The Gestural Art of Painting

Abstract painting as an urban cosmic plan

Archaically-appearing signs. Engravings carved into a colour space. Scribbles of a different intermediate world.

Interspaces and intermediate tones covering and overlapping one another.

A system of coordinates. Perhaps a glance from the cockpit of a spacecraft. The eye drifts through the world of colour: sometimes unruffled, at other times paste-like.

Signs and engravings. Simple gestures, graphemes from a foreign culture of a different age.

Patterns. Coordinate systems. Immerging into the subject matter. In the centre a space, a gap that is opening up.

Fictional pictorial spaces with layers of figurative and abstract signs, emerging from the diffuse. Overlapping of the human continuum of experience.

 

The gestural art of painting by Gregor A.Woldański is an expression of this continuum of experience. It evokes manifold associations from the depths of oneself. The wildness of space, gesturally covered by the signs of civilisation.

 

Dr. Markus Linda

 

A Painting that Stimulates my Imagination: Exploring the Universe

Acrylic on paper

Movement in the universe – how would it be, if I moved there? In the represented universe there seem to be predetermined lines of movement; like on a map I see paths, stations and junctions. Due to such a plan, conscious movement is possible. My curiosity is aroused: It is exciting to have such a variety of options for movement! Will I encounter aliens?

I sense the power of the elements. Perceptible turmoil and uncertainty cannot undermine my interest in exploring. If the picture shows just an excerpt of the paths in the universe – in which way would these paths continue beyond the picture? Lines are leading towards the edge of the picture – where to? I do not want to go into this uncertainty. Are there any dead ends or false trails? I see light and shadow, colours dark and bright. It excites me to pass through the yellow zone; to me the green-yellow sector seems to be a silent zone.

In the centre there is a cross, from which light is shining that eliminates all limitations. Are there any further centres which I do not or cannot see? Are they part of an unimaginable infinity? Would it be possible to return to planet earth from there?

Elke Kaika