Close to Earth Close to Heaven
1999-2000
Mixed media on canvas
Towards the end of the 2nd Millennium and the beginning of the new one, in
the middle of a post modern era, I felt, on one hand, concerned because of
the harmful and cumulative influences of social, political and environmental
contamination, and on the other hand I cherished the "being". The
"wholeness" of the world concentrated
creative energy which has led to a creative deed.
This creation was born out of observation at geological and archeological
resources in different places around the world, far into the distance of
ancient civilizations.
A special reference was devoted to the ritual ceremonies concerning life and
death.
The intensity of the experience has created a synthesis between “Heaven and
Earth”, which led to internal observation and to an outbreak of creation.
The visible result is spirituality within the material expressing, among
other things, an amorphous, cracked, primordial foundation, leading to
infinite circular movement of space, light and motion.
Varda Carmeli |
