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Artist Statement

I have long been fascinated by the ways in which space is envisioned and portrayed. In my ongoing Space Field series I explore the relationship of the finite to the infinite by transforming photo-based space images into works that combine painting, video and digital technologies. My intent is to create a personal vision of space that exists outside the scientific context and relates to the imagination. My goal is to inspire a sense of wonder and awe and to pose questions about our place in the universe.

My work begins with an instant Polaroid photograph. The source pictures can be taken from nature or the urban world, but more often they are captured from NASA photographs broadcast on the television. I paint on the surface emulsion of the Polaroid print with a glue that adheres the gold or metal leaf. Through a process of re-photographing and adjusting the scale through the use of digital technology the images are conceptually transformed.

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http://www.victorraphael.com/

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