Digital Dating no. 7, 2007
oil enamel on aluminum
36’’ x 48”
John
Pomara is an artist and professor of Painting at the University of Texas Dallas. He recently exhibited part of his “Digital
Dating” series at the Cole Art Center in Nacogdoches, Texas in the group
exhibit “Silent Transmissions”. Like
the other contributing artists to this exhibit, Pomara’s work has a distinct
connection to technology and the impact that technology has on human perception
and experience. On viewing Pomara’s art
I grasped the immediately recognizable connection to computer circuitry and
digital imagery. However, I was even
more deeply intrigued by the remnants for the artist’s hand seen in the scraped
or “pulled” layered surfaces that are characteristic of Pomara’s
technique.
You
can watch a full length interview of the artists discussing his work below in
the “Art This Week” video posted to Vimeo by Richard Serrano.
I see Pomara’s works in Arrivals and Departures as referencing, among many things, Barnett Newman’s ‘zip’ paintings, particularly the Stations of the Cross series. The color palette of white and dark blue immediately reminds me of the Stations series. And Pomara’s remarks that his work is about spirituality, suffering, and death reinforces this reading for me. Great interview! Thanks a lot!
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