Painting titled "Seven Sisters" by David Vall, Original Artwork, Acrylic

Seven Sisters (2018) Painting by David Vall

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Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 39.4in, Width 39.4in
Categories Paintings under $5,000 Figurative

Acrylic on cotton canvas mounted on stretcher, ready to hang. Sides painted black. Varnished canvas, signed on the back and delivered with a certificate of authenticity from the artist. This painting is a personal interpretation of a sacred legend (Jukurrpa) which takes up the codes of pointillism in Aboriginal art. The creator god, Jindoo (the sun), sends two spirit-men, the Woddee Gooth-tha-rra, from the end of the Milky Way to Yulbrada Earth to create the hills, valleys, lakes and oceans. When their work is done, Jindoo sends the Seven Sisters, each star of the Milky Way, to beautify the Earth with flowers, trees, and animals. While the sisters are busy creating the honey ants, they get thirsty and the youngest sister is sent to fetch water. The two spirit-men hiding nearby follow her and introduce themselves to her. The youngest sister does not return to her sisters, who then go looking for her. They find her with the two spirit men and the younger sister tells them that she has fallen in love with these men. Jindoo warned the sisters that if such a thing were to happen, the person who fell in love would not be able to return to the Milky Way. As a result, the other six sisters return to the Milky Way and the youngest sister remains on Earth with the spirit men. The special powers of the spirit men are taken from them and they become the first mortals. These mortals create the rules by which Men must live, and their union with the youngest sister gives rise to the first Aboriginal people. The Wong-gu-tha believe that all of their people are descendants of the two spirit men and the younger sister, and this is why the stars play a central role in their cultural beliefs. Original hand-made painting created with acrylic paints on high-quality streched cotton canvas ready to hang. Edges are painted in black. The painting is coated with a high-gloss varnish, signed on the back and delivered with a certificate of authenticity from the artist. This painting is a personal interpretation of a sacred legend (Jukurrpa) using the codes of dot-painting in aboriginal art. The creator god, Jindoo (the sun), sends two Spirit Men, Woddee Gooth-tha-rra, from the far end of the Milky Way down to the Earth Yulbrada to create the hills, valleys, lakes, and oceans. Once they have finished their work, Jindoo sends the Seven Sisters (each a star in the Milky Way) to beautify the Earth with flowers, trees, and animals. As the sisters are busy creating honey-ants, they become thirsty, and the youngest sister is sent to find water. The two Spirit Men, in hiding nearby, follow her, and introduce themselves to her. The youngest sister does not return to the other sisters, and so they go in search of her. They find her with the Spirit Men, and she tells them that she has fallen in love with the men. Jindoo has warned the sisters that if such a thing were to happen, the person who fell in love would be unable to return to the Milky Way. As a result, the other six sisters leave for the Milky Way and the youngest sister remains on the Earth with the Spirit Men. The special powers of the Spirit Men are taken away from them, and they become the first mortals. These mortals create the rules by which men must live, and their union with the youngest sister creates the first indigenous people. The Wong-gu-tha believe that all of their people are descended from the two Spirit Men and the youngest sister, and thus the stars play a central role in their cultural beliefs.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Acrylic

Paint using traditional pigments mixed with synthetic resins.

Figurative

Figurative and colorful painting having taken the liberty of including all forms of art without border of cultural genre and geographic origin, without hierarchy of values between high and subculture.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

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David Vall

France

David Vall was born in France in 1978. Even though graphite pencil drawing, Chinese ink painting and Japanese calligraphy were early artistic interests to him, he turned towards higher education in science and became a researcher in behavioural neurosciences. Two years spent in British Columbia led him to discover natural scenery and lights of deep emotional intensity that awakened interest in the use of colours for his painting. His sources of inspiration are multiple: a piece of art he admired, the remembrance of scenery he contemplated, an emotion or a state of mind that holds on to his soul and wishes to take shape. Many of his artworks are also inspired by natural elements.

Order number (Maison des Artistes): V570781
SIREN number: 820 234 110

“We are dealing with artworks that start from reality observation – colors and textures are the proof – but there seems to be even more: an obvious emotional implication turning into a chaotic element that gives an extra dimension to the compositions. The colors are natural but become material and the contrasts are inevitably accentuated, the textures are those of the bark, the water or the soil, or even simply the sight of a landscape obscured by the mist. Despite the particular character of these works, we find a dynamism very engaging as well by their compositional development as by the chromatic contrasts, and even when these are absent, the textured materials compensate this lack. David Vall's landscapes revolve around the artist's sensitivity, establishing a privileged relationship between the viewer, the work and the author, in which the existence of such an intoxicating emotional dimension becomes the reason to give life to the works but also to enjoy them during a moment of relaxed contemplation.”
Marcello Cazzaniga, art critique and curator (translated from Italian).

Recent exhibitions:

2022, January-February: Solo Exhibition, Établissement Français du Sang, Rennes, France.

2021, September-November, Art Group Exhibition, L'Autre Lieu, Le Rheu, France.

2020, September 27th to October 4th: Art Group Exhibition "The Green Lion, Villa Monastero, Varenna, Italy.

2019, Oct 18th to 28th: Art Group Exhibition "Esperienze Creative". Galleria Merlino, Firenze, Italy.

2019, Sept 30th to Oct 6th: Art Group Exhibition "Mondi Onirici". Galleria Merlino, Firenze, Italy.

2019, Sept 24th to 27th: Art Group Exhibition "On Tour Cannes". Galerie d'Art Cecchin-Stretti, Cannes, France.

2019, May 14th to Jun 14th: Art Group Exhibition. Le Diapason, Rennes, France.

2019, Apr 21st to 27th: International Art Group Exhibition "On Tour London". Royal Opera Arcade (ROA) Gallery, London, UK. Curator: Marina Volpi, ArtExpertise.

2019, Jan 12th to 23rd: International Art Group Exhibition, XX Salón Internacional. ESART Galeria, Barcelona, Espana. Curator: Jordi Jové.

2018, July 14th to 29th: International Art Group Exhibition Iperuranio at the former Church San Nicolao, Bellano, Lake Como, Italy. Camaver Kunsthaus by Marcello Cazzaniga.