{"id":4929,"date":"2010-11-30T16:50:43","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T23:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/?p=4929"},"modified":"2017-08-18T17:58:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T17:58:53","slug":"an-artist-statement-to-remember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2010\/11\/30\/an-artist-statement-to-remember\/","title":{"rendered":"An Artist Statement To Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imageblock\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikerea.com\/spacesuit.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4135\/5221848379_25f3fff804.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Spacesuit by Michael T. Rea\" \/><\/a><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I just need to jot this down so I don&#8217;t lose it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikerea.com\/\">Mike Rea<\/a> is an artist. This is his artist&#8217;s statement which brings together this wonderful relationship between fiction, underachievement, flaws, and failures. Lovely.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bookquote\">\nStanding on the shoulders of other people&#8217;s dreams could perhaps be the most pathetic of all dreams. The intent of my work is to create something short of its outcome. My goal is to create the idea of an object that remains a dream. The objects I create are based on fictions, rather than realities. I have always been interested in the ephemeral worlds established in film, or even in popular culture. Fictions or established hearsay allow for a flawed interpretation, which leads to a flawed result. The sublime is unattainable, and not an option. I further amplify this experience by only using my memory to construct my images. Failure is imminent. I find humor allows me to enjoy this experience, and I in turn build humor into the worlds established by my work. I have chosen to depict these states with unfinished wood, and other materials which convey a sense of the temporal. I find the beauty in life lies in between moments. My work offers a sense of what could be and what could never be simultaneously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just need to jot this down so I don&#8217;t lose it. Mike Rea is an artist. This is his artist&#8217;s statement which brings together this wonderful relationship between fiction, underachievement, flaws, and failures. Lovely. Standing on the shoulders of other people&#8217;s dreams could perhaps be the most pathetic of all dreams. 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