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ART Habens
Maria Givner
use of decorative or geometric foms or color
spots is a part of modern art language for a
long time, and now computer programms
take it to another level. From the other hand,
I like to use figurative pieces to make it
understandeble and closer to our life and to
bound it with common cultural traditions. For
this reason I also like to use asosiations and
links to various cultural sources in my works.
Actually I don`t think much about colors, not
as about composition for example. This
comes naturally during the process of
painting and could be changed several times.
I`m not making a very detailed line sketch or
color sketch – I like the painting process to be
flexible, I like to invent things and to give a
picture to guide me.
I prefer deep, saturated tones as in Old
Masters pictures. I like to use gold in the way
old gothic painters used it. It gives to a piece
some abstract, irreal touch. My favourite
color pallete is of blue tones, I guess. For me
blue is the color of mystery, night, magic,
universe.
Colors are very important to me, although I
`m making black and white graphic also. I`m
feeling colors in a material way, like wine – so
exhilirating and tasty. Sometimes I`m
dreaming about colors, seeing unusual and
fantastic color harmony that I can`t reach in
reality.
I can say however that my color vision is in a
certain way affected by living in Israel, by a
very strong bright light and deep shadows,
by a very contrasting color tones. It`s a lot of
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