Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: pehea kona ola a me kona huakaʻi i hana ai i kāna hana kiʻi

ʻO Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), he mea pena kiʻi Scottish, kekahi o nā mea pena kiʻi nui o ka "St Ives School", he mea koʻikoʻi i ka hana kiʻi hou Pelekane.Ua aʻo mākou e pili ana i kāna hana, a mālama kāna kumu i nā pahu o kāna mau lako studio.

Ua ʻike ʻo Barns-Graham mai kona wā ʻōpiopio i kona makemake e lilo i mea pena.Ua hoʻomaka kāna aʻo ʻana ma ke kula ʻo Edinburgh School of Art i ka makahiki 1931, akā i ka makahiki 1940 ua hui pū ʻo ia me nā avant-gardes Pelekania ʻē aʻe ma Cornwall ma muli o ke kūlana kaua, kona maʻi maʻi a me kona makemake e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho mai kona makuakāne makua ʻole.

Ma St Ives, loaʻa iā ia nā poʻe like like, a ma laila ʻo ia i ʻike ai iā ia iho he mea pena.Ua lilo ʻo Ben Nicholson lāua ʻo Naum Gabo i mau kiʻi koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kāna hana noʻeau, a ma o kā lāua kūkākūkā ʻana a me ka mahalo ʻana i kekahi, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i ke kumu no kāna ʻimi ʻana i nā kiʻi abstract.

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ʻO ka huakaʻi i Switzerland i hāʻawi i ka ikaika e pono ai no ka abstraction a, ma kāna ʻōlelo ponoʻī, ua lawa ʻo ia.Hoʻokumu mau ʻia nā ʻano abstract a Barns-Graham i ke ʻano.ʻIke ʻo ia i ke kiʻi abstract ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi i ke ʻano, kahi hana o ka manaʻo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka manaʻo o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā "mea wehewehe", ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā ʻano o ke ʻano.No ia, pono e paʻa ka abstraction i ka ʻike.I ka wā o kāna ʻoihana, ua loli ka manaʻo o kāna hana abstract, e emi ana ka pili ʻana me nā ʻano pōhaku a me nā ʻano kūlohelohe a ʻoi aku me ka noʻonoʻo a me ka ʻuhane, akā ʻaʻole i hemo loa ia mai ke ʻano.

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Ua huakaʻi ʻo Barns-Graham i ka ʻāina ʻē aʻe i nā manawa he nui i kona ola, a ua hoʻi hou ka palapala honua a me nā ʻano kūlohelohe āna i hālāwai ai ma Switzerland, Lanzarote a me Tuscany i kāna hana.

Mai ka makahiki 1960, ua noho ʻo Wilhelmina Barns-Graham ma waena o St Andrews a me St Ives, akā hoʻokomo maoli kāna hana i nā manaʻo koʻikoʻi o St Ives, kaʻana like i nā waiwai o ka modernism a me ke ʻano abstract, e hopu ana i ka ikehu o loko.Eia naʻe, haʻahaʻa loa kona kaulana i ka hui.ʻO ka lewa o ka hoʻokūkū a me ka hakakā ʻana no ka pōmaikaʻi ua lilo kona ʻike me nā mea pena kiʻi ʻē aʻe i mea ʻawaʻawa.

I nā makahiki i hala iho nei o kona ola ʻana, ua ʻoi aku ka wiwo ʻole o ka hana a Barnes-Graham.Hana ʻia me ka manaʻo wikiwiki, piha nā ʻāpana i ka hauʻoli a me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ke ola, a ʻo ka acrylic ma ka pepa me he mea lā e hoʻokuʻu iā ia.ʻO ka hikiwawe o ka mea waena, kona mau waiwai maloʻo wikiwiki e hiki iā ia ke hoʻopili koke i nā kala.

Hōʻike kāna hōʻiliʻili Scorpio i ke ola o ka ʻike a me ka ʻike me nā kala a me nā ʻano.No ia, ʻo ke koena paʻakikī ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i ka pau ʻana o ka ʻāpana a i ka hui ʻana o nā mea a pau e "mele".I loko o ka moʻolelo, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia e ʻōlelo ana: "He mea ʻakaʻaka lākou i ka hopena pololei o ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i kahi ʻāpana pepa me kahi ʻōpala paʻa ma hope o kahi hālāwai ninaninau me nā mea hoʻolaha, a hiki koke ʻo Barnes-Graham i loko o kēlā mau obliques huhū.Ua ʻike ka laina i ka hiki o ka mea maka.


Ka manawa hoʻouna: Feb-11-2022