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Pentales is a publication produced in New York that encourages gatherings of artists around the world to come together and investigate a topic area given to them. Our group of artists that participated in the Pentales "Dream" topic were all living at CAMAC in Marnay Sur Seine France in September 2011. The creative minds participating were as follows: Vishwa Shroff, Nick Atkins, Ronnie Rae, Aliona Solomadima, Diego Gomez Pickering, Viviana Goelkle, Sara Al-aquili, and myself Brandi Hofer www.pentales.com
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| Mixed Media on Wall 6x4ft |
Brandi Hofer Submission for Pen Tales 2011
Subject: Dream
CAMAC Group
Temporary Painting
My submissions subject matter is based on “the temporary”
and its relation to the temporariness of a dream. My thought process revolves
around the subconscious, it is a temporary moment passing, it is a movement, an
action, it is a reaction, and a voluntary or involuntary occurrence. My
reaction to the dream subject was to take my artistic processes and relate it
to the passing moment of a dream and how dreams lye in the subconscious mind.
To create my painting and ensure its duration was transitory, I decided to
paint it on the wall of the room in which I currently reside. I am an artist in
residence in CAMAC in Marnay Sur Seine France and am in the full understanding
that in my departure this painting will be made the same white as the rest of
the walls. I created a temporary work of art that requires a reaction to the Dream
Project proposed. I related a moment in
time as an immediacy of the past with a brush stroke of color, drip, or
painting act. I attempted to paint with an unrestricted mind in the hope his
might create a subconscious conclusion to the project.
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I have some new projects and shows on the go so I will keep everyone updated!!
Love,
Brandi
