has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
This work describes the true love of a person for their family. Life is all about love from beginning to the end and is something we need to address and appreciate.
Please vote for my "One Life" juried competition entry.
http://soniaadammurray.www.see.me/onelife2011
Thank You.
THE BIRTH OF LIGHT AND TRUTH
(DIE GEBURT VON LICHT UND WAHRHEIT)
from the series "Innocence"
120 x 100 x 2 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas
2016
Fail again - fail better
Fires still burning
Where we came from
Days still breaking
Where we were king
Ships still sailing
Where we found haven
Fail again - fail better
Lights still shining
Where truth leads home
"Ever try. Ever fail. No matter.
Try again. Fail again. Fail better."
Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989)
This painting is from my current series "Innocence" that deals with light. Brightness as a symbol that stands for the beginning, the morning, the pureness and birth, the ease and light-heartedness. In other words: innocence (before the day will corrupt it). For more information about that painting series please have a look at my website www.7and1lives.de and check the menu item "painting/series/series innocence".
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DIE GEBURT VON LICHT UND WAHRHEIT
(THE BIRTH OF LIGHT AND TRUTH)
aus der Werkreihe "Unschuld"
120 x 100 x 2 cm
Acryl und Öl auf Leinwand
2016
Wieder scheitern – besser scheitern
Die Feuer brennen noch
Dort, von wo wir kamen
Die Tage brechen noch an
Dort, wo wir Könige waren
Die Schiffe segeln noch hinaus
Dort, wo wir Zuflucht fanden
Wieder scheitern – besser scheitern
Die Lichter leuchten noch
Dort wo Wahrheit heimführt.
"Immer versucht. Immer gescheitert. Einerlei.
Wieder versuchen. Wieder scheitern. Besser scheitern."
Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989)
Das Gemälde entstammt meiner aktuellen Werkreihe "Unschuld", die sich mit dem Thema Licht auseinandersetzt. Helligkeit als Symbol des Anfangs, der Geburt, des Morgens, der Reinheit, Leichtigkeit und des Unbeschwerten, noch Unbefleckten. Eben die Unschuld (bevor der Tag sie korrumpiert). Für mehr Informationen über die Werkreihe verweise ich auf meine Website unter www.7and1lives.de und dort auf den Menüpunkt "Gemälde/Werkreihen/Werkreihe Unschuld".
THE GENTLE ABSTRACTION OF LIGHT
(DIE SANFTE ABSTRAKTION DES LICHTS)
Triology 2016
acrylic and oil on canvas
370 (w) x 120 (h) x 2 cm
The triology THE GENTLE ABSTRACTION OF LIGHT is consciously inspired by the famous Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944) and his works of the Classical Modernity (Expressionism). He had the theory of paintings as poems. Munch often combined different paintings as „Frieze“ (serial) to show the major life topics in different stages. I share Munch’s creative opinion for a part of my works, that paintings contain not only a creative message as single piece. You can look at them also in a major conceptional context, from aesthetic standpoints as well as with regard to contents.
My triology THE GENTLE ABSTRACTION OF LIGHT deals with the birth of light and its abstraction. We cannot live without light and warmth, light is our companion from the first until our last day. And we all walk under the same sun that already warmed the faces of Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln… -there is one philosophical question behind the sunny and colourful surface: Where did we come from, where will we go tomorrow? And maybe more important: between yesterday and tomorrow, between birth and death, where is our place, where is the shelter which gives us light, peace and confidence that we are leaving positive traces in space and time.
All three paintings are part of my current series INNOCENCE. The triology combines following three important works of the series and should „read“ from left to right:
RISE:
„THE BIRTH OF LIGHT AND TRUTH“
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2016, 120 (h) x 100 (w) x 2 cm
FORMING:
„THE POEM THAT TOOK THE PLACE OF A SUNRISE“
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2016, 120 (h) x 150 (w) x 2 cm
AFTERGLOW:
„WE WERE GIANTS IN THE MORNING LIGHT“
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2016, 120 (h) x 100 (w) x 2 cm
