Culture
Grab a taste of Zurich Art Fest
International Zurich Art Festival is back again with an incredibly colorful range of exhibits, for all tastes and expectations. Creative talent at its best, paintings, sculptures, an exquisite interplay between different media, a symphony of colors and shades, forms and means of expression seduce the viewers. Take a stroll between the open walls of art and let yourself be transported in a world of no limits or boundaries.
Painter by Elena Lagun
Hidden somewhere in a corner, among huge and impressive paintings I stumble into an island of innocence, as if forged by the hands of a child and yet very firm brushstrokes, strong colors and shades reflect a fully mature style. The colors rather dark and yet vibrant, maybe because of that tiny blue, enough to take me to Chagall. I turn around, looking for the artist and then she comes. With her shiny white hair and blue eyes Janka, the Polish artist resembles a little girl. Her words exude energy, tremendous joy and passion. I enjoy every minute listening to her. This woman is full of life while being a unique reflection of authenticity.
Je réve ancore , Chat D’Alice, Réve bleu but other works as well here:
A fragment of African heritage is brought into the spotlight through artists like J Suyi, Muktair Oladoja and the sculptor Euwitt Nyanhongo. Using spring stone, Nyanga serpentine and partly Leopard rock and Lapidolite as well, Euwitt Nyanhongo’s works incorporate the indestructible bond between human and nature. The artist resorts to the mythological world of spirits and ancient beliefs of the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe. In Muktair Oladoja’s, Nigerian artist the mask, one of the most essential symbols of the traditional culture, becomes a central motif in his detailed monochromatic drawings. A multilayered mixed medium and dynamic colors are interweaving in the British Nigerian artist’s, J Suyi’s work. The young female artist is concerned with deep philosophical issues, the metamorphoses of life, as well as social issues, related to gender, the position of women is society and social expectations.
Artwork / Photo credit:
J Suyi: Autumn Akoko – Embracing change, Mixed Media on Canvas, 2019
Courtesy of JonaQuestArt, London UK
I strongly recommend you take your children along in this wonderful journey among artworks from every corner of the world. Not only they can inherently develop their affinities towards artistic mediums but while doing so, kids are very keen at identifying details that we adults easily overlook. My eight-year- old son drew my attention on the calligraphy hidden behind the works of Chris van Weidmann. Her world resembles a collection of postcards in which the motifs are constructed by means of tiny calligraphy. Feather, owl, insect, huge fingerprint, all filled with teeny-weeny words. Chris van Weidmann seems to be some sort of descendant of the pointillists, but instead of recreating the universe out of tiny points, she resorts to calligraphy. A pair of magnifying glasses are put at the disposal of the visitors, for those who are eager to take a closer look under the ‘surface’, Willkommen – Chris van Weidmann
Chris van Weidamm at Art International Zurich
