{"id":6315,"date":"2020-07-19T05:25:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T05:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/?post_type=project&p=6315"},"modified":"2020-07-19T05:25:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T05:25:45","slug":"shadow-rose-by-robert-eustace","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/?project=shadow-rose-by-robert-eustace","title":{"rendered":"\u201cShadow Rose\u201d by Robert Eustace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Early in my development as an artist, I had the good fortune to encounter that seminal text: \u2018The Poetics of Space\u2019 by the modern French philosopher\/ phenomenologist Gaston Bachelard. The underlying sub-text: \u201cthe house as universe\u201d spoke \u2018not\u2019 of a \u2018horizontal\u2019 (thus, modern, apartment-like > rootless existence)… but on the idea of an intricately well designed, spacious house that begins with a deep labyrinthine cellar or a structurally sound (poetically rich) sense of firm rootedness. The \u2018house\u2019 is likened to an ancient magnificent tree \u2013 ever rising and extending \u2018vertically\u2019 through the floors of the house and up to the attic \u2013 or the place of deepest dreaming \u2013 the top-most branches penetrating the clouds. Within the house, one can experience an endless interplay of both macrocosmic and microcosmic space. This could be found by examining the contents inside a chest of draws… the spiraling grand design of a seashell or winding staircase… stepping inside and getting lost within a painting… or witnessing the perennial dance of shadows and light as they slowly play across a room.<\/p>\n

Throughout the history of my creative output \u2013 whether it be my ongoing work in \u2018Sacred Art\u2019: ikonic mixed-media constructions (wall pieces)… drawings… or photography \u2013 all share this common philosophical\/ aesthetic thread. For me, photography is a continual exercise in waking up to awareness. There is so much beauty, ideas, dreams that continually float around us all of the time \u2013 yet, unless consciously recognized and \u2018set into image\u2019 \u2013 disappear, until presenting themselves again at some later time. I am interested capturing fleeting shadows on a wall that magically flicker like dying embers in the fireplace… whole worlds wondrously distorted and found within reflected metal… or, the organically rich density of imagined landscapes conjured up through a variety means: lighting situations, translucent\/ opaque materials, the interplay of objects and odd angle juxtapositions…. I seek to create images that are deeply poetic, otherworldly or transformed and that I pray would serve to transport (surprise and delight) the viewer.<\/p>\n

I have found these photographic exercises in \u2018waking to awareness\u2019 to have been particularly nurturing and fruitful during this rather strange unprecedented time of imposed lockdown due to the pandemic. They keep me focused, grounded and rooted in creative dialogue with myself as I allow for nature from the outside world to seep into and penetrate my solitary living space.<\/p>\n

* Born and raised in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan, New York City… Robert Eustace attributes his eventual \u2018calling\u2019 in Art to various central roots: playtime in the surrounding Park Systems \u2018primeval wilderness\u2019; discovering mystery and wonder amongst the art, fragrances and shadows found within a traditional catholic church and by extension, frequent visits to the nearby Cloisters Museum \u2013 (a complete monastic setting constructed from various ancient architectural shards gathered from across the face of Europe). Lastly, being mentored by the primitive expressionist painter Peter Dean (1934-93). The work of Robert Eustace evokes a mysticism of memory and yearning for the transcendent. *<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Early in my development as an artist, I had the good fortune to encounter that seminal text: \u2018The Poetics of Space\u2019 by the modern French philosopher\/ phenomenologist Gaston Bachelard. The underlying sub-text: \u201cthe house as universe\u201d spoke \u2018not\u2019 of a \u2018horizontal\u2019 (thus, modern, apartment-like > rootless existence)… but on the idea of an intricately well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[67],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6315","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-sanctuary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/project\/6315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/project\/6315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6317,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/project\/6315\/revisions\/6317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproject_category&post=6315"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.hamiltonstreetgallery.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproject_tag&post=6315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}