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Artist Statement:
BOGOMIL'S UNIVERSE - the Inner
Universe of Otto Rapp
Bogomil's Universe is an
excursion into the realms of
the Inner Universe - a
parallel universe that exists
in the mind, and glimpses
thereof are presented here. I
am increasingly reluctant to
speak of my work as strictly
and exclusively surrealistic.
While Surrealism provided the
initial spark, and some of the
methods of Surrealism are
employed, I do not suppress
the influence of the rational
and selective focus. Thus,
particularly in later works,
there is to be found a
conscious juxtaposition of the
complementary forces of
inspiration and reason.
I do not concern myself with
the elimination of the
rational, the exclusivity of
the irrational and the absurd,
but presentation of the
conscious and subconscious
world as an inseparable whole.
I draw my inspirations from
the layered labyrinth
underground which represents
the other side of life, which
is an inner
imaginative-inspirational
counterpart to the outer
world, expressed with the help
of logic-alogic associations,
analogisations and symbolism.
The paintings in the cyclus
Bogomil's Universe are derived
by creating textural surfaces,
the method of Decalcomania as
pioneered by the Surrealists,
letting color, consistency and
flow of the paint determine
initial ...
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Artist Reviews:
TALES FROM THE CRYPT BY OTTO
RAPP
Excerpt from the critique by
J. Brooks Joyner, Editor
Visual Arts, The Albertan,
Saturday, May 29th, 1976
The exhibition is an
omnipresent reincarnation of
surrealist forms, attitudes
and content painted what can
only be termed as a
magic-realist formula. Rapp
capitalizes on ...
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Collections:
Alberta Government Provincial
Art Collections, Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada
The Nickle Arts Museum,
University of Calgary,
Alberta, Canada
Beinart Surreal Art
Collective, Melbourne,
Australia
Mr. and Mrs. Filanti, Medicine
Hat, Alberta, Canada
Mr. and Mrs. Lencucha,
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Mr. A. Daiken, Lethbridge,
Alberta, Canada
Mr. and Mrs. Kajari,
Innisfail, Alberta, ...
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