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Planes in Motion
A brief
glance at Nino Karumidze's works, be it her easel canvas or acrylic-gouache
paintings, is enough to observe the artist's mastery, not just to set in motion
the images, but the entire picture plane. Here human figures and their
surrounding environment are united in a single whole, by a dynamic, all
embracing movement of an energetic brushstroke. Being stretched along the
horizontal format, or having the vertical arrangement, the compositional alignment
of Nino's works, never reproduces clear outlines of bodies or geometrical
forms. In contrast, the shapes are always curved and dissolved, whilst the
multiplication of several elements, generates the dynamic rhythm of movement.
By interweaving figures, objects and the natural environs, the vibrant brush
stroke forms different shapes on the picture plane, as though it reflects the
vibration of the invisible, intangible: sounds, music, scents... The theme of
music is frequently highlighted in her works: the soft sound of piano or
violin, or the drumming of a full-sized orchestra, revealed through the
incessant movement of dissolved, half-transparent shapes, saturates the space
in her pictures dedicated to music.
By means of
colors, ranging from soft combination to intensive, often contrasting palette,
the artist expresses different moods. "My pictures imply the quest for the
expression of harmony of human beings with nature, the unity of inner and outer
worlds"- states the artist and indeed, the animated atmosphere in Nino's
works recreated through the vibrant movement of the tangible: bodies and
objects, plants and animals and the intangible: sounds and sensations, make
this profound unity accessible to the beholder.
Ani Shanshiashvili