A Paper Bag Retaining the Memory of Fire Preserved
The black-washed ink hints of mist hidden distant mountain peaks finds a tactile resonance with the earthy tones of a humble paper enclosure. Presented in the stance of traditional Japanese Suiseki, the ebonized lacquered stand elevates the aesthetic hierarchy to reinforce hidden conceptual dissonance. Soil, wind, flames and water are not the distinct points of an elemental compass, but a catalytic cycle that flesh and mind recognize as the archetypes of mortal existence, bound together in perpetual marriage where death is not release but an ongoing probabilistic reorganization that renders memory in shifting, unbroken threads that weave unrepeating patterns from an inconceivably finite beginning to an unimaginably distant conclusion.
Contact the artist: ctmoraga@gmail.com
Or see the artist’s website: palimpsesteum.com
Width: 22in
Depth: 8in
Clayton Moraga
Just as my consciousness is formed through the accretion of awareness, thought, and memory;
the creation and form of my work is an evocation of the depth and layers of my consciousness. The exterior of my sculptures is a form inspired by an interior sculpture, that immediate interior is itself one of successive layers of manifested concepts, each inspired by the deeper layers.
I start with a core element – an artifact of my emotions or ideas – then I build a sculpture around that, then another around that, then more. The static idea of sculpture can then become a living expression – simulacrum of an evolving consciousness. Time and experience inspire successive new layers. It is never completed. It can only be put aside or released to the world outside the studio. Outside of my control it can gain new layers from interaction with the environment of future owners, or if discarded, decay and gradually reveal the layers it contains until gone.
Email: ctmoraga@gmail.com
Website: palimpsesteum.com
Instagram: claytonmoraga
