol our smak eh e rh a p p y .S h ec h o o s e sa n dp a i n t sh e rp l a c e swh e r es h e f e e l st hene e dt oe s c ape , whe t he ri t beage o gr a p h i c a l s p a c eo ra na b s t r a c t o rt h r e e d i me ns i o n a l p l a c e , gi v i ngl i f et ot hewor l dofhe ri magi nat i on .Th ec h r o ma t i cr i c h n e s st h a twef i n di nh e rwo r k si s ge ne r al l yas y mpt om ofe x i s t e nt i alv i v ac i t y ,b u ta l s oo fma n yo t h e rf e e l i n g s :ac o l o u rl i k er e d , f ore x ampl e , c anpr oduc ebot haf e e l i ngofwa r mt h , a n dp h y s i c a le n e r g y , l i k ej o y . I ns h o r t , c o l o u r sa r e r e al l yabl et ot ouc hde e ps t r i ngsandi ns t i nc t i v es t i mu l i .Or g a n i z e dc h a o sc a nb ed e f i n e da sap a l e t t e ofc ol our s ,whe r ee ac hoft he s eat t ac he st oap a r t i c u l a rmo me n to ft h ea r t i s t ’ sl i f e . Ano r i e n t a t i o nt h a t f i ndsdi f f e r e ntanal ogi e swi t hFauv i s m,aFr e n c hp i c t o r i a lmo v e me n t ,b o r ni nPa r i si n1 9 0 5a n d di s s ol v e di n1907,whos emai ne x pone nt swe r e :He n r iMa t i s s e , An d r èDe r a i n ,Ma u r i c ed eVl a mi n c k . Th et e r m" Fauv e s "wasf i r s tus e di n1905.Th ef e a t u r et h a tc h a r a c t e r i z e st h ep a i n t e r so ft h i sc u r r e n t , i twasnott hec hoi c eofs ubj e c t sort het he me so ft h e i rwo r k s , b u tt h er e a l i z a t i o nt h a ta r ti sn o tj u s tt h e nat ur al i s t i ci mi t at i onofr e al i t y .Thepr i mar yc o l o u r swe r eu s e di nad e c i d e d l ya n t i n a t u r a l i s t i c f unc t i on, pur pl et r e e sandr e dhumanf i gur e s , c h o s e na n dc o mb i n e df r e e l ya n da r b i t r a r i l ya c c o r d i n gt o ac ohe r e nc ei nhe r e nte x c l us i v e l yt ot hehar mo n yo ft h ec o mp o s i t i o n .Wh a tma t t e r e df o rt h eFa u v e s , asf orTr ac y ,wasnots omuc ht heme ani ngo ft h ewo r k ,t h ec h i a r o s c u r oo rt h ep e r s p e c t i v e ,b u tt h e s i mpl i f i c at i onoff or ms , t hei mme di ac yandt h ec o l o u r . “Re al i t yf or mspar tofar t , f e e l i ngc o mp l e t e si t ”( J e a n Ba p t i s t eCa mi l l eCo r o t )
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WALOPLUS Eduar doDani e lAmpue r oCas t r oi sanar t i s twh ol i v e sa n dwo r k si nCh i l e .S i n c eh ewa sac h i l dh e de v e l ope dade e pi nt e r e s tf ordr awi ng,whi c hh es e e sa sat o o lt ot e a rt h er e a l i t yo ft h i n gsa p a r ta n d ope nt he uni v e r s e ofpe r c e pt i onsby gi v i n ga c c e s st ot h ee n d l e s sd i me n s i o no fi ma g i n at i o n . Hi sc onc e pt i onofar ti ss i mi l art oawi ndowo v e r l o o k i n gt h ei n n e rwor l d , as a f es p a c et h a ta l l o wst h e ar t i s tt oe s c apeandf i ndane wpat h.He nc e ,h i swo r kf o c u s e so nt h ei n v e s t i g a t i o no ft h emy s t e r i o u s s e c r e t soft hehumanmi ndandi npar t i c ul a ro nme mo r ya n dt h ei mp a c to ft h ee n v i r o n me n to nt h e e c ogni t i onofus .Eduar doi si ns pi r e dbyt hep r i n c i p l e sofS u r r e a l i s ma n dDa d aan d ,t h r o u g ht h eu s e r ofv ar i oust e c hni que sandmat e r i al s ,hek e e p sone x p e r i me n t i n gwi t ht h ea i mo fe x p l o r i n gt h ed e e p e s t me ande r soft heps y c he :aj our ne ywhi c hl e a d sh i mt oa na l t e r n a t i v ep e r s p e c t i v ei ne mb r a c i n gt h e c ons c i ousandt heunc ons c i ouse ne r gi e s .I nt h ea r t wo r k“V a p o r o u sCa s t i n g ,t h ei n v o c a t i o no ft h e Snak eofFi r e ”,be l ongi ngt ot hes e r i e s“Me t a mo r f oAl u c i n ó g e n o ”,t h ea u t o ma t i cd r a wi n gt a k e st h e s hapeofav i br antmov e me nti nwhi c he v e r y t h i n gs e e mst ob ec o n n e c t e dl i k ei nab r e a t hma deo fc o n s t ante x pans i onsandc ont r ac t i ons .I ti same t a mo r p h o s i s ,ac o n t i n u o u sc h a n g eo ff o r mswh e r et h e s t at eofhal l uc i nat i onal l owst ome l tt hev ar i o u se l e me n t s , i ma g e sa n dc o l o u r si nap o ti nwh i c ha l lt h e us ualr ul e sar ede c ompos e dandr e i nt e r pr e t e di nad e n s ea n ds t e a mya t mo s p h e r e ;ap l a c ewh e r et h e onl yl i mi t sandbor de r sar et heone sofi mag i n a t i o n . AsAn d r eBr e t o ns a i di nh i ss u r r e a l i s t i cma n i f e s t of1924,t he r ei sas upe r i ort y peofr e al i t yl i n k e dt od r e a ms ,a s s o c i a t i o n sa n dt h ef r e es t r e a mo f c ons c i ous ne s snotf i l t e r e dbyr e as on,l ogi c sa n dp r e c o n c e p t i o n s .Th i si st h ei d e a lt e r r i t o r ywhe r e hi dde nde s i r e s ,f e ar sandi mpul s e se me r gean dp o p u l a t eEd u a r d o ’ sp a i n t i n g s .
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