Maria Temnitschka of Vienna, Austria. Her work entitled "Lost in Time I".
Alice Brasser of the Netherlands. Her work entitled "The Wedding".
Andrea Jancovicova of Vienna, Austria. Her work entitled "Alteration".
Patricia Schnall Gutierrez of Miami, Florida, USA. Her work entitled "Learned Behavior".
Cecile van Hanja of Haarlem, Netherlands. Her work entitled "Light Modules".
Jason Galbut of Miami, Florida, USA. His work entitled "Hospital".
Lapo Simeoni of Grosseto, Italy. His work entitled "ALI/TALIA".
Stephen Thorpe of the United Kingdom. His work entitled "False Histories and Confusions in Time 1886".
Peter Astrom of Helsingburg, Sweden. His work entitled "Oranienburgstrasse, Berlin".
Guokaijun Guokaijun of ShangHai, China. His work entitled "Have Meals".
All of the artists represented here have displayed exceptional expertise in conceptualization and composition. I invite art critics, curators, art collectors, art students and anyone with a passion for visual arts to comment on the artists works.
I would like to extend a special invitation to the artists themselves who are represented here to please comment about your work, how you feel about it and what message your art has for the viewer.
Thank You,
Ava Wright
Private Fine Art Broker
and Member Board of Directors
Milton Art Museum
USA
The artist Alice Brasser has asked me to copy and paste her comments here about her work "The Wedding" and here they are:
ReplyDelete'To tell exactly what my message is, is not easy. Even if I had a clear message I don’t think I would tell… However, I can explain something of the process of painting, especially this painting. The white horse is a kind of motif in my work. This time it is based on a fragment of Bertolucci’s film ‘Novecento’. A scene where the bride gets a present, a white horse, led into a room full of wedding guests. I started painting this scene with in mind it had to be something white. After the set up, the composition was ok, all the people were in it, the painting remained somehow daily. At that point I started to draw the white lines. Once having done this with one of the figures beside the horse I was curious to know how it would look like if everyone did get the white -stripe treatment. The result satisfied me. The painting now had the right atmosphere and for me it has to do with the moments in life that you can feel time.'
Alice Brasser
It appears the common thread of all of these works is the artist responding to "Time".
ReplyDeleteTemnitschka of Austria,conceptually speaks to being Lost in old framework of her reality.(difficult to see on line).
Jancovicova-Addresses another dimension of reality. Calling it altered.I don't agree with her title. I see it more as her revealing another dimenion of reality.) She is successful in imanating this
through the sharpedges of contrast that help to differentiate the 2 states of existence.
Guieterezze- Is somewhat conceptional and relational in that. It reflects what can happen over time and teaches the viewer the consequences of issues that have been instilled overstime. LOVELY!
Hanja's Minimal approach to color and form is very successful in bringing out the dimensions of time and layers from past to present.
Very Strong!!
Jason Halibus Hospital-I cannot make out on line what the images are on the bottom?
Grosseto of Italy-Quite simply creates a a contour image which reveals the major impact the Male or Padre has on the son's
in thhe way the sit in the structure of the family unit.
Thorpe gives a narrative on the transition of time from premodernism
as the new comes in. He reveals myths and falsities of that time period(Having difficulty seeing this piece also)
The swedish artist quite realistically speaks to the many layers of reality as being struchtured however the the core of Berlin?
is free.
The Chinese Artist makes a strong political statement metamorphically saying that the America eats Trash.
It has been a pleasure observing this group.
Take Care. Renee Brown 2/7/12
Renee, I am so thrilled to read intelligent and thoughtful analytical interpretations of the works. Your indepth and thorough approach to interpreting the art is refreshing and inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing Renee.
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ReplyDeleteThe painting "Alteration" is the last work from the cycle of four paintings with the title "Four walls in four rooms". I was working on the cycle for the last 10 months in a period of my inner transformation by reassessing my previous life. I tried to unite all the attributes which don't differentiate me from other people from the perspective of life cycle, but still I identified with them very much.
ReplyDeleteSymbolism: Above the ground levitates a figure of a mature, elegant woman. Her face is concealed by a strange and cold rotating object which represents suppressed anger and anxiety from disappointment. The body of the woman is sharply divided by a torso of an handsome man in relaxed shirt. On the surface, it looks like a torso of a woman but it's only a woman's romanticized image of a man. The man has ballet shoes across his face. With the vision partially obscured, he looks for a girl to put the shoes on. He doesn't pay attention to the woman which he has already split. Small triangles – empty forms in many shades of the black-and-white spectrum – come out from his mouth.
These two incomplete characters express some absurdity in relationships.
Ad Renee Brown: You have understood my intentions. Bravo!
Thank you.
Ada (Andrea) Jancovicova
Thank you Ada (Andrea)for sharing the interpretation of your work. I love the layers of complexity and the multiple meanings of all the symbolism in your work. I have a genuine appreciation for your thought process and the way you have chosen to artistically express those thoughts in your work. Just excellent!
DeleteI am honored. Thank you, Ava.
DeleteI am thrilled to be included in your 2012 choices. Thank you.
ReplyDeletePatricia Schnall Gutierrez