Mwangi Hutter
Dearest, Let Us Awaken From Somnolence, 2021
acrylic, charcoal on canvas
Framed: 92 1/8 x 80 1/4 x 2 3/4 in
234 x 204 x 7 cm
Image size: 90 1/2 x 78 3/4 in
230 x 200 cm
234 x 204 x 7 cm
Image size: 90 1/2 x 78 3/4 in
230 x 200 cm
Series: Embracing Series
Copyright the Artist
'Dearest, are you sleeping? Yes, you too? Indeed. I am wakeful of eternal sleep. Me too. I am thankful you are with me. My love, together let us awaken from...
"Dearest, are you sleeping?
Yes, you too?
Indeed. I am wakeful of eternal sleep.
Me too. I am thankful you are with me. My love, together let us awaken from somnolence." - Mwangi Hutter
The two are in constant union, holding, supporting, relying on each other, in deepest devotion. But life has this dream-like quality: the fact is, we cannot be sure of the reality of our never-ending embrace, depicted through the performance of painting.
If I am dreaming you and you are dreaming me, who is awake? Our bodies do not belong to us alone anymore; we put their image in service for others to find something out. Love IS real, yet it is guiding us to something even more absolute, which we can just begin to sense, quivering around and in us. We can rely on love, but as a means, not as an end in itself. As motionless as the painting first appears, there is movement implicit in the stillness: a turning around the axis is evoked, legs winding and unwinding, bodies slowly rotating within space. Each partner at times peaking over the shoulder of the other, gazing into the surroundings to help navigate through the imagined world.
"At other moments they lean in to shade each other, to rest and restore. In contrasting light and dark color, two have become one. A symphony of relationship and mutual appreciation: holding on to let go; giving to receive, being in order to become. If we ARE asleep in not knowing who we truly are, surely this will lead us to awaken. It is the most exciting journey." - Mwangi Hutter
Yes, you too?
Indeed. I am wakeful of eternal sleep.
Me too. I am thankful you are with me. My love, together let us awaken from somnolence." - Mwangi Hutter
The two are in constant union, holding, supporting, relying on each other, in deepest devotion. But life has this dream-like quality: the fact is, we cannot be sure of the reality of our never-ending embrace, depicted through the performance of painting.
If I am dreaming you and you are dreaming me, who is awake? Our bodies do not belong to us alone anymore; we put their image in service for others to find something out. Love IS real, yet it is guiding us to something even more absolute, which we can just begin to sense, quivering around and in us. We can rely on love, but as a means, not as an end in itself. As motionless as the painting first appears, there is movement implicit in the stillness: a turning around the axis is evoked, legs winding and unwinding, bodies slowly rotating within space. Each partner at times peaking over the shoulder of the other, gazing into the surroundings to help navigate through the imagined world.
"At other moments they lean in to shade each other, to rest and restore. In contrasting light and dark color, two have become one. A symphony of relationship and mutual appreciation: holding on to let go; giving to receive, being in order to become. If we ARE asleep in not knowing who we truly are, surely this will lead us to awaken. It is the most exciting journey." - Mwangi Hutter
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