About
Art, Design, and Writing by Raji Purcell
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Updates + Folk Science
Currently Exhibited At:
A collective of very prolific yet relatively unknown up and coming Artists of Sarasota. Following the theme of Folk Science laid out by the show's organizer and creator Greg Ferris.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Bio & Exhibition History
Education
2009-2012 Ringling College of Art and Design
2007-2009 State College of Florida (Formerly Manatee Community College)
Exhibitions / Showings / Awards
2009 The Box Social, Sarasota, Florida [Current]
2009 Folk Science Art & Music Show, The Clothesline, Sarasota, Florida
2009 Art College of Xiamen University, Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian Province, China. As part of Sarasota Sister Cities Electronic Art Exchange with Manatee Community College. [Current]
2009 Selected for Sarasota Sister Cities Electronic Art Exchange with China
2009 Manatee Community College Student Art Show, Bradenton, Florida (1st place in Graphics Awarded)
2008 Manatee Community College Student Art Show, Venice, Florida
2007 Young Artist Showcase, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, Florida
2006 Young Artist Competition, Charlotte County Fairgrounds, North Port, Florida
2006 Young Artist Showcase, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, Florida (3rd Place Awarded)
2006 Art Sensation, Fisherman's Village, Punta Gorda, Florida
2006-2007 Gallery Walk, Punta Gorda, Florida (Monthly Showings)
Artist Statement
There is a theory eagerly being discussed within the scientific community about the properties of matter not being solid. That nuclei exit from our existence and return constantly without anyone being sure as to where it goes. This theory of matter being transient and inconstant is something I enjoy exploring in my work.
I use geometric objects contrasted with organic to represent what we commonly perceive as matter. However; I take these geometric objects even further into representing our existence and society on earth as being rigid, and uncomfortable. To me, the organic objects represent theoretical thinking, souls, and existences beyond what is physical, beyond the geometric objects.
The figures in my art not only give the viewer a personal relation to the piece, but are also shifting in and out of existence, and sometimes even transcending the physical.
My work also explores the mind, free thought, and escaping the mind's sometimes oppressive patterns. The brain, a ball of string, and a bird are all symbols for the mind in different states.
Monday, June 8, 2009
(were) Wolves
So today I finished some album (possibly real album) art for my friend's band Turn Thieves. They are a really awesome post rock band based in Gainesville Florida. Let me know what you think.
PS you may be seeing more of this image in other incarnations.