Meandering

A VIEW ON CREATION, PROCESS, SUBJECT AND CONTENT

 The Meandering series came about in 2009 for the purpose of change from a painful, burdensome inhumanity series to a world where pure aesthetics reside. Quality and beauty of  color, along with graceful linear movements interacting with each other at a comfortable proximity as they pass each other in a world harmony prevails. 

 
Where was I to go ?  I was responsible for bringing the Armenian Genocide to life in my art, sometimes at a very large scale. The savage content and imagery was overwhelming. 

The answer was closer than I had imagined. It came weeks later when the  Figurative Meanderings monoprint  turned up unexpectedly. The movement of lines  quickly projected the subject matter for my next series of monoprints.  The search was over leaving me with a new inspirational world to explore that would be titled — the Meandering series. 

  The Meandering series was conceived against a backdrop of horror, pain and the Armenian Genocide series. To much to endure. 

Where was th place to go to find the  answer.  Fortunately, it wouldn't be too far as I anxiously sought to a find something optimistic and pleasurable for new subject matter. Thats when the Figurative Meanderings  monoprint came up. It had received Honorable Mention Award at The Monoprint Guild of New England Exhibition. It was an inspirational moment that seemed perfect for the new series of monoprints.

 Looking forward to making an image I thought it  had to be  graceful with a rhythmic undulating expressive linear movements. The background color sets the tone for the visual context. Time and space coupled with relational proximities of different distances was an intimacy factor to one another indicating a relative  distance, such as far or close. The graceful character of every undulating line passes against a background of color, move ever so slowly and quietly, without a hint of displeasure from another. Collectively they all express the comfort of harmony and the eternal passing of time.

John Avakian, 2024