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Irena Romendik
ART Habens
I agree with Gerhard Richter here, but I
would go further: true, the way of seeing
itself presupposes possible rendering;
however, the actual process of delivering
the product of comprehension to the
surface endures a craft on its own that not
only enriches the original idea with depth
and meaning, but actually embodies it. I
consider an artwork as a closure of an
ongoing process: just like a way of living
enacts Life which can be fully
comprehended only after Death. In other
words, to put it bluntly -- the artifact is a
mummy of alive creative process. Gerhard
Richter’s phrase maps nicely into
representational art, and not so well into
the master’s own squeegee paintings,
which are a pure play and a feast of colors
that scream their own meaning. The
mastery lies in balancing and nuancing fine
interactions between the idea and a
physical act. When I look at the artwork, I
partially reenact the process of its creation.
Physical act represents a barrier and a
battlefield of human comprehension as well
as extreme impossibility to communicate.
The ‘circle of life’ as follows: artist devours
perceptions translating them from
immaterial concepts to poesis in matter.
Only poetry is capable to deliver
unspeakable: too literal interpretations are
me deeply. As Pina Bausch said, "I’m not
interested in how people move, I’m
interested in what moves them."
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