Barbara Kuzara: Uniquely Human
August 4th - September 30th, 2023
Being human is complex. Humans are full of hope, promise, fear, and anger.
Plato believed that “humans have immaterial mind (souls) and a material body. That our souls exist before birth and after death. The soul is the source of everything we feel – love, anguish, anger, ambition. And most of our mental conflict as humans are caused by these aspects not being in harmony”.
In this series, I use abstraction and imagery to emphasize the uniqueness of being human and express the emotional side of being human and the role those emotions play in everyday life. The vulnerability, the grittiness, the sadness, the hope and all the symptoms of simply being human.
After all, we are all just passing through. Be kind.
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All pieces are sold framed unless otherwise noted. Scroll to the bottom for Barbara Kuzara's Artist Statement and Biography!
Plato believed that “humans have immaterial mind (souls) and a material body. That our souls exist before birth and after death. The soul is the source of everything we feel – love, anguish, anger, ambition. And most of our mental conflict as humans are caused by these aspects not being in harmony”.
In this series, I use abstraction and imagery to emphasize the uniqueness of being human and express the emotional side of being human and the role those emotions play in everyday life. The vulnerability, the grittiness, the sadness, the hope and all the symptoms of simply being human.
After all, we are all just passing through. Be kind.
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All pieces are sold framed unless otherwise noted. Scroll to the bottom for Barbara Kuzara's Artist Statement and Biography!
Artist Biography:
Barbara is a multi-faceted artist whose work includes acrylic painting, printmaking and jewelry. Barbara’s work is predominantly abstract with textural surface and composition being very important to her work. The surface texture is achieved through the use of acrylic paint, water-based inks, and handmade papers.
Barbara was born in New York City but has lived most of her life in the Southwest. She is currently the owner of On the Edge Contemporary Gallery in the village of Tubac, Arizona. The beauty and serenity of the region has inspired many of her works. Barbara began studying Fine Art in Community College and ASU taking classes ranging from design to photography, drawing to painting. She has continued her art education through workshops with professional artists. It was in these workshops that Barbara developed a real passion for printmaking and experimenting with various printmaking techniques. |
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Artist Statement:
"It is very good to copy what one sees; it is much better to draw what you can't see any more but is in your memory. It is a transformation in which imagination and memory work together. You only reproduce what struck you, that is to say, the necessary." Edgar Degas.
My artwork is an interpretation of what struck me, the "necessary". I have strived to create work that is not an image of what was in front of me, but rather how it made me feel or something I remember about the experience. What is "necessary" to me is translating that feeling or memory into something that will strike the viewer with some emotion or memory of their own.
As an abstract expressionist, I respond intuitively to what is happening on the canvas or plate (monotypes). When I see an element emerging, I work with it. After studying color and design in college, I began to understand the behavior of colors and I learned to trust my intuition about color and composition.
With abstract art, the content of the art isn't there until the viewer puts it there through their interpretation of it. There is a mystery which has been created with abstract art.
My artwork is an interpretation of what struck me, the "necessary". I have strived to create work that is not an image of what was in front of me, but rather how it made me feel or something I remember about the experience. What is "necessary" to me is translating that feeling or memory into something that will strike the viewer with some emotion or memory of their own.
As an abstract expressionist, I respond intuitively to what is happening on the canvas or plate (monotypes). When I see an element emerging, I work with it. After studying color and design in college, I began to understand the behavior of colors and I learned to trust my intuition about color and composition.
With abstract art, the content of the art isn't there until the viewer puts it there through their interpretation of it. There is a mystery which has been created with abstract art.