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I explore pattern in a cultural context. I am interested in the transition where universal patterns evolve into an ethnic identity and how that further synthesizes into a significant personal aesthetic. Each piece falls along various points on the pattern scale from a direct line of influence from specific ethnic influences to personal patterns that are so elemental they become global. I use pattern as my internal processing of nature and the historical, cultural, and sociological influences that have made patterns converge into my vocabulary. Each work is a shifting, evolving manifestation in abstract form.
There is a direct correspondence between this global interest and my upbringing as an Asian in the cultural desert of Arkansas in the 60s and 70s. I consider the insular place of my birth a catalyst which propels me to look beyond the vernacular to global aesthetic traditions as a foundation of my work. In both wood and metal, I use pattern to explore various design interactions for wall hung constructions and sculptures. My approach to piecing together the constructions is generated from the idea of separate entities combining to form a greater whole. Individual elements are constructed in successive layers or placed side by side where the layers create textures of light and shadow that act as frames and screens that can enhance and reveal while also filter and obscure what is behind. June Sekiguchi 2008 |
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