SILVANA ABRAM JOURNEY INTO THE SUBLIME
Virtual Solo Exhibition
Friday 4th March - Sunday, 3rd April 2022
Images from the Exhibition
Friday 4th March - Sunday, 3rd April 2022
About JOURNEY INTO THE SUBLIME
Journey to the Sublime celebrates the process and many experiential germinations during the course of introspecting, analysing and creating. While the face of each germination may be different, the underpinning intention armed with motivation and persistence is common. The exhibition maps two kinds of Silvana Abram’s journey: the passage towards the creative essence and the process of beginning from the blank canvas. Here, we trace physical or matter and the abstract or sublime derivatives, which denote not only the conceptual realm but also an identity to her daily meditative realisations.
“Would that you could live on the fragrance of the earth, and like an air plant be sustained by the light.”
― Khalil Gibran, The Prophet
Silvana Abram’s practice is spontaneous yet pragmatic. They are trials and products at the same time.
The binary does not confine to the given time or material, rather it dissolves within the flow, imbuing a transitory effect. The abstract motifs in watercolours and charcoal are neither static nor in the movement, they are themselves in their formal qualities.
So, is it our conditioned perception that identifies us with some confined space?
Or are we staring at the efforts of the journey to sublime?
Silvana's expertise in watercolours again discloses her method of timely control. While letting the hues flow over the canvas, she takes a complete charge in merging the next hue. What germinates may appear spontaneous but it is calculated and pragmatic! The interplay of contrast in Silvana’s rendition is motivating, and authoritative.
“Every time – in front a white canvas, I embark on a journey and cross layers of matter until I reach the creative essence. Following from the depth of your breath you compose forms and sounds – cast in the harmony of the universe.”
― Silvana Abram
Journey to the Sublime is an effort to momentarily realise our sensorial alteration in its truest form!
Silvana Abram
Claudia Elliott
Urvi Chheda-
More information about the artist, Silvana Abram
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Curated by Claudia Elliott
Founder of Smart Artist Hub.
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Exhibition text by Urvi Chheda
Urvi Chheda holds Masters in Visual Art in Art History and Aesthetics from MS University of Vadodara, India.
Graduated from Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai, she is presently researching on site-specific art, questioning the artistic autonomy. At the same time, she is interested in the meme-making process, which, she believes, is slowly becoming a significant part of formal representation.