This page may take a long time to load - up to one minute with a slow
connection, but as I think you will find it
interesting, I ask that you wait, and trust that it will reward your patience.
While the images are loading, you might want to read through the following.
There are some very good images represented on this page, but even while
stating this I can tell you that each of them is flawed - and I don't mean
flawed in a technical sense, but rather in a conceptual sense, for I know
there was something wrong with my thinking while I was making them.
Originally, I was not going to include such works on this site, but I now
feel it would be incomplete without them.
While there is certainly the potential here for discussion on the values
and the relationships between the artist and their art, their art and the
viewer, and the viewer and the artist,
I don't myself understand the dynamics of these relationships well enough
to say anything concrete about them one way or the other. What I can say,
though,
as the creator of the works which follow, is that you might want to view them
with a skeptical eye, for although they are images, they may not be art.
Perhaps I'm wrong about this.
Perhaps my definition of art is too narrow, too idealistic, or too
self-centered, but it is what it is - at least for the time being.
Back to the works. So what are the flaws?
Some of these works are directly copied from others' works. In some cases
I have used other artists' motifs, although this may not be apparent to
anyone but those artists themselves.
Some were made strictly for profit. Some relied on the suggestions of others
for completion. Some were made to impress by their technicality.
As for the others, I'm not really sure what the cause of my discomfort is,
though
I sense it regardless; and these works are the most troubling to me. I could
easily rationalize the anxieties away, then try to pass the works off as art,
but something stops me from doing so. I would have to cross a line - a
line of my own making, but a line none-the-less.
Why then do I still feel compelled to display these works despite my
doubts about their integrity? Perhaps I feel the works deserve the
opportunity to speak for themselves - that they might be capable of
developing a relationship with a viewer regardless of
the opinions of the artist. (Perhaps this is true of all works.)
Or, perhaps I just want an excuse to get more of my work up and visible.
I have greatly compressed the images on this page to facilitate quicker
downloading at your end. You can view pages displaying each work in higher
resolution by clicking on the desired image. There you will also
find the title or subject; the medium, date, and size;
and any clarifying comments which might exist. As always, I am most
interested in your comments, and you may email them to me at:
bobkati@idirect.com.
The works displayed here are not the only previous works posted on this
site. You may find it interesting to visit the following two locations as
well:
