Exhale 7 – one-off artwork
Status: sold
Category: painting Subject: woman Mediums: acrylic paints, own technique
Materials: canvas Style: contemporary, cubism, abstract, realism
Size: 120 H x 80 W x 2,5 [cm] / 47,2 H x 31,5 W x 1 [in] Year: 2020
Painting Exhale 7 – cubism
Exhale 7 is a unique artwork, painted on canvas using own technique with the use of acrylic paints, combining a palette of warm and cold colors. Emotional, energizing and original creation maintained in the artist’s current style – combining geometric abstraction with realistic painting. The theme is the girl and her dreams. The original composition and the way of presenting the figure of the woman and the environment in which she is located. As the co-founder of Cubism once said, Pablo Picasso:
“What I want is that my picture should evoke nothing but emotion”
There is a well-chosen chosen color scheme and tone game so to get a sensual image in reception while maintaining an elegant and warm form. An expressive, mysterious but positively tuning message.
This high-quality acrylic painting was painted on a linen canvas with a slightly visible texture, without having to be embedded in a decorative frame, because the edges are linen, not covered with any color. Ready to hang, with a brass fixing bracket on the back.
The painting Exhale 7, created by the painter graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts – Ania Luk. Signed at the front and back, with a certificate of authenticity, protected by a varnish in gloss. Personalized hologram on the back of the linen canvas. This painting fits perfectly into modern interiors. Leading colors – orange, pink, blue, brown. Completed at the beginning of September 2020, in November 2020 it was included in the collection of a company from London.
The image of “Exhale 7” was used to create the cover of the music album “Escapism” by German musician Duan Wasi, released in July 2021 by the Mutombo record company.The German producer combines melancholic jazz hop sound with an atmospheric ambient mood with wide soundscapes.
Inspiration
The seventh artwork from the series “Exhale”. The following quote perfectly brings out the inspiration for this series of paintings:
“Follow your dreams, and start exhaling life.”
Cubism
Cubism is an early 20th century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture. In addition, some people say that it’s the most influential art movement of the 20th century.
Noteworthy in cubist artworks, objects are rather analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an abstracted form. Instead of depicting objects from a single viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context. The most famous painters associated with the cubism movement are especially Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.
Above all, Cubism was adopted and further developed by many painters, including Fernand Léger, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Juan Gris, Roger de la Fresnaye, Marcel Duchamp, Albert Gleizes, and Jean Metzinger.
“No high-minded painter of the last fifty years has been able to come to terms with his art without coming to terms with the problem of cubism.” Darby Bannard
Abstract Art
Most of all abstract art creates a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. It was caused by the need of creation a new kind of art which would encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology, science and philosophy going through the end of the 19th.
Finally abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. Furthermore this departure from accurate representation can be slight, partial, or complete.
The precursors of abstractionism were: Wassily Kandinsky, Edward Munch.
“Whoever thought the immediate alternates with the immediate action is not an abstract painter.” Pierre Alechinsk
Contemporary art
It has set on in 1945, after the II World War and lasts till today. The foundation for the contemporary art was prepared by the Dadaists, who perceived the artist as the creator of the idea. New trends were born, such as abstract expressionism (in Europe- informel), action painting, color field painting, pop-art, op art, conceptual painting, street art, calligraphic painting and others.
The most famous artist are: Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon , Victor Vasarely.
In contemporary art there isn’t one aim or a point of view. It gives a heterogeneous and ambiguous glance at the contemporary world. Furthermore, there has always been a huge tendency to experiment and search for innovative language which would be consistent with the changing reality (photomontage, collage, manifesto, object, installation, happenings, video installation, performance). Sadly, today it seems that there are virtually no aesthetic or moral bounds in artistic expression.
“One of the things I feel confident in saying we can do is bring some excitement, and challenges, to people’s lives. We want them to be able to embrace the unexpected.” Zaha Hadid
Realism
Firstly, realism in the arts is the effort to represent subject matter truly, without artificiality. Secondly, it has been prevalent in the arts at many periods. It is in large part a matter of technique and training, and the avoidance of stylization. Thirdly, realistic paintings are mostly scenes from the life of ordinary people. Painted with a simplified means of expression, of peaceful palette and composition.
Finally, the realism art movement in painting began in France in the 1850s. The realism painters rejected Romanticism, which had come to dominate literature and art, with roots in the late 18th century.
The most important artist of realism came from France – Gustave Courbet, Jean-François Millet, Honoré Daumier.
“It is far easier to debate about realistic painting than to paint one.” Igor Babailov
Acrylic painting
Painting technique using acrylic paints, which have a similar characteristic to oil paints. Acrylic paintings are as durable as oil paints.
The most important practical difference between acrylic paints and oil paints is the drying time. Acrylic paints are ideal for painters using sharp and firm brush movements. Mixing acrylic is more difficult than mixing oils just because acrylics are starting to dry quickly. With oils you can mix colors for many days. Resulting in a variety of color variations on which acrylics will not give you enough time. This slow process of drying oil is one of the advantages for some painters. On the other hand, this lengthens the process of image formation.
Another advantage of acrylic is that there is no need for solvent to clean brushes. When dry, the paint layer is waterproof and can quickly overlap both hides and lacquers. Acrylic paint is durable, elastic, resistant to aging, does not turn yellow, does not crumble.
All these advantages contribute to the growing popularity of this painting medium among contemporary artists..
Note: Using images of Ania Luk’s paintings can only be done with the written agreement of the artist.