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Artist Statement
Artist Statement
Gerard Merchant
Gerard Merchant (°1959, Lynchburg, United
States) is an artist who mainly works in wood sculpture, allowing natural form
to be reborn. By examining the ambiguity and origination via retakes and
variations, Gerard considers creating works of art a gift which is executed
using unclear and less formal rules and which should always refer to working
with objects delivered via Mother Nature.
His sculptures never shows the complete
structure. This results in the fact that the artist can easily imagine his own
interpretation without being hindered by the historical reality of what Mother
Nature starts with. By choosing mainly formal solutions, he tries to develop
forms that do not follow logical criteria, but are based only on subjective
associations and formal parallels, which incite the viewer to make new personal
associations.
His works are notable for their museum finish
and tactile nature. This is of great importance and bears witness to great
craftsmanship. By focusing on techniques and materials, he tries to increase
the dynamic between movement and elements by objectifying emotions and
investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
His works are based on formal associations
which open a unique poetic vein. Multilayered images arise in which the
fragility and instability of our seemingly certain reality is questioned.
Gerard Merchant currently lives and works in Mesa.
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