Ami Muranetz
Beyond Borders: Exhibition of Fine Art from Canada
October 2 - October 23, 2009
Reception:
Thursday October 8, 2009 6-8 PM
Press Release
Ami Muranetz's paintings and mixed media sculptures have tactile immediacy, bringing together unlike materials and gestures into a raw, vulnerable confluence of forms. Her medium varies in relation to her subject matter, emphasizing Muranetz's interest in message over method. Even at its most abstract, her work invokes the human body. Her figures have a yearning incompleteness at times, suggesting the intangible space that can only be filled by spirituality. A contemporary instantiation of classicism, a pervasive respect for the land and a tendency toward metaphysics all interact fluidly in her work. Muranetz's ultimate goal is to use art as a tool that transcends historical and cultural difference. Opening up a space for collective culture through her work, she encourages people to reexamine their identities in relation to their surroundings.
Ami Muranetz graduated with honors from the visual art program in Camosun College. She has been actively exhibiting in British Columbia since 2005, and works as the Assistant Manager at the One Moon Gallery in Victoria, BC.
Artist Statement
My first excursion into the art world consisted of creating crayon masterpieces, and selling them door-to-door for twenty-five cents. Though still passionate about the process of creating artwork, my current emphasis is on Canada's lack of a collective spiritual identity. I want to communicate to the viewers of my work the connection we all share with one another. There are basic human needs we all experience; the need to be loved, appreciated, supported, and encouraged by our community. Art is meant to communicate to others ideas that cannot be expressed through words, and I want my work to transcend the barriers between people, communities, and nations. So many of our current problems are the result of miscommunication, and I want to reveal that we are part of a grand collective. This realization is imperative if we are to create loving communities, wealthy nations, and inspiring works of art.
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