a character in a mask April Karelian

Karel "The character in the mask"

Eyes and teeth stand out on the face of the central character, staring at the viewer with demonic expression. Paint is imposed with a typical for the artist force, dense sweeping strokes, creating an image of a harsh and rude - but it also has humor and childish immediacy. The very process of painting is perceived Appell as a release, as a sensual experience. He gets pleasure, combining the primordial energy of bursts of "raw" color with plots of wild and tense. This picturesque canvas is significant for the creativity of representatives of the movement Cobra, created in 1948 by a group of artists from Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. Cobra's members denied the abstraction of post-war European painting, finding it lifeless and too passive. In return, they turned to inspiration for children's drawings and mythological legends.