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BFA Thesis,
Visual Arts Department,
Mason Gross
School of the Arts,
Rutgers University
30 April 2010
The world is
floating
My recent work titled Images of a floating
world, consist of a series of photographs
and paintings that explore the poetry of
nature and the forces of the natural world.
While the title ‘floating world’ evokes
Ukiyo-e; a word in Japanese that is full
of nuances and loosely translated imply
‘the paintings of life style.’ However, the
term ‘uki’ alludes to ‘sorrowful world’ and
is associated with death and rebirth from
which the Buddhists sought release. Here
the meaning of ‘world’ is not a place, but
rather a state of being; it is the pain and
suffering of everyday life. Like a leaf that
falls from the tree and floats gently on the
water, then swept away by the currents of
time. I hold on to that metaphor as I cre-
ate illusions, mirrors of the natural world,
bonding together technology and organic
qualities.
“These days, I look at things, not through them,
And sit down low, as far away from the sky as I
can get.”
– Charles Wright
Calligraphy as medium
My work is a process that begins with a subject and is
then deconstructed as abstraction. My focus is not on the
tangible characteristic of the subject, but rather its meta-
physical and ethereal qualities inherent in all living matter.
These images, while abstracted by color and line, show
the natural process of life and the organic forces involved.
Though the process of experimentation of various disci-
plines, like photography, painting and technology, add to
that a combination of mixed mediums like paint, wax and
ink, then fuse them with natural elements like gravity, air
and fire. When accident, randomness and circumstance are
used, the final product is a combination of both man-made
and natural substance, and thus integrated in the ongoing
process of life and death.
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Deconstructing
the canvas
The physicality of the paint is made evident by
the drips evoked by gravity. This effect is more
profoundly stated in my most recent paintings,
where raw canvas is the backdrop for the exis-
tential puddle. The forces of nature have further
control over the physicality of canvas. The canvas
is treated with a matte medium to allow paint to
remain on the surface, however, if the medium is
too weak the paint permeates to the other side.
Because of this matte medium, the newly appled
paint responds in a divergent manner, the matte
medium on the canvas produces a flatter finish.
This is similar to offset printing, where gloss paper
will generate more luster to the surface of the text
that is printed on top of it.
Points to a Direction, Digital Distracted by the Wind, Digi- Kollos, Acrylic on raw canvas, Organic Lifeforms, Digital Vibrating Reflection, Digital Image of You in the Water,
Photography, Fall 2009 tal Photography, 2010 2010 (detail) Photography, 2009 Photography on canvas, 2009 Digital Photography, 2009
Moss Growing on Wood, Moving Waters, Acrylic on Half In and Half Ontop, Digi- Moss Hovering on Water Patterns in the Water, Oil on Sadness, Digital Photogra-
Digital Photography, 2009 canvas, 2010 tal Photography, 2009 Digital Photography, 2009 canvas, 2010 phy, 2009
Wabi Sabi sentiments
The Circular Path, Digital Clouds vibrating, Digital Circular Path II, Digital Pho-
Photography printed on rice Photography printed on rice tography printed on rice
paper. 2010 paper. 2010 paper. 2010
Other Worldly, Digital Photog- Twirling Around, Digital Monument, Digital Photog-
Work cited
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2010 paper. 2010 2010 “Brice Marden (b. 1938) | Untitled with Green | Post-War &
Contemporary Art Auction | 20th Century, Paintings
Christie’s.” Christie’s - Fine Art Auctions | Post-War
Verso, Digital Photography Sideways, Digital Photog- Bubbles at the End, Digital Contemporary Impressionist Modern Paintings. Web.10
printed on rice paper. 2010 raphy printed on rice paper. Photography printed on rice Nov. 2009. <http://www.christies.com>.
2010 paper. 2010
Calame, Ingrid. “Interview: Artist Ingrid Calame on how
she draws | Art and design | The Guardian.” Latest
news, comment and reviews from the Guardian |
guardian.co.uk. Web. 10 Nov. 2009.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/sep/19/
ingrid-calame-on-drawing-tracing>.
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