Artist Statement
The art I make is concerned with the human body’s experience of constructed environments. I explore how we use the primary senses and more pointedly the subconscious in reaction to conditions such as enclosure, proximity, and precipice. I focus on constructed spaces because they represent a prior human endeavor; its intent, culture and philosophy. When a person moves through or occupies a built environment they partake in a form of dialog with history, which introduces a cerebral layer to the otherwise visceral experience. Each individual processes an environment through their own unique filters – physiology, psychology, memory and personal history. The individual is alone, even isolated in their consciousness while bound to history, to society through the commonality of these lived experiences. I think this duality in human consciousness is at the root of our existential dilemma – we are solitary and social beings.
Stephen_Grossman_The sounds in my head and in the air_plaster_2023_ 19" x 32" x 2"
