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| STATEMENT My work is landscape based, rooted in an exploration of man’s complex relationship with nature, and through this, himself. I’m drawn to man-made patterns that use nature as medium or muse, and conversely, to natural patterns returning the man-made to a more natural state. I employ formal devices such as restricted color palates, flattened/filled picture planes and considered use of line & shape to further the interaction between aesthetics, content and form. What results in the work is my own unique visual system, imbued with cultural context from my extensive travels. The work isn’t about a particular place, but rather, all places. An element of serendipity is revealed through travel. The Oldest Living Things in the World project is a natural extension of my ongoing work. While very simple in its conception, the photographs, scientific data and visual display of quantitative information will combine to create a compelling body of work. An interdisciplinary approach has the potential to shed light on the intersection of science with philosophy/belief via an artistic framework. Themes of longevity, sustainability, the natural sublime and mortality are inherent to the subject matter. Themes ranging from gender to the existential can surface simultaneously when learning that an 80,000-year-old colony of Aspen trees exists as a self-sustaining male, and, in principal, could be immortal. The project provides dialogue that resonates beyond the sum of its parts. BIOGRAPHY |
RACHEL SUSSMAN Clearing (Arroyo Seco, NM), 2005 From Lost in Paradise Digital fine art print Paper: 11.7 x 16.5 Image: 10 x 13 Signed and numbered Edition of 10 $395.00 / purchase print |
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