U-Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: indlela impilo yakhe nohambo lwakhe olwakha ngayo umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko

U-Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), umdwebi waseScotland, omunye wabaculi abakhulu be "St Ives School", isibalo esibalulekile kwezobuciko besimanje baseBrithani.Sifunde ngomsebenzi wakhe, futhi isisekelo sakhe sigcina amabhokisi ezinto zakhe zesitudiyo.

UBarns-Graham wayazi kusukela esemncane ukuthi ufuna ukuba ngumculi.Ukuqeqeshwa kwakhe okusemthethweni kwaqala e-Edinburgh School of Art ngo-1931, kodwa ngo-1940 wajoyina amanye ama-avant-gardes aseBrithani e-Cornwall ngenxa yesimo sempi, impilo yakhe embi kanye nesifiso sokuziqhelelanisa noyise ongumculi ongameseki.

E-St Ives, wathola abantu abanomqondo ofanayo, futhi yilapho azitholela khona njengeciko.Bobabili uBen Nicholson kanye noNaum Gabo baba abantu ababalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kobuciko bakhe, futhi ngezingxoxo zabo nokuncomana, wabeka isisekelo sokuhlola kwakhe impilo yonke yobuciko obungabonakali.

Uhambo oluya eSwitzerland lwanikeza umfutho odingekayo wokuzibamba futhi, ngamazwi akhe, waba nesibindi ngokwanele.Amafomu abstract kaBarns-Graham ahlala egxile emvelweni.Ubona ubuciko obungabonakali njengohambo oluya engqikithini, inqubo yokuzwa iqiniso lomqondo wokudedela "izigameko ezichazayo", kunokudalula amaphethini emvelo.Kuye, ukukhishwa kufanele kusekelwe ngokuqinile ekuboneni.Ngokuhamba komsebenzi wakhe, ukugxila komsebenzi wakhe ongabonakali kushintshile, kuyancipha ukuxhunyaniswa nedwala nezinhlobo zemvelo futhi kakhulu ngomcabango nomoya, kodwa akukaze kunqanyulwe ngokuphelele emvelweni.

U-Barns-Graham naye walihamba lonke izwekazi izikhathi eziningi empilweni yakhe, futhi i-geography kanye nezimo zemvelo ahlangabezana nazo e-Switzerland, e-Lanzarote nase-Tuscany kwabuya kaningi emsebenzini wakhe.

Kusukela ngo-1960, u-Wilhelmina Barns-Graham uye waphila phakathi kwe-St Andrews ne-St Ives, kodwa umsebenzi wakhe uhlanganisa ngempela imibono eyinhloko ka-St Ives, ukwabelana ngezimiso zesimanjemanje kanye nemvelo engabonakali, ebamba amandla angaphakathi.Nokho, ukuthandwa kwakhe eqenjini kuphansi kakhulu.Isimo sokuncintisana nokulwela inzuzo kwenza ulwazi lwakhe nabanye abaculi lwaba muncu.

Phakathi namashumi eminyaka okugcina empilo yakhe, umsebenzi kaBarnes-Graham waba nesibindi futhi waba nemibala eminingi.Idalwe ngomuzwa wokuphuthuma, izingcezu zigcwele injabulo kanye nokugubha impilo, futhi i-acrylic ephepheni ibonakala sengathi iyamkhulula.Ukushesha kwe-medium, izakhiwo zayo zokomisa ngokushesha zimvumela ukuthi ahlanganise imibala ngokushesha.

Iqoqo lakhe le-Scorpio libonisa impilo yonke yolwazi nolwazi olunemibala nemimo.Kuye, inselele esele ukukhomba ukuthi ucezu seluphelile nini nokuthi zonke izingxenye zihlangana nini ukuze "zicule".Kulolu chungechunge, ucashunwe ethi: “Kuyahlekisa ukuthi babe ngumphumela oqondile wokujezisa iphepha ngebhulashi eliphathwayo ngemva kokubhuntsha kwengxoxo nezintatheli, futhi kungazelelwe uBarnes-Graham wayesekulezo zimbotshana ezithukuthele.Ulayini ubonile amandla ezinto ezingavuthiwe. ”