Original artwork description:
Once, I was walking through Berlin with an artist friend who was beginning to achieve some success at that time. We were discussing the common misconceptions that often surround the figure of an artist and the questions directed at him when he mentioned that he worked as an artist professionally. One question frequently asked was, 'What do you do when you don't have inspiration?' He told me, 'People don't understand that it's not about inspiration, but about abnegation.'
That word - abnegation - stayed with me. I had heard many other artists talk about their work using words completely distant from that. They would rather use words like 'inspiration,' 'imagination,' 'vision,' 'intuition'... sometimes, rarely, 'discipline.' But never, and I mean never, had I heard the word 'abnegation'.
From that moment, my artistic journey began to revolve around the concept of 'abnegation'. Self-sacrifice as an act of personal renunciation and dedication, as absolute devotion. It meant adhering to a disciplined daily practice program. It meant drawing even unwillingly, even in a state of extreme fatigue, with a cold, with a headache...
This drawing comes from that practice.
When the headache seems unstoppable, don't stop, attack the paper!
The headache becomes an integral part of the creative process, transforming into a small piece of art.
I hope this drawing can convey a message of resilience and bring a smile to those who encounter it.
This drawing is part of a series I titled "Playful Fusions". They are drawings that blossom from a daily practice, including 25 minutes of drawing early in the morning before starting the day. They arise from instinctive gestures, not from defined projects. In these drawings, therefore, lines and strokes can be crooked.
Like others in the same series, this is a drawing made on smooth sketch paper, 120g, with rounded lower corners and finished with a quality passepartout. The drawing is sold already mounted in its passepartout.
Materials used:
Pigmented India Inks Pens and Pencils
Tags:
#contemporary art #small format #art therapy #naif art #color contrastsWTF, turn headaches into art (2023)
Ink drawing
by Alessia Sinopoli
£102.57
- Ink drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 18 x 29cm (unframed) / 13 x 21cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
Original artwork description
Once, I was walking through Berlin with an artist friend who was beginning to achieve some success at that time. We were discussing the common misconceptions that often surround the figure of an artist and the questions directed at him when he mentioned that he worked as an artist professionally. One question frequently asked was, 'What do you do when you don't have inspiration?' He told me, 'People don't understand that it's not about inspiration, but about abnegation.'
That word - abnegation - stayed with me. I had heard many other artists talk about their work using words completely distant from that. They would rather use words like 'inspiration,' 'imagination,' 'vision,' 'intuition'... sometimes, rarely, 'discipline.' But never, and I mean never, had I heard the word 'abnegation'.
From that moment, my artistic journey began to revolve around the concept of 'abnegation'. Self-sacrifice as an act of personal renunciation and dedication, as absolute devotion. It meant adhering to a disciplined daily practice program. It meant drawing even unwillingly, even in a state of extreme fatigue, with a cold, with a headache...
This drawing comes from that practice.
When the headache seems unstoppable, don't stop, attack the paper!
The headache becomes an integral part of the creative process, transforming into a small piece of art.
I hope this drawing can convey a message of resilience and bring a smile to those who encounter it.
This drawing is part of a series I titled "Playful Fusions". They are drawings that blossom from a daily practice, including 25 minutes of drawing early in the morning before starting the day. They arise from instinctive gestures, not from defined projects. In these drawings, therefore, lines and strokes can be crooked.
Like others in the same series, this is a drawing made on smooth sketch paper, 120g, with rounded lower corners and finished with a quality passepartout. The drawing is sold already mounted in its passepartout.
Materials used:
Pigmented India Inks Pens and Pencils
Tags:
#contemporary art #small format #art therapy #naif art #color contrastsReturns and refunds
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This artwork is sold by Alessia Sinopoli from Germany
