Supergirl 8 – one-off artwork
Status: sold
Category: painting Subject: woman Mediums: acrylic paints, own technique
Materials: canvas Style: contemporary, cubism, abstract, realism
Size: 100 H x 120 W x 2,5 [cm] / 39,4 H x 47,2 W x 1 [in] Year: 2018
Painting Supergirl 8
Supergirl 8, is a new painting, painted on canvas using own technique with the use of acrylic paints. Emotional, energizing and original creation referring to cubist, abstract and realistic painting. There is a siting beautiful woman while going out on rollers. The original composition and the way of presenting the figure of a woman and the environment in which she is located. As the co-founder of Cubism once said, Georges Braque:
“Objects don’t exist for me except in so far as a rapport exists between them or between them and myself. When one attains this harmony, one reaches a sort of intellectual non-existence – what I can only describe as a sense of peace, which makes everything possible and right. Life then becomes a perpetual revelation. That is true poetry.”
There is a suitable color scheme and tone game to get a sensual image in reception while maintaining an elegant and distinctive 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.
The painting Supergirl 8 is art of Ania Luk. Signed at the front and back, with a certificate of authenticity, protected by a varnish in half-matte. Personalized hologram on the back of the linen canvas. This painting fits perfectly into modern rooms. The leading colors – blue, yellow, navy.
The eighth painting from the “Supergirl” series. Painted in May 2018 and sold in October 2019.
Inspiration
In this series, I’ve been touching topics such as perfectionism and self-centeredness of a ‘Selfie-Generation’, which sometimes lead to narcism. Although these “supergirls” seem to live according to their own rules and to be very strong and decisive, they aren’t necessarily fulfilled.
Exhibitions
The painting took part in exhibitions of contemporary art, organized by the US Daylighted Gallery from San Francisco – “Discovery Landscape 2”, Feeling art: a curated collection of contemporary art in diverse media: New York – Founder Institute NYC, Millennium Broadway San Francisco – Pink Onion, The urban, 32One, Paris – Yooma, Maison Montmartre.
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.
“Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different. It is a point of view.” Jacques Lipchitz
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.
“A painting or sculpture not modelled on any real object is every bit as concrete and sensuous as a leaf or a stone… but it is an incomplete art which privileges the intellect to the detriment of the senses.” Hans Jean Arp
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.
“That contemporary art be considered as classic and enduring can only be judged by future generations.” Ian Semple
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.
“One reason my paintings have become realistic has to do with my interest in what things really look like.” Robert Bechtle
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 an advantage for some technicians. On the other hand, this lengthens the process of image formation.
Another advantage of acrylic is that 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.