The opening statement on the University of Michigan Museum of Art web page regarding Gregory Barsamian, states:
“Internationally acclaimed New York-based artist Gregory Barsamian (Armenian-American, b. 1953) creates three-dimensional animated sculptures that explore the language of the subconscious and celebrate the nature of dreams.”
In his statement on his web page, he says how he works with the relationship between things and how that affects how we experience them. That the language he works in is that of the subconscious. He is showing us his dreams.
Barsamians interest in the dream analyses of twentieth-century psychiatrist Carl Jung, and his later interest in the zoetrope, led to him taking on the visual illusion known as “persistence of vision.” Barsamian uses sculpture instead of images, creating a dream world that melds art, science and technology into a world that is thought-provoking while hitting on an emotional level at the same time.
“Internationally acclaimed New York-based artist Gregory Barsamian (Armenian-American, b. 1953) creates three-dimensional animated sculptures that explore the language of the subconscious and celebrate the nature of dreams.”
In his statement on his web page, he says how he works with the relationship between things and how that affects how we experience them. That the language he works in is that of the subconscious. He is showing us his dreams.
Barsamians interest in the dream analyses of twentieth-century psychiatrist Carl Jung, and his later interest in the zoetrope, led to him taking on the visual illusion known as “persistence of vision.” Barsamian uses sculpture instead of images, creating a dream world that melds art, science and technology into a world that is thought-provoking while hitting on an emotional level at the same time.
At first glance I wonder what I am looking at, and then I have a hard time looking away.
Barsamian uses (fabric, acrylic paint, urethane foam, steel, plaster and wood when creating his Kinetic sculptures.
Barsamian uses (fabric, acrylic paint, urethane foam, steel, plaster and wood when creating his Kinetic sculptures.
References:
http://www.umma.umich.edu/view/past/2006-barsamian.html
http://www.gregorybarsamian.com/
http://www.fact.co.uk/people/artists/gregory-barsamian.aspx
http://www.umma.umich.edu/view/past/2006-barsamian.html
http://www.gregorybarsamian.com/
http://www.fact.co.uk/people/artists/gregory-barsamian.aspx