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ARTIST STATEMENT
Bruce Clark,
"Back to Geometry"
In 1982, I had an
exhibition of oil paintings called "Order and Chaos" at Pirate Art
Oasis in Denver. I was working with geometric abstraction and
imagery that involved perspective grids, geometric objects,
three-dimensional illusion and disruption of pattern.
Eventually my
preoccupation with geometry and hard edge painting gave way to
other interests and pursuits. I had been preoccupied with line in
my artwork for quite some time. Line defines a shape or image.
Line magically describes a person or thing. Line exists as an edge
of surface or line acts as a boundary. I had been attempting to
reduce the figure to a simple shape, a "cutout", something similar
to a modern petroglyph, hence my interest in silhouettes. I have
since used the figure in silhouette for a number of sculptures and
paintings. In my current show, "Back to Geometry", I have
completed the circle so to speak. I have incorporated geometric
imagery, patterns and perspective grids that I was using 27 years
ago with silhouettes of figures that I have used recently to
produce a new, intriguing series of paintings and drawings.
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