arlene dubo, artist, fine art, modern art, paintings
RantAge (2003-2007)
I created this series as a rant about the chaotic state of the world, using a vocabulary of ancient runes, symbols, hieroglyphs and pictographs. I thought about their ancient wisdom and about the surfaces used to pass on this wisdom. I thought about the messages that have been lost as contextual shifts alter the meaning of symbols. I created some of my own symbols and figure shapes that have a personal meaning. I used colour and texture to evoke an emotional context that holds all the disparate elements together. A legend accompanies the work, complete with all symbols in the RantAge series and their meanings.
Hope, 36" x 24", acrylic media
Alchemist, 24" x 36", acrylic media
Go, 8" x 24", acrylic media
Work Ahead, 8" x 24", acrylic media
Good and Evil, 12" x 9", acrylic media
Ebb and Flow, 16" x 16", acrylic media
Song, 12" x 9", acrylic media
Infinite Information, 12" x 12", acrylic media
Have Not Understood, 24" x 24", acrylic media
New Beginning, 20" x 16", acrylic media
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