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Artist Statement:
--The idea behind the Art--
Anthropology tells us that as
humans, we adapt to our
environment through the
adoption of cultural
strategies rather than through
sheer dependence upon genetic
predisposition. As an artist,
I am interested in the
evolutionary effect upon human
beings as a result. Sounds
pretty wordy and pretentious
right? So let me break this
down into:
--The section for people who
hate long artists statements--
I will try to sum it up for
you in one phrase:
The technology we use
influences who we are and more
importantly, who we are
becoming.
--The section for people who
love long artist statements--
The blurring of the line
between what humans are and
what they invent is a part of
the cultural record being
written right now. It is the
creative element of culture,
which compels us to examine
and record in both the
intuitive and the logical
spheres of art and science,
that has become fascinating to
me. The discussion of
nanotechnology and the
developing relationships
between humans and their
invented devices (the very
technological products of
human culture which contribute
to the strategies of
adaptation) is what I find
myself addressing more and
more in my artwork...
Further Information
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Artist Exhibitions:
::A Muse Gallery (2Muse at
Global Living)::
Grandview Heights, OH
Strata, Ohio Artists
www.amusegallery.com/index.htm
::Agora Gallery (SoHo)::
New York City, New York
"Pixel Perfect: The Annual
Digital Fine Art Exhibition"
Exhibition Dates: 12/8/2004 -
1/4/2005
http://www.agora-gallery.com/sp
ecialExhibPixelPerfect.asp
::Mac...
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Artist Galleries:
www.amusegallery.com
Museum of Computer Art (MOCA)
http://moca.virtual.museum/gues
t/senecal_66/senecal01.htm
www.agora-gallery.com
www.art-mine.com
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Collections:
Private collectors, Denmark,
Spain, U.S., France, Germany,
Scotland.
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Reviews for David Senecal:
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"Strata" Exhibit Review--2Muse Gallery, 2005
"...Senecal sticks to machines with his digitally altered prints, his pieces bring an enticing organic quality to the man-manipulated. They’re both cutting-edge and timeless, like computer-generated art rarely is."
http://www.columbusalive.com/2005/20050330/033005/03300506.html
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Press Release--Agora Gallery, 2004:
David A. Senecal's art is an exploration of the way in which "the technology we use influences who we are and, more importantly, who we are becoming." Images of technology and manipulations of the human form (the figure transformed into partially human, partially human-made creatures) are composed into digital works which speak powerfully about cultural and biological evolution.
Senecal considers art to be an anthropological medium: a device for the examination and documentation of our progress as a species. Colorful, intricate compositions interweave images drawn from the natural—the delicateness of skin or the gentle rippling of an ocean—with detailed, meticulously crafted images representing the products of human engineering, from machines to intelligence. Senecal's art explores the relationship between humans and what they invent, both formally—by using the digital medium—and thematically—through a combination of figuration and scientific representation. Senecal has been working in digital art for nine years.
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A 2004 Interview with Senecal about Abstract art for Canadian "LAMPSHADE" magazine available here: http://www.msu.edu/~senecald/thoughts.html
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