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About the Artist |
"Art is the space in which I explore the experience of being human, not as a scientist, but as a philosopher."
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Artist's
Statement
I
was raised in a mixture of culture and language that was at once both
stimulating and discomforting, making me feel that wherever I was, I did
not belong. I handled this by losing myself in the art that filled my
home and by learning to anticipate the behavior of the people around me
so that I could prepare myself for whatever was ahead. I became a
diligent observer of people and the environments they create. By the
time I went to college my curiosity about what humans need to cope with
the joys and challenges of life was insatiable. I studied psychology and
eventually made my way into a career as a behavioral scientist. In my
mid-twenties, I began to explore the role that art had in my personal
process of making sense of the world. Art is the space in which I
explore the experience of being human, not as a scientist, but as a
philosopher. The language with which I make these explorations is that of abstractions. As intense and intimate as individual human experiences can be, I seek to view them from the outside rather than from within, thereby sharing with the viewer a more global perspective on the themes. Human figures have their place in this work, not as representations of individuals, nor as images of beauty, but as portrayals of emotions. |
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Copyright 2006 Barbara Muth. All rights reserved.