Matug in Golbaroma estudio Brusels 2007
Hallo
Matug!
I have
heard, that you plan an exhibition in the near future.
Will you
display new works with the topic of boats and refugees?
Actually it
is very interesting for me, that you have chosen this topic for you.
I remember
well the time when we worked together in the Art Group "INSIDE".
You have
impressed me at this time already with your strong colours and your own unique
painting
technique, which you started with your teacher in the academy in Tripolis and
which youhave further developed. The glossy and shiny expressions have found
strong lines and engravements.
All
emotions in your paintings are clear and strong - but when I think - some
meancholy has been always inside you and your works. Clear and understandable
that with the dead of your father last year and some instable situations in
your homeland probably some imprints of transfer and sorrow will be visible in
your works, stronger or more wanted than in the earlier periods of your artist
work.
I remember
that you have mentioned that dead would come up as a topic to be worked out in
your oevre in the future.
Actually
dead and future sound contradictionally.
Painting by Martin Hochtl And Matug Aborawi
180cmx280cm 2000
So in a
historic view and in a philosophic way and - in a very realistic way: our life
is a transfer from something we just grasped to something we do not know but
try to influence with our forces to the better - to the better, what we dream
of.
Just in the
moment of dreaming we are moving and we use any means to support our successful
journey.
Abstract.Acrilyec on canvas.1mx1m.2000,Tripoli
I remember
the beautiful farm of your family where you grew up, the seaside close to Khoms
- this historic place and the horses and dogs. Nature and purity filled your
soul when you lived free in the countryside - a smart boy under olives.
With your
engagement in Tripolis you made your first transfers to the artists and to your
customers, which actually were part of the
international
community at this time.
And now -
for how long - you are in Granada?
Matug In Viena 2005
You work
and exhibit there - you have done your academic degrees - ...
So, for
some a boat is the means to transfer themselves in a new world, for you it has
been always your art which is your tool of
transporting
yourself through the space and time and makes you not to flee but to connect
people and continents with understanding by the spirit of your work.
Dear Matug,
I wish you the best for your new creations and I am confident, that the
paintings will be a remarkable next step in your
developments.
Best regards and hug
Martin Hochtl
your friend
from Austria, Vienna 2013
