Automatist Digital Sculpture: Exercise 7

Tribal Life

  A visual essay on primitive culture, 
Totems and bare-ass living on the open plains 

Clearly, the image in Step 1 has little to do with Hunter Gatherer's,
or the evolutionary redirection by early man toward agriculture and the farming of animals

It does however represent the beginnings of color and form,
as it pertains to Abstract Automatism and the subconscious development of imagery and theme

Step 1

For the purpose of the exercise, an existing image was modified

Step 2 - Colorize using pastels  

In this manner, you are not committed to permanent color intensity 

Step 3 - Mirroring the image 

Step 4 - Enhance 

Step 5
Image redefined (sculpted), to include the symbolism of a Totem

Step 6

The addition of human-like figures and flora 

Step 7

Creating the Hominoid with a vision... and general enhancements

Step 8
Concept review and touchups 

Step 9 

The final image… Tribal Life
(c) 2011 Ron Maubidea - All Rights Reserved 

 Cassandra Landau - Gallery Coordinator

Masks: The Seduction of Eloise

 La Séduction d'Eloise 
Genre: Automatist Digital Sculpture

 Statue Attentive

Eve dans le Jardin ll
Genre: Automatist Digital Sculpture 

Cassandra Landau - Gallery Coordinator  

Graffiti and the Visual Blurb

 

Lokale Einwohner (SpectraZone 415)  

Local Inhabitants (Lokale Einwohner)… was originally described by the artist as a rough portrait, a Visual Blurb in watercolor

"It is more graffiti-like in nature and appears better suited in an urban landscape, rather than on a canvas"

Emergence

Subtitle: Sleepless and Dead (Séraphine and Joshua)

An image depicting the tragedy of passing in ones sleep... 

To wake in a Netherworld dung heap, eternally frustrated by the lack of good company and quality entertainment

As with any theater troupe...

these newest additions to the gallery reflect a juxtaposition of familiar themes, a reconstitution of cast and staging 

Cassandra Landau - Gallery Coordinator

Reverie: The Guise of Social Malaise

However you may see it (Independence Day or the 4th of July), the concept of personal Freedom is Universal and Revolutionary  

America's Declaration of Independence and its Bill of Rights were at one time, a social experiment. A treatise in Civil Liberties, and  it caught the attention of the entire Western World   

Clearly, there are those who would oppose these measures by  any means. They’re purpose... to frustrate the natural evolution  of Man and (according to Sartre), Man's state of Being  

Being:
The Existential point of view, was generally focused  on the condition of human existence according to philosophers of the 19th century

It encompassed both Man’s beliefs and religious views . . .

Included in that study were the states of action, thought, responsibility, and how we (the People) viewed the meaning and/or purpose of our Lives 

At the heart the argument is the proposal, that an Individual       
is solely responsible for the quality of Life’s Meaning and its condition… unconditionally!

The photo… a curious collection of juxtaposed figures 

Cassandra Landau - Gallery Coordinator

Black Betty (Bam Balam)

Caricature Portraits: East Village Memoirs

Subtitle: Crack Betty in Decline...

BB is the latest addition to the gallery collection of satirical 
Automatist Digital Sculpture by Ron Maubidea

Cassandra Landau - Gallery Coordinator

Saiya Tre' und das Letzte Lachen

Saiya Tre'
- SpectraZone fictional character -

Das letzte Lachen

Translation: The Last Laugh (redux) 

Cassandra Landau - Gallery Coordinator

Gallery Mail Room: East Village Memoirs

Unlike other letters, this one was a bit hard to follow 

Regardless, your thoughtful reflections were sincerely appreciated

Thank you Chris 

Ron or Ron Maubidea is one of those people you could always rely on for good conversation or a few bucks if he had any to spare

We knew him as the guy with the black sports car and video camera, that had his own Cable Show. He was also alot of different things to alot of people

When we met... he was arguing with me over a torn painting that was pulled from a dumpster on East 7th Street near a construction site

Each of use dove into it looking for street treasure and recyclables. If you remember, I wanted to sell mine at Metal's 24 hour Book Stand on Ave A

When he found out that I knew Metal and had many of the same friends, he lightened up on the large canvas

From then on we stayed good friends and occasionally hung out with the "all night crew" in his apartment

In the 1990’s... the neighborhood reached its peak in scumbags, drugs and undercover cops. The E Village was known for its late night bars and chill spots 

Thinking back to that time, it was more like a movie set with outlandish costumes and characters. There were nights I stayed up in Ron’s place because the street was too cold and dangerous to fall asleep safely

I watched him cutting out pictures from magazines for hours then turn them into big collages that covered the walls from one end to the other

There was also this friendly pet rat named Simon who he played with all the time. The darn thing knew its name and would run up each time Ron called

He (Simon) was never in a cage as I recall, and just ran around like it owned the place and was never far away

Friends stopped by his studio all hours of the night. 
It was like nobody ever slept and was a cool meeting place to hang out and catch up

We all brought food but mostly coffee and snacks. For some reason, the rat always got first choice of the hot food and I mean... "Simon" was always the first to eat 

He would even help Ron open the food bags then stand there waiting to be served. Simon was also like the host of the party, and would greet the people as they walked through the door just like a dog ;)

We lost touch when the neighborhood went to the front page of the news, after the Tompkins Square riots

Those days are over now and Life in the East Village has changed much and for the better

If you don’t remember me, I played the girl sitting on Jesse Ventura’s lap in the movie Demolition Man

I’m not writing this to see it on your blog... that's not what this means, but if you want to put it out that's ok. 
I did want to say hi and send you my best... thanks for standing with me when I needed a friend :)) 

Regards, CK

Cassandra Landau – Gallery Coordinator