Gale Antokal
Gallery Affiliations: Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Region: Pacific Coast
Website: http://www.galeantokal.com
City / State: Berkeley, CA
I draw from ordinary objects to interpret or reinvent them.
I’m always intrigued when something small and unexpected
presents itself, because, in my experience, the most authentic
work germinates from a simple notion or impulse, which then
can transform into something more extraordinary, ineffable, or
abstract. I discover a world of complexity in one visual idea.
In the process of working with repetition of form and multiple
variations, the meaning of the object begins to unfold. As this
happens, I am engrossed in the generative relationship between
the circumstance of the single image and the shift of meaning
with the subsequent assembly of many. The essence of the form
is realized in this process.