{"id":521,"date":"2018-06-05T04:03:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T04:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/?p=521"},"modified":"2018-08-21T05:05:56","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T05:05:56","slug":"somnambulant-mixed-media-installation-by-samantha-parker-salazar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/2018\/06\/05\/somnambulant-mixed-media-installation-by-samantha-parker-salazar\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Somnambulant&#8221; mixed media installation by Samantha Parker Salazar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-527 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install4-copy-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install4-copy-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install4-copy-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install4-copy-1024x422.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install4-copy-450x186.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install4-copy.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Artist Statement<\/p>\n<p>The fringe of consciousness contains countless moments of affirmation that our reality may be effectively reduced to universal shapes and forms. Such forms can be expressed through the intimate marks excavated from recklessly smeared surfaces. The edge of my scalpel blade regards each happenstance smudge and line, heightening the importance of seemingly less significant areas. Repetitively deconstructing and re-configuring a simple material gives conceptual power to the process of physical transformation. In these works, the negative and positive spaces are visual equals by allowing light and shadow to dance upon the surrounding architecture. The forms, suspended in space, are a quiet reflection on beauty, destruction, and potential.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-528\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install5-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install5-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-530 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install3-e1528251685448-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install3-e1528251685448-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install3-e1528251685448-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install3-e1528251685448-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install3-e1528251685448-450x245.jpg 450w, https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/files\/2018\/06\/install3-e1528251685448.jpg 1126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist Statement The fringe of consciousness contains countless moments of affirmation that our reality may be effectively reduced to universal shapes and forms. Such forms can be expressed through the intimate marks excavated from recklessly smeared surfaces. 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