See Work by Robert Moore on Sept 7th
Early Native Americans: Recovering the Soul by Robert Moore
On Friday, September 7th, from 7 – 9PM, 42 Maple Contemporary Art Center presents the opening reception of ‘Early Native Americans: Recovering the Soul”. The reception is an examination of the concept of soul theft of Native Americans. This is prevalent in superstitions and stories communicated over the years. Robert Moore is a creative, pop-art, impressionist painter whose work focuses on a unique and colorful view of the familiar. His vivid acrylic paintings offer slices of primary colors applied strategically, though approximately, often giving a realistic, portrait-like feel.
About Robert Moore
Moore’s most recent body of work seeks to determine if a soul was, in fact, stolen in the form of black and white photographic process, can the soul be recovered through re-imagining the subject through a process of colorizing, advanced image processing and classical artistic rendition techniques. Further, does following through this process, recover a little bit more of the soul each time it is done? The works exhibited are the first steps towards understanding both the concept of soul theft and recovery.
Moore’s background and education are in the scientific side of geography, particularly cartography and satellite image processing. In the early 1970’s, he was one of the first users of sophisticated computer modeling software for developing remotely-sensed satellite maps. He worked for over 30 years as a consultant and entrepreneur. In addition, He developed computerized mapping systems and databases to accomplish this work. Geography is all about space, and the map is a way to represent the texture of the human condition. These are manifested as lines, shapes, values, colors, and forms.
Moore reaches deep into his experience with computer graphics and image processing to help him visualize the subjects he paints. Also, He experiments with image/color density slicing, quantization, and generalization. Generally arriving at a color palette that uniquely defines what he paints. He sometimes adds a sculpted surface to his canvas that provides depth and the feeling of extreme impasto. It also achieves the look of painting on a plaster wall. Moore works daily in his seaside home studio in Stuart, Florida and an apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the winter and, as chores permit, on his farm in New Hampshire in the summer.
First Friday Events
This exhibit is part of the free First Friday events in Bethlehem. The event includes Rek.Lis Brewing, The Maia Papaya, WREN, and other locations. In the spirit of community, everyone is invited to grab a First Friday Punchcard at WREN. After, visit all of the other opening receptions. Completed cards can be redeemed for a free order of chips and salsa at Rek.Lis Brewing that night. If you are interested in learning more about the events at 42 Maple, please call 603-575-9077 or visit the website at www.42maple.org
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