Transpressionism
Transpressionism is an artistic movement that was introduced by Guity Novin in Ottawa, in the late 20th century.
Around World War II, many artists had accepted the main argument of Post-Modernism philosophy which claimed that "art is dead" and that "the end of the painting" had arrived. Based on this philosophy postmodern art did not always try to be beautiful, or very well made.
Guity Novin disagreed with this nihilism. She called these statements a death-trap, because according to her "art is a creative act". Transpressionism was created to show that art is a creative act that celebrates a continued process of renewal and rebirth.
Tanspressionnism is searching for a sense of beauty in reality. The Transpressionist artist redefines this reality with the help of mystical insights. Such insights are presented to the viewers by the help of art. The masterpieces of Transpressionism are often based on poetic visions. These visions are presented as mysterious and wonderful forms. The paintings often use narrative scenes, which are influenced by the expression of hope in mythological stories. The aim is to restore the human hope.
Origin
The first declaration of Transpressionnism appeared in 1994, in an Ottawa exhibition of Guity Novin, under the name of Clytie, a Greek nymph who loves the sun-god Apollo. She is transformed into sunflower, so that she can follow her love -- the sun -- across the sky. The art critic Paula Pieault-Stein, in 1997, was the first who has written about "Transpressionnism" in the introduction to the exhibition. According to her "Transpressionism is a movement that goes beyond the paradigms of the impressionism and the expressionism, and awakens us a shrewd insight about the inner world of representation."
Artists
Artists identifying with Transpressionism include:
- Fer Veriga (Brazil),
- Irina Kupyrova (Ukraine),
- Diana Zwibach (Yugoslavia),
- Terri Baugh-Norman (USA),
- Lorena Kloosterboer (Netherlands),
- Ellen Marlen Hamre (Norway), and
- Shano (USA).
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