NEW LIFE ART FORMS 1990
-2001
The below "New Life Forms" series of photos represents David
Rubello's ongoing fascination with light, form, and the nature of perception. "What I
want to do is express something that can change and renew itself. I strive to create in
wood, paper folds or aluminum three dimensional constructions that are then painted to
cast reflections and shadows over the visual landscape. This personalized expression of
geometric art combines both painting and sculpture. The decision to paint the
constructions comes from an interest in how light reflections plays upon forms from
different angles." Take a look at my Black & White photo art collection.
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New Life Forms -Photograms
From the very first photographs I took, self-portraits looking into a worn
mirror when I was fifteen years old, the intent was to be making art. Part of that intent
always related to my painting. The artists of the Renaissance inspired me in my youth.
No matter what the photographic subject, I was aware of composition while
seeking a personal expression. It was my teacher, Guy Palazzola, who first introduced me
to making Photograms. This was in 1955 when I was attending The Society of Arts and Crafts
in Detroit.
For a long time I enjoyed discovering what was possible using a camera.
Taking photographs, pointing the lens directly into the glare of the sun, I wanted to burn
a hole through the film. I experimented with light passing through a magazine page so that
both sides were exposed creating a double exposure. Taking a photograph through a plate
glass held in front of my camera I could capture the image in front and the image
reflected behind me. These images have a similar appearance to a double exposure but they
literally meant what was past and what was future. My efforts included a geometric still
life series using color filters. Another idea was photographing my black painting on the
snow. My first digital prints were from scanned photographs of famous photographers folded
into geometric shapes. I simply state these diverse experiments to explain the evolving
experimental nature of my work.
New Life Forms began in 1990. Because of my experimental attitude,
I discovered a new relationship between my painting and photography. Using a 4" x
5" overhead camera, I made photographs of assemblages on a light table. About the
same time I made a device which I named Flex Form. This consisted of five flat
aluminum geometric shapes attached with rivets. At first I used this flexible Penta form
to make drawings, however, one day I decided to make some darkroom experiments. The
resulting Photograms revealed a relatedness to my paintings that surprised me and continue
to do so to the present.
  
I attempt to make something that engages with people even though it's
quite static on a wall. They have to visually navigate it from a variety of angles to
fully appreciate it . They respond to my art viscerally, because the level of
representation is just light and the contrasting lines ineracting with each other. I get
the sense that a lot of people really enjoy the experiences they've had in viewing my
constructive art forms and firmly believe that creating art invites the viewer into the
art object itself, opening them up to the larger ideas invoked by the piece.
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