Some thoughts on Archetypal Expressionism:
The mystery of redemption is quickened whenever an outside spark animates a vessel an artist is composing – i.e. constructing in temporal rhythm – the vessel is sealed and the work exists in the artistic equivalent of living. We are fallible, except where fallibility is eclipsed by texture or flux. Bodies are spiritual content in painted insignia. As Sun Bear tells us, in 1989 alone, 130 Peruvian politicians were killed. Thus are conceptual frameworks double-edged, and sometimes ill-advised. Even so, linear progress is underrated, as the present exhibit attests.
Andrew SINGER
Bio:
Andrew Singer is a poet and artist, residing in Manhattan. He directs Trafika Europe (https://trafikaeurope.org), showcasing new literature in English translation from the 47 countries of Council of Europe. He has mentored with Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott for an MA in Writing Poetry, and has taught university Creative Writing, Literary Translation, and seminars in European and Anglo-American poetry and fiction most recently at Penn State University, and across Europe. His poetry and critical essays appear in such publications as World Literature Today, Fulcrum, Levure littéraire, Emanations, Pilvax, StAnza, and Open Letters Monthly. He believes all things begin and end in wonder.
The Alchemical City 