My art making — Friday, July 30, 2010

I define my art as working spaces. Within this space I locate the making stuff — color, geometry, brush strokes, texture, collage, line. I will use whatever will make a mark. There is a treasure trove of making-stuff available to use today.

It is my belief Automatism is hard-wired to my process. I use it to make process decisions. Through dialectic analysis, I lay out the pieces of what I do, past and present, on a mental table. Where needed, I appropriate additional stuff from other art movements and artists as well. I select a piece here, take a piece there, make some arrangements on a computer or improv on the artwork itself, remove a piece here, remove a piece there, add here, add there, and so on. Eventually I arrive at an arrangement that I like. I Make a piece to fit the working space. Nothing is permanent. Everything is open to further revision and work.

2010: I am exploring automatism and chance to objectify the unknown as it relates to emotion, vision, sound and ambient surroundings. Projects explore concepts of simplicity as well as complexity. The structures vary widely. Included for making considerations are painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and all things digital.

Regardless of structure, all my art making is an experience for me and should be interpreted as such. It is not my intention to illustrate verbal or written narratives through my art. It is my hope that they begin their life in a non-verbal world and remain there when experienced by others. Shhhhhhhh! Enjoy!

Please visit davidnovak.com to view my work and its history.