ARTIST STATEMENT
As an artist, I’m interested in conveying the
relationship between sensorial data and its visual interpretation. I like to refer to my paintings as “triggers”
that activate abstract subjects within one’s psyche. They could represent a distant memory, a place
that you’ve been, a person that you know, the way something tastes; they can
take on various subjects due to each viewer’s unique perspective. They can be immediately familiar and
simultaneously limitless.
In short, the essential purpose of my work is to describe unconscious cognitive processes, as well as explore the distance between ambiguity and familiarity. My latest work has been focused specifically on visually interpreting songs by which these pieces are titled. All of my work is inspired in part by my own experience with synesthesia.
In short, the essential purpose of my work is to describe unconscious cognitive processes, as well as explore the distance between ambiguity and familiarity. My latest work has been focused specifically on visually interpreting songs by which these pieces are titled. All of my work is inspired in part by my own experience with synesthesia.
Upcoming solo show:
Sound and Vision, Dougherty Arts Center, Sept. 1 - Nov. 12, 2018
Blair Gallacher was born in Milwaukee, WI and currently resides in Austin, TX.
