A R T I S T + F I L M M A K E R S T A T E M E N T
My creative interests shift amongst many art media. As I develop new artistic themes and ideas, I intuitively improvise in composing visual material while searching for poetic and symbolic connotations. The subject of my visual artwork remains pluralistic, fluid and polymorphous. My creative processes synthesize long-standing artistic interests including mythological representations, surreal aesthetics, transformational psychology, visual poetics, and the fantastical.
As both a visual artist and independent filmmaker, I am fascinated by the montage nature of dream life. Much of my imagery is inspired by the notion that dreams may know the truth of the world. Much of contemporary culture denies the mythical nature of dream visions even though these phenomena are ever present in the unconscious. In art media and filmmaking, I continue to create imagined visualizations from otherworldly experiences as poetic laboratories. Each of these works embodies its own enigmatic inner logic. The experience of this artwork is not intended to appease the conscious mind but to challenge it.
I remain intensely interested in experimenting with collage processes. For me, collaging involves the creation of unpredictable juxtapositions that interest all Surrealists. Meaningful collaging processes intuitively create open, metaphorical relationships. My artwork freely integrates ambiguous motifs and narratives from the symbolic life of inner worlds while visually investigating the complex nature of interior knowledge.
My short film stories explore metaphorical interpretations of the human condition, sensory awareness, dream knowledge, and the spiritual imagination. My art films are created to form positive emotional experiences with human vulnerability, sensitivity and the wisdom of beauty. It is also fulfilling for me to create allegorical narratives that shape themselves around a psychological tone. It is my hope that viewers will not try to deconstruct these visions with dismissive rationalizations. Rather, I hope that audiences will surrender their imaginations to be activated and to embrace openness.
TO ART COLLECTORS
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ARTIST Contact info.
bsoul7@yahoo.ca
john.d.graham@usask.ca
Review of John Graham’s solo exhibition FIERCELY OPEN https://52986c3b-419b-4b63-9323-454657a025ca.filesusr.com/ugd/76a681_df888a29891e425180443c8f8cdfa0b4.pdf