ARTIST, GERARD Di FALCO:
Artist's Statement:
I work in a variety of genres and disciplines which include:
1- PAINTING (acrylic on canvas, watercolor on paper, acrylic and oil on primed paper, gouache on paper; mixed media on canvas);
2- PRINTMAKING (mixed technique etching [intaglio, aquatint, mezzotint, drypoint, engraving), serigraphy, collagraphy, monoprinting, woodblock, linolium block, new technologies);
3- INSTALLATION (indoor environments/conceptual spaces; outdoor earthworks; mixed media);
4- MIXED-MEDIA ASSEMBLAGE (all media);
5- PHOTOGRAPHY (Black-and-white, silverprint, color, digital)
6- PAPER WORKS & FIBER ARTS (Hand-made papers, drawing in traditional and experimental techniques, bookarts); and,
7- SCULPTURE (wood, plaster casting, found objects altered, glass, clay, metal, stone, bone).
I also experiment with the mixing of traditional and new technologies, as well as the integration of text, poetry, performance, film/video, and public/conceptual art with the above genres.
Color (and challenging established theories of color-field); form; geometry; hard-edged line/design; optical illusion, and the balance and play of light and shadow are all equal and vital elements in and of my art. Areas of philosophical and thematic concerns in my work include: quantum physics; astronomy; the poetics of space; the collective consciousness; mysticism/spirituality; and, the ...
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