Ali Caka, Deep Balance
Ali Caka, Deep Balance
TECHNIQUE: Oil on Canvas. The work is done on a square canvas. The main figure in the painting is the artist himself. Dimensions: 130 cm x 130 cm. The visual length and height of the painting are 184 cm x 184 cm as it will be hung in a triangular format in terms of drawing.
YEAR: 2019
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: In this study, the delicate balances of human beings are harmonized and applied to the format of life. The main theme of this painting is the essential necessity of being able to be human and stay happy by holding firmly to the balances of these scales. Human balance is existence. In this context, the brain image on the left pan of the scale represents the mind, while the heart on the right pan represents the soul. The cord passing through the figure's hand represents the birth, which is the first stage of life, depicted by the baby image at the top, and the death, which is the end of worldly life, depicted by the skull at the end of the cord at the bottom. The white sheet that the figure in the painting is wrapped in represents the shroud that we are first wrapped in when we are born and last dressed in when we die. The human figure, which forms the main center of the composition, demonstrates human strength, determination, and virtue by firmly standing on the ground with one foot and placing a series with the other foot, in the context of its relationship with all the symbols in the painting. In short, using the mind and soul in harmony, accepting birth and death, and living is both the greatest test and the greatest success of mankind.
WORK DESCRIPTION
In this study, the essential necessity of the human son to be human by harmonizing the delicate balances, applying them to the way of life, to be able to stay happy, to hold firmly to the balances, constitutes the main theme of this picture. Human equilibrium is existence. In this context, the brain image on the left shroud of the scale describes the mind and the heart in the right shroud describes the soul. The cord bond passed through the hand of the figure describes the birth of the baby image at the top, which is the first stage of life, and the skull at the end of the cord cord at the lower part depicts death, which is the end of the life of the world. The white sheet in which the figure in the picture is covered is a representation of the shroud, which was first wrapped when we were born and last dressed when we died. The human figure that forms the main center of the composition, the focus of its relationship with all the icons in the picture, the harmonization of living today, now, right now in the balance of reason, soul, birth and death, with a series that it puts on the ground and its other foot, manpower...
