The Role of the Dominator in the Evolutionary Process
Posted by David Mazure | Filed under Diagrams, Digital, Drawings
Here’s another image from the archives. This was probably one of my first large drawings strongly influenced by quantum mechanics and string theory (thanks to Brian Greene’s The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos) that I did in my first year of graduate school. It was also the first drawing in which I combined graphite, ink, marker and digital elements. It touches upon many of the themes and concepts that I have been expanding upon ever since, albeit in a much more wordy fashion.
New Name, New Logo
Posted by David Mazure | Filed under Drawings
This is the official unveiling of the new name and logo for this site (with a completely redesigned layout coming soon). What do you think?
Booly-Booly
Posted by David Mazure | Filed under Drawings
A few posts ago I promised that you would be seeing new work. But, I’ve been rummaging through and organizing many of the old files on my computer and this has led me into new encounters with old work that I have completely forgotten about. I thought I might share a few of these with you because I find it very interesting how much my work has changed in such a short period of time. The two images below are the sketch for Booly-Booly and the actual finished piece. The actual piece is now a part of the Albert-Bewighouse Collection. This piece was the newest of my work that I presented in my portfolio to gain acceptance to graduate school.
Although this is obviously not my best work, I am showing it on my blog-site because I find historical context very important in determining the importance and/or value of a work of art — in all disciplines.
If you say about an artist’s work, “I think that work sucks. Their earlier work was far better.” — then, perhaps, if you truly appreciated the artist’s work in the past, maybe you can take into account the historical context (in the microcosm of the artist’s own progression, as well as, the macrocosm of the world-at-large) under which the new artwork was generated. You have to understand what was going on at the time, how the other works led the artist to this new series of work, what social and political forces were affecting the artist, what type of technologies were available and what other artists were doing at the time. I am not saying that this should be the sole criteria for determining the worth of new art by an artist, because any artwork should most definitely have the ability to impact the viewer profoundly, but I think it is something worth considering. What do you think?
Booly-Booly Sketch
color pencil, ink, marker, 2005
Booly-Booly
color pencil, marker, 2005
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Posted by David Mazure | Filed under Digital, Drawings
Embrace Details
Posted by David Mazure | Filed under Drawings, Installations
As promised, a closer view of the graphite drawings in Embrace (thanks for the pics, Jessica!):
Embrace
Posted by David Mazure | Filed under Drawings, Installations
Embrace, completed on July 6th, 2010, is technically my first commissioned installation work. I use the definition of the word ‘commission’ loosely though, because I wound up doing this project for free (and it was my pleasure to do so!). The proud owners of Embrace are two very good friends of mine, TJ and Jessica Lee and the piece now adorns the back wall area behind their bar, framed by two windows on either side. They have been very patient with me as I have had the area behind their bar in some disarray for the past year (or more?) — thanks guys!
