Paul S. Briggs
MFA ’16 Fine Arts 3D
Art making gives me scope to philosophize concretely. Formally, balance, the paradox of inside and outside, often architectural structural references and materiality all serve as metaphors in my work. Ultimately, I am interested in the development of interiority on a continuum with exteriority. Equilibrium and balance appear where it seems none can be attained. Philosophically, aesthetically, my work primarily critiques values and traditions, broadly defined, where they impede the possibility of ongoing equanimity. I present equanimity, or the lack thereof, as compositional balance. My work has reflected me in society, dramatizing what I think, feel, and imagine about the world in relation to my life, our existence.
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