one night at the castle (to Franz Kafka)
oil on canvas 2018one night at the castle (to Franz Kafka)
Description of the painting
Good morning to all of Steemit's dear friends.
In my fiction readings there is an author who has been among my favorites. Franz Kafka, one of the most important writers of the last century and founder of Modernism and Magical Realism. Here, today I share an oil painting on canvas, which puts the vision of the famous unfinished novel by kafka: "the castle" (original German title: Das Schloß) and published after the writer's death.
The novel is perhaps the darkest and most mysterious of Kafka's literary works.
Surreal work, my painting wants to represent the condition of an absent and alienated humanity, the colors I used and the painting technique show an unreal and solitary atmosphere, as it will happen to the poor Mr. K the land surveyor.
Even the forms I painted are deliberately blurred and indistinct with shapeless masses, I think that kafka has never wanted to give a realistic and concrete portrait of his characters, indeed he has always tried to mystify their essence and human appearance with tricks and subterfuges , laws and rules typical of the bureaucracy, up to tearing them to alienation.
In conclusion, my work is a tribute to my favorite writer and I invite you to read some of his great literary work.
I hope you enjoyed my painting and that my explanations were of interest to you.
I wish you a fantastic day and I send you a hug.
See you next time.
Armando Sodano
Buongiorno a tutti cari amici di Steemit.
Nelle mie letture di narrativa trova posto un autore che è stato tra i miei preferiti. Franz Kafka, uno dei letterati più importanti del secolo scorso e fondatore del Modernismo e del Realismo Magico. Ecco, oggi condivido un mio dipinto ad olio su tela, che pone la visione del famoso romanzo incompiuto di kafka: "il castello" (titolo originale tedesco: Das Schloß) e pubblicato dopo la morte dello scrittore.
Il romanzo è forse il più oscuro e misterioso delle opere letterarie di Kafka.
Opera surreale, il mio dipinto vuole rappresentare la condizione di una umanità assente e alienata, i colori che ho usato e la tecnica pittorica mostrano una atmosfera irreale e solitaria, come accadrà al povero signor K l'agrimensore.
Anche le forme che ho dipinto sono volutamente sfuocate e indistinte con masse informi, penso che kafka non abbia mai voluto dare un ritratto realistico e concreto dei suoi personaggi, anzi ha sempre cercato di mistificare la loro essenza e l'aspetto umano con trucchi e sotterfugi, leggi e regole tipiche della burocrazia, fino a cotringerli all'alienazione.
In conclusione il mio lavoro vuole essere un omaggio al mio scrittore preferito e vi invito a leggere qualche sua grande opera letteraria.
Spero che il mio dipinto vi sia piaciuto e che le mie spiegazioni siano state di vostro interesse.
Vi auguro un fantastico giorno e vi spedisco un abbraccio.
Alla prossima.
Armando Sodano
I enclose two details of the painting
What a beautiful sky, those multi layers of colours, truly I can see that it is an ode to Kafka.
Gorgeous work, Armando, as always ^_^.
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too kindly @scrawly :-)
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Dear Artist @armandosodano ! This post has been upvoted from FineArtNow account ! See you soon !
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thank you very much @fineartnow for your support and great job!
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Excellent post, Armando. It's so nice of you to always write a good accompanying text besides your artwork.
I think the lines in this one are absolutely adorable. Perfect strokes and spectacular choice of colours.
Molto bene!
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great friend I m very glad that liked it @trincowski
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The Castle written by Kafka is one of my favourite books ever and also Kafka as a writer is one of the best maestro @armandosodano This book i've read a few years ago and i'm still considering it a brilliant artwork in matter of writing.
Thanks for sharing this awesome creation maestro.
Saluti
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thank you Maestro e Compositore @luciannagy
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Spectacular! I love the colors that you used so much! These are all my favorite colors to be honest! I have read a few books from Kafka already. He was a fascinating author. Thank you for sharing Armando!
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ty @delishtreats he is my favourite
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Franz Kafka is also one of my favourite writers and i'm very pleased that someone painted something about his novels. Kafka is everywhere, he is not just his books but also art and moments we live.
Thanks for sharing this!
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ty for stopping by @micaelachacon
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What a beautiful painting, @armandosodano <3 I also love Franz Kafka, but I have yet to read The Castle. Your painting is really motivating me to pick it up, now :) And yes, I agree, Kafka is very comfortable with leaving a lot of ambiguity of his characters and worlds, and I think your painting capture that very well.... The intentional blurryness / vagueness works wonderfully here, specially on the shifting skies, it makes it feel like not everything is quite real.
Gorgeous work <3
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ok I hope you can read it in the meantime, thanks for the nice comment! @veryspider
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