Harry Ally - Paintings

We think that we're free. We can walk wherever we wish, talk whatever we want. Yet it's not quite so. We are just bodies - walking, functioning, slowly decaying meat that has this unique ability to store something called consciousness. No, I'm not starting to write a blog about philosophy, but today's works are about existentialism. Harry Ally is a Texan painter with a lot of experience in both panting and, what can be seen in his works, life.


His mixed media paintings are half-abstract human figures (or full abstracts) trapped in the frames of a painting. Kafkaesque characters looking up or sitting down, every one of them trying to break free from the bonds of existence as a picture. And they remind of humans - with they unimportant things and little affairs, swirling like dervishes and wasting their time which, while precious to them, means nothing to the universe. It's neither depressing or optimistic - rather, it's just real. Really good art - that kind that really makes you reflect.

Artist's page.











4 comments:

  1. Love his work and this post! One note about the info, he is from New Jersey, went to school in Texas and lives in Valdosta, Ga.

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  2. I hadn't heard of this artist until now, but I think that I have a new favorite! He has some wonderful paintings. Great post! Many thanks for sharing. (:

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