Varda Caivano: The Inner Me |
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Published: September 09 2009 |
Varda Caivano's paintings stretch one's imagination. They are highly seductive, yet deny any simplistic interpretation. Improvisation and orientation, abstract and figurative, and materiality and illusionism. These opposite elements exist next to each other in Caivano's paintings. Her paintings are deliberately unfinished, being bestowed unlimited possibilities. For Caivano, painting is "a way of questioning images, where visible objects with a secret depth appear to reveal a kind of irrational truth" (the artist comment). How she paints, which she describes as "a child" or "invent a recipe", the process of it, is the very core of her practice. Infinite textures, tones, and moods created in the process embrace the rich lyricism. Caivano, who studied art history, has stated "as a painter, each time you pick up a brush, you are convoking art history and painting" and "you are having conversations with other artists". She seems to acquire her inner voice and energy more strongly through these conversations. Her inquiry seems to be unending. That is very reason why her paintings interest us so powerfully, and they liberate the relationships the viewers make with them.
Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto is pleased to present Varda Caivano's first exhibition in Japan. For Caivano, the exhibition space is "the frame of the painting and it affects how it is perceived". Her relatively small sized paintings are exhibited based on how they are related, and how they have the conversations, arguments and resolutions. Approximately 13 paintings will be exhibited.
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Entering the exhibition room, I found the space was filled with an unusual atmosphere. This might be partly because the wall which had been repainted to light beige especially for displaying Caivano’s paintings gave me a different impression to my previous image of the room. All the paintings displayed in this exhibition are relatively small in size. Under the soft lighting, the works have been put in places which are considered to be suitable for them while leaving appropriate spaces among them. The exhibition space makes you recognize that your mind and body now exist within a world created by Varda Caivano. Thus, the exhibition room provides us with a venue for talking with the exhibits. The accumulation of time and thinking which constitute Caivano’s paintings and the flow of our individual time come to overlap one another, which leads us to experience a new world of imagination/creation. (Translated by Nozomi Nakayama)