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Artist Exhibitions:
KEITH MORANT
Born in England 1944.
Educated at private boarding
school. Two years academic
tuition in painting but
largely self-taught as an
abstractionist. Worked and
exhibited in London and
Southern England until moving
to New Zealand in 1973.
Married and settled in
Christchurch, NZ. Continued
painting and exhibiting
throughout...
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Artist Galleries:
www.keithmorant.com
Bryce Gallery
122 Riccarton Road
Christchurch
New Zealand
www.brycegallery.co.nz
Abbott Fine Arts
Vancouver
Canada
www.theabbottcollection.com
TREVISAN INTERNATIONAL ART
Corso Porta Reno, 17
Ferrara
Italy.
www.trevisan-international-art.
com
Manhattan Arts International
New York
www.manhattanarts.com
Artsouth Gallery
Gore
Southland
NewZealand
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Artist Statement for Keith Morant
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Artist’s statement
My art is always a journey of discovery
into the essence of being. It is an effort
to externalise the truth of my own existence
on as many levels as possible and communicate
a greater awareness of the quality of life.
It is an attempt to generate enquiry into the
greater spheres of understanding which lie
beyond conventionalised intellection.
In trying to come to terms with my compulsion
to paint I have read deeply on the subjects of art,
artists, philosophy, psychology and human creative
history in general. It has been my desire to
comprehend not only the multifold meanings of art,
but also, more importantly, the reasoning behind
my own innate desire to create. My findings, while
certainly enriching my mind as to the necessity of
art as a natural balancing process of the collective
human psyche, has not given any satisfactory
explanations or conclusions as to my personal
predilection. Indeed, my researches have often
lead me in a contrary direction where I am often
confounded by the perversity and unreliability
inherent to the so-called 'art scene'. Of course,
in this age of ultra-communication and media
conditioning, the dissemination of knowledge
is at once both manipulative and out of control.
The plethora of paradoxes and downright
absurdities one encounters in the jungle of
jargonese of art writers alone is enough to
confuse the most enlightened of researchers.
My own investigations have led me to conclude
that, on one hand, any art knowledge can only
be related to in retrospect, and on the other,
while it may be of certain educational value,
such knowledge is quite useless as an indicator
to future directions or progressive states in art.
I have been painting now for over forty years
and I believe such experience has given me an
evolving advantage where sometimes-satisfactory
conclusions may be reached. However, every painting
is a totally new experiment and I know that I will
never live long enough to experience any form of
ultimate satisfaction or so-called success. Whatever
small accomplishments I do experience must stay deep
within myself in the knowledge that they may not
necessarily communicate their fullest potential in my
own lifetime. I must always work for the future in the
hope that someday my understanding beyond
knowledge will communicate whatever it is that
nature is saying through me.
The feelings of today are the thoughts
of tomorrow.
It is my wish that my own work, while initially
seen only by the eye, will also eventually be
perceived by mind, and thus become conducive
to some small expansion of human conscious awareness.
Art is always an answer awaiting its questions.
Keith Morant
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