Attic Transmissions // Souther Salazar Solo Exhibition
Opening Reception:
Saturday March 28th
From 2-6pm
Runs March 28 April 25, 2015
The work for this show came to me in fragments, written and doodled while living in Scrappers Attic. In the beginning I made piles of small drawings and notes. Each day Id add a little more, or chop some of them up, creating patterns and possibilities for the future. Eventually, these particles of drawings grew and connected into larger systems, intuitively finding their way together and collectively becoming the final art piece. These are the attic transmissions.
I was interested in pursuing the spirit of spontaneity for this exhibition. Leading up to the show, I began carrying a suitcase filled with multiple sketchbooks and archival materials with which to play and experiment wherever I went. I wanted to allow the possibility of making art that can unfold at anytime, tuning into the frequency of capturing fragmented transmissions that lead to creativity, and actively connecting the planes of collecting and experimenting with the finality of making compelling work. Like little ghosts, or seeds carried by the wind, the opportunity to channel these intangible moments of inspiration can be elusive and fleeting. Through my life-long collecting practice its become easier to secure transitory moments; however, in the process of sifting through these memories to find true meaning it can often feel like searching through a dusty attic filled with unsorted boxes, a mess of memory and emotion that needs to be continually reconsidered, organized and contextualized for the present.
Through the process of becoming more aware and harmonious with the attic transmissions, I imagine myself suiting up and soaring through my own mind with ease, navigating the endless landscapes within and traveling at will to that area where a powerful memory exists. I visualize being able to browse through a magical inner space library where every collected memory or creative impulse has been archived into a perfect system. And every broken fragmented thought or dream is preserved and sorted into useful categories, all laid out with mediated clarity.
-Souther Salazar
About Souther Salazar USA
Souther Salazar was born in 1978 in Hayward, California and is currently based in Portland, Oregon. In 2003, he received a BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He utilizes mixed media, found objects and collaged layers of assemblage in his paintings, drawings and sculptures. Salazar creates densely-layered universes that offer aspirational spaces for dreaming, thinking and being. Salazars work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Basel, Tokyo and So Paulo and included at exhibitions in institutions such as the Riverside Art Museum and the Japanese American National Museum, both in California. He also conceived and led The Trading Tortoise, a year long travelling community art project in 2013.
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