Excellent Art 2019 - Exzellente Kunst 2019
This art book presents 31 artists from 19 countries on different continents. Most of them are award winning artists and finalists, others adequate guest artists. We encourage readers to choose any of the artworks in this book and, using our instructions for meditative art observation, deeply and consciously connect with it to experience the unique form of art-induced relaxation emblematic of our “Enter into Art” concept. Based on the visible, specific side of paintings and sculptures, and mostly leaving out aspects related to the artists’ résumés, we invite art lovers to try out this stimulating method of connecting with the artworks themselves. To accompany this excellent selection of paintings, some first-class international haiku poems are presented alongside them. Both original versions and English translations of the poems are included – reading poetry in a foreign language allows us to perceive its characteristic color tones, increasing its intercultural effect. The art and poetry pages give „Enter into Art“ artists the opportunity to present their artwork in combination with their own poetry. The printed book is available in the book trade and in internet bookshops. Hardcover: ISBN 978-3-96103-724-7, Publisher: Re Di Roma-Verlag, Language: English, German, Size: 26 x 21 cm Das zweisprachige Kunstbuch stellt 31 Künstler aus 19 Ländern verschiedener Kontinente vor. Die meisten von ihnen sind preisgekrönte Künstler und Finalisten, andere adäquate Gastkünstler. Auf den Kunst- und Poesieseiten präsentieren die Künstler ihre Werke auch in Kombination mit eigenen Gedichten.
This art book presents 31 artists from 19 countries on different continents. Most of them are award winning artists and finalists, others adequate guest artists. We encourage readers to choose any of the artworks in this book and, using our instructions for meditative art observation, deeply and consciously connect with it to experience the unique form of art-induced relaxation emblematic of our “Enter into Art” concept. Based on the visible, specific side of paintings and sculptures, and mostly leaving out aspects related to the artists’ résumés, we invite art lovers to try out this stimulating method of connecting with the artworks themselves. To accompany this excellent selection of paintings, some first-class international haiku poems are presented alongside them. Both original versions and English translations of the poems are included – reading poetry in a foreign language allows us to perceive its characteristic color tones, increasing its intercultural effect. The art and poetry pages give „Enter into Art“ artists the opportunity to present their artwork in combination with their own poetry.
The printed book is available in the book trade and in internet bookshops. Hardcover: ISBN 978-3-96103-724-7, Publisher: Re Di Roma-Verlag, Language: English, German, Size: 26 x 21 cm
Das zweisprachige Kunstbuch stellt 31 Künstler aus 19 Ländern verschiedener Kontinente vor. Die meisten von ihnen sind preisgekrönte Künstler und Finalisten, andere adäquate Gastkünstler. Auf den Kunst- und Poesieseiten präsentieren die Künstler ihre Werke auch in Kombination mit eigenen Gedichten.
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Ai-Wen Wu Kratz<br />
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Ai-Wen Wu Kratz<br />
USA<br />
Delightful Colors<br />
Using bright, cheerful colors, Ai-Wen Wu Kratz has developed an aesthetically<br />
ambitious painting style. With a healthy faith in the observer’s imagination, her<br />
energetic artistic gesture is suggestive of sunny gardens and flowering landscapes.<br />
The Hong Kong born artist’s abstract nature paintings reveal an affinity to<br />
Asian ornamental expression. Reality is transformed into lively rhythms and colorful<br />
melodies. Looking at us from these paintings are not faces but characters<br />
born from the artist’s poetic visual imagination and resembling the creatures<br />
walking archaic dream- and storyscapes. Collage-like fragments gather to form<br />
new compositions. Kratz’s characteristic style is marked by a playful, experimental<br />
approach to color and shape.<br />
Wonniges Leuchten der Farben<br />
In heiter gestimmten Farbtönen hat Ai-Wen Wu Kratz einen Malstil von hohem<br />
ästhetischen Anspruch entwickelt. Auf die Fantasie des Betrachters vertrauend,<br />
spielt sie mit schwungvoll ausgreifenden Gesten auf sonnige Gärten und blühende<br />
Landschaften an. In den Naturabstraktionen der aus Hong Kong stammenden<br />
Künstlerin wird die Nähe zum asiatischen Dekor offensichtlich. Realität<br />
wird in vitale Rhythmik und klangvolle Farbmelodie verwandelt. Was uns da<br />
anblickt, sind keine Gesichter, sondern Erdichtungen, wie sie im Märchenhaften,<br />
Archaischen oder auch in Träumen umgehen. Dabei werden collagenhafte<br />
Fragmente zu neuen Formgebilden verdichtet. Die Experimentierfreude mit<br />
Farbe und Form ist kennzeichnend für die Künstlerin.<br />
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1. I Found In Him My Star, My Sun, 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 70 x 114 cm<br />
2. Improvisation, 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 44 cm in diameter.<br />
3. Sing To The Carnival Moon, 2017, Acrylic on Canvas, 76 x 81 cm<br />
4. The Gift of Life, 2018, Acrylic on Canvas, 61 x 76 cm<br />
4 www.aiwenwukratzartstudio.com<br />
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