Luke Metcalfe
he/him
I love the established rules guiding makers toward cultivating alluring pieces. I love the discretion to bend and break those rules just the same. Artistry is in everything, and I wish for it to garner the recognition it deserves.
Human definitions of beauty and normality wither in the truths of nature. Naturally, equilibrium is beautiful; naturally, chaos is beautiful.
I think we are prone to losing the insight that societal meanings are avowed only till a new presumption of good surfaces. I like to seek beauty in the often overlooked and natural consequences labeled undesirable.
The dialectic ambiguity of reality is one I feel I can contemplate only through the creativity allowed in art. I value the language of every kind of art and the medium it gifts me to communicate my otherwise unspoken truths. Like everyone else, I seek a means to an end that fills my holes and cracks with the peace of acceptance. I believe art to be my missing piece and am grateful for the opportunities it provides (even more so for the safe space YAC provides for such explorations). The paradoxical curiosity that drives my art: social acceptance is nice, but have you felt the contentment of being true to yourself and wondered how it deviates from what it means to be human?
Alas, I am but a lost 19-year-old.
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Ne’rad’a
Medium: Graphite
Size: 11 x 8 in
$80 -
見てください
Medium: Graphite
Size: 11 x 8 in
$80 -
...human...
Medium: Ink, Marker, Magazine Clippings, Glue, Tape, Collected Trash, Yarn, Wire
Size: 36 x 24 in
$300 -
共に[together]
Medium: Ink, Marker, Water, Nail Polish Remover, Vegetable Oil, Super Glue, Repurposed Bubble Wrap, Crayon, Block Printing Ink, & Clear Tape
Size: 7.5 x 5.5 in
$80