Shane Guffogg in his Los Angeles art studio, October 18, 2018

Shane Guffogg- Art and Spirituality - The Search for Truth Part 3

December 22, 2018 in Essays

I am beginning this month with the mention of Circle of Truth, a group exhibition curated by Laura Hipke and Shane Guffogg, which opened to the public on October 18th at the New Museum Los Gatos. From the inception to the opening, the exhibition took Guffogg and Hipke 9 years to complete. They contacted specific artists to create work based on the essence of truth and its consequential visual language.

Shane Guffogg standing in front of Toto, oil on canvas, 1993 Photo credit: Robert Knott — Shane Guffogg standing in front of *Toto, oil on canvas, 1993*
Photo credit: Robert Knott

Shane Guffogg – Art and Spirituality Part 2

October 10, 2018 in Essays

A question I have been asking myself, as of late, is, What is spirituality? And how does an artist define this through his/her work? My questions often lead me to do research, in hopes of finding an answer. My latest questioning landed me in the Age of Enlightenment, but I needed to learn what came before, and what was the impetus? This took me back hundreds of years, to an era that was the opposite of illumination. In the dark ages of medieval art, reading was forbidden by the churches.

Untitled #70, oil on canvas, 88 x 72”, 1992

Shane Guffogg - Art and Spirituality

October 02, 2018 in Essays

Some artists spend countless hours – even lifetimes – drawing and painting from life, documenting their existence through physical forms and realistic subjects. Others create imaginary worlds based on abstract themes, all the while interpreting life in the way that they see it and feel it. Shane Guffogg is an artist that encompasses both factions, but also (from this writer’s perspective) creates an agent for the soul, taking the viewer on a journey to a spiritual realm.