Mark Pomilio
Dancing Symmetries VI
2023

Name: Dancing Symmetries VI
Brand: Mark Pomilio
Price: 8000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Mark Pomilio is a visual artist using the traditional mediums of charcoal and oil paint on a variety of traditional and non-traditional supports. His MFA is from the University of Michigan and his undergraduate degrees are from the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His artwork has been featured in solo museum and gallery exhibitions nationally and internationally, including LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe; Bentley Gallery, Phoenix; Luxe Hill Museum, Chengdu, China; Xu Beihong Art Academy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China; The Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salapetriere, Paris, France; and Art Resources Transfer, New York City. Mark Pomilio’s artistic interests are fueled by a desire to create artwork, which mirrors naturally occurring systems in our world. In “mirror” he is referring more to ideas regarding physical processes rather than mimetic duplication. Pomilio finds inspiration on a myopic level by attempting to imitate cell repetition and cloning. He has chosen to create imagery, which expresses a developmental process rather than an overt visual depiction. Aspects of his research has been formulated through a series of simple geometrical equations. These equations have yielded a group of “parent” rudimentary geometrical forms. One or several of these forms are multiplied and folded equally throughout the pictorial field. Through this process, a formal pictorial structure is born. Therefore, each image has evolved through the development of pictorial representations of geometric systems of growth. This “parent” form is representative and meant to emulate a single or multiple cells dividing and compounding into a complex organism. In many works, formal decisions are multiplied equally throughout the field, causing a type of visual unity. This balance and symmetry has a visual equivalency in how we read the meditative qualities of a reflective pool, or a religious icon. In the end, my goal is to force a harmony upon the image field that, in turn, forces a potential meaning through the integration of the image and title. "Utilizing similar forms to those found in “The Approach of Spring,” this work differs in that inverted symmetries lock the work together as the forms repeat and “dance” from top to bottom, over and under. The inherent flexibilities of charcoal on paper allow patterns to emerge and dissolve as the artist considers the complexities of the line through easer and drawn articulation." - Mark Pomilio

Creator:

Mark Pomilio (1959)

Creation Year:

2023

Dimensions:

Height: 98 in (248.92 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)

Medium:

Paper,Charcoal

Movement & Style:

Abstract

Period:

2010-