André Butzer

at Galerie Guido W. Baudach

Ohne Titel, 2011

The person(the big brown stain in the center) is constantly changing. It was occupying the whole canvass before. Now, because of the changes in the surrounding environment it receded to the current position. We can see forces, events and circumstances that influence the person (the painting elements around the brown figure).  Main principles are being developed (blue, yellow, red loops on the brown spot). They create a moral skeleton of the person.

Hélio Oiticica

at Lelong Gallery (Frieze Art Fair New York 2012)

Untitled, 1956

The night is very romantic time. It is as well a very philosophical time when you are alone. It gives you a boost like a hit of a cue stick into the snooker ball. You start moving toward another person. Before that this person was living in a parallel universe. You didn't notice her existence. She is the absolute opposite of what you are. Nevertheless you are so attracted to her, only a collision can stop you.

Joaquin Torres García

at Galeria Sur(TEFAF Maastricht 2012)

Estructura Universal con tres arcos, 1945

 The person is divided into two parts: basic instincts - animal(the left small arc) and spirit - soul(the right small arc). The human basic instincts part is the same as in any other animals - they want to eat, to breed and to be safe. The spirit part is what makes us different from the animal world. This is logic and abstract thinking.It let us observe and conclude.A mix of these two building blocks gives us the universe of personalities, characters, feelings and behaviors. This is the third big arc. That arc lets people do almost anything they can think of.

Geer van Velde

at Frans Jacobs Fine Art (TEFAF Maastricht 2012)

Composition, 1962

Things that happen to us in life are shaping our personality. Every event breaks apart a layer of inside (a black triangle in the bottom left center, black figure in the top center and a big gray arrow with navy end in the upper right corner). The broken pieces are trying to get back together like a planet that builds itself from the star leftovers. The pieces are not fit well as they were before.So our personality is a mosaic of our character and events.

Joseph Stella

Joseph Stella at Galerie 1900-2000 (Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Untitled

This is Changes. Look at it as a whirlpool, starting from the lower black spot, moving then to the upper black stain and continue to the center black stain.The black stains are a person and how this person changes over time. The time and history are shown as yellow and orange figures on the borders. The lower black stain is when a person is young and full of energy. He has a long flag pole full of flags (principles and ideas). As the time progresses, so the person is getting older and loses the energy, principles and ideas.

Victor Magariños D.

Victor Magariños D. at Galeria Sur (Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Estructura espacial II

The figure in the upper right is a person. He thinks that he is unique. He is self-cultivated, sophisticated. He is almost a perfect circle. But in reality he is a part of much much bigger construct, History. This construct looks like a circle, but it is not. It is a spiral. And the person is on the top of that spiral, building the next coil of History. And if you look closer at the person, you will see that he is not that unique. A lot of things that define him, he received from the lower levels of the spiral (red, grey, yellow).

Weekend Edition 7

Georgia O’Keeffe

Grey Line With Black Blue And Yellow

Grey Line is a normal, ordinary person. She is so bleak and uninterested that you don't see her at all, except for the pink makeup (at the corners). But if you push deeper, you will discover a world. the more you explore the more you are amazed by vibrant colors, wild jungle of personality layers. you will find Black as the most compelling color. Black is the Unknown. It attracts, it pulls you in. The Unknown motivates you to explore. Love is exploration of the Unknown.

František Kupka

František Kupka at Galerie Thomas Modern(Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Cercles

All of those circles is a person. Each circle is a role that a person plays in his life. Or you can call it a layer of skin or a mask he wears. Those layers are built to protect some vulnerabilities, to cover some imperfections. Some are created after some significant events in the person's life. The events can be good and can be bad. That's why the circles have different colors. To get to the inner layers, you need to have similar experiences, to share the same kind of events in your life(figures on middle left). Besides those you need to know when and how to approach, so the opening and the key would be aligned.

Christoph Kiefhaber

Christoph Kiefhaber at Landau Fine Art, Inc.(Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Reminiscence

 People are actors.They play certain roles as they are progress in their lives. People play some roles because this is expected from them by their environment. Some roles they choose because the roles make their lives easier. Having so many roles and layers it is difficult to see the real person, the inner self. Even for themselves.

Trisha Brown

Trisha Brown at Sikkema Jenkins Co

Untitled

This is maturity of the personality. The abstract representation of a person is a circle, or a planet if you wish. Here we see that the circle is not closed yet. It moves, it changes its form and position. Some things outside the circle can be very attractive, thus the circle is not centered and moving. The personality (the circle) grows and matures as the person works (most of the time unconsciously) on his world view and life concepts.