(AR)T Edition of
Shane Guffogg
"The abstract movement becomes my subject, creating a new kind of realism that is steeped in the history and painting techniques of the Old Masters, most notably Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio, and Rembrandt."
Shane Guffogg x ADLAR Studio
The Augmented Reality (AR) addition to this print transports these ideas from our 3-dimensional world into the 4th dimension, making the phone or tablet device a portal to view this new experience. The merger of the ancient technique of painting with the cutting-edge technology of AR will enable this deeper connection to the art – and each other.
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We chose Shane Guffogg for a reason. Yes, Shane is an exceptional artist and yes, a truly gifted painter. These were factors in our decision, but it was his velvety abstractions that captivated us… what made up our minds was the knowledge that working with Shane to create an (AR)T project would challenge us. We were getting ready to dive into the deep end.
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Shane Guffogg was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised on an exotic bird farm in the San Joaquin Valley. His interest in painting began while a teenager, when he traveled to Europe and the former Soviet Union and was exposed to the Masters. Guffogg received his B.F.A. from Cal Arts, and during his studies, he interned in New York City. Shane relocated to Los Angeles, where he lived in Venice Beach and worked as a Studio Assistant for Ed Ruscha from 1989 until 1995.
His work began exploring the iconography of Ancient, Classical, Renaissance, Modern and Contemporary cultures, and the relationships among the various times and peoples. During this exploration, he found that painting is one of the few art forms that may express what language cannot. The resulting work contains its own language of sign and symbol, and in its patterning, visual depth, and light, simultaneously seems to refer to emotion, to the human spirit, and to the unseen worlds of Quantum Physics and Super String Theory.
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