![]() ![]() New materials are added to the traditional technique of oil painting. She finds her own solutions to the eternal problem of painting – the relationship between flatness and depth. In this way masters like Willem de Kooning and Nicolas de Stael worked on the borderline of abstraction and reality in the middle of last century. Sometimes these forms acquire a three-dimensional quality of a lump of rock (whereas in the earlier works they were reminiscent rather of landscapes), increasing the effect of depth. ![]() The colour blue - at the top or at the bottom of the painting - can suddenly turn into a pool of enticing water or of endless skies, vibrating silver–pink openings become atmospheric matter pierced by light. As if some cosmic powers were struggling on the painted surface, but yet some familiar reality does transpire from this non-figurative battle. They smoothly flow into each other or collide in sharp counteraction, whirling around and collapsing at their climax. At first glance the paintings of Masha Trebukova (*1962) appear to be purely abstract – colourful forms of various shades and shapes on canvas. ![]()
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