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My Painting

And what it means to me

Since I was a small child I was moved by a powerful desire to paint. And I asked myself: What is painting? What sense or meaning does it have?

Even today I ask myself the same question although I believe that I have found, or invented, an answer.

In my view tha answer goes back to the origins of mankind. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, some human beings , of which we know very little, left paintings in caves, walls and rocks. However little we know, it is logical to imagine that execution of these paintings entailed  a great effort, not only to those who executed them but to the whole tribe. Earth had to be collected and ground to a fine powder, mediums make, pigments mixed, not to mention the light and accesses to the dark caves. Obviously it was a social endeavour, and because it requires a great communal effort, hence it must have a powerful reason.

MAGIC

Just placing some lines or colours in a flat surface has  a magical effect, reaching far beyond any reasonable or rational explanation. A circle with two dots in the middle becomes a face….. pure magic.

Any explanation that experts in this field can provide is irrelevant as it can only be speculation. The truth is that images created hundred of thousands of years ago are not outside the reach or understanding or appreciation of any human being today. And if that is not magic, what is it?

Children draw, all civilizations, past and present, have used the representation of flat images to comunicate. From those early days, anything that followed are variations on the same theme. Humans changed the support of their paintings; instead of cave walls,temples, palaces, homes. Techniques changed, oils, temperas, watercolours, etc. But deep inside the act is the same: to cover surfaces with marks and colors. And the magic continues.

Desde niño, impulsado por una necesidad interna e irracional de pintar, me preguntaba :¿Que es la pintura? ¿que significado o sentido tiene?

Aun hoy me lo pregunto si bien creo que hace tiempo que encontre, o me invente, una respuesta.

Para mi la respuesta esta en el origen de la Humanidad.Hace cientos de miles de años, unos seres humanos de los que sabemos muy poco, dejaron en rocas, paredes y cuevas unas pinturas.A poco que sepamos es logico suponer que la realizacion de estas pinturas conllevaba un gran esfuerzo, no solo para el o los que las realizaban sino para toda la tribu. Habia que coger las tierras y machacarlas para hacer los pigmentos; mezclarlas con lo que fuera que usaran como medio, instrumentos para aplicarlas a la pared, sin mencionar la luz etc necesaria para pintar en unas cuevas oscuras.Evidentemente era un esfuerzo social y comunitario, y dado que requeria un gran esfuerzo y tiempo y dedicacion, a la fuerza tenia que tener una poderosa razon.

MAGIA.

El hecho de trazar unas lineas o poner unos colores en una superficie plana tiene un efecto magico, mas alla de una explicacion racional.Un circulo con dos puntos en el medio de convierte en un rostro……pura magia.

Cualquier explicacion que los estudiosos de estos temas puedan dar a este fenomeno es irrelevante,ya que todo es especulacion. Lo cierto es que las imagenes creadas hace cien mil años no estan fuera de lugar ni fuera de la apreciacion o entendimiento de un ser humano de hoy. Y si eso no es magia, que es.

Los niños dibujan, todas las culturas existentes, presentes o pasadas utilizan la representacion plana, dibujo,pintura.

A partir de los origines del hombre y de las cavernas todo lo que sigue son variaciones sobre el  mismo tema.El hombre cambio el soporte ( en vez de cavernas,paso a templos,palacios o casas) cambio la tecnologia (temperas,oleo, encausticas…)pero en el fondo, siguio embadurnando superficies con marcas y colores, y este acto contaba con el beneplacito y apoyo del resto de la sociedad.La magia continua.

Robin Trigás

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