Lesley Vance

at David Kordansky Gallery (Art 43 Basel 2012)

Untitled, 2012

Sometimes you think that you have a major problem, a life-threatening issue(the figure in lower left corner).  You feel that your life is changing because of the problem. But if you look around, if you see a bigger picture, you will notice that your life is not threaten. The only thing that changed is your routine. The problem is temporary. It will be resolved with time. And there are much more fearful and really life-changing problem that could possible threaten your existence or lives of your loved ones(the structure in the center).

Ernst Caramelle

Ernst Caramelle at Tracy Williams, Ltd.

Double Vision, 2003

Things that happen to you in your life, change your perception and understanding of your world. Those things could be external events, or it could be internal events, like illness. You start young, fresh and full of energy (left edge - green, blue, yellow). But you have a disease (upper left corner burgundy). It creates an obstacle ( the adjacent white figure). it distorts the green and almost blocks blue.You get depressed (the grey figure in the upper center). Those white obstacles are making you bitter and your scope smaller. At the end what left is pragmatism and common sense.