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"The manifestation of t he world has always interested me as a person,
and as an artist. I’ve never wanted to offer anything as my personal
achievement. That seems to me to be a pointless exercise , as the
concept "personally mine" does n’t even exist, or if it does, only
as a display of ego and total self-deception. I prefer to think
that in my pictures appears not the personal me, but my interaction
with the world, a wide range of aspects of life.
Inconsistency is the universal quality of the universe.. In this
prism forms and non-forms, abstract and real , pain and joy, creation
and destruction, life and death are not contradictory ideas but
equal manifestations of the constantly –moving cycle of cause and
effect. Consequently I apply this or that artistic form of expression
as a means of conveying as well as possible the essence of the world
in which I live and breathe."
"Painting is not conceptual art. When someone looks
at one of my paintings and asks me "What did you want to say?" I
find myself in a difficult position. That is, I’ve already said
what I wanted to say through the medium of painting. With the help
of color, rhythm and so on…and to demand that I translate the language
of art into the language of words is impossible, to say the least.
I am an artist, not a writer , my materials are oil-paints, ink,
pencils and so on, and not words.
What else can I say? Ideas and concepts are far from being the primary
concerns of the artist. Enthusiasm for ideas (not to be confused
with artistic plans or intentions !) distracts the artist from the
wealth of interrelation with the material, which itself dictates
to him the right course and rewards with time and patience. Of course
it is worth pondering on how to make a work more expressive, but
a real artistic moment occurs when a pause arises in between thoughts.
I will take the liberty of reminding you that art, a picture, can
be understood by a man and influence him deeply, effortlessly transcending
the need for explanations with mere words.
If we talk of a game, then the game is devoid of any such concepts.
More precisely, if a concept is present then a game is impossible,
as it is an attempt to realize a previously thought-out plan, and
by enthusiasm, and by the deepening in the process of action precisely
when the action takes place. Thoughts are absent at the time of
a game. We are inside this process, directly touching the essence
of what has captured us. The player feels only the manner of play
and movement from one moment to another. For me, as an artist, this
experience is the main value, at one and the same time journey and
destination."
Temo Svirely
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