Paradoxical Intention (Scott Belville's works at MOCA GA)

Tonight, I went to the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia for Scott Belville's artist talk. A great teacher with knowledge, openness, and kindness, he was my former professor at University of Georgia (Lamar Dodd).  I was excited to catch up with my professor, but also delighted to see his body of works that was piling up in his small studio in Athens, Georgia.

He teaches most of his time in Cortona, Italy for Lamar Dodd's Italy Study Abroad Program. His time spent in Italy indeed reflects on his sensibility in techniques and how he sets up the narratives. Scott talked about how he is interested in developing characters and setting them in places as if he is writing a story. Putting 'specific-ness' aside in his work, Scott leaves a room for viewers to navigate in and out of his narratives.

P a r a d o x i c a l   I n t e n t i o n

While trying to convey beauty, one finds himself exuding a sense of sorrow in his work. Then again, one may find himself in the midst of sorrowful images during his happiest time. (paraphrased) 

- Scott Belville

Please go to see this show Trust at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia.
You will be able to encounter something that you can only exude as an artist with many years of wrestle and love (oh this sounds too sentimental, but really).

- G.