David Angotti

No disrespect to those who write well about the arts, but “Artists’ Statements” are b.s. (belief systems?) As Thelonious Monk is quoted as saying “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” Writing about art runs the risk of telling you what you should see and feel.  What the work means is up to you. The work stands on its own. I’m grateful if you take the time to stand with it. Seeing slowly.

That said, I am required by many to provide a written statement:

The “subject matter” of recent work has been abstractions based on nature, accident and awe. Nature and science offers inspiration with images of cellular, biological and astronomical research. Ideas come from various spiritual practice spanning time and custom. The connections from the subatomic, botanic, stellar… – from the shapes, motions, disintegrations and regenerations, and the light which illuminates those entanglements. 

Recent works begin as digital paintings done with various programs and platforms. The motif is a play on still life painting which I’ve been calling “entangled life” paintings. Credit book by Merlin Sheldrake. The works are printed using archival inks on metallic paper then mounted in custom metal frames. Another round or two of applications include powders, glitters, paint, seeds, blossoms, insects, etc, embedded in epoxy resin. Currently there are three separate series within the untitled, entangled-life works: “mind the gap,” “open heart,” and “seeds and stars.”