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Ray LeBoeuf     Bio   Statement                Messenger
Rather than achieving a well-known visual style, I prefer to give each piece its own unique character and meaning. Employing a variety of methods and processes in my work, I conceive and execute each piece using any materials and means necessary. Experimentation is an important aspect of my three-dimensional work. The sculptures frequently require learning new techniques for their fabrication. As a result, each work becomes a new challenge to my abilities, keeping the process fresh and stimulating. By using consumer items for purposes other than those for which they were intended, I subvert these objects' previous meanings and supply new meanings as art. Anything is fair game, whether purchased at Woolworth's or picked up out of the garbage. Most of my sculptures function as metaphors for absurdities found within society by physically parodying consumer culture, mass media, politics, societal rituals and traditions. Encoded messages exist through the arrangement and juxtaposition of objects in _my sculptures with the hope that their audience will find them accessible enough to read them. My two-dimensional work is produced with the aid of a Macintosh computer. Unlike my sculptures, the cibachromes are created without any preconceptions about what the final piece will be. The cibachromes are created from within the software application; without the aid of a scanned photo or image. Most of the images are symmetrical, thus resembling Rorschach patterns. These cibachrome images are similar to Rorschachs in the variety of interpretations people have when seeing them. Many have areas which are intentionally blurred - by blurring some areas and leaving others in focus, the elements of imperfection, impermanence, and mystery are introduced into these works. I create art because I feel compelled to do so when confronted with the rich beauty and insanity of the world. Art is a virtually unlimited medium for expressing my perceptions of life in general, whether experienced per
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