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October 1, 2016

Constance Vepstas

Biography

Constance Vepstas is self-taught in Photography and Photoshop. She has travelled the world while creating art. An eight-time visitor of the Biennale Arte Venice, many days at Documenta, and the Istanbul Biennial, and visiting the art museums of the world have influenced Vepstas’ ways of seeing and making art. Vepstas aims to raise questions for the viewers.

Vepstas early influences included Artemisia and Arc Chicago women’s coop-galleries. She was part of a revolution of American women and politics following Judy Chicago and Joy Poe. Vepstas influences include by Chicago theater, such as Body Politics. Vepstas believes art, and in particular, surrealism can express a universal human experience.

Artist’s Statement
The Animal Within Us
Man and animal are one and the same. Spirituality of the soul triumphs in man, survival of the fittest in animals. Man questions his survival as he struggles to survive. It seems when there is no answer to situations man becomes surreal not being able to rationalize all things that happen. In these images I want to present the characteristics, animal instinct and the surreal we encounter by our dumbfounded state we experience when there are no answers to our situations. “The Animal Within Us” are manipulated photographs printed by the artist.

  • Location: Chicago, Illinois

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Surrealism, Digital Art, Photography

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March 20, 2016

Richard Smith


Richard J. Smith explores unexpected interrelationships between everyday images through surrealist photomontage. Working with elements from nature, pedestrian objects, specially-commissioned photos, and scenes from his travels and neighborhood, he fuses these components into ethereal yet cohesive views that transcend their origins. A self-taught graphic artist with 20+ years of professional experience, Smith incorporates assimilated photographic techniques and modern photomanipulation approaches into his handcrafted compositions. He calls his work “Handcrafted Surrealism” because all photography and editing are done via smartphone.

What appeals to me most about surrealism is a sense of connection and transcendence – or even just the possibilities of their taking place. I think we’re all looking to transcend in some way; to explore or become part of something outside ourselves. And yet mostly we go about our routines amid similar scenery so much that our days can seem to blur into one another. I like to think of my art as an expansion or slowing down of time, taking a focused approach to those moments where ordinary elements from our regular experience become magnified and juxtaposed in ways that achieve transcendence on multiple levels – from the first sighting (“oh, hey, that’s cool”) to a deeper study (“woah… what is that???”) – so that my compositions not only bring dissociative elements together, but also offer deeper appreciation of elementary surroundings. And then all this coalesces in viewers’ minds in fashions unique to individual experience and interpretation. I’ve actually seen it take place in real time when I’ve shown my work, and it’s a great thrill to get completely unique reactions from others looking at my art, something I’ve put together on with my own hands, using pieces of my own ordinary scenery, magnified and blended with any number of disparate elements from all over the country. To me, that’s the ultimate and most rewarding transcendence, maybe even happening right now.

– Richard Smith

  • Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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