David Zarovny (b.1989)
ANYTHING IS GARBAGE, IF YOU THROW IT AWAY
2018
High fired stoneware
Nature creates and destroys itself eternally.
Sometimes, our thoughts blind us.
I wanted to create a spontaneous aesthetic object without traces of the artist -- capture something eternal -- free of ego.
I tried to surrender my thoughts and let other impulses take control. This would hopefully yield unexpected results(I thought). It was a maddening oscillation of senseless destruction and art creation. To be truly free of ego I had to hide my techniques and compositions in order make it seem effortless. Sublime, without contrivance.
However, the mind learns quickly what to expect with each blow of the paddle, every hurl onto the ground and how to judge every mark(a function of the ego). Every time it neared total destruction and chaos, I would have to employ some design sense to make it aesthetically interesting again, and then subsequently mask my efforts.
Wrestling the stoneware for hours was exhausting.
My perception of it was that it was always lacking. Needing more texture and counter space. Some isolated areas were perfect yet as the eye moved around the unfinished sculpture, blatant formal efforts of mine subverted it. It always needed more work.
I remember feeling hopeless as the clay hung from an armature. I surrendered. It was "not doing it for me" so I decided to recycle the clay and start a new one. With a bit of force, I lifted the piece off its' perch and tumbled it onto a table.
A quiet moment followed. What was before me, seemed plausible but I was mentally exhausted. As I was about to wedge it up when my partner Cher, arrived home at that exact moment. When she saw it, she felt a presence about it and gave it her blessing.
Firing clay transforms it forever. Committing to keeping that form as is, was ponderous. It took another person to see it's value. I stumbled upon a truth, which became its' title:
ANYTHING IS GARBAGE IF YOU THROW IT AWAY
By: David Zarovny
David Zarovny (b.1989)
Rivermelt
Saggar-fired Stoneware, Sheet Metal
Fired within its own container in the kiln, this sculpture captures intense energy that made stone run like water.
David Zarovny (b.1989)
Existence//Annihilation
2018
Multi-fired porcelain
Sometimes, something being destroyed so utterly takes on a turning point, or balance point with life and reveals that it is both one and the same in eternity.
David Zarovny (b.1989)
Do you see Mickey? Now you do.
2018
Multi-fired Porcelain