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Artist Statement:
In Paul Valery's words, "to
see is to forget the name of
the thing one sees".
My work translates forms into
a language of metaphoric
associations. It hints at
meanings without using literal
descriptions. Objects are the
visual sounds of this
language. When placed together
these words form a sentence, a
poem, and a kind of narrative
with its own internal logic.
The pieces look like . . .
feel like . . . sound like .
. . but cannot be consciously
identified or named. With this
work I am striving for a sense
of unnameable familiarity.
Some of the work consists of
single objects. I view these
pieces as words or emblems.
More often the work is a group
of objects, or a composition.
Ceramic forms are used as a
sculptural canvas to draw on,
creating interplay between
painted shapes and actual
shapes. The physical scale and
formal qualities of the work
reference the body.
Current series include:
"Pillows" which have a volume
reminiscent of lungs and
breathing, "Tunnels" and
"Blankets" which focus on
differences between inside and
outside and the idea of
transformational space, and
"Cages" which utilize
structural elements to create
form and explore
three-dimensional mapping and
order versus randomness. The
surfaces and ...
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Brooklyn artist Linda Casbon constructs functional clay objects and large-scale ceramic sculpture. She studied design and ceramics at the University of Colorado (BENVD) and ceramics at Kent State University (MFA). Linda has participated in artist's residencies throughout the United States and Canada including the Bemis Foundation in Omaha, Nebraska, the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana, and the Banff Centre in Canada. In 2002 she was an Artist-In-Residence at the John Michael Kohler Company in Wisconsin. She is currently teaching at Hofstra University and Kingsborough Community College.
An aspect of ceramics that continues to be of interest is the interaction between form and surface painting and the differences between a three-dimensional object and two-dimensional painting. Three-dimensional objects are concrete and real, whereas paintings are representations, or illusions. The meeting of these two worlds is likened to the here and now (concrete and real) meeting up with the past and future (illusory).
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