"To create one´s own world in any art takes courage." Georgia O´Keeffe
Flo Dinis Klopries´artwork has evolved gradually from a particular form of Figuration
to Abstraction and Abstract Figuration but is still open to other/new artistic approaches
in the future. But her artwork also often reveals an immanent state of what we could
call cultural and artistic "In-Betweenness".
However distinct the different periods of her artwork may be they share common
aspects:
1) the search for the transcendental dimension of nature and of human existence
2) the ambivalence of artistic expression: calm/ turmoil, darkness/ light, hard texture/
soft fluidity... 3) a constant questioning of life and reality in all its aspects
4) the importance of movement and of the intrinsic energy of creative gesture, which
sometimes literally explodes into a sea of colours - sometimes dark or soft and sometimes
vibrant - into a multitude of voices 5) the awe before the wonders of nature, expressed
not only in her WATER series.
She paints the same way she used to sing: with energy and passion but also with introspection
and calm giving birth to deep emotions of peace and communion but also of heavy storm,
of longing and of pain.
“Flo DINIS KLOPRIES and Aquatic Abstraction”
"In the tradition of Zao Wou-Ki´s Lyrical Abstraction,
Flo DINIS KLOPRIES´artwork plunges us into the diffuse but
powerful universe of water and its symbolism. Her paintings
never cease to exalt the spiritual and mystical powers of this element
but also its quite energy. From material chaos and gestual energy
a symphony of colours and light - a world of sensations - arises."
Excerpts from the original french text by Sarah Noteman, Art Historian and
Art Critic, Paris and Canada (read also the original version in french)
Publications:
Catalogues Salon des Artistes Français, Paris - 2020, 2021, 2022
Catalogues Salon d´Automne, Paris - 2020, 2021, 2022
"Flo Dinis Klopries et l´Abstraction Aquatique", Sarah Noteman,
Historienne et Critique de l´Art, Paris et Canada, 2016
"Artension" n°177, Dossier "Haut les masques! Parades et Carnavals Etonnants", page 71 "Carnaval des animaux/Rosenmontagszug"
"Spotlight magazine" issue 33, page 45 "The desert in me (2)"