Curatorial Rationale

I am an artist because I desire to express myself and leave a lasting mark on the world through my artwork. Since I started making art, my one driving factor has been to impress and remind many people about their lives and their actions such as their past, their regrets and doubts. In The Dark Side of Life, I commence the story by displaying the ugly side of life, which is death. There are people in the world who have escaped death’s clutches and seen the light of the day after being dead. Red interlocks each human being through blood and death stops the body from producing more blood, the lifeforce of an individual without which everyone on the planet would be dead and alone.

Death Incarnate demonstrates the impossibility of escaping death, everything in the world lives, and so everything in the world dies. Everyone who was alive once walked the path into the void and one day everyone in the world will also follow this path which leads to misery and sorrow. Waking Dead illustrates the macabre instances in which the dead come back. It is in these dark moments where isolation and despair rule over the living and drive mad the dead. War tells the story of the destruction that once besieged the world through the omens of the Apocalypse. Through great fires and sieges leaving many dead, and others dying of disease, and overall chaos. Death is Rebirth shines a light on the hidden truth of the world. Such as reincarnation (the act of being born again), also known as rebirth. Through which the mind insinuates that to reincarnate, one must first lose everything. Family, friends, and life itself are lost to live once more. The audience can relate to war, death, sickness and conquest along with misery, sorrow and desperation.

Conquest illuminates the struggle to continue with life after all has faded. Every physical possession is shattered, while memories fade away and leave only a black space where once there was vivacity, through the blend of colors into a dull green grey. The mind breaks and distorts reality, creating illusions that one desires to be true. Light at the Gateway seeks attention through its usage of shades and symbolism through broken imagery. By warping a pure symbol of life and happiness, death’s gateway unleashed. One which lures the mind to the blocked-off tunnel by vines which block out the hidden things in one’s soul. Markings concludes the story by dissolving the barrier between the two worlds in an explosion of colors. The blunt usage of the occult and mystical forms a connection to the one entity feared by all, Death. The only entity that separates family and breaks bonds forged through passion. The Dark Side of Life, Death Incarnate, Waking Dead, War, Death is Rebirth, Conquest, Light at the Gateway, and Markings use the symbolism of the color red to interlock and drive the point that death is the end.

The Dark Side of Life is in the middle of the wall drawing the audience's attention, with Death Incarnate to the left of the artwork captivates wandering eyes and draws in the lonely. Waking Dead is to the right of The Dark Side of Life in order to invoke the primal fear of death with Conquest above and to the right to form a fragile link to the artpiece through its connection to the fear of death. Above The Dark Side of Life is Death is Rebirth to draw attention to the intense usage of the shades of yellow and blue. Light at the Gateway is below The Dark Side of Life to instill fear into the audience to connect with the more sinister emotions such as misery, sorrow, anger, desperation and defeat. Markings is opposite of Conquest by being below Death Incarnate and to the left to form a parallelogram to showcase power and undeniability as to the ultimate judge and executioner. War is to the right of Light at the Gateway and to the left as one of the points of a diamond to further increase the suspense and draw in the audience through its intricate connection to every person’s past and knowledge.

Contact the artist at adamarisgarcia999@gmail.com