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THE ARTISTIC PROCESS, WHICH LEADS TO THE GENESIS OF THE FINAL WORK, IS A PATH OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE FOR EVERY ARTIST. THE CASE OF THE YOUNG DUTCH MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST DİLARA ASTAM, HOWEVER, DESERVES PARTICULAR ATTENTION. IN FACT, THE ARTIST WORKS IN DIFFERENT ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES: PAİNTING, SCULPTURE AND FASHION. EVERYTHING IS ART. HER WORK IS CHARGED WITH A TIMELESS LYRICISM THANKS TO HIS ABILITY TO PASS FROM ONE DISCİPLINE TO ANOTHER IN A LIQUID WAY. ASTAM’S DESIGNS COME FROM GARMENTS THAT RIDE THE AGES PASSING FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE. THE INCESSANT CURIOSITY OF THE ARTIST, HER ENERGY, ALLOW THE CREATION OF MASTERPIECES THAT ARISE FROM EXPERIMENTATION IN DİFFERENT SPHERES OF CREATION: FASHION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. HERE THE RIPPLES OF COLOR ON THE CANVAS BECOME INSPIRATION FOR THE NEW TEXTURE OF FABRIC FOR A DRESS.

ALL THE DRAWINGS, THE PRINTS, ARE PART OF A PROCESS SHARED WITH THE VIEWER AND THAT REACHES THE FINAL WORK. IN “MEDUSA” YOU CAN SEE STRANDS OF HAIR FLOATING UNDER THE WATER. THE WISE USE OF ACRYLIC AND SPRAY PAINT GIVES THE WORK THIS LIQUID, SUPERNATURAL AND DIVINE ASPECT. THE MOVEMENT OF THE HAIR IN THE WATER IS REMINISCENT OF THOSE OF MEDUSA WHO, AS THE LEGEND SAYS:”THOSE WHO GAZED INTO HER EYES WOULD TURN TO STONE”. THE WORK “PRIMAVERA” IS MORE EXPERIMENTAL. IT IS OBSERVED HOW THE GEOMETRIC SHAPES AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COLORS USED BY THE ARTIST ARE PERFECTLY BALANCED IN A MOVEMENT THAT LEADS FROM THE FRAME TO THE CENTER OF THE CANVAS GENERATING A SCULPTURAL ASPECT OF GREAT IMPACT. “THE BROKEN SPACE” ALSO PLAYS WITH GEOMETRIC SHAPES.

THIS TIME THE STRUCTURE OF THE COLOURS SUGGESTS A CONTRACTION IN THE CENTRE OF THE WORK THAT STRETCHES OUT MOVING TOWARDS THE FRAME. THE SPATIALITY OF THE WORK BRINGS THE VIEWER BACK TO A PRIMORDIAL DIMENSION IN A CONTRAST OF LIGHTS AND SHADOWS TYPICAL OF THE SUBLIME EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE IN SPACE. AGAIN, THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL NATURE OF THE CANVAS GIVES WAY TO THE THREE-DIMENSIONALITY CONFERRED BY COLOR.