There is a dignified sense of detachment to many of David O'Malley's compositions which often utilise minimalism and juxtaposition, a pure sense of wonder alternating with a cold nihilism oscillates...
Behind the scenes of the canvas. Tuning into universe, contemplating the scale of the cosmos.
For the last 3 years David has often focused on paintings exploring outer space, creating works that are fueled by a sense of wonder at the theories of cosmological physics. The 'Painting is Infinite' series plays on a quote from David Lynch which he made shortly after quitting film-making. The paintings make available a platform for contemplating the cosmos. They celebrate man's ability to be transported by Art and are an homage to man's desire to find the answers; "Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives" — Socrates.
'I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space' Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2, Hamlet may have meant that although we human beings are very limited physically, out minds are free to explore the whole universe.
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astronomy, astrophysics, contemplation, cosmos, meditation, space, zen, Kubrick, 2001, astral travel, the universe