Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: yadda rayuwarta da tafiye-tafiye suka kafa aikinta

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), mai zane na Scotland, daya daga cikin manyan masu fasaha na "St Ives School", wani muhimmin adadi a cikin fasahar zamani na Birtaniya.Mun koyi aikinta, kuma gidauniyarta tana adana akwatunan kayan aikinta.

Barns-Graham ta san tun tana ƙuruciyarta cewa tana son zama mai fasaha.Horon ta na yau da kullun ya fara ne a Makarantar Fasaha ta Edinburgh a cikin 1931, amma a cikin 1940 ta shiga cikin sauran masu fafutuka na Biritaniya a Cornwall saboda yanayin yaƙi, rashin lafiyarta da sha'awar nisanta kanta daga mahaifinta mai fasaha.

A St Ives, ta sami mutane masu tunani iri ɗaya, kuma a nan ne ta gano kanta a matsayin mai fasaha.Dukansu Ben Nicholson da Naum Gabo sun zama masu taka rawa wajen haɓaka fasaharta, kuma ta hanyar tattaunawa da kuma sha'awar juna, ta aza harsashin bincikenta na tsawon rayuwarta na zane-zane.

Tafiya zuwa Switzerland ta ba da kwarin gwiwa da ake buƙata don taƙaitawa kuma, a cikin kalmominta, tana da ƙarfin hali.Barns-Graham's abstraction form suna da tushe koyaushe cikin yanayi.Tana ganin zane-zane a matsayin tafiya zuwa ga asali, tsari na jin gaskiyar ra'ayin barin "al'amuran da suka faru", maimakon bayyana alamu na yanayi.A gare ta, abstraction ya kamata a dage sosai a cikin fahimta.A tsawon lokacin aikinta, mayar da hankali kan aikinta na zahiri ya canza, ya zama ƙasa da alaƙa da dutsen da sifofin halitta kuma fiye da tunani da ruhi, amma ba a taɓa yankewa gaba ɗaya daga yanayi ba.

Barns-Graham kuma ta yi tafiya a cikin nahiyar sau da yawa a rayuwarta, da yanayin kasa da kuma yanayin da ta ci karo da su a Switzerland, Lanzarote da Tuscany sun sake komawa cikin aikinta.

Tun 1960, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham ya rayu tsakanin St Andrews da St Ives, amma aikinta da gaske ya ƙunshi ainihin ra'ayoyin St Ives, yana raba dabi'un zamani da yanayi mara kyau, yana ɗaukar kuzarin ciki.Duk da haka, shahararta a cikin kungiyar ya ragu sosai.Yanayin gasa da yaƙi don fa'ida ya sanya kwarewarta tare da sauran masu fasaha ɗan ɗaci.

A cikin shekarun da suka wuce na rayuwarta, aikin Barnes-Graham ya zama mai ƙarfin zuciya kuma ya fi kyau.An ƙirƙira tare da ma'anar gaggawa, guntuwar suna cike da farin ciki da bikin rayuwa, kuma acrylic a kan takarda ya zama kamar ya 'yantar da ita.Gaggawar matsakaici, kayan bushewar sa da sauri suna ba ta damar yin sauri tare launuka tare.

Tarin Scorpio nata yana nuna rayuwar ilimi da gogewa tare da launuka da siffofi.A gare ta, ƙalubalen da ya rage shi ne gano lokacin da yanki ya cika da kuma lokacin da duk abubuwan da aka haɗa su taru don yin "rera".A cikin jerin shirye-shiryen, an nakalto ta tana cewa: "Abin ban dariya ne yadda suka kasance sakamakon kai tsaye na azabtar da takarda da goga bayan wata hira da 'yan jarida suka yi rashin nasara, kuma ba zato ba tsammani Barnes-Graham ya kasance a cikin wadanda suka fusata.Layin ya fahimci yuwuwar albarkatun albarkatun.”