Patrijk Anton-Piers
256 Tamoshanter Drive
33461 Palm Springs
USA (United States)
5613515781
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Ölmalerei
Stil: Gegenständlich
Statement:
"To have lived at all is a dream come true; to live in awe of the dream is cause to celebrate and revel in the wonder of Life and all its delicious bedlammy; from lovers spurned and fortunes lost to plots unbound and rivals crushed, let us bask in the splendifery and wallow in the mayhemble - be it good or bad, we celebrate Life!"
Vita / Lebenslauf:
All the inhabitants of Planet Zootopia - from aardvarks to zebras and every dodo, camel and fishhead in between - are anthropomorphic symbols: representations of the archetype we think of as the ego or 'self.' And what better vehicles than the tenacious little puffin, the gruff-and-tumble crustapien or the rakishly flamboyant dromedarian to illustrate with narrative (diegesis) and to show you with imagery (mimesis) a stylized reality in which the ordinary features of our world are brought into focus with wild exaggeration, the relationship of the imitation to the object it imitates being something like the relationship of synchronized swimming to dog-paddling.
In order to portray the helpless romantic as a guileless dodo or even a wild-eyed camel, living perpetually on the cusp betwixt heartbreak and connubial bliss (see 'NEWTON'S LAW' under Zootwerks Prints), I begin by plucking something from the continuum of everyday human experience and mimicking it. In the body of work I call Planet Zootopia I have framed reality in such a way that what is contained within the frame transports the viewer into the realm of hyperreality. Thus, paradoxically, the more extraordinary the imitation the easier it is to find the truth in it.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
21st Annual Jupiter Artfest-by-the-Sea on March 14 - 15
Ft. Lauderdale, FL (hours: Sat: 10am - 5pm; Sun: 10am - 5pm)
45th Annual Key Biscayne Art Festival on March 21 - 22
Miami, FL (hours: Sat: 10am - 5pm; Sun: 10am - 5pm)
MAITLAND Spring Festival of the Arts on April 18 - 19
Maitland, FL (hours: Sat: 9am - 5pm; Sun: 9am - 4pm)
SunFest Festival of Art & Music on May 1 - 3
West Palm Beach, FL (hours: Fri: 5PM - 10PM; Sat: Noon - 10PM Sun: Noon - 9pm)
Mayfaire-by-the-Lake Art Festival on May 9 - 10
Lakeland, FL (hours: Sat: 9am - 5pm; Sun: 10am - 5pm)
Boardwalk Art Show Festival on June 18 - 21
Virginia Beach, VA (hours: Thurs: 9am - 6pm; Fri & Sat: 10am - 6pm; Sun: 10am - 5pm)
The State Street Art Fair on July 15 - 18
Ann Arbor, MI (hours: Wed. thru Sat: 10am - 9pm)
Saint Louis Art Fair on September 11 - 13
Saint Louis, MO (hours: Fri: 5pm - 10pm; Sat: 10am - 10pm; Sun: 11am - 4pm)
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