ARTHRONEUM
Arthroneum: The Albert Vass Virtual Museum
houses a selection of my work from 1988 to 1998. The work consists of oil paintings
on canvas and wood panel. There are a few photographs and digital rehabs, however,
a more intensive collection of these works are slated for an another upcoming
display project.
The coin of Arthroneum arises from the desire
to convey the synergistic nature of my work (see Artist's Statement). Its intended
meaning relays a place displaying works of joints or connections to emotive
relationships within the metaphysics of visual phenomena and the broader sensory
scope of pattern formation.
The design for the museum is based on ideas
that arise as a cognitive byproduct from the emotive process that takes place
in the creation of my painted work. Specifically, the sacred geometry I use
as datum for the architectural design reflects infinite causation and ambiguous
link principles inherent in the brush strokes.
The circles of the color wheel manifest
in the floor plan serve as a datum for the generative cycle of polygons manifest
in roof plan. At the other end of the museum, construction lines derived from
a sacred egg based on the mystic tree of life loosely dictate circulation patterns
and the form of the anthropomorphic posterior.
The overt use of symmetry is an intentional
blow to contemporary design attitudes reflecting the literal interpretation
of deconstructive theory and the semantic royalty, which is behind the power
of most contemporary art (especially the concept art that has not evolved since
the Duchampian mind-fuck). It is also a reflection of my intention to use a
formal vocabulary in my design that is based on geometry that comes from universal
and timeless datum instead of current political anomalies.
The key to understanding the various media used in my oeuvre of work is found in the foil they play on each other. It is this foil that is the process behind each work. I consider my work an adventure and exploration in visual phenomena. Painting, photography and digital design all learn from each other to form a synergistic process that fuels the impetus to create.