Spotlight Artist

Noël Kassewitz

South
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Legacy (Abduction of Europa Asteas Krater)

Surreal painting of hands reaching toward an ornate vase against a green-blue background.

acrylic on canvas, dyed cotton rope, pulley, winch, stepper motor, circuit board, wood, and live NOAA data

Rein (Fragmentary Colossal Head of a Youth)

Framed artwork of a classical bust emerging from green waves, head partially missing.

acrylic on canvas, dyed cotton rope, pulley, winch, stepper motor, circuit board, wood, and live NOAA data

Raise (Tridacna Cosmetic-Vessel)

Framed artwork of hands holding a stingray above water, reflecting on a gallery floor.

acrylic on canvas, dyed cotton rope, pulley, winch, stepper motor, circuit board, wood, and live NOAA data

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Artist Statement

 Through painting, sculpture, installation, and performance, I explore the story of human creation and survival across time.

My research into global mythologies and art history views the various objects and artifacts we have created as fragmentary vessels of our collective identity: surviving wars, neglect, iconoclasm, and the forces of nature. From these echoes of events, a portrait emerges of ourselves across time.

It is through this both mythical and archeological lens that I have been grappling with the topic of climate change, rising sea levels, and other flooding events for almost a decade. Drawing upon my background in art conservation at the Rubell Museum and National Gallery of Art, my studio has become both a shrine to the past and a portal to the future. I continuously experiment with ways to ensure art survives an uncertain world, building up its resiliency and, in the process, discovering our own.

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