Jim Seaquist - Studio 109
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STUDIO 109 is home to multimedia artist Jim Seaquist and photographer Richard Jackson (Richard P. Jackson Photography). See Richard's information under the photography heading. For me the importance of art is in its making, with the end result being secondary to the process. My work tends to have a definite subject matter serving mainly to provide a focus for the process. When a project is started I have only a general idea of where it might be headed and often it turns out quite different than the original concept. Since I am attracted to process, I find the variety in sculptural processes more satisfying than two-dimensional work. Of the various processes I have tried, working in stone is the most gratifying. Stone, as an subtractive medium, exerts a certain amount of control over the artist. A soft spot or crack in the stone or a careless strike by the artist can suddenly create a decision point as to whether the piece must be trashed or if the mistake can be creatively incorporated into the end result. Strangely, I seem to enjoy the challenge of saving the piece when he stone is determined to be something different than what I had in mind. Too often, though, it's a matter of recovering from my own mistakes rather than the stone's determination and, for some reason, this is less enjoyable. I usually blame the stone anyway. Part of my interest in sculpture is the potential for transforming ordinary objects, such as chairs, into creations that operate in a grey area between function and form. The functional aspect of a piece defines limitations that alter the artistic content. My desire is to push the art as far as possible within the confines of a chair's function. A chair then becomes an object that balances precariously between form and function (often compromising comfort). The other great thing about transforming ordinary objects is the potential for creating surprise and whimsy for the viewer. I like the idea of making someone smile when they see my chairs or at least to make them wonder what in the world I was thinking at the time. In a perfect world I would create art that appeals both to the viewer's intellect and emotion. In the absence of the absence of the perfect world I'll settle to make them wonder. Jim Seaquist |
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