THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO REMAIN FREE , FREE IN EACH LINE YOU UNDERTAKE, IN YOUR IDEAS
AND IN YOUR ACTIONS. THE
ARTIST ESPECIALLY MUST REMAIN FREE FROM ALL OUTER RESTRAINTS.
THIS ARTWORK IS LOOKING LIKE A FEATHER OF A
BIRD. WHERE COLOR YELLOW AND WHITE IN
BLACK REPRESENTS HOPE AND FAITH IN TIME OF
EXCESSIVE POWER.
HANS HARTUNG HIMSELF DESIGNED HIS
STUDIO AND A ONE STORY HOUSE
SURROUNDED BY WHITE WALLS IS SITUATED
WITH OLIVE TREES. HIS STUDIO IS A SQUARE
ROOM WITH LARGE WINDOWS. THE WHITE
WALLS OF HIS STUDIO ARE COVERED WITH
STRONG SPLASHES OF COLOR AND LOOK LIKE
ART WORK IN THEMSELVES.
- HANS HARTUNG(1904-1989)
IN MY VIEW, THIS PAINTING REPRESENTS LAST IN THIS ABSTRACT ARTWORK, HANS HAVE
LIGHT OF HOPE. AND COLOR WHITE IN SPACE OF SHOWN LAYERS IN COLOURFUL STRIPS. TEXTURE
EXCESSIVE DARK BLUE AND BLACK REPRESENTS IS NOT SMOOTH BUT INTERESTING.
HOPE IN SPACE OF EVIL POWER.
HANS HARTUNG WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS GESTURAL ABSTRACT STYLE OF ART.
THIS KIND OF PAINTING IS NOT WHAT IT GETS PAINTED BUT HOW IT GETS
PAINTED. RATHER THAN APPLYING PAINTS TO A SURFACE IN A PARTICULAR WAY,
HANS HARTUNG APPLIED PAINT PHYSICALLY BY DRIPPING, POURING, WIPING
OR WHATEVER. . THE TYPE OF PAINT DOES NOT MATTER, NOR DOES IT MATTER
WHAT ELSE BESIDED PAINT ENDS UP ON THE SURFACE. WHAT MATTERS ARE
PHYSICALITY, HONESTY, INTUITION AND DEEP PERSONAL EXPRESSION. IN HIS
ARTWORKS, THE FINAL WORK IS NOT THE PRINCIPAL FOCUS. THE FOCUS IS ON
THE PROCESS OF FORMATION OF ART: THE GATHERING, ASSOCIATING,
PATTERNING AND ACTIONS. HIS ARTWORK IS ABOUT SEEING THE ART AS PURE
HUMAN EXPRESSION.
FOR ANALYSING ANY ABSTRACT ARTWORK, ONE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH TWO AFTER COMING FROM SECOND WORLD
STEPS: FIRST SEE AND THEN THINK. FIRST ONE SHOULD ANALYSE COLOR TYPE WAR FIGHT WHERE HE LOST ONE OF HIS
AND THE TEXTURE, THEN TRY TO IDENTIFY IT AND SEE IF THAT REMINDS HIM OF LEGS, HE STARTED MORE EXPERIMENTING
ANYTHING OR ANY PARTICULAR MOOD WHICH HE OBSERVE IN THAT PIECE OF WITH SPRAY AND OTHER METHODS IN
ART. WHICH DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE
GESTURAL ABSTRACT ART CONSISTS OF SOME ELEMENTS: COLOR, LINES, PAINTING WAS NOT REQUIRED.
COMPOSITION, QUALITIES OF SURFACE, GESTURE. GESTURE IS MOST
DOMINATING ELEMENT. HOW IS ARTISTS BODY CONNECTED TO THE MEDIUM,
CAUSING IT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE IN A UNIQUE WAY? THATS
THE ESSANCE OF GESTURE.