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I have two painting of Ruźa Spak in two different houses: they are triptychs, three sequences of
Gratwanderung: Straddling the Edge A wonderful German word describing the precarious path straddling an edge that precisely corresponds to the painting of Ruza Spak. Positioned on both sides of the gap between abstract and figurative art, Spak’s painting becomes abstract when it is figurative, while at the same time deriving its figurative meaning from abstraction. Yet the painter does not vacillate between these two worlds of painting, she cuts through them, balancing on the razor edge of the tightrope that separates them. Originally known as filmmaker, Ruza Spak has traversed this path since the 90’s, discovering her own very personal artistic language along the way. During these years she departed from figurative painting by attempting to connect space and motion with her broad brushstroke and special depth effects. Yet in so doing, she in no way distances herself from figurative language, but rather creates a synthesis between abstract gesture and concrete objects, a symbiosis dominated by floating colors. Enchanted we participate in a chromatic reversal of the „temperature of color“. On Spak’s over-dimensioned canvases, the blue surfaces are fired by the light of the sparkling sea; the reds are diffused across the plane with the harshness of an oceanic gap that fills itself with the mystery of creation and transience. Claudio Strinati
German Press
Italian Press
Ho due opere di Ruźa Spak, in due case diverse: sono dei trittici, tre sequenze di immagini che
Renzo Piano
GRATWANDERUNG
6 aprile 2006
7 aprile 2006
18 aprile 2006
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