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Barbara izvairās, izsargājas no gleznieciskās faktūras, dodot priekšroku tekstūrai, krāsā viņa akcentē gaismas sākotni, saglabājot pigmenta pašvērtību, paturot tā « skanējumu », nevis materialitāti. Barbaras darbu materialitāte ir pārradīta, citāda – tā ir dzīvas būtnes materialitāte… Un, tajā pat laikā, jautājums par materialitāti atkāpjas otrajā plānā : daudz būtiskāka ir dzīve tam, ko māksliniece radījusi un ko grūti nosaukt par gleznu tradicionālā izpratnē.
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Barbara avoids a painterly approach, favouring texture instead; while emphasising the origin of colour in light and retaining the self-sufficient value of pigment, she preserves its “sound” but not its materiality. The materiality of Barbara’s works is recreated; it is different - like the materiality of a living organism… At the same time, the question of materiality recedes into the background; much more important is the life of that which Barbara has created and which would be difficult to call a painting in the traditional sense. It is life and interaction with us as spectators. The suggestive character of the works is so strong that they put us in a state of sustained contemplation and meditation. Barbara’s works appear to stand openly before the viewer yet at the same time they are closed in their autonomous existence. There is no open expression or narrative. It seems that we are contemplating some kind of living organisms, bodies with healed scars and opalescent skin… It is no longer either salient painting or still life but salient life – life created by the artist.
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