Friday, September 02, 2005
Artist Statement
My artist statement
Paint collage photography
Order in chaos.
I'm kidding, of course. A haiku won't fly as an artist statement. People seem to like little soundbites that are easily digestible. Art, however, is not like that. Layers of paint or paper, sometimes both, create meaning and emotion that must be turned over and digested with great care.
It's a lie.
No thought required at all.
It's just paint and brushstrokes and glue and paper.
Most importantly, whatever art is, it cannot be written about, at least not accurately. Art must be experienced, touched eaten. It must be all-encompassing, and it must, no matter what kind of art, evoke a feeling, an emotional response.
We humans trick ourselves into believing that we can bring order out of chaos. We can only take snapshots of the chaos and re-work them in order to better understand the chaos and our part in it, be it through art, music or writing.
Marc 7:05 AM