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ARTIST STATEMENT 2008 AS A SERIOUS ARTIST MY WORK IS LARGELY FIGURATIVE, IN AN INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSIVE STYLE AND MY PRESENT MEDIUM IS MIXED. AS AN ACUTE SOCIAL COMMENTATOR OF THE HUMAN CONDITION, I OFFER, REALISM IN MY IONICAL VISUAL IMAGES, WITTY, AND AT TIMES ACERBIC, COMMENT ON CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL, BUSINESS, AND POLITICAL MORES. I AM A PEOPLE WATCHER AND MANY CHARACTERS I OBSERVE END UP IN MY ART WORKS. THESE WORKS WILL DEMONSTRATE SENSITIVE AND COLOURFUL CHARACTERS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES LEAD TO ALL PORTRAYING A SUBTLE NARRATIVE TO PLAY ON THE IMAGINATION, WITH INTERESTING SCENARIOS AN ELEMENT OF SURREALISM IN THE DRAWINGS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH DISTORTION, EXAGGERATED FORESHORTENING, AND DELIBERATED MANIPULATION OF PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS. SOME ARE COMPOSED IN AN ALMOST ICONIC MANNER. THE WORK IS BATHED IN RICH, WARM COLOUR, INTENSIFIED BY THE UNIFORM CHOICE OF BLACK MOUNT AND FRAME, AND EVERY PIECE WILL REWARD THE THOUGHTFUL VIEWER WITH AN INSIGHT INTO THE LAYERS OF MEANING WHICH LIE BENEATH THE VISUAL IMAGE. ULI LIESSMANN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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