Most Recent Exhibit...
Art Exhibit: Clarissa A Moreno's Paintings on ceramics,
Art Lanterns, and Innerscapes
KUNST.pART gallery
Spalenberg 30
Basel, Switzerland
Nov. 17-Dec. 29, 2007
Art Exhibit: Clarissa A Moreno's Paintings on ceramics,
Art Lanterns, and Innerscapes
KUNST.pART gallery
Spalenberg 30
Basel, Switzerland
Nov. 17-Dec. 29, 2007
Clarissa Arguelles Moreno artist's studio in basel, switzerland
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cmoreno.com artist's studio in san francisco
Some words from the artist...
For me, art is connected to a personal reality. It reflects a
philosophical view. Each piece, a possible visual essay; in my
case, hopeful, yet realistic. I appreciate and place my faith in
goodness despite circumstances to the contrary. I reject
cynicism. I reject blind anger and violence. There are
alternatives to art forms that place anger and violence on center-
stage. Instead, I seek to create art that is a source of reflection, a
meeting point for healing, reaching for a sense of faith, a sense
of fun, and joy. I hope to create art conveying my wish for a
meaningful way of life for us, for the viewer.
When accepting and completing commissions, whether in free-
form, or portraits, this is the vision that drives my work.
For me, art is connected to a personal reality. It reflects a
philosophical view. Each piece, a possible visual essay; in my
case, hopeful, yet realistic. I appreciate and place my faith in
goodness despite circumstances to the contrary. I reject
cynicism. I reject blind anger and violence. There are
alternatives to art forms that place anger and violence on center-
stage. Instead, I seek to create art that is a source of reflection, a
meeting point for healing, reaching for a sense of faith, a sense
of fun, and joy. I hope to create art conveying my wish for a
meaningful way of life for us, for the viewer.
When accepting and completing commissions, whether in free-
form, or portraits, this is the vision that drives my work.
Other recent exhibit(s):
Secrets and Lies, an exhibition on feminine beauty
at the Palace of Hungarian Heriage, Kulturinov, Budapest,
Hungary
with Udvarhelvi Zsuzsanna and Aida Cui, April 18-May 6,
2007
Secrets and Lies, an exhibition on feminine beauty
at the Palace of Hungarian Heriage, Kulturinov, Budapest,
Hungary
with Udvarhelvi Zsuzsanna and Aida Cui, April 18-May 6,
2007
For example, I have made nine innerscapes with
inventories, 9 being an auspicious number in certain
cultures. Each innerscape expresses my good wishes,
Alles Gute, for the viewer, a meditation on a set of possible
life circumstances. These “intentions” for good fortune are
presented in the form of eastern and western symbols for
health, happiness, and good luck. Like special moments,
these tokens of joy (example, a child’s bicycle), love, and
wealth, spiritual or material, may be found in the midst of
the mundane, noise, and even haste. Even in tragedy, we
convey the desire for redemption: in Alles Gute –
celebration, I depict the mythological Clymestra, who was
party to a murderous plot, in the midst of a Christmas aura.
There are also the art lanterns, each with a description to
help the viewer see what I was seeing while working. Each
one is reflective of a world view, both simple and complex,
as shown by the multiple layers of materials, paints, and
objects, depicting elements facing us, including ourselves,
in life.
The paintings on ceramics are done in similar way. While I
would like the beholder to enjoy the colors and the textures
painted on the ceramics, I would also wish for them to look
for the subtext implied in each work.
Lastly, I’d like to give my thanks to Basel , and to the friends
I have been given here. No work is created in a vacuum,
and if I now seek to find hope instead of cynicism in art, it is
this place that has helped bring me to this point. For the
inspiration for Alles Gute, a wonderful day meandering
inside the Puppenhausmuseum. For my art lanterns, the
light in the early morning darkness of Basel ’s Fasnacht.