When 1000 Words Are
Not Enough
Richard Yasko (Gainesville, FL)
Watercolor / Ink, 27” W x 19” H
Artwork:
How much can one speak of the effects of Nationalistic Identity Groups? Is one picture (1000 words) enough?
Artist Statement:
My watercolors often appear as a somewhat free-for-all assemblage of randomly selected images. Though images are selected by strictly casual visual criteria; associative relationships are often hard to avoid. The ground is a complex mix of patterning, reliefs, text commentaries & asides, along with clusterings of repeated images (my persistent Greek Chorus). Compositions rely heavily on subjective associations and formal parallels that open into a unique poetic vein. Stenciled phrases hint at allegory, building credence to a suggested story line. Patterns provide a way in which the entire composition is addressed as a continuous construction, my visual gameboard.
The multilayered images exist on a stage where the fragility and instability of our seemingly certain reality comes into question. I'm sure that most viewers will carry away a spark of an idea that will allow an exploration of beliefs and contemporary situations, possibly challenging their assumed realities in the process.
From the We're Doing It ALL Wrong® - 4th Annual Art Exhibition