The Mayan calendar is due to end at the winter solstice 2012 and is considered to signify an ‘end of time’ as we know it. What an ‘end of time’ means exactly is uncertain but there is some agreement that a significant transitional shift of consciousness is coming and is already underway. How does one prepare for this transition? Only by cultivating one’s own patterns of abstract interconnectedness.
In my paintings, cross cultural appropriation can allude to Native beadwork, old floor tiling, post New York school abstraction or minimalism, a board game without pieces (since the work moves without them), a Navaho blanket, or Aztec or Mayan sacred geometry. These aspects represent appropriated traditions that don’t usually coexist and a collision of cultures that are also somehow resonant with each other. Yet my work remains within the tradition of Western abstract painting, constrained by a square piece of plywood interacting with a stained grainy surface which reveals a sentient conscious unknown, superimposed by a contemporary abstract figure.
October 21, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Very nice images, I like the way you connect abstract art and spirituality.
August 23, 2008 at 8:13 am
James K-M I read the post previous to this one and admire the way you have managed to keep your integrity in spite of the wet blanket of artspeak that one can see in a statement like the one Mr. Jeffries made. Hmmmm, I often wonder, if, after the “Mayan” time change, and once again we will be able to speak with other sentient beings (animals) on the planet, will the first thing my cats and dog say to me is, “Ugg, we HATE Purina dry crumble cat/dog food!”
Nice work, your designs…there are some interesting artists in China these days, http://www.shanghartgallery.com, you probably have seen their work already but if not, take a peek. i like it.
September 10, 2008 at 7:11 am
It was a privilege attending your reception
The precision of your work passes through my scattered brain bring it to a complete stop with feelings of contentment and peace Moments like this are rare and treasured
May your success continue
Thank you for making this world a more beautiful place to live
Tina H. McInerney