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Vivian Kahra

We care for this moment 

We care for this moment 

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Description

140 x 200 cm

55” x 87

Vivian Kahra, was born in Braunschweig, Germany and studied Fine Art (painting and drawing) at the Hochschule für bildende Künste, Braunschweig and Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel, Germany. In 2004 she received my Diploma in Painting from Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel.

She have a general interest in movement and spend a lot of time outside biking, skiing, surfing, skateboarding. Through her journeys and her interest in change her painting keeps exploring different ways to approach and perceive openness and momentariness – the state of impermanence and continuity.

"I love the atmosphere in skateparks. People are connected through skateboarding. No words needed for communication. Everyone respects the other no matter what social background they come from. People feel empathy through the skills of movement they share. 

You hear the noise of the wheels rolling or crashing on the cement after a trick and at the same time there is a kind of excited stillness that is caused by the focus of the skaters - and spectators - all this creates a musical sound carpet.

These impressions inspired me to the painting “We care for this Moment”. Inspired by a photograph I focused on the body language of the figures - their relaxed, but empathetic attitude.
The scene to me creates a feeling of bondage, of all facets of friendship.
To form a cohesion I wanted to remove the figures from the classic context of a skatepark scene and surround them by an “emotional Environment”. For that I chose bamboo-plant-shapes that were inspired by chinese ink drawings. It creates a moving background and emphasises playfulness. The “shadow- cloud” on the right to me creates space for the spectator to fill with his/her own thoughts, memories...."

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