Artworks

Beáta Méry

Descriptive information

Type of artwork: Painting
Material(s) & Technique(s): Acrylic on canvas | Mixed media
Dimensions: 40cm X 60cm
Year: 2021
Location: Smolyan, Bulgaria

Technical information

Digitisation of artwork: Panagiotis Diapoulis
Equipment used: Cameras: Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon 6D | Camera Type: DSLR | Lenses: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Image processing software: Adobe Photoshop 23 (Windows)

License

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How to cite this image

“Rubedo”. 2021. Artist: Beáta Méry. Source: ECHO II website. License: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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About this artwork

In my work, I analyse the conflict between the traditional (sacred) view of the word and the contemporary, postmodern attitude and the opportunities for solving it in the forming of the individual and collective identity. I reread those lines while looking for the meaning of the word “Rubedo”, used in the title of this canvas. “Rubedo” is a Latin word meaning “redness”, while in alchemy, is a successful end of a great act. The Rubedo stage includes an experiment of the alchemist to integrate a new feeling of themselves before entering the world once again. I am attaching myself to the tiny flames wandering on my three canvases as symbols of the eternal and the transient in order to return to their world, grateful and a little bit better.

Beáta Méry