In Seamus Conley's paintings, the subjects turn their backs on the viewers and stare in to the vast landscape before them. Their surroundings are immense yet hazy, details muddled by mists and fog. These people are alone, yet their body language reflects neither lonesomeness nor sadness. Their positions are entirely nondescript. Conley lends us few details as to how his subjects feel, nor what they may be seeing directly. Instead he constructs a curious ambiguity which speaks to the human condition. Though the artist's work is often read as a hybridization between dreams and reality, themes of humanity resonate throughout Conley's work. The artist brings to light irreducible ideas of human life--such as inevitability of isolation, curiosity, and meaning of life resonate--through his subjects closed position. In contrast, the endless surrounding landscapes offer little conclusion. By procuring no solutions to for his subjects or the viewer, Conley's work becomes a visual reminder of our unique human features.
∆ Image crédit: Seamus Conley
Isolation and Curiosity seems to be dependent...hmm.
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