Domenico Petrillo: Artist's Statement |
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Recently, I have incorporated silhouettes within my work as a way of exploring the relationship between tonal and hard edged imagery. The less literal form of the silhouette aids in plurality of meaning, therefore we are invited to associate personal history. The use of a birds-eye-view perspective explores the spiritual and voyeuristic tendencies found in the act of observation. In this context, we are placed at a vantage point that is rarely accessible in everyday life. This speaks to the current trend of using digital devices as a social mitigators between the individual and group as it relates to the human condition. My process includes additive and reductive techniques of applying paint, to create layers within the paint film that allow for multi-layered realist and abstract imagery to coexist. Applying paint using materials that carry unity through pattern (such as bubble wrap) coupled with direct brushwork allows for fragmentation, flatness and depth which give way to motion, ebullience and harmony. This directly correlates to the diversity and interconnectedness found in the micro-communities we are all part of. |
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