EXHIBITION
BELTA
WHAT DOES GREEN SMELL LIKE?
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The answer to this question can be found at an unusual exhibition “The Way to Colour”, which has opened at the Palace of Arts in the capital. For the first time, paintings by blind artists are on display here. One would think, how can a person who has been blind since birth work with paints? But the young people are proving that art can be accessible to everyone.
Secrets of perception How do you feel yellow? What does red taste like? What does green sound like? If you try to find answers to these questions, you’ll get the key to understanding unusual paintings. Young artists convey a feeling through their work. Yellow — it’s the warmth of sunlight on your skin, sand rustling under your feet. Red can be reminiscent of love, courage, triumph, sweet or tangy, or salty like blood. Green smells like mowings, mint, pine. It’s easy to guess what a “barefoot” painting looks like. And how can touch, friendship, serenity, character, clouds, soul be painted? All these themes are “put” on canvases. This exhibition helps to look deep into things, to get into a special world of perceptions and emotions. And for viewers it’s a great opportunity to see the world in a different way. And who knows, maybe the works of blind artists will initiate new stories in contemporary painting?
As a rule, for people who were born in the dark, the names of colours are hollow words. But not for those who start painting. For painters, colours smell, flow between fingers, feel, sound. Each colour has certain associations, which may not be the same for different people. Irina and Sergey Bondarovich
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БЕЛАРУСЬ. BELARUS 2021
