Monday, November 30, 2009

MORE WHITE SERIES



More

(acrylic/collage on wood 10"x7")



Just in time for the Christmas season, this painting explores our inherent glutony and how it may well define our tribal identities..."as corporations commercialize cults, I wonder...is it me?" Thank the corporation for providing endless carrots to chase and the chance to "belong." See the frightening documentary "The Corporation" for further insights into these unregulated sociopathetic behemoths! Note the cowboy reference to a recent president whose lies we did indeed buy with dire consequences!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

WHITE SERIES

BURIED DREAMS


Pavlov's dog always salivated and so do we in anticipation of NEW WORTHLESS PURCHASES. The carrot is ever present and we learn to chase it eternally. In the end, we NEVER learn. What was that the Buddha said about desire..."the cause of all suffering." We fail to remember how quickly our pleasure receded after a purchase...dreams that bury us, again and again and again...

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Ether^ra Videos on YouTube

Many ether^ra videos are available to view on YouTube. My interest in experimental cinema, along with the my personal point of view regarding the visual arts are my inspiration. As Picasso stated..."mediocre artists borrow; great artists steal." To paraphrase another relevent quote from the band Wire..."everything seems important when you don't know the beginning or the end." Ah, the absolute power of image cropping!(and stealing)

Monday, November 23, 2009

AFTER ALL, NATURE IS BETTER THAN ART




Romanesco



On a recent trip to the Union Square Green Market, my girlfriend and I purchased this other-worldly combination of beautiful logarithmic spirals...behold Romanesco Broccoli, in all its fractal glory. Mario Merz used the related Fibonacci Number Series to generate his art...John Cage the mycologist musican looked to nature for inspiration, Jackson Pollack WAS nature, and ether^ra finds an alien beauty in these spiral forms...and they are quite delicious! (photo by Pat Giancontieri)

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

WHITE SERIES CONTINUED



Mine, Not Mine & Certainty Only


The primacy of perception creates our own truth and we use it as a tribal weapon against all interlopers. To be so sure must certainly be a blessing, but not so in art...To be certain unfortunately, allows for ANYTHING and EVERYTHING...but to question allows for EVOLUTION...the nature of painting and life itself!


Sunday, November 15, 2009

ETHER^RA CD-R's


ETHER^RA CD-R'S AVAILABLE
Presently available are 2 cd-r's that explore processed guitar and electronics prior to the introduction of Folktek gear. No laptops were used in the production of this music. Listening with headphones is advised. Cover art was designed by ether^ra. Both are available for purchase via Paypal. Please contact me via my e-mail address, potterpaint2000@yahoo.com



KEGEL CD-R



The brother project to Ether^ra, Kegel "Nine Voices" explores the poles between the atmospheric and sonic abrasion. I suggest you listen via YouTube. Thanks Arthur!

ETHER^RA STUDIO



Another view of the Folktek side of my studio containing the following Folktek pieces :
  • FeedScape
  • Time Scape
  • Golden Keys
  • TimeScape Sequencer
  • Subharmonic Field
  • Pluton
  • Oranger
  • Insectarium Bug

See my YouTube videos to see some of this gear in action!

DEVIANT SOUND MACHINES : FOLKTEK


ETHER^RA STUDIO


Arius and Ben are Folktek, makers of wonderous sound/art object/instruments capable of producing everything from sonic abrasion to the lyrical. My studio is outfitted with a collection of these incredible machines of aural desire.



Saturday, November 14, 2009


WILLFUL SIMPLICITY
(acrylic/collage on wood 12" x 16")
Another painting inspired by Goya's "Los Caprichios," specifically "El Sueno de Razon Produce Monstros"...The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters. Indeed!!! The text repeated on the upper left/right reads "embrace willfully stupid simplicity" as the participants shield themselves from the light of reason...sounds like recent political discourse. Check out Goya's "Disasters of War" and think about our current dystopian world...and then try to get a good night sleep?
A TUMBLE OF WORDS
(acrylic/press-type on wood 4" x 6")

This is another small piece with distressed geometry and a single line of text...we are presented with unending sonic abrasion, a Tower of Babel. Very little of this "communication" is meaningful or compelling in any way...None of it is poetry except to perhaps an Italian Futurist painter!

SMALL PAINTINGS ON WOOD


ARRIVAL FROM NO PLACE
(acrylic/press-type on wood 4" x 6")
When presented with a number of small pieces of found-wood, I produced a few paintings that allowed the entrance of color!

EXPECTATION, ANXIETY, PURCHASE
(acrylic/collage on wood 9" x 12")
Corporation subtlely influence the choices that we make EVERY day. This painting, showing a bucolic setting, hints at the heart of the so-called American Dream: a never-ending series of "choices" thrust upon us with no end in sight...and NO JOY as well!...David Lynch got it right! We've got the freedom to chase the carrot till our demographic is no longer a viable financial proposition for corporations to invest in.

RAVAGED BY APPEARANCES
(acrylic/collage on wood 6.5" x 8")
The death of my father was an epiphany; so much "refuse," very little of any value to show for 78 years of life. I was shocked at how so much was destined to fill a dumpster...this painting suggests my feelings regarding the accumulation of anonymous, meaningless crap instead of transformative objects that enhance a finite existence...oops, there goes the GNP!

The White Series




POPULAR WISDOM

(acrylic/collage on wood 6.5" x 10")


Once again,
my take on the
oblivion of conformity,
dystopian
"normality."