Sunday, 20 February 2011
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Art that makes things visible - Paul Klee
Paul Klee is my favourite painter. The colours of his paintings take me to the world of dreams, so each time I see one of his paintings I perform a reality test just in case:) His compositions are very thoroughly planned and worked out yet they transfer a deep feeling of freedom that I seldom find in any other form of fine art.
Look at "Fire in the Evening". How can an orange square surrounded by coloured lines make me feel so high?
Klee was also greatly inspired by his travel to Tunisia, where he experienced a special quality of light that he really liked. The picture "Southern (Tunisian) Garden" is from that period.
And this is where lucid dreaming hits in. When I look at "Fish Magic" I feel as if I was floating in a dream. Girl, fish, flowers, clock and all the others woven into some surreal but very lucid and vivid fabric.
All the pictures are from here and here. Next time, I will post about Paul Klee's quotations that I like almost as much as his paintings. In the meantime you can watch this youtube video with the artist's most famous pictures. The images are quite good quality so I suggest going full-screen on this one.
Look at "Fire in the Evening". How can an orange square surrounded by coloured lines make me feel so high?
Klee was also greatly inspired by his travel to Tunisia, where he experienced a special quality of light that he really liked. The picture "Southern (Tunisian) Garden" is from that period.
And this is where lucid dreaming hits in. When I look at "Fish Magic" I feel as if I was floating in a dream. Girl, fish, flowers, clock and all the others woven into some surreal but very lucid and vivid fabric.
All the pictures are from here and here. Next time, I will post about Paul Klee's quotations that I like almost as much as his paintings. In the meantime you can watch this youtube video with the artist's most famous pictures. The images are quite good quality so I suggest going full-screen on this one.
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