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MY PEOPLE IN DEATH - Joyce Kubat* Art that goes beyond the obvious, that goes beyond copying, that goes to the gut, that says something, excites me. * The figure has always been my focus, and over the years it's become a psychological focus, a not-always-easy-to-view focus. * I feel an artist finds out what they have to say by doing. It is discovered during the working process, being open to glimpses, fearlessly accepting whatever happens no matter what. * Get angry with yourself. Go to a deeper level within where your truth resides, where things feel right. Use materials that feel natural, that allow you to play. * Art, for me, must have a serious and profound underpinning, always poignant, often humorous, relating in some way to the universal humanity common to all of us. * And playfully playing, my figures became heads and masks, and then all became skulls on many interchangeable acetate layers as seen here. Then all became skulls glued and nailed to wood panels. * We live and die and somehow have to come to terms with that. And animals kill each other for food, and mankind has been fighting since time began. Life and Death. Joyce Kubat |
