Dénouement/Indéterminé
A solo show of drawings and paintings currently on display at the Taylor
Gallery, Flickinger Arts Center, Kimball Union Academy through
February 12, 2010. Click the thumbnails for a larger images. Visit painting
gallery for further images.
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artist
statement
My
work is a visual account of my everyday experiences – a narration of the mundane
and sublime in each day and how these seemingly varied experiences exhibit
nature's transformative, restorative and live-giving forces.
The work in this show uses the human mind as a centerpiece, referencing neuroscience, meditation and theremapping of brain circuitry. While the subject of this show draws directly from my cognitive life, the imagery references the natural world of aquatic organisms and cells in primordial matter.
The title, Dénouement/Indéterminé, suggests the balance of two opposites – a final outcome (a purely fictional device) and the reality of impermanence. It is a reference to life’s continual unfolding, unraveling and state of flux. For me, constant change and evolution, or process, is the most exciting and rewarding part of making art.
The act of placing watery mediums on slippery surfaces (e.g.: plastic film or enamel-coated canvas) allows the medium to have a life of its own and exhibit its natural properties. Painting one watery layer at a time and then coming back to see how it has dried (will it be a puddle or a splat?) is like redefining how one interprets the world through cognitive remapping practices like meditation. The immediacy of finding a solution, or the dénouement, seems to fade away and the richness of the details takes hold of the mind.
Kate
Gilbert Miller
January 9, 2010
