Sculpture titled "(id)eograms For Tra…" by Kristopher Lionel, Original Artwork, Wood Mounted on Wood Panel

(id)eograms For Transcribing Dreams #3 (2019) Sculpture by Kristopher Lionel

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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Sculpture, Wood / Resin on Paper

Artworks classification

One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one.
Dimensions Height 10.8in, Width 16.3in / 13.00 lb
Framing This artwork is not framed
Fit for outdoor? No, This artwork can not be displayed outdoor
Categories Sculptures under $1,000 Symbolism Abstract

Christopher Brown. '(id)eograms For Transcribing Dreams #3'. 2019. Oil and Glue on Paper Veneered to Panel, Mahogany, Plywood, Epoxy Resin. 10.75 x 16.25 x 1.75 Inches.

The works in the series '(id)eograms For Transcribing Dreams' are influenced by both the Surrealist concept of automatism and the id (that part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest). Each piece features "automatic drawings" created with poured glue that, when dry, form raised, embossed, shapes. The pouring of glue limits my control over the process and puts distance between direct, conscious intention, and the outcome. The openness of this approach allows the subconscious to reveal itself. The drawings become evocative symbols, pictographs, letters of a repressed alphabet, or ideograms that, when arranged together, to suggest the iconography of dreams.

*Please Note:

'(id)eograms For Transcribing Dreams #3' features plywood borders that served to create reservoirs into which catalyzed epoxy resin, clear finish was poured; these individual panels were then permanently set into borders of mahogany. In this process, the resin captured the 'frame' making it a permanently integrated/joined, part of the work that can not be removed. The work arrives ready to hang.

Kristopher Lionel

United States

Christopher Brown is a contemporary American artist. Brown's worldview has been softly but substantially inspired by nature, and as a result, his life and art have been guided[...]

Christopher Brown is a contemporary American artist. Brown's worldview has been softly but substantially inspired by nature, and as a result, his life and art have been guided by it. His creative process alternates between gazing outward and turning inward. Years of seeing and analyzing the causes and effects of the natural world's changes and decline have given him a clear awareness of the damage we've done and continue to do to the planet. His art serves both an outlet and an antidote for him (shifting between his allegorical, Happy War paintings and his abstract works).

Turning inward and immersing himself in Abstract Expressionism provides him with comfort. Exploring shape, color, and the repetition of line in his work, as well as parsing the layers and visual spaces in his art, is a mantra that frees him from the weight of the world. He began to view his abstract paintings as "music for the eyes", in which shape, color, and line are solely expressionistic notes occasionally blended with representational pictures that appear to be poetic lyrics.

Christopher Brown was born in the USA. Brown attended the art program at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, where he received his BFA. He then went on to Washington University in St. Louis, MO, where he received his MFA.