I FAILED COLOR THEORY.
It was an honored to have my work hanging in Stay Fresh gallery and to be able to share my explorations with new materials, shapes and media. I received a grant from CNY Arts to do this and wouldn’t be possible without the help.
The show is titled “I Failed Color Theory” to acknowledge a time in my life where I gave up on my passion when my professors said I wasn’t making the cut. I failed my color theory class sending me in a spiral away from making art, and into the mountains, only to return to study economics; life goes on. Making art again, and being able to show you what I see when I stare off into the corner of a room brings me much happiness.
Thank you to everyone to has been patient, helped me, and inspired me on this journey to where I am now.
-Fick
Photos by: @jessica.stayfresh
EMPATHY IS CONSTRUCTED
Physical structures build society around us and comprise the made world we all live in. The built environment connects us, as occupying a space together implies a shared experience that creates community. In this way, we look to architecture as both a means of designing space as well as a means of designing community interaction. As there are countless spatial structures designed to serve specific physical purposes (in this case, a space for cancer treatment), visual structures, in the form of paintings and images, may serve non-spatial, emotional purposes. The non-physical goal of the exhibition, Empathy is Constructed, is self explanatory, and the artists represented each construct their artwork, their visual empathy, through the meticulous planning, design, and execution of their images. By offering such structures and visual forms to the community of patients, staff, and caregivers, the artists and their artwork thus contribute to positive interactions desired by the community of patients, families, staff and physicians.
- Eric Preisendanz
