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Non Objective Art: Catching up with the past

30/8/2020

This week I post to you a new work I am adding to a series I did in 2018.
This is done with pastel and charcoal on wood veneer (30 x 30 cm). I do these works at the kitchen table, when I have returned from my atelier.
This gives me a chance to browse through the many snap shots I have made and discover many interesting coincidences.
I was reminded of Nasreen Mohamedi, an Indian artist way ahead of her times and someone whose work I have not yet seen in person. I admire her grit very much. She stayed true to her calling.
Much light!

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Non Objective Art: Moving forward...

23/8/2020

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Looking at the work I have done over the past few months, I thought it is time for a retrospection and to ask myself the question: Where do I go from here?
I revisited the definition of Non Objective Art and this one appealed to me: "Non-objective art defines a type of abstract art that is usually, but not always, geometric and aims to convey a sense of simplicity and purity" (Tate).
Attempting to keep it simple would then be my key advice to myself. Hope I am able to do it!
Much light!
PS: This weeks presentation consists of details from the works (Acrylic lac on burlap) I have just completed. I hope to show them soon.

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Non objective Art: From my sketch book

16/8/2020

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This week I present to you another page from my sketch book.
Here I have tried to vary the size of the repeating triangles in order to break the symmetry, while attempting to keep the harmonious whole.
Much light!

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From Sketchbook to Canvas II

9/8/2020

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This will be my first post after my summer break. I had a wonderful time with family in the Black Forest area and in Holland.
Here is a preview of a small section of my canvas. The work is developed from my sketchbook.
In Berlin the lockdown has been eased, and I have been able to go to my atelier more often than before the summer break.
Here is a prayer for relief for many who are being forced to close down due to corona.
Much light!

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Aruna Samivelu

I am an artist. I live and work in Berlin.
I started to paint colour fields (very much inspired by Mark Rothko and other American Abstract Expressionists) and now have evolved into an admirer of the Bauhaus Movement. I am still a seeker: minimalist concrete art finds resonance in me, while the rich colours and traditional art forms of my home country that flow in me and breathe in me, also find expression in my work.
My work, I believe is a synthesis of all these influences and seeming contradictions. I am now knocking a dent into concrete art, non objectively so to speak! I work serially and can endlessly look for emerging patterns in my work.
This has been a wonderful journey, and as they say: the path is the destination.
In my blog posts, I am letting you have a peek over my shoulder, into my sketch books and small works, which will someday flow into my big canvases and other works; works that I will actually display or exhibit (or may be not).
My blog posts are more about my process and what motivates me to paint and create.