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About Dusanka's Work
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my acquaintance with Dusanka's paintings widened and deepened,
two properties of them impressed themselves ever more clearly
upon my mind – two properties which do not often appear in
juxtaposition, and even less often when, as in Dusanka's case,
they stick together as tightly as the two sides of the
proverbial coin.
On the one hand, her paintings exhibit a sensitivity which is
intensely feminine. (I would not know any other word but 'feminine'
for it.) It expresses itself in the way in which she depicts
her subjects; quite clearly, understandably enough, when the
subjects include human figures. On the other hand, she paints
with a vitality and dynamism which, being both remarkably
robust, enrapture and transport the viewer. They are
noticeable in her touch, the movement which she is able to
capture in her strokes as well as the force and the wide range
of her coulours.
A sophisticated painting-'animal'; that is an unusual
phenomenon! Her paintings directly address the viewer; they
are not intended for spectators who, fearful to assist at the
actual painting process, prefer to ignore it and look only at
the result, at a nicely painted image.
Hans Koeze
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