Pacific Coast
Spotlight Artist
Marty Schnapf
Pacific Coast
Artist Statement
Each aspect of my paintings—color, form, content, style,
historical influence—operates in an ongoing state of flux. If the
logic of a work becomes predictable, I alter it. I make and partially
unmake each painting over and over until the work achieves
a kind of uncanny harmony. Frequently, two or more figures
overlap, or a single figure assumes numerous irreconcilable
positions. Structurally discontinuous and at times dematerialized
environments surround and penetrate these figures. Such
compositional dislocation and dissolution is not a formal exercise
in abstraction. Rather, it is a conscious strategy by which I attempt
to weave a sense of psychological embodiment within manifold,
simultaneous potentialities. Simply put, I aim to capture a moment
not only as it is, but also as it could be; not only as it appears,
but also as it feels. By so doing, I celebrate, as foundational, the
poetic uncertainty underlying human experience.
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