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Object Oriented Abstracts : Paint Meets Human Consciousness
The Pagani Chaos Theory Approach
Traditional forms of abstraction include Cubism and
Abstract Expressionism. Some of these
works are lovely and powerful, even occasionally unsettling. I always felt, however, that there was something lacking in conventional abstraction. But what?
As a self-taught artist, I have tended to go off in my own directions. I'm not really concerned with what others might consider a proper approach to art. Instead, I come to everything with a clean slate. In my investigations I discovered an underlying and generally unrealized principle of abstraction; the way in which a well-executed work of art toys with and even rewrites brain wiring. Having discovered this hidden power of abstraction, I decided to create a new school of abstract art that would start with this principle first and foremost, discarding other "rules" as artificial limitations. Over time, my work in this area has developed into what I have named object-oriented abstracts.
My
style is 'object-oriented' for two reasons: First, actual objects are used in
the process of action painting to shape and direct the natural flow, creating
artificial edges and shapes, contextualizing the visual schema. This collaboration
between the artist and the real world leverages the potential of both and
facilitates unique iterations of paint and canvas. Second, there is not only an
object but an objective to my painting, which is to harness the iconicity
of the art form and redirect it toward mind transformation.
This is a critical element to my style: In the past people have recognized that there is "something about abstract art," at least the best of it, that creates a feeling or state of mind in a seemingly inexplicable way. Until this time this quality has never been defined or quantified, but I have changed all that by using colors, angles, edges and shapes to force the creation of new neural pathways as the brain attempts to grasp the concept before it. To my knowledge, this has never before been attempted in the history of art. Indeed, this visionary concept has the potential of envisioneering a 4th generation of art. It is art as mind expanding drug.
In order to embrace the methodologies of object-oriented abstraction one must take a step back from art as it is commonly understood. Instead of seeing these paintings as pleasant wall candy, one must disintermediate didactic conceptualizations and instead allow oneself to intuitively absorb synergistic visualizations contained within the paint-canvas matrix. This transition happens at a synaptic and intuitive level; negative space becomes a mind portal as the convergences of colors and shapes reroutes and rewires visual cortices and produces dopamine in the collaborative effort.
Object-oriented abstracts is still a concept in progress. It is the first
science of visual sensory modification and as such it is in its infancy. New
steps are happening all the time and I wish I could bring you more of this work
online. Time permitting I will do so, but always bear in mind that multiple transparent
glazes do not reproduce adequately online, so in order to achieve the power and
effect of object-oriented abstraction you need to view these works in person. In
any case, I will
continue to develop this revolutionary art-science and will keep you
posted concerning my progress here.
-- Chriss Pagani
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