Ceci

I believe meaning in art is a context defined by the dialogue between artist and viewer at the site of the work. The rules of this language-game are defined by the place the work finds itself within the canon of art as history, yet the site of interaction and the role of the artist are fixed.

The part of the viewer is what allows not only for a multi-layered quality of simultaneous meaning, but also for the possibility of alternate meaning at a time yet unforeseen.

These unforeseen meanings can only be accessed by yet unknown viewers, and the relevance to the present of these meanings is dependent on the chance preservation of interpretation. If the interpretation is lost there is new meaning created by the viewer that arises without understanding of the context.

My work places primacy on this multi-layering of meaning, often employing bilateral symmetry as a semiotic device referring to facial recognition. I employ text as a self critique, a chance element, a diary, a commercial, a quote, a verse, and sometimes non-linguistic characters.

My process employs automatism, chance elements, art-language interactions, collage, deconstruction, and appropriation. The conceptual basis for my work is an exploration of the juxtaposition of non-objective expressionism with the semiotic qualities of language.