DIGITALISM at Context Fine Art

“As technology becomes ever inseparable from our everyday lives the boundaries between the digital and analog are increasingly blurred. Digitalism explores works by abstract artists that bridge the two realms whether the digital aspects are apparent or not. Andrew Reach creates fully digital images that harken back to his interest in architecture. Through the computer, Reach is able to render his compositions both one and two dimensionally, either animating them on screen, or digitally printing the work as physical objects. With their weavings, Meagan Smith begins their designs on the computer. Through the use of a digital loom, they are able to hand-paint the threads and manipulate the weaving as it’s being created to introduce analog processes into woven structures. Similarly, Jenniffer Omaitz develops her ideas from an interest in architecture through paper maquettes that are photographed, digitally rendered, and printed as a reference point for her paintings. Each artist utilizes a digital component, anchoring technology as a creative tool and process to create physical works.”⁠

Christopher Richards⁠

⁠Context Fine Art at 78th Street Studios in the Gordon Square Arts District of Cleveland.⁠
Opening reception: Wednesday September 18, 6-8pm⁠

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8 animations of my 3d models shown on a TV

Eight Animations Video

Looking at my work QUADRAMID V

Megan Alves, me and Context gallery owner Christopher Richards

From left: Artist Kasumi, Jenniffer Omaitz and me

Laura and Gary Dumm

left: RESOLVER I by me
right: Jenniffer Omaitz

left: QUADRABAR III by me
right: Jenniffer Omaitz

Meagan Smith

Artist Justin Brennan (in black)

Artist Catherine Lentini

Looking through my 3d printed hash sign with my work PYRALUX V on the right in the distance

Painting by Jenniffer Omaitz and my 3d printed MODEL CITIZEN on the right

Weaving by Meagan Smith and painting by Jenniffer Omaitz

I was awarded the Ohio Arts Council Artists with Disabilities Access Program Grant (ADAP)

New Artwork – HASH MASH I – uv cured inkjet on cnc cut acrylic

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HASH MASH I, 2021
uv cured inkjet on cnc cut acrylic mounted to composite aluminum
50.25″h x 48″w, edition of 3

Individually, we have in our possession the most powerful technology humankind has ever seen, the smartphone. Historically, we live in our homes, work in offices and go places for recreation and to interact with family and friends. Being in these physical locations gives us a sense of place, of history. But more and more we find ourselves not so much in a physical location interacting with the world in real time, but in a virtual place, with our phones navigating our psyches. And social media has overwhelmingly become the facilitator of this new journey we are collectively traveling in. In its path, language is being reduced, with symbols replacing words and abbreviations replacing sentences. The hash symbol has become the symbol most representing the zeitgeist in this new terrain. When we publish a hashtag, were attaching metadata that links us to the world. We become searchable. We can be found.

Where our data is, we are.

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New Artwork – Isosceles Follies I

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Isosceles Follies I , 2020
uv cured inkjet on shaped composite aluminum panel
edition of 3
dimensions variable (overall 48″ x 48″)

“Isosceles Follies I” is composed solely of these two isosceles triangles.

From Euclid’s Elements – Book I – definition XX:

Of trilateral figures, an equilateral triangle is that which has its three sides equal, an isosceles triangle that which has two of its sides alone equal, and a scalene triangle that which has its three sides unequal.

New Artwork – Tipping Point II

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Tipping Point II, 2020
uv cured inkjet on shaped composite aluminum panel
dimensions variable (overall 44″x 44″), edition of 3

From Euclid’s Elements – Book I – definition 20:

Of trilateral figures, an equilateral triangle is that which has its three sides equal, an isosceles triangle that which has two of its sides alone equal, and a scalene triangle that which has its three sides unequal.

“Isosceles Follies” is composed solely of the two isosceles triangles shown below.