From the "The Creation of Mankind" series.
Artist: Raymond Bugelski
This body of work (Loam, Bole, and Clunch) is the result of my obsession with collecting peculiar objects and repurposing them though juxtaposition and surgically altering their original form. Taking everyday objects and manipulating them into pieces of art, while avoiding the stipulations of classically accepted mediums, is a testament to my creative mindset.
The marriage of Surrealism's dream-laden fetish for the grotesque and Pop art's celebration of popular imagery superimposed into a composition which pays homage to geometric abstraction while infusing lysergic shapes establishes a cynical dimension to lay out my parable.
The creation of man from clay is a miraculous birth theme that recurs throughout world religions and mythologies. The plasticity of the material gives light to its symbolic meaning, but as a artist I am most interested in whom did the creating not what was created. A symbol is a physical thing that stands for an idea, by splicing together archetypal symbols I hope to explain how this great mystery unfolded, thus providing a new twist on a story as old as dirt.
32" W x 44" H x 6" D
Mixed Media
$6800
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