
Spotlight Artist
Brian Steele
South
Artist Statement
I question the emotional and psychological framework our culture works within. In my work I examine the politics of fear and propagated ignorance and, in doing so, I hope to expose our value systems and bring attention to the absurd. My work asks that you press the “think button” and attempts to ratify the reasonable through the more commonly communicated crazy. I want the viewer to investigate truth for themselves, and in sharing my own investigation I hope together we might discover the benefits of truth in a world that overwhelms us with everything but.
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