Carmen Larsen: Simultaneity

• Event dates: September 1, 2008 - September 14, 2008
• Reception: September 4, 2008, 7:00PM
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This new body of work consists of approximately 15 pieces of work on canvas and wood panel ranging in sizes from 24 inches by 24 inches to 8 feet by 10 feet. Included in this work is a sculptural figure reflecting the textures and colours of that in the paintings. The sculpture is approximately 1 foot by 6 feet.

The formal qualities of these pieces resemble elements of nature, erosion, decay, reinvention, the effects of time or rather the concept of time. This work signifies what has always been and what will always be, forever changing, yet constant. A simultaneous occurrence. As an object exists at each moment of its history, the same object exists at each moment.

My work is nothing new, simply a new interpretation of what has always been. Before us and after us. Alpha and Omega. There is incredible knowledge that lies in the root of our existence. We just need reminding. This comes naturally through our instinct to wonder and ability to discover. My art is my medium, my path to this state of being, a state that connects us to the core of life. It is not abstract art, rather an abstraction of knowledge... our collective conscious. It is void of all distractions and conscious influence, it’s the purity and simplicity of our core, both beautiful and ugly. It is truth.