ASU Herberger College School of Art Faculty Exhibition

October 18, 2008 – January 25, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, October 17, 7-9 p.m.

Mark Pomilio, Assistant Professor, Painting, Drawing

Cloned Cell Study X
Charcoal on paper, 72 x 72 inches
Courtesy of the artist

My method, motives and conceptual considerations are centered on visually articulating recent developments in the life sciences. It is not my intent to condemn or celebrate these developments, but rather, to express their profound relevance within our current era. I have chosen to create imagery which expresses a developmental process rather than a overt visual depiction. The origin of this research has been formulated through a series of simple geometrical equations; these equations have yielded a group of “parent” rudimentary geometrical forms. One or several of these forms are multiplied and folded equally throughout the pictorial field.  Through this process, a formal, pictorial, structure is born; each image has evolved through the development of pictorial representations of geometric systems of growth. This “parent” form is representative and meant to emulate a single cell dividing and compounding into a complex organism, therefore, within the image field, each decision is multiplied equally throughout the field, causing a type of visual unity.  This balance and symmetry has a visual equivalency in how we read the meditative qualities of a reflective pool or a religious icon.  In the end, my goal is to force a harmony upon the image field that, in turn, forces a potential meaning through the integration of the image and title.

More information: John Spiak, spiak@asu.edu.

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