Clifford Singer

"Concerning the Geometrical in Art (For Kandinsky)"

"Cut Space Series, (Crimson) Composition #56"

"Cut Space Series, (Ochre), Composition #48"

Acrylic on Lexan, 36" x 54", 2005.




Clifford Singer

4477 EL CAMPANA WAY, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89121

"My paintings encompass a lifetime of experience in working with geometry. Concerning the Spiritual in Art (For Kandinsky) was inspired in part from the Blue Rider group created by Kandinsky and Franz Marc. I have been working in this fashion, in terms of directional asymmetric composition since the 1970s. The Cut Space Series has been an ongoing series for me in recent years. I was quite taken by Pierre Bezier's diagrammatical curvatures. Producing the actual paintings as all of my paintings are quite arduous and time consuming as well as physically demanding. Kandinsky had written a book entitled, Concerning the Spiritual in Art which I have followed for my own work that has bridged four decades. Geometry as a branch of mathematics that I incorporate as elements for my works of art serves as an idea complex. That an exploration into the Bezier curvatures has taken a part in my work began in 2001 after research in this area. Non-Euclidean and Nonlinear incidence geometry has taken a place in my work since 1986. In 1997, Rice University offered to create a web page for my work and remains in Non-Euclid there. Pierre Bezier's curvatures in 2001 appeared in my artworks after much investigation into parabolic and Pursuit Curves in 1999. I had not taken notice much to the affinity between Bezier and my own constructs until more recently. This occurs frequently in mathematical study where there may be overlap. Basically, this paper will attempt to reach a greater understanding into complex issues involved in the work. In terms of geometric composition, non-linearity and linearity take on a contrasting visual opposition and richness for my work and linear boundaries. This had begun with looking into classification of our universe of curves and the numerous characteristic types. Identification, characteristic type, usage and integration are merely a starting point. These recent art works represent an extensive usage of Bezier curvature along with other factors. The elements of style characteristic to my work and that I have drawn your attention is not involved with visual design per se but rather artistic expression manifested through integration as mentioned in my various prior papers where I discussed collinearity. The history of mathematics and references in geometry consistently come into view. I have found that the most common forms of simple cubic found in Bezier curves are more readily incorporated within the range of my work. Simple curves and straight lines are merely the starting points."

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