ARTIST ED GILLUM’S STATEMENT:

Framing an Idea

I always enjoy witnessing what students can come up with when assigned the imagining, the virtual imaging of an idea ~ simply, ‘describe the idea that you see in your imagination’.

WHAT IF ………………..

No tools, no materials, no technical processes, just the intuitive activity of the imagination. Right now I am having a blast framing the images for my upcoming exhibit. All the images have been created, and now the rest of the stories will be told with the frames, (framing), and other objects. The parts all come together, becoming a whole as each letter of the alphabet inspired me to choose a relevant image and then to decide just how to process each one in order to help create the right feeling(s). Now back to the ‘framing an idea’. I need to just put all the parts together and see if all the elements work as a whole, all the while hoping to communicate my response to and interpretation of what I experience in this life, and for as long as I am able, to tell another part of the story. Please come to the reception and see for yourself.

A quote from photographer Jeff Wall –

“All art is always an expression of affection of there being a world.”

Art that utilizes and incorporates text into the body of the objects that get created stands as a vital attempt to communicate in new ways. I find that ‘everything’ I see and experience is fair game to borrow/appropriate from and to utilize in my creative endeavor.

My solo show at SPECTRUM Art Gallery in November is titled, “ABECEDARIAN”, meaning related to the alphabet.  It is a response to the arbitrary way in which our language forms itself.

alphabet => letters => words => sentences =>paragraphs => books, etc.

While this does offer excellent communication tools/ devices, so so much is misunderstood.