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My installation at Burn2 called "The Lonely Hearts Club" Is based on a sculpture I have done in Second Life, called "Making Connections" as well as my project "My Life as an Avatar."
Working on self exploration in both real life and second Life, I have been thinking a lot about relationships and dating in both worlds. In the past, A lonely hearts club was an old version of a chatroom, before there was internet, where single people would get together in a club to meet each other. Today Second Life has become my own Lonely Hearts Club. Is it yours?
Artist Statement: As a process abstractionist my work is about the paint application, choice of colors, decision of textures, etc. The physicality of my work is influenced by contemporary artists such as Pia Fries, Fumiko Amano, Kimber Berry, Aaron Petersen, Pat Steir and Gerhard Richter.
Coming from rejecting a theory laden art historical background I employ painting as an independent, open minded activity to break free of the sometimes rigid dichotomies of art (history).
My work is about the 3 dimensionality of paint. Through the use of color, texture, pattern and design I rely heavily on contrasts. Positive vs. negative, control vs. release, organic vs. structured, curvy vs. straight, soft vs. hard, smooth vs. rough, order vs. chaos, planned vs. spontaneous, change vs. constancy, opaque vs. transparent, thick vs. thin, push vs. pull, addition vs. subtraction, control vs. release. The finished painting is realized when these elements come together in harmony.
Like many postmodern artists, I use unconventional methods to create and communicate my ideas. I normally paint on whatever is available, whether canvas, wood or metal. Rather than using a paintbrush, I use a wooden spoon, comb, hairbrush or a blow dryer to play with the paint. I expand on Jackson Pollock's chance driven splatter method by harnessing the chaos of spilled paint and drips and creating order with the careful deliberate movement of a blow dryer. I am often on the floor with the canvas getting ‘into’ the paint as I pour, drip, spread and blow the paint around. I literally put myself into my works.
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