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Welcome to the Abstract Art of Joseph Blumstein
Joseph Blumstein - Artist in Abstract Art
Every painting I do is based on reality. Looking at the real world and painting what I see.
I’m using color and form not filtered through a mental concept.
This artwork expresses our familiar world in other dimensions. A world that we live in and absorb daily, but do not see. The work introduces or educes other dimensions. The unifying theory pre-supposes additional dimensions.
………….here they are, just in front of our noses…………..
For instance, I maybe viewing a table, but I’m more interest in the color and shades, the relationship of the different parts of the whole rather than the concept of a table. I may concentrate my energies on one part of the whole because that is interesting to me. I may elaborate that one part because its grain or design is appealing. I am delving into the thing and trying to present views that we normally don’t consider because we are viewing the item from a utilitarian point of view.
There is a whole world, many worlds around us that we refuse to see because we are so intent on categorizing and organizing what we are viewing into a picture that fits our understanding and expectations. We are so intent upon viewing our world in this way that we miss 90% of what’s around us. I am trying to open a door in your mind and show you a real world that we live in that we never see. You could call this an alternate reality or a parallel universe.
The question comes to mind “why bother with this?” … Well, it presents a fascinating alternate to our world. It can be very interesting, beautiful, entertaining or threatening. It also opens a door to our soul. We observe and absorb everything. What we recognize and acknowledge is only a small percentage of what we are seeing and internalizing.
Everything we see has an effect on us and we react to all of this. Opening a door of observation allows us to see and understand things that are affecting us on a subconscious level. If one were to examine some of the classic works of art, let’s say the Mona Lisa, and try to understand what gives this painting its significance (other than its history). One would have to say that the color, contrast and movement of the painting give it its dramatic quality. Without the aesthetic of color, form and movement…the piece does not live.
Similarly color form and movement give life to Abstract Art and the corresponding alternate worlds that we may choose to view. I am presenting an alternate universe.
Joseph Blumstein, an artist presenting an alternate reality.
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