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Art and Art History Student Work
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Work Title (display):
The Aesthetics of Prophecy
Image Title:
detail view
Work Description:
Artist statement: I create out of necessity and enjoyment. Drawing came to me early in life as a tool to escape from the human world and into a fantastic utopia of characters and stories. As a child I knew nothing of my past and only fixated on the imaginative grown up world in a positive light. I never knew what the impact of drawing would have on my young adult life until now. I still use the act of drawing as a stepping stool to better peer into the world of the subconscious and imagination. While I explore these conceptual subjects they evoke images of objects and landscapes void of the figure. As my mind travels into the image my hand manifests what my mind sees. Now that I am a young adult, the images are not in a positive light like my younger self saw. The images are prophetic in their aesthetics and are dark, dismal, and ominous, a reaction to the world around me. / There are many routes in which I create images. Mostly my work can be separated into two categories. I create a personal mythology in which I explore my existence as an adopted child through pseudo histories and dystopian futures; and more subconscious approaches to sociopolitical commentary through retro futuristic war technologies. As I examine the results of my labor I notice the progressive destruction of a metropolitan area. The degradation is beautiful and most notable in the man made structures and objects from the American industrial revolution. Exposed pipelines, large steal fittings, and cast iron create abstracted forms that tell a tale of technological evolution. The crude forms created by machines slowly melt with the help of our pollution and most importantly, natural processes. These bodies of work evolve in aesthetic as I problem solve through the most appropriate medium, whether it be sculpture, paint, or printmaking. The resolution is never apparent and only begs for another question posed. This journey is at the essence of my creative process. I do not seek to obtain results from these questions. / For my most recent project I use lithography as a medium in conjunction with drawing. The imagery is of plumbobs in the format of large broadsides that refers to the past not only in the medium, but within the image are antiquated objects. The plumbob was a casualty of the American Industrial revolution as well as the hand lithographic process that phased out at the same time. The conversation between the two antiquated subjects are not only a result of the past but begs the viewer to question their own technological future. Will we be forced back to our most primal technologies one day? I enjoy this coincidence while I explore the history of American technology and graphics while subconsciously probing my own past hoping to conjure a revelatory coincidence in the future. As I draw I travel through time back to when I was younger and noticing less. Tainted by the grim future I foresee, the image manifests the previous question only to ask another.
Work Dates (display):
2015
Work Dates type:
creation
Work Creator (display):
Chris Blume (American, born 1988)
Work Creator gender:
male
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male
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Work Creator notes (display):
Written thesis: https://aahvrc.colo
Work Creator UCB affiliation (display):
MFA 2015, Art and Art History
Work Creator memberOf:
Printmaking student, Art and Art History, CU Boulder
Work Subject:
drawing (image-making)
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drawing (image-making)
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Work Subject:
autobiography
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autobiography
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Work Subject:
technology
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technology
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Work Subject:
dystopias
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dystopias
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Work Subject:
industrialization
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industrialization
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Work Worktype:
lithographs
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lithographs
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Work Worktype:
prints (visual works)
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prints (visual works)
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Work Category (VRC classification):
prints
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Work Material and Technique (display):
lithograph on repurposed panel
Work Measurements (display):
44 in (H) x 30 in (W)
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
exhibition
Image Rights (display):
© Chris Blume
Work Rights (display):
© Chris Blume
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Holding Institution:
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Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
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