Brian P. Weaver
Artist Statement
Artist Statement
Burning
Bridges
The irrational moments and activities of the everyday thoroughly interest me. I find myself dumbfounded and wondering with
a distorted and cynical perspective what the underlying implicit nature of our
perception truly is. I try to merge the psychological
biases with societal ethic structures to reveal the inner workings and
processes of the subconscious. Through
recognizable imagery that ostensibly discusses self-deprecation and loathing, anxiety,
insecurities, fear, paranoia, and alienation I question the moral and
sociopathic assumptions of society. It
is this absurd reality that I want to fully understand.
The forms have humanistic qualities and are diminutive in
relatable scale. The ceramic material
built over an internal armature yields well to the additive and subtractive
process I use in construction. They are
then finished with mixed media to appear more realistic and emotive color is
highly considered in this process. Theatrical
qualities create the pseudo-mental environment for the figures and place them
in a world alone and removed from others.
Dejected and vulnerable through isolation reiterates the emotional
mental state that embodies the characters themselves. A separation from our own reality removes any
chance of redemption for the helpless creatures.
Through irrational, grotesque, ambiguous and abject imagery
the viewer is forced into new and unfamiliar territory within themselves and
their perceived idea of comfort and acceptability. The emotionally weighted and abysmal
sculptures reach a point at which logical and emotional certainties waver, and
familiar realities are warped into a deplorable hopelessness. The conflicting exploration is how we
perceive reality through the profane veil of self and what the mind decidedly tells us is tolerable in righteous
society.
