Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Dichotomies in the artist statements of artists featured in New American Paintings No. 101, August/September 2012

My dad and I on Halloween.


In order of appearance:


hide / expose

public / private

studio / outside world

disparate / whole

ordinary / new

openness / resistance

subvert / sustain

strength / vulnerability

memory / object

expectation / experience

nothingness / decadence

modern lifestyle / sustainability

attraction / repulsion

disposable / valuable

banal / poetic

observer / observed

scary / vulnerable

metaphorical / formal

empty / full

near / far

intimate / separate

depth / superficiality

reality / simulacrum

original / representation

preservation / loss

reality / representation

play / betrayal

absurd / plausible

solution / question

system / intuition

space / light

abjection / desire

abstraction / figuration

paint / image

transcendent / corporeal

seduction / abjection

decay / beauty

luxury / animal

human / animal

statuesque / formless

painting / sculpture

optical / sculptural

vision / touch

fact / fiction

confession / deception

personal / universal

premeditated / accidental

medium / thought

literal / theoretical

front / back

inner / outer

visible / invisible

simplicity / complexity

individual / collective

destination / journey

whimsy / aggression

original / image

unconscious / labored

directness / reproduction

childhood / sex

childhood / adulthood

mundane / holy

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