Video: Painting by Rob Gonsalves: an attempt to believe the impossible
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In his paintings, Canadian artist Rob Gonsalves depicts that moment between sleep and wakefulness, creating a breathtaking, visual representation of the imagination, through which we dare to go beyond the usual life and look beyond our capabilities.
The artist's images invite the viewer to go through reality into a kind of unreal world, which can be the world of fantasy and imagination. The pillars of the bridge suddenly become acrobats balancing on each other's shoulders. A waterfall or a crowd of monks descends from the mountains. City skyscrapers turn out to be built from children's bricks, and the wonderful lake in front of the house is just skillfully laid tiles.
While Gonsalves' work is often described as surreal, this is not entirely true, as all of his images are carefully planned and are the result of deliberate action. His ideas are mostly inspired by the surrounding world and include recognizable human activities, in the image of which the artist resorts to impeccable techniques of illusion. Rob Gonsalves brings a sense of magic to realistic scenes. Therefore, the term "magical realism" fits his work much better than any other. His work is an attempt to represent the human desire to believe in the impossible.
Rob Gonsalves was born in Canada in 1959. He began to create his first works in the spirit of surrealism after getting acquainted with the work of Dali, and the artist turned to "magical realism" under the influence of paintings by René Magritte and Maurits Escher.
Rob Gonsalves's paintings, in addition to various exhibitions and galleries, can also be seen in his books (at the moment there are three of them - "Imagine a Night", "Imagine a Day", "Imagine a Place"). In the virtual space, you can get acquainted with the rest of the artist's works, for example, here.
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