Artists have always found the human form interesting for it's timeless design and curious origins. Some of humankind's greatest achievements have been reached in attempting to honor just this. As the most direct way of paying tribute to the form, sculpture has always been implemented by some of the greatest. It is a re-creation of the objects that exist in our perceived 3-dimensional world. That being said, I see painting the human form as an indirect manner in which to interpret these objects or people, where the challenge is not to replicate, but to simulate. Instead of looking at an actual form, we are looking at a 2-dimensional plane, which deceives our eyes into perceiving it 3-dimensionally.
In either method, artists have always somehow told stories. These stories were sometimes political, religious, futuristic, serious, and sometimes funny. These clues end up being vital for future civilizations to learn about these preceding cultures.
When thinking about my lasting impression of humanities involvement with the universe, I try to think of ways to honor not only the path that art took to get here, but to also leave an impression about the culture that we live in for future generations to appreciate. It also makes me wonder what renaissance period sculptures may have looked like if nike pumps, ipod earbuds, and gangster gold chains had existed... which brings me to this body of work.
What kind of stories can we tell by integrating symbols of technology, culture, and industrialization into the expression of sculptural illusion (painting). What would a painting of a sculpture of the virgin Mary holding a cell phone look like? I want to smash old and new together, and maybe get other artists to think about the footprints they leave as future ancient relics.
This body of paintings of decorated sculptures will be primarily polychromatic, exercising fauvism's intense colors, borrowing da-da-ist unpredictability, impressionism's fluidity and vibrancy, neo-classical's sometimes polemic attitude, and drenched with symbolism, although at first glance, even shallow.
I'm really intrigued by the idea. Most of all I really liked the idea of a painting of a statue. It's like how old cities are built upon the ruins of older cities which in turn are built over ruins of even older cities. Your painting of a statue of Franklin sort of left you with a trail of breadcrumbs to find your way back. I'm probably missing the concept entirely, but that is what I found most interesting about it.
ReplyDeleteIs the last paragraph the essence of what you are doing? Whay all of the other verbage?
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering kind of the same thing as Karen. I think you could definitely boil this down into something more clear and concise and still get your main ideas across. If you would like any help from me with that, just let me know.
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