Shane Guffogg

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Shane Guffogg
Shane GUFFOGG (1962) - At the still point of the turning world - Disturbing the dust in a bowl of roses leaves - Oil on canvas signed, titled and dated on the back - 167 x 138 cm - Certificate of the artist dated 19/04/2019 - Note : Shane Guffogg is an American artist associated with the abstract art movement. He has worked in the media of painting, drawing and sculpture. Guffogg lives and works between Los Angeles and Strathmore, California. Guffogg began his At the Still Point series in 2009. The series was inspired and its name was taken from T.S. Eliot's poem, ‘Burnt Norton (No. 1 of Four Quartets).’ He first read the poem, years previous to the series’ creation, however, he returned to it because Guffogg feels that the poem addresses his concerns about the art world and the world of painting in the 21st century. Guffogg stated, “for me this is a continuous conversation between past and present, and about creating movement out of stillness in order to make the abstract real.”[19] Although most works in the abstract movement are about flattening of pictorial space and denying the Renaissance window, in this series Guffogg's goal was to create it. The movement of light through the ribbons in the series documents his own physicality through brushstrokes seen within the paintings. The ribbons create a web through each movement of the brush as each movement requires a counter movement so balance occurs within the piece. As a result, it makes the viewer think the web consists of a single line. He was also inspired by William Turner's seascapes that were made from 1835 to 1846, Mark Rothko's last works on paper, pieces by Rembrandt, and Jasper John's early ‘Alphabet’ paintings. Guffogg sees this series as a conversation with the artists that inspired him
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