Steven Bogart
In Stephen Bogart’s paintings, webs of intensely colored strands of paint create immensely complicated images of a world where states of matter are fluid and unfixed, yet fundamentally intertwined. While physically palpable, the layered patterns of strings suggest the immaterial: energy, motion, and thought. Even the experience of seeing Bogart’s work is fraught with complexity. In order to apprehend the entirety of each image, one must step back to a distance where perception of the miniscule details of color and form within each strand is impossible. Upon close inspection of the details, the whole is lost. Bogart thus suggests the dynamic relationship between microcosm and macrocosm, and the role played by the human mind and our organs of perception in constructing and understanding physical reality. The formal properties of his abstract imagery – particularly its dynamic patterning – also conjure associations with chaos theory, string theory, and the wiring of both our brains and computers.
Steven Bogart resides in Maynard, MA
Image: Steven Bogart, Towards a Singularity, 2006, oil and enamel on canvas, 20” x 20”, Lent by the Artist
