Victor Hugo identifies the grotesque, his antithesis to the sublime, as the “richest source nature can offer art.” The grotesque represents all that is aberrant in humanity and is often portrayed through antic distortions of human or animal forms. I feel that the themes of the grotesque, when explored artistically, aid in broadening one’s perceptions of existence.
My work has become an evolving rumination upon the themes of the grotesque. I am asking questions about impressions of the absurd, the monstrous and the profane. The most recent of my work has been with reinforced paper figures that are characterized by a surreal anatomy and unlikely gestures.
I hope to convey a sensation of confused interest in my viewer. These objects should arouse feelings of alarm, curiosity and perhaps even humor. They are meant to reveal the constructed nature of the rational and to provoke questions about the curiosity of being.
My work has become an evolving rumination upon the themes of the grotesque. I am asking questions about impressions of the absurd, the monstrous and the profane. The most recent of my work has been with reinforced paper figures that are characterized by a surreal anatomy and unlikely gestures.
I hope to convey a sensation of confused interest in my viewer. These objects should arouse feelings of alarm, curiosity and perhaps even humor. They are meant to reveal the constructed nature of the rational and to provoke questions about the curiosity of being.
