Last class I was hell bent on [re]creating sacred spaces AND then inserting something or integrating something to pervert the space. My instructor, Glenn, thought it was interesting that I was using such a word since the spaces I was painting was nothing of the sort-but rather religious and beautiful. He went on about how he liked how the space leads you to the sky...but but but
my issue at hand is: how can I push my work forward? I find myself wanting to paint from memory or wanting to paint the memory of a space-but then I end up painting the space itself and nothing more. I am investigating - in search of something more than just the build up of sacred spaces...I need to uncover a deeper story.
During our seminar, our instructor tells us about two artists work without ever actually showing us the work itself. Their ideas were so sound that they can be conceptualized in conversation. Their figurative imagery is so theatrical that you could picture the work without ever having to see it. Because the idea is that impactful.
So I ask myself: how can I be impactful?
Do I need to add some figurative lace? Is this my act of perversion-pushing me to try to do something so different and foreign for myself that it scares me? provokes me? The spaces I am working on are indeed lovely, and special...but how can I extend their story further? What is it that I'm really trying to tell you and why do we need to look/care?