Mongolian Fine Art Masterpiece ‘Mother’

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2019-01-03 17:45:12

MONTSAME National News Agency in cooperation with the Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery is presenting a series of Mongolian fine art masterpieces. This time, we are presenting the artwork, ‘Mother’ by the Union of Mongolian Artists’Prize winner G.Sodnomsambuu known as Soosai.

Painted with gouache on a 75x85 cm paper in 1967, the artwork depicts a mother not realistically but through shapes and colors. Love and tenderness emphasized by the lotus flower makes the painting more opulent. Color white symbolizes purity and in this artwork it illustrates the sanctity of a mother. Red is a color of agony that implicitly represents fire, energy, joy and passionate love. By painting the background with this glaring color, the artist intended to demonstrate the great struggle behind mother’s love, rather than attracting the audience or amplifying his expression. One can observethat a dark shadow is hidden behind the white figure which represents mother. More than that, the flowers blooming and dying, after dispersing seeds reflect the law of nature.

Because of the yin and yang portrayed on the top of the painting, some researchers relate it to the cave paintings. Academician Akim once said “Works of Soosai give the feeling of aesthetic pleasure along with the aspiration to understand the meaning and nature of it.”

Artist G.Sodnomsambuu started his career in 1954 as art director at the ‘EldevOchir’ movie theatre. In 1958, he received training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. The painting ‘Mother’ was presented at the ‘First exhibition of young painters’ at UMA’s exhibition hall in 1968.


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