Title
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Art Practice | Ceramic Arts | Fine Arts | New Religious Movements | Other Psychology | Other Religion | Painting | Sculpture | Theory and Philosophy
Abstract
My work comes from a place of deep feeling on a bodily level. Amidst the decorative play, there is a sense of the primitive and primordial, and also a certain humanity and clumsiness through struggle. Through the hermetic tradition I relate the alchemical vessel and its symbolic process of interior development to my artistic practice. Focusing in mixed media sculpture, I discovered a concentrated accumulation of symbolism specific to my practice, but also the full recognition of my practice as a ritualized psychological undertaking.
Recommended Citation
Soma, River, "The Alchemical Vessel" (2019). MFA Statements. 5.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/mfa_sttmnts/5