Michaela Akers The daughter of a painter, I lived in Paris for some years. I met Picasso during that time, but rather than developing a desire to paint abstractly, I trained myself to paint to a high degree of realism. To the inner most part of me, art is a language, and as the "Divine Child" artist paints, harmonies are born and the language becomes a Song of Love and Light. |
Irma Michaela Szalkay
"...This elegant art exceeds simple aesthetics ... it reflects a unique philosophy of shape..."
ihs9art's philosophy
Über meine Kunst
It's not Picasso, it's not Cubism, it's - Reflexionism
Exploring an
artwork’s background in terms of its physical (material, shape, color), mental
(knowledge, information) and emotional dimension (musical accompaniment),
and reflecting those meanings together and in depth – that’s what Reflexionism
is all about. The artist starts with a theme, collects pertinent material,
makes a mental concept, and this triggeres the creative process of visualization.
In other words, the essence is to imagine a specific theme’s philosophy of shape.
By this means, the human observer should be stimulated to communicate with
the artwork in a way that allows him or her to find deeper aspects of his
or her dreams, perceptions, and personality.
To the artist, creating e.g. the ‚Grand Cycles’ meant something like writing a thesis: To express philosophical entities in
terms of color and shape. A lengthy virtual creative process precedes the
actual realization of the picture. This is complemented by a special blend
of background music, which assists the artist’s mental process of visualization
and, most importantly, the creative act itself.
Enjoy the results of this process.
About the artist: Irma received her Ph.D. 1993 from the University of Graz, Austria. Painting
has been a lifelong pursuit of hers. While studying in Graz and in Vienna,
she started activities as an artist with charcoal, verre eglomise technique,
collages, installations and acrylics with mixed media in her leasure
time. She visited museums and galleries all over the world, reviewing and
studying all types of art.
Kunst, besonders
bildnerisches Gestalten, hatte schon früh eine magische Anziehungskraft
auf die Künstlerin. Galerien und Museen waren für sie schon sehr
früh ein Ort des Studiums. Während ihrer Studienzeit begann sie
mit Kohle, Emailarbeiten, Hinterglasmalerei, Collagen und Installationen
zu experimentieren und entwickelte eine eigene Acryl-Mischtechnik auf Leinwand.
Sie besuchte zu Studienzwecken Museen und Galerien überall in der Welt.
Philosophische Themen setzt die Künstlerin bildnerisch um. Im Malprozess
werden vorher definierte Materialien und Farben belebt und, von einem imaginären
Bild geleitet, umgesetzt. Dabei entstand ein eigener, unverwechselbarer Stil,
den die Künstlerin Reflexionismus nennt und der darauf abzielt, zwischen
Kunstwerk und Betrachter einen Prozess der inneren Kommunikation auszulösen.
Malen als
Geste der Sehnsucht - Versuch bewusster Sinnstiftung - Schönheit des
Augenblicks - Zauber des Optischen - Dialektik Sinn - Sinnlosigkeit
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