| About the Artist: |
My work is based on specific impressions related to movies from the 1930s and 1940s. These impressions refer to actual scenes, studio publicity material, fan magazines, and other movie memorabilia. The images in "Bad Girls," stem from the 'film noir' genre of the 1940s and to women in posters used to promote lurid detective 'noirs' that producers picked up for cheapie films. Once the images were chosen, I decided to write accompanying stories, and went about this by reading several, cheap detective stories of that era. Then, one evening, I had dinner, alone, at a restaurant called 'Maruzella' that makes the best spaghetti and meatballs in New York City, and over a glass of chianti wrote the story of each bad girl.
In all of my work I try to create a sense of déjà vu, or nostalgia, without the sentimentality often associated with specific films. Images as social icons, and attention to individual incident interest me. I accentuate physical 'clumsiness' which alters the perception of each character's physiognomy and brings it more to the ''real.' Depicting a universal gesture and establishing dramatic moments are paramount.
Once experienced, a movie is never totally forgotten. Memories from films can be channels, metaphor and private reverie, through which an artist addresses the human condition. |
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