Rewind to ‘Translator of Grass’
The first Mongolian female artist to launch a solo show, State Honored Artist S.Sarantsatsralt, unveiled a new art phase with the release of “Translator of Grass” two years ago...
The first Mongolian female artist to launch a solo show, State Honored Artist S.Sarantsatsralt, unveiled a new art phase with the release of “Translator of Grass” two years ago.
The exhibition featured over 30 artworks that express the artist’s new view of life. Her artworks reflect unprecedented, rare and unusual ideas and creative thinking.
“Artists change their style and art themes as they age and their perspective of life broadens. When I was younger, I used to paint people from their exterior side. Now, I try to paint their inner side and emotions. Humans are complex beings comprising of inner and outer worlds,” S.Sarantsatsralt said. “Researchers told me that it is extremely difficult for artists to make such a drastic change like I have done. They’re very curious to know how it happened. I’m not sure how I was able to do it. I just feel like my view of life and the universe shifted from wanting to paint what I see to things that are directed more toward other people’s inner world and mine. That’s how I became more connected to nature.”
With unquestionable talent, the 52yearold artist created amazing masterpieces with oil paint that highlight the scent, color and features of grass. She hoped to translate the views and thoughts of grass through art.
“I’ve been researching grass and been considering it as a human being for some time now. It has reached to the extent that I feel like grass wants me to relay things about themselves through me. I’m not sure if I can translate their feelings accurately, but I want others to know that grass is just like us. People are part of nature and so is grass.”
Born in Ulaanbaatar in 1962, S.Sarantsatsralt pursued an art career by enrolling into the Fine Art College in the late 1970s. After graduating in 1982, she further sharpened her talent and skills at the Mongolian University of Art and Culture, which she finished in 1987. S.Sarantsatsralt started off working as an artist at the Monumental Decoration Factory in Ulaanbaatar until 1992 and now works as a freelance artist in different disciplines, including tapestry, painting, and sculpture.
Since 1990, the passionate female warrior released nearly 30 solo exhibitions in Mongolia and abroad to present her artworks through over 30 joint domestic and international exhibitions. The art industry quickly recognized her talent and awarded her the Prize of the Union of Mongolian Artists in 1994, along with several national prizes in the following years. S.Sarantsatsralt became the 2012 Laureate of the World 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, named after Cambridge University of Great Britain, and received the 44th Da Vinci diamond prize in recognition of her outstanding contribution to modern art in 2013.
The artist often says, “I cherish being a creator, altruist, perceiver, apprehender, and mediator. As the essence of living is inspired and tuned inside me, I paint for grass, birds, dogs, and humans.”