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Contemporary abstract painting - abstract mindscapes with vigorous brushwork by expressionist artist Eva Ryn Johannissen.Contemporary abstract painting - abstract mindscapes"In these abstract 'mindscapes' from 1999 I tallk about 'the tragic beauty of natural reality' in terms of non-representational imagery. Like the contemporary abstract painting series, 'Niflheim', their theme was inspired by stories from the ancient Nordic mythology, in particular its vision of life on earth as a cycle of birth, destruction and rebirth."Expressionist artist"This series was also to some extent influenced by the amazingly abstract painting of the Swedish expressionist artist August Strindberg (1849 -1912). As an expressionist artist I am interested in states of mind, rather than in describing particular external events or what the physical world looks like. The art of the 20th Century American Abstract Expressionist painters bears witness that man's spiritual needs do not disappear even in times dominated by materialism. On the other hand, since I base my abstract painting on my experience of contemporary life, my works are bound to contain a variety of reflections and refractions of physical reality, for the physical 'objective' world is part of the many kinds of influences that help shape the inner 'invisible' life." Eva Ryn Johannissen
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