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| William Rock | |
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William Rock, is a largely self-taught artist and both a citizen of Ireland and the USA. He has travelled extensively and his lifelong creative explorations are grounded with a vast knowledge and respect for many diverse cultures and traditions. His paintings propose a consideration of art springing from the world beyond the rational, intellectual realm. The kind of regions these sublime images serve to connect, irritate the boundaries and categories that not only Western culture, but art culture tends to implement. Due to a masterly handling of paint and materials and an innovative multi-layered technique, the images resonate with life and yet point to another realm of existence. -'New Art Examiner' |
| About the Artist | |
I paint an image on wood then I enter a rythmic state of spraying, marking, rubbing and scraping paint on five successive layers of plexiglas placed over the wood. Working on all the layers at once, I continue to work and glue onto the piece materials such as burlap, lace, string, paint stained rags and cracked glass tile. |
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Intimate Self #5
2002 |
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| The transcendent self-image. To go beyond our narrow definitions and acknowledge a universal connectedness. |
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Intimate Self #1
2001 |
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| To exist apart from the self is what some may call the divine and others may call pure awareness. |
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Intimate Self #8
2000 |
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| Capturing the inward movement of the artist as it unfolds. |
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Intimate Self #11
2001 |
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| On the inner levels, our connectedness is apparent. Art is a great gift. |
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Animal Nature
1999 |
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| An aspect we all share. |
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Scream
2001 |
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| As we first begin to look inward, the self has to come to terms with fear. |
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The Late Marilyn Monroe
2006 |
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| I deliberately revisited an over-exposed image and welcomed the challenge of giving it a fresh perspective. |
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Confront the Fear
1999 |
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| When we confront the fears of the collective unconscious -
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| Education and biography | |
| William Rock studied drawing at The California Art Institute and The Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, California and he taught himself to paint by travelling to museums around the world. He speaks extensively on the nature of art and creativity. | |
| Website: williamrockart.googlepages.com | |
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