THE ART OF PRESENCE
ART is many things to many different
people and with 10 folks in the same room, you will have 10 different
definitions of what Art is. For me, one of the elements of 'art' is
Presence. By presence, I mean that when you view a work of
art, you have a connection which is visceral and yes, seductive in
the sense that you are drawn into another world of the making. The
process of the making is one of another world away from our own
reality, and you visit and have a communication with the maker of
what he/she gave forth as their vision of their world's self. There
is recognition of a message and you engage with the visual message
and when you come away, there is a sense of having shared a
journey with the maker.
This is why when you gaze at an
overwhelming sunset, or a roaring waterfall, there is a sense of
wonder of how this all came about. How did the elements of air,
water, and molecules bring about this incredible scene of hypnotic
splendor? The same can be said about a visual work of human made art. How did
the elements of clay, molten bronze and plaster come about to make a work
which is compelling in it's presence?
The maker of the work brings together the many elements of a bronze with his/her hands, heart, and soul of care.
With the human elements, you have this thing we call Art. It has
presence, it has soul, and you stop, and gaze upon the voice of the
making.
Such is the present offering of the
Oceanside Museum of Art's exhibition of “Meaning of Bronze. The
display of the bronze faces and hands have a voice of thunder, a
voice of sorrow, and voices of acceptance. We gaze at these works,
the representation of some who have journeyed through the most
perilous of places and have come home with the terrors of battle.
Through the process of the making a profound journey takes place with
the kneading of the clay, the shaping of form, and the casting
process of the crucible. This process the takes pain into a new direction away from our emotional self and the mind which endures the pain. We heal with
the making of our selves into another place of control, and another
place without conflict. In the process, sometimes, we make Art.
The Maker of the sunset, and splendor of a majestic water fall, well that's another story, one which will remain a mystery for our human existence for now....
Ruth J Jameson
The Maker of the sunset, and splendor of a majestic water fall, well that's another story, one which will remain a mystery for our human existence for now....
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| Sunset Oceanside CA 2017 Ruth J Jameson |
Ruth J Jameson
