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Abstract
11.14.07
Coming from an artist who works mostly with anatomic models
and gross anatomy books, this newest series of paintings is
very different from any work I’ve done in the past—it is simple,
abstract, and geometric. In the early stages I was afraid they
would seem cold, but as they developed I managed to give them warm
qualities through texture and contrasting colors. After seeing the
finished product, I started to view qualities I could only describe as
human; the color of flesh, the texture of bone. Perhaps this illustrates
how we never truly depart from the themes that interest us the most;
they only manifest in different forms as we mature.
dissect.
4.27.07
Contemporary views on beauty are based on a superficial system
of physical attributes. Once life has been expelled from the body,
it is no longer beautiful on the outside. Instead, it is seen as a specimen;
examined for scientific purposes and dissected to reveal the cause of death.
Post mortem, no attention is given to the life or character; the specimen
is merely an object of curiosity.
The old adage says that "beauty comes from within," but the emotional
connotation overshadows the literal translation. We need to see and
learn to appreciate the beauty in the systems that support the skin
and make us who we are on the outside.
The common theme of apples and pears in several of the pieces borrows
from biblical ideologies and the often stereotypical "female" shape.
Fruit, like the human body, has a skin; once the skin is removed,
we see the fleshy interior and how quickly it begins to deteriorate.
My goal with these pieces is to display our "insides" in a way that is not
scientific, gruesome, or saturated with gore, but in a way that reveals
how delicate, beautiful, and fragile they truly are.
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