Tezos

The Table of Temporary Transformations: Xanthopsia 71

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Description

Subrealist Reinterpretation Between Abstraction and Visual Alchemy: My work, "The Table of Temporary Transformations," revisits Van Gogh's The Potato Eaters by injecting a subrealist dimension and mixed media (acrylic, digital painting, stop-motion animation). This approach deconstructs Van Gogh's naturalistic figuration to extract a contemplative allegory about the invisible psychological mutations that occur during mundane social interactions. - Subrealism: My style fuses the real and the dreamlike, suggesting that human interactions, although seemingly trivial, act as mental micro-alchemies. - Mixed Media: The superposition of layers (physical and digital) symbolizes the stratification of perceptions and fleeting memories. Stop-motion animation evokes the fluidity of psychological time, where a simple sentence can trigger an inner metamorphosis. Philosophy of Transformation: The Table as an Existential Crucible: My work is part of a philosophical reflection on interaction as a catalyst for change: - Allegory of Transforming Furniture: Referring to intricate marquetry furniture (16th–19th centuries), the table becomes an alchemical object, where guests are constantly evolving raw materials. - Duality and Coexistence: Just as Van Gogh captured the tensions between light and shadow, my piece explores the ambivalence of encounters—a dialogue can be both trivial and profoundly transformative. - Memory and the Subconscious: The mind filters, forgets, or sublimates exchanges, leaving fleeting traces—a theme reinforced by digital animation, where certain forms appear and disappear. Context in the Xanthopsia Collection: Altered Perception and Utopia: Xanthopsia (yellow vision) evokes an optimistic reinterpretation of dark realities, echoing Van Gogh's pivotal period when he sought light in peasant everyday life. My work extends this idea: - Chromatic duality: Yellow, omnipresent in Van Gogh, here becomes a metaphor for latent positivity even in the most raw scenes. - Digital reinvention: By animating the work, I question how contemporary tools can reactivate the transformative potential of classics, creating a dialogue between eras. Implications for contemporary art: My approach illustrates two major axes of current art: - Hybridization of media: The fusion of painting and phygital questions the materiality of the work in the digital age. - Art as a living archive: By reactivating Van Gogh, you show that masterpieces are not relics, but spaces open to reinterpretation, where each era projects its own questions. Conclusion: "The Table of Temporary Transformations" is much more than a tribute: it is a visual meditation on the invisible psyche, where mixed media and subrealism serve to map the hidden layers of human communication. By linking historical alchemy, contemporary abstraction, and the philosophy of perception, you propose an aesthetic of metamorphosis—an invitation to see in each interaction the potential for an inner revolution. This piece rehabilitates emotion as a shifting landscape, where the viewer, in turn, becomes a guest at this table of transformations. tribute to Van Gogh : The Potato Eaters see original at: Van Gogh Museum format / media / size / speed / éditions 3840 x 2160 px / mp4 / 115 MB / 8 fps / 1/1