Description
“Sensitive, "delicate” and “carefully” crafted are the most common adjectives used to describe the beautiful compositions of Kuan Chang. In his own words his work derives from an admiration of Medieval Chinese and Japanese paintings given a modern minimalist reconciliation with his cultural and intellectual heritage.As surely as Pollock was inspired by the Mexican Muralists and Picasso by African sculpture, Kuan Chang has evolved a unique non-specific referential style and method rooted in the subtleties of an Asian aesthetic.
Using minimalist compositions and organic structure, he has created intimate environments inhabited by subtle and mysterious images seen and felt. These works are created on gesso- coated paper or canvas and then imbedded with natural fibers and thread. With these materials, Kuan Chang carefully "draws" on and textures the surface, which is then stained in subtle tones to create depth and an aura of antiquity.
Michael Leary's small photographs of the Pacific are intimate portraits of a powerful, unforgiving body of water. In each photograph, we see opposite characteristics emerge. There is change and stasis, clarity and fog, detail and abstraction. In some, the horizon line is distinct while in others it is nearly invisible. Nothing can absolutely contain it.
The images were produced by leaving the shutter open for as long as twenty minutes. Then the negatives are contact printed to a rag paper coated with platinum and palladium. This method provides the greatest tonal range of any printing method using chemical development.
Michael Leary made his first print while serving in the US Army in Germany in the late 1970's.
His work has been exhibited in New York, Miami and San Francisco.
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