The Pump Gallery of Flood Fine Arts Center Presents:  

TOM PAZDERKA
New Works

July 4th - July 26th

 

ASHEVILLE, NC -- Pazderka grew up in communist Czechoslovakia in an environment with little exposure to the arts.   Self expression and individualism were not encouraged and the development of personal creativity was repressed.   Since his move to the United States, painting, for Pazderka, is an exorcism of personal conflict.    

Pazderka's paintings delve into the lesser-explored fields of alternative science, history and archeology.   These sciences and practices offer a much different view of humanity.   Where the modern mainstream sciences characterize today's society as the pinnacle of evolution and leaves it stranded in the vast unexplored ocean of emptiness with no connections to nature, and gives descriptions of ancient man as a primitive.    Alternative views are more empowering and give an understanding of the achievements of ancient cultures in a different light.   It sees man as connected to the universe.   In effect, it sees man as being the universe in which the illusion of life is played out.  

Pazderka's work is also an exploration of material and texture, color, or lack thereof.   He explores the relationship between light and dark, the material and the immaterial, the tangible and the purely theoretical.   It is a study of ancient culture and thought and its influence on today's civilization.   These effects are very subtle but find their way into our culture through books and personalities, sometimes overlooked, sometimes celebrated and then forgotten, to be rediscovered much later.  

Tom Pazderka has exhibited his work at the NCCCS Art Show in Raleigh, for the LAAFF Festival here in Asheville, and for the Transylvania Arts Council in Brevard.   Opening reception will be held in the Pump Gallery of the Phil Mechanic Studios Building at 109 Roberts Street, on Saturday, July 12 th , from 7:00pm to 10:00pm.   The exhibition will be up until July 26th .

 

 

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