Streams
By Suzanne Ingrao ([email protected])
This art portrays a symphony of interruptions defying logic--- sequences that somehow bring forth reason and understated continuity. I find myself meandering through the mirage-like streams of engaging, bright colors which seem to contradict their solemn messages. Chaos rises and falls---is it an accident or is it a deliberate subliminal message disguised as a puzzle of juxtapositions? Stairs lead “down” to a clean bright sky which I see as a clever tragic irony. The mechanical image poses defensively amidst its surroundings, hence stripping it of its heavy force against other deceptively fragile symbols---a well-deserved karma. Timeless stages present themselves here as tired dated fallibilities. Choose your poison, your hope? This art leaves me with so many more questions, so many challenges to my so-called established principles. This, to me, is art’s classic purpose. I welcome with humble hopes this invitation to such stimulating uncertainty in lieu of presumptuous assurances. There are no solutions offered here, no room for pointless drama, only questions in search of meaning. I agree. The only certainty is that each time I return to this piece new, at times perplexing thoughts arise.
“VisaCard” Painting by Edward A. Burke (2008) | Acrylic on Canvas 30” x 40
“MasterCard” Painting by Edward A. Burke (2008) | Acrylic on Canvas 30” x 40