UWilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), umdwebi waseScotland, omnye wabaculi abaphambili be "St Ives School", umntu obalulekileyo kwi-British art namhlanje.Sifunde ngomsebenzi wakhe, kwaye isiseko sakhe sigcina iibhokisi zezixhobo zakhe zesitudiyo.
UBarns-Graham wayesazi kwasebuntwaneni ukuba ufuna ukuba ligcisa.Uqeqesho lwakhe olusesikweni lwaqala e-Edinburgh School of Art ngo-1931, kodwa ngo-1940 wajoyina ezinye ii-avant-gardes zaseBritane eCornwall ngenxa yemeko yemfazwe, impilo yakhe enkenenkene kunye nomnqweno wokuzikhwebula kuyise ongamxhasiyo.
E-St Ives, wafumana abantu abanengqondo efanayo, kwaye kulapha apho wazifumanisa khona njengegcisa.Bobabini uBen Nicholson kunye noNaum Gabo baba ngabantu ababalulekileyo kuphuhliso lobugcisa bakhe, kwaye ngeengxoxo zabo kunye nokuncomana, wabeka isiseko sokuhlola ubomi bakhe bonke bobugcisa obungabonakaliyo.
Uhambo oluya eSwitzerland lwanika umdla ofunekayo wokuzithatha kwaye, ngamazwi akhe, waba nesibindi ngokwaneleyo.Iifom ze-Barns-Graham ezingabonakaliyo zihlala zimiliselwe kwindalo.Ubona ubugcisa obungabonakaliyo njengohambo oluya kwisiseko, inkqubo yokuziva inyaniso yengcamango yokuyeka "iziganeko ezichazayo", kunokuba uveze iipatheni zendalo.Kuye, ukuthabatha kufuneka kusekelwe ngokuqinileyo kwimbono.Ebudeni bomsebenzi wakhe, ugqaliselo lomsebenzi wakhe ongabonakaliyo luye lwatshintsha, luye lwaba luncinci ukunxulumana nelitye kunye neefom zendalo kwaye ngakumbi ngengcinga nomoya, kodwa awuzange uqhawulwe ngokupheleleyo kwindalo.
UBarns-Graham naye walityhutyha ilizwekazi izihlandlo ezininzi ebomini bakhe, kwaye ijografi kunye neemo zendalo awadibana nazo eSwitzerland, eLanzarote naseTuscany wabuyela kwakhona nakaninzi emsebenzini wakhe.
Ukusukela ngo-1960, uWilhelmina Barns-Graham ebehlala phakathi kwe-St Andrews ne-St Ives, kodwa umsebenzi wakhe ngokwenene uqulathe iingcamango ezingundoqo zika-St Ives, ukwabelana ngeenqobo ze-modernism kunye nendalo engabonakaliyo, ukubamba amandla angaphakathi.Nangona kunjalo, ukuthandwa kwakhe kwiqela kuphantsi kakhulu.Umoya wokhuphiswano kunye nokulwela inzuzo kwenza ukuba amava akhe namanye amagcisa abe krakra.
Kumashumi eminyaka okugqibela obomi bakhe, umsebenzi kaBarnes-Graham uye waba nesibindi kwaye waba nemibala engakumbi.Idalwe ngovakalelo olukhawulezileyo, iziqwenga zizele luvuyo kunye nokubhiyozelwa kobomi, kwaye i-acrylic ephepheni yayibonakala imkhulula.Ukukhawuleza okuphakathi, iimpawu zayo zokomisa ngokukhawuleza zivumela ukuba adibanise imibala ngokukhawuleza.
Ingqokelela yakhe yeScorpio ibonisa ubomi bolwazi kunye namava ngemibala kunye neemilo.Kuye, umceli mngeni oseleyo kukuchonga xa isiqwenga sigqityiwe kwaye xa zonke izinto zihlangana ukuze zenze "ukucula".Kolu ngcelele, ucatshulwe esithi: “Iyahlekisa indlela abathe baba ngumphumo othe ngqo wokohlwaya iphepha ngebrashi yokulibamba emva kodliwano-ndlebe olungaphumeleliyo kunye neentatheli, kwaye ngequbuliso uBarnes-Graham wayekwezo zityholo zinomsindo.Umgca waqonda ukubakho kwemathiriyeli ekrwada. ”
Ixesha lokuposa: Feb-11-2022