Contemporary Abstract Art living to paint

Birth of a journey
Here it begins; we have just emerged from the invisible and ever evolving spiraling dimensions into here and now. They did their best to bring us here. They now fade away after their task is completed.
Silence... awareness... wonder... a new journey has begun for me. Fresh start... new hopes... My road is unknown ahead... Now it's my journey... Now it's my way.
-Dina Soker-

Contemporary Abstract Art living to paint

Colors bring back life into a grey world, they bring back happiness, the inside fire and passion to things.

Art brings back all that is in colors and even a billionfold more.

Art inspires you to think to expand your thoughts and understand what the artist meant by this brush stroke or by that dotted line.

The whole painting is for you to experience and learn from the artists' thoughts and sweat put into that specific painting.

The frustration the artist might have had while painting it, the happy moments when they saw the painting whole in their head or even better when they finished the painting.

The fact of the matter is the viewer can't really grasp the whole painting in one sitting or viewing, Just like a movie; when you find out new things about it after every time you watch it.

Every painting has its own story and its own personal meaning for each and every person that views it.

When an artist creates a painting (and I say create because they put some of themselves into that painting), they work with themselves and better themselves through art. It is their way of expressing their life, daily routine, hopes, visions, thoughts, wants, and also their passions and dislikes.

A painting can show anything and express everything,you just need to be open to receive it.

-Lidor Soikher-

The Junction - Dina Soker 2008
Where do I go from here?... What do I want?... So many voices in my head...
What should I choose?... Will I succeed?... Am I choosing the right thing?...
Whom should I listen to?... them?... or me?... them?... me... Always me...

Dance of the soul - Dina Soker 2009

Gold & black

Modern Art Vs Contemporary Art

Modern Art Vs Contemporary Art
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The success of a piece of art depends on how deftly it connects with the audience. If an artwork successfully communicates its message, it is considered to be a masterpiece. Some of the most artistic works of art began flowering in the 19th century till 1970. The flowering of modern art thus began in this era consequently leading the artists to move away from the traditional practices and emphasize more on portrayal of emotion on canvas. Post 1970, modern art preferred being called contemporary art. This includes anything that has been created after 1970 till the present age.

Modern art is not synonymous to contemporary art. The former encompasses only those works that have been created in the first half of the 20th century. Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism- they all form its part. Contemporary art, on the other hand, signifies those works done at the present time or in the very recent past. The best thing about today's art is that it is bound by no rigid tradition and has the liberty to experiment with various styles.

Ever since the two world wars took place, there has been a surge of art movements- Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Post-modernism, Minimalism, and Feminist Art. The number of movements has grown in numbers in recent times. It's now common to come across avant-garde movements surfacing with new names every year. The one movement that created quite an uproar in recent times was that of Abstract Expressionism. The followers of this movement believed that art was created just to convey their own feelings and had no relation with the external world.

However, there is a section of people who does not consider modern art as in the true sense of the term. Many people consider landscape and nature portrayals as the true art form. When modern and contemporary artists create something that challenges their imagination, they question the idea of their being an art.

As a matter of fact, abstract art needs proper understanding and intellect to decode its hidden meaning. Understanding the concept of the artist and appreciating the work on that basis lays the foundation for a successful [http://www.vietnamartist.com]modern art representation.

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Being a woman

Sensuous curves… Softness… Compassion… Life giving…

Mother… Wife… Invisible huge strength… Core of the family…

Clear sight… Wisdom… Loving… forgiving…

Strong will… Sixth sense…

Being a woman… All in one.

Being a Woman

In my paintings I focus on human relations. In the great power that we human beings posses as a group, and also how weak and helpless we are by ourselves as individuals.

Human beings were meant to live together in groups, and the groups were meant to live and work together which turns them into a nation, and then to the whole world.In the basic level, human beings are supposed to be here and now for other human beings, to support, to help them grow, and plant the seed sand harvest together.

I don’t know why exactly, but with the development of technology humans beings got farther apart from each other. The only really close connection was inside the “family cell” between the mother, father, and children. For a certain time it worked and the family cell was sacred but after a while it was sacred no more.

Also it did not hold the same meaning it use too.

Within a family cell, each human being is occupied with his/her own world. There is almost no togetherness.There are other things that distract human beings attention from other human beings, and the time spent with new toys or technology grows while the togetherness and closeness between people crumbles and becomes extinct.

When I painted this painting “Being a Woman” the strongest feeling I experienced was the way a women was treated through thousands of years. The inferiority, always in second or third place, possessed and controlled by others.

Yes, the feminism era arrived but what’s in it? The known language for war, the struggle to win; against whom? Against what?

A human being, a woman in this case has to fight for her own existence; her own reality, and her ability to make a difference.

There is no doubt that society forgot what the creator meant when he created the woman.

Help at his side, not under him.

There is no doubt that we forgot how beautiful and delicate a women is. What beautiful lines, how soft, vulnerable and still one of strongest creatures to be created. She has the power to create life, carry them inside her and bring them into this world.

She has endless love, a strong will,and power to protect her children and family. Endowed with a sixth sense; always knowing things that are not necessarily visible. She has the strength to change the course and create a new reality.