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ARTIST STATEMENT

For me, art is a spiritual practice. Through exploration and investigation of optic/kinetic effects originated by the combination of multiple colors and the distribution of geometrical patterns —whom alter order and randomness in different mediums by using various materials (conventional or not)—, the work creates an immediate impression that surpasses language. 

As a result of this pursuit, every work will be a link in a developmental chain that contains the seeds of change within a logic sequence that feeds itself constantly. There is a direct connection between each work of art, that's why one cannot exist without the other. The impending moment of finishing a painting gets me closer to start another one. 

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The contemplation will evoke feelings and those feelings become the engine of the whole experience, establishing a relationship in a space that allows each person to add his/her own meaning and turning into an integral part of the artwork. 

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Because works are hand-made, mistakes inevitably occur, there will be an asymmetric symmetry, a certain kind of roughness will appear, only contributing to the overall humanness and truth of my art. The Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi it's based on the authenticity and singularity of all things. This idea contemplates that everything perishes, nothing is permanent; it's described as the "beauty of imperfection".

 

When I create the work's structure I rely on spontaneity, freedom and instinctual impulse following the 'inner need' or 'Kunstwollen' as W.Kandinsky put it himself.

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There will always be a share of freedom in each work I create or  "art coefficient", as Marcel Duchamp calls it. 

Chance only happens if what's found is aligned with what the unconscious is looking for, on the contrary, we would overlook this "chance" without discovering it. 
In other words, what is found by chance it was being prepared long before. This is what art is about. There's something that draws me in. When I paint, I'm discovering what I already know: it was in me but I didn't know it. And I didn't know it was in me until I see it portrayed in the canvas, paper, etc.

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To quote Walt Whitman in "Leaves of Grass: 

"... To me converging objects of the universe perpetually flow,

All are written to me, and I must get what the writing means."

© 2019 by Alejandro Stein

© 2020 by Alejandro Stein

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