Stefanie Wolfson
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
I was going through a rough time , creatively , when I printed “ Black Sea ”. The piece began , again , as an old piece that I no longer felt connected to . I took a giant block of scrap wood I had in my studio , inked up with a mix of black and muddied red and just printed this black piece of wood on top of the original print . I was actually disgusted by this piece when I originally made it , but it ’ s now one of my favorites .
My choice of composition varies from piece to piece . But I try to keep my style very organic and natural . If I feel like something needs to be a certain way , I don ’ t question it . I let my intuition rule most of my artistic decisions . My palette is mostly light blues and blacks . I use these colors to help elicit that dreamlike quality that I strive for my work to have .
How do you go about naming your work ? In particular , is important for you to tell something that might walk the viewers through their visual experience ?
I find t challenging to naming my artwork . I feel like art should always get a grand title , especially abstract work like my own . In spite of this , I always choose titles which are very simple . My thought process is to find what is being represented in each work ad select the words which feel accurate . So yes , I do walk my viewers through their visual experiences in that way .
Dealing with the meditative aspect of nature , your approach seems to stimulate the viewer ’ s psyche to unveil the elusive still ubiquitous channel of communication between perceptual reality and imagination and consequently works on both a subconscious and a conscious level . In this way , your works allow an open reading , a great multiplicity of meanings : associative possibilities seems to play a crucial role in your pieces . How important is this degree of openness ?
The openness , in my work , is crucial to its meaning . I want my work to be able to be accessible to a wide audience , not just those in the art world . Art used to be made for common people to understand the world and history , but the evolution of modern art has limited accessibility as a means of elevating art o some elitist . I want people , regardless of their experience or knowledge of art , to be able to enjoy and relate to my work . I think the democratization of art is vital to its further progression .
Associative possibilities do , in fact , play a fundamental role to my pieces . My work relies on the viewer ’ s perception and imagination . What my work represents to one viewer may be completely different to the next . I find that to be very interesting and love to explore that idea .