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ARTIFACTS
FROM A LOST CIVILIZATION
artworks by Ralph Levesque
Artist Reception: Saturday, January 5, 2008, 2:30 to 4:30 PM
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"I am a romantic visual
poet," says Ralph Levesque, "aware that all designs
and symbols are inspired by the Natural. Therefore, I am not
concerned with producing copied images of Nature, but, seek
to find beauty within the concrete; behind the material level.
"Instinctively and unconsciously I seek the essence of
'universal beauty' - the intrinsic force of all. The true artist
is but a person who under-stands what others only know about.
Using materials both Natural and "man-made/' old and new,
discarded, found or recycled; I discover their hidden truth.
The hidden reality of matter; it is always moving, changing,
evolving and becoming anew.
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Ralph
Levesque personal website:
http://RalphLevesqueArt.com/ |
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Ralph Levesque "Ancient Sky-Watchers" mixed-media,
36" x 24" |
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"My works are like ARTIFACTS from some
distant past civilization and places unknown- pointing to
new yet to be discovered worlds and realms. The element of
time revealing past and future cycles of the universe are
revealed, and appear in recognized, yet forgotten memories,
I have been granted a gift -- a "child like mind"
- seeing the constructive patterns, the rhythmic hidden constructs
in nature and seeing the spiritual things that it really is.
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Ralph Levesque
"Air-Scape Caught Solid" mixed-media, 36"
x 24" |
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"In our machine minded culture, guided by science and industry;
I find soulless monsters with slick cold engineering, killing
the natural - doing away with the "human touch." Reaching
back, I allow the handicrafted, "touched by man" to
show. By allowing the hand made - sometimes crude - naturally
inspired art, lost in the machine age; my works point to a time
when art was a spiritual endeavor, reaching for the unexplainable.
"Using matter; I focus on being a conduit, through which
timeless invisible sources and untouchable mysterious forces
connect the physical and spiritual."
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Ralph Levesque "Quarternary" mixed-media mosaic,
36" x 24" |
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Mr. Levesque was recently awarded a grant by ARTE, Inc. in New
Haven, as Artist-in-Residence, to produce two mural pieces for
' "R" KIDS -'. He holds a BS in Fine Arts, and an
MS in Art Education from the University of Bridgeport. He is
a member
of several significant art organizations.
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Ralph Levesque "Quarternary" mixed-media mosaic,
detail |
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For three months in early 2008, Mr. Levesque had a one-person
show at Art Cellar in Clinton. He has had his artworks in recent
exhibits: in the "Mini Series" at The Hygienic Arts
Center, New London, at Art Works Gallery in Hartford in the
" 6" x 6" " exhibition. at Zoey & Floyd
in Seymour, in the current Mystic Art League "Holiday Show",
in the "Small Works" show at 4 Star Gallery in Stonington,
and in "Chilly, Cheap, Chili" at the Essex Art League.
His sculpture works are also on display at Riverside Press Gallery
in Essex, and at Art Well in Torrington. Mr.Levesque will also
be in a two-person show at Art Works in Hartford.
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Exhibition: December 31, 2007 - February 1, 2008
New Haven Free Public Library Gallery
133 Elm Street (lower level) New Haven, CT 06510
Gallery curator: Johnes Ruta (203) 387-4933
azothgallery@comcast.net
http://azothgallery.com/
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