Dustin London

Dustin London

 

 

                    Now we are at the last member of our special presentation: Dustin London. He was born at Michigan in 1980. His creative direction goes like this: cutting a single line slowly into the surface, and instinctively following it, which in respect gave him the time to decide the art piece's process and direction. He doesn't know the final result until he sees it and in his own words "A piece must be discovered in the making." When he works on a black surface, his mind is in a set of rest, silence, reflection, meditation, and clearness thanks to a strong sense of emptiness caused by the black surface. Through all of this, he feels that he is exploring the deepest recesses of his subconscious as he explores and maps his own visual thought process, as it creates constellations, puzzles, it also manages through mazes as it creates those mazes. Through a sea of diagrams, folded paper pieces, aerial views, and perspectival spaces the art work becomes more of a challenge for the viewer. His education consists of the BFA award from Michigan State University in 2002 and the MFA from University of Pennsylvania in 2005. His awards and exhibitions can be found here:

 http://www.dustinlondon.com/index.php?/cv//

 

 

Here's the image the artwork I selected:

 

The art piece is untitled.

 

Micaceous Iron Oxide on Panel

2012

12 " x  10 "                      I chose this image because it is very creative in its approach and execution. When you look at the image, the things on the art piece can be seen in a multitude of interpretations. All of this results from optical illusions. In one way the picture looks like it is showing the inside of a room, some pieces resemble the walls, and some pieces of the work resemble shadows. Another way to interpret the image is that it is a bunch of folded pieces of paper. In other words the cardboard cut out is standing up and the folded pieces are laid in a way that produces dimension. Notice that there are some places that are lined in a connect the dots sort of way as if to imply where there are going to be folds in the image. You can find more of his work at his site; http://dustinlondon.com/ I hope you enjoyed my blogs. I might add more blogs in the future, but trust me you have the time too see a variety of art yourself, so go out and look at some art!