Land
E scape
Summary
Our net review presents a selection of artists whose works shows the invisible connection betwen inner landscapes and actual places. Apart from stylistic differences and individual approaches to the art process, all of them share the vision that art is a slice of the world to be shared. An artwork doesn't communicate anything: it simply creates a mental space. Language, gestures, or rather a masterly brush-stroke of a painter are nothing but ways to invite us to explore our inner landscapes". Thirty years have passed since this Borgesean deep and at the same time provocative statement has been written by the fine Italian writer Giorgio Manganelli.
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I S S S U E
Agata Wisniowska (USA)
4
" What could be a trivial scene for a passerby, acquires new meanings and interpretations once stilled in the frame. I aspire to challenge our connotations about everyday objects and surroundings by focusing on the abstract quality of scenes making them seem ethereal. "
S P E C I A L
Painted by Nature, detail
18
Gosia Mielech
(Poland) " In contemporary art there are no rules, no boundaries, no taboo subjects, no limit's and no tool more powerful than imagination. The key is to learn how to really listen to yourself, then observe, to be bothered about questions which may appear and let them begin an inner discourse. "
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Marinda Scaramanga
34
(Monaco)
" Through colour, form, symbols, relationships, contrasts, I’m looking for the real meaning of the surrounding environment. I strongly believe in the philosophy of what our eyes see is only a small aspect of the universe. There are many universes, as many as our soul can create. Our senses are limited, soul is not. "
O c t o b e r
2 0 1 4
From the Cities series
50
Frances Schandera-Duarte (Germany)
Schandera Duarte's work has an alluring quality in that it pulls the viewer closer to the painting in an attempt to gain as much information from the surface as possible. Curiosity often results in the need to gently touch the paintings surface.
Jana C. Perez (USA)
Tell me, what did you dream last night
66
" A work of art is an image or object that engages the viewer on an emotional and intellectual level simultaneously. I call this an "ah-ha" moment. The viewer experiences an initial "gut" or emotional reaction, after which an inner dialogue of questions and/or narrative begin. "