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Artist Exhibitions:
--Blackbird Restaurant
Artists' Salon Series, Solo
Show, Sept. 24 - Nov. 9, 2003.
--Around the Coyote Fall Arts
Festival and Curator's Choice
Show, Sept. 5-7, 2003.
--"Blur" at Function + Art
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois,
Aug. 8-14, 2003.
--Solo Show, Urban Studio
Gallery, Chicago, Illinois,
May 2-27, 2003.
--Around...
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Artist Reviews:
"The Chinese have for
centuries practiced
connoisseur rituals in which
blends of incense are burned
and those attending attempt to
discern the ingredients and
their proportions in the
blend. A similar tradition
exists for savoring teas, and,
indeed, artworks. Richard
Donagrandi is better known for
his photography and oil
paintings...
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Collections:
Much Shelist, Chicago,
Illinois
Park Hyatt Regency, Chicago,
Illinois
A more complete list of
private collectors holding my
work can be seen on my
webpage.
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Artist Statement for Richard Donagrandi
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In general, I don't think people notice or care about the details of the world around them. -- Recently, I read an op-ed piece by Ted Koppel in which he made a statement that epitomised this: "We celebrate truth as virtue, but only in the abstract." Of course, Ted Koppel was talking about the state of journalism, but I find that this statement fits in perfectly with how many people experience their world as well.
One of the main priciples of Buddhist philosophy is the concept of impermanence. Nothing lasts forever. Everything changes. What is here one day may be gone the next. Along with impermanence is the concept of non-attachment. To attach ourselves to anything or anyone is to welcome suffering when those things or people are gone from our lives. Countering impermanence and non-attachment, is the concept of awareness. Awareness allows us to experience, enjoy, and cherish what and who is here and now, preserving memory and adding knowledge.
I am inspired by the ancient Hindu practice of seeing without seeing; being without being; and the Buddhist practices of contemplation, cognition, and awareness. My work is about the constantly changing landscape, experience, our perception of time, place, weather, and quality of light; the objects, people, and energy around us in the abstract.
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