My Lifestyle en Readytex Art Gallery: interview met beeldend kunstenaar John Lie-A-Fo

In het televisieprogramma My lifestyle zijn, in een rubriek die op 1 april 2019 van start ging, Kunst en Kunstenaars in de schijnwerpers gezet. My lifestyle’s Babita Debi ging in gesprek met verschillende kunstenaars in hun ateliers en in Readytex Art Gallery. Tevens belichtte zij samen met de kunstenaars de kunstwerken die zij vervaardigd hebben. Readytex Art Gallery is de sponsor van de rubriek Beeldende Kunst. In dit filmpje een gesprek met John Lie-A-Fo John Lie A Fo is particularly interested in the traditional cultures of the indigenous peoples and the maroons and has in fact done quite a bit of research on the subject. In his art he incorporates several elements from these traditional cultures, but he is especially fascinated by the unique balance between the natural and the spiritual World in these traditional communities. Rituals and all related traditional implements and artifacts from the Indigenous - and the Maroon tribes are the main theme in the majority of his art. The style is usually abstract and the execution impulsive, sometimes even appearing almost childlike, but the compositions always have a profound and powerful effect. He paints on canvas and on paper with acrylic paint and other multimedia techniques, primarily of the spiritual rites of the maroon communities in the interior of Suriname. Bottles, snakes, sculptures and other spiritual objects and artifacts, tell the magical stories of a World where natural and the spiritual aspects are undeniably interwoven. Not only the traditional cultures of his tropical surroundings keep John Lie A Fo occupied however, but also its beautiful nature has his special attention. The precarious relationship between man and nature is often also portrayed in his art.