LIVE MAGAZINE VOL 8, Issue #198 DECEMBER 12th THRU December 26th, 2014

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By Angela Romeo
LArry CAVEnEy
The Art of Expression &
Interaction
I believe we are all born artists and what we do
with that shapes our world. To read a similar
sentiment in Larry Caveney’s artist’s statement
made me smile. To find works entitled “Painting
of Guys who talk to God and wear big Hats” just
caught me attention.
Larry Caveney came to art as a way to vent frustrations. He worked in a
factory, worked for a paycheck at a position that did not challenge him.
Moreover life in the factory did not seem to provide any meaningful social
interaction. So Larry worked at his job and at home he created paintings and
sculpted wood using a chain saw. He pursued his passion as the vehicle to
leave the factory world he detested.
His art captured the attention of galleries and a museum. Larry left the
factory and Asheville, and, in 2000 settled in San Diego. “The art world
is fickle ‘”as Larry noted. “Galleries would come and go. Before long I was
back seeking representation. But more than that, the longer I was in the
‘art world’ the more I realized something was missing. I could see my work
evolving but I did see the audience evolving. “ Larry felt a gap, a lack of social
interaction. The idea of social interaction intrigues Larry.
Larry developed a performance art showing of visual art is non-traditional
spaces. Why was “art” only to be shown on gallery walls? By bringing his art
out of the galley, new possibilities were created. “This new audience created
involvement with my work, this social interaction, moves the artist out of
the studio and into an interactive form of expression,” he stated. Watching
any of Larry’s videos proves how seriously he takes this paradigm - “Dancing
to B. J Thomas”, “In Defense of John Edwards” to “”Throw the Shoe Event” –
will change anyone’s notion of the proper venue for art.
Larry Caveney
This paradigm allowed Larry to grow as an artist and to find within society
the vocabulary to highlight a certain situation, in a different context, and
to define areas of social isolation. “This aesthetic is defined as a means of
making something better, or the action or interaction of creating a better
living space” said Larry.
Larry’s work is unapologetic. How he sees our politicians, superheroes, and
Santa is raw. His recent show at Venus Gallery in Palm Desert pushes the
limits again. “Bruised Portraits” depicts cultural icons battered and bruised.
The series was inspired, in part, by French philosopher Giles Deleuze’s
monograph interpreting the work of Francis Bacon. (Deleuze’s main
philosophical premise is loosely an inversion of the traditional metaphysical
relationship between identity and difference.) Larry’s “Brusied Portaits” are
his own philosophical and aesthetic ideas. The nonrational logic of sensation,
and the act of painting itself, like Deleuze’s study of Bacon, highlight
connections of art, literature and pop culture.
Larry Caveney leaves many questions and shakes staid concepts, but it is
art that makes you think. Isn’t that the best connection between artist and
audience?
For more on visit www.larrycaveney.com
Angela Romeo is the producer /host of COLLIDING WORLDS TV and COLLIDING
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