
Spotlight Artist
Maxwell Stolkin
Midwest
Artist Statement
When we want to learn about distant objects like stars, we observe their light broken into its component colors. Based on the wavelengths that are missing from these spectra, we can discern faraway atmospheric compositions. There is something about painting in this. I like to examine systems and coerce relationships. I try to route out the causal links and visual narratives therein, find fragility, and open up spaces for the imagination.
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