"It Just Is" by Chary Goodwin

$150.00

Title: It Just Is

Medium: Etching with aquatint

Dimensions (h x w x d): 22.5 incches by 15 inches

Artist Statement: The relationship between the physical injury of the body and the brilliance of the soul exists as a dichotomy that relates to my creative interest. Strange and anomalous bodies known as Finks populate my works. I am obsessed with illness, injury, deformity, the uncanny, and mysticism. These themes all touch my life and most people have grappled with such topics. Ambiguities and dichotomies also appear in my work, and sometimes the dichotomies melt away. Themes of injury and illness are a constant presence in my life, yet, despite the heaviness of these themes, I approach them with care and levity. My work is often filtered through the vernaculars of cartoons and comics. Cartoon critters, devils, and animal avatars cope and struggle with the realities of having bodies and souls. These cartoon critters serve as surrogates to talk about the human experience with regard to its fragility and instability. Hybrid bodies and mixed approaches, sound sculpture, world-building, and myth-making play secondary roles in my practice. The concept of binary vi oppositions, like sick/well, human/animal, light/heavy1 and the melting of them interest me. Forms made of fabrics, clays, and miscellany maintain a physicality not unlike the human body. Sewing, sculpting, recording, and various forms of mark-making all mingle together to form the body of my work. The body, its fragmentation, and its consequences, whether that be in the form of castoff skins, shadows, silhouettes, or disembodied pieces, permeate the work and comment on having to establish a functional, productive relationship with one’s own body in a way many people have not, a body that sometimes feels like an adversary or a prison. Finks function as psychic prostheses that store emotional energies associated with the struggles that accompany a reckoning with the body's fragmentation.

Title: It Just Is

Medium: Etching with aquatint

Dimensions (h x w x d): 22.5 incches by 15 inches

Artist Statement: The relationship between the physical injury of the body and the brilliance of the soul exists as a dichotomy that relates to my creative interest. Strange and anomalous bodies known as Finks populate my works. I am obsessed with illness, injury, deformity, the uncanny, and mysticism. These themes all touch my life and most people have grappled with such topics. Ambiguities and dichotomies also appear in my work, and sometimes the dichotomies melt away. Themes of injury and illness are a constant presence in my life, yet, despite the heaviness of these themes, I approach them with care and levity. My work is often filtered through the vernaculars of cartoons and comics. Cartoon critters, devils, and animal avatars cope and struggle with the realities of having bodies and souls. These cartoon critters serve as surrogates to talk about the human experience with regard to its fragility and instability. Hybrid bodies and mixed approaches, sound sculpture, world-building, and myth-making play secondary roles in my practice. The concept of binary vi oppositions, like sick/well, human/animal, light/heavy1 and the melting of them interest me. Forms made of fabrics, clays, and miscellany maintain a physicality not unlike the human body. Sewing, sculpting, recording, and various forms of mark-making all mingle together to form the body of my work. The body, its fragmentation, and its consequences, whether that be in the form of castoff skins, shadows, silhouettes, or disembodied pieces, permeate the work and comment on having to establish a functional, productive relationship with one’s own body in a way many people have not, a body that sometimes feels like an adversary or a prison. Finks function as psychic prostheses that store emotional energies associated with the struggles that accompany a reckoning with the body's fragmentation.