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Artist Statement:
“All art is the memory of our
dark origins, whose fragments
live in the artist forever.”
-Paul Klee
I am not a photographer or a
narcissist. I am an artist
with a camera. I want to push
the boundaries of what I
define as self and other by
playing with ideas of
identity, gender, archetype
and the myriad ways in which
they can be represented. I am
inspired and fascinated by all
of the subtle variations in
mood and character that human
beings are capable of. I can
more deeply explore these
moods and emotions by
physically transforming into
them for a moment in time.
Self portraiture became a
natural extension of my
artistic desire to work with
photography, coupled with my
reclusive personality. This
work is entirely
self-contained. As
photographer, subject,
costumer, makeup artist, and
post-processor, I have
complete control over the
resulting imagery, and am also
able to work alone at three in
the morning if the spirit
moves me.
Ironically, I have a hard time
identifying with my work as
“self” portraiture, because
all of these characters and
personalities seem to be their
own. I just try to give them
life for a moment, acting...
Further Information
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Artist Reviews:
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Kalliope Amorphous:
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