Feingold Gallery: Bad Karma

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A misfortune that has

Submitted by LauraC on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 4:25pm.

A misfortune that has divided a person's life into a Before and an After. Also, a feeling of chronic neglect.

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Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 4:41pm.

There is horror in the parts, but this image too I like a lot. I think perhaps because of the composition/structure which, like several others of these images, conveys (to me) a sense of ... order? familiarity? ordinariness?

The hospital picture is

Submitted by Riki on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 8:55pm.

The hospital picture is telling -- the experience was fast and blurry as it was happening.

Here there is both trauma

Submitted by ysilverman on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 9:01am.

Here there is both trauma and resurrection -- the crucifix, the flying birds, even the terminology "hit and run." There is a jolt, a horror, a karmic misfortune -- and then, we are off and running, flying away again.

diving into blackness and

Submitted by merry2e on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 7:15pm.

diving into blackness and pain

So many potential or actual

Submitted by Sophie F on Sun, 10/19/2008 - 9:27pm.

So many potential or actual misfortunes, but with hope, light as a beacon and renewal as possibilities in the aftermath. There is no permanency.

Injustice

Submitted by kmanning on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 8:12am.

This piece, as well as the genetics piece, seem to represent the artist's obsession with the injustice of his situation. There is an underlying sense of anger, both at society for not accepting, and at genetics, or karma, or whatever caused him to feel this way, throughout many, if not all, of these pieces.

I find the hospital image

Submitted by jrlewis on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 8:41am.

I find the hospital image most interesting. The blurry periphery appears to indicate motion. However, upon closer inspection, both the subject and background are blurred. Then it is the artist or observer who is in motion, with respect to the scene. The observer's relationship to the subject is changing here?

Almost dead, but not quite.

Submitted by mstokes on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 10:31am.

Almost dead, but not quite. Perhaps a shred of hope exists in this picture: the possibility of renewed life, resurrection.

There is a sense of depth

Submitted by akerle on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 10:32am.

There is a sense of depth here. The top level seems easy enough to deal with- a person who is sick deserves and receives medical care (symbolic, perhaps, of our overly medicated mental health culture) yet it does not reach down to the places it is really needed.

I see a linear story.

Submitted by ryan g on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 12:31pm.

I see a linear story. Someone gets in a car accident and this picture reflects on their last moments of life.

Maybe we are only as crazy

Submitted by Ljones on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 3:00pm.

Maybe we are only as crazy as the world is, or vice versa?

Looks like a car accident

Submitted by MartinBayer on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 3:11pm.

Looks like a car accident that led to death, and redemption/resurrection.

Just like having an acquired disability

Submitted by DavidFeingold on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 8:15am.

Martin, "death, redemption/resurrection" is a great metaphor for what it was like to have been in the accident--physically, mentally and emotionally. It took my accident to teach me in a very personal way, that inherent in the word, "disability", is the word, "ability". DF

Feingold Gallery: Bad Karma

A misfortune that has

Bad karma comment

The hospital picture is

Here there is both trauma

diving into blackness and

So many potential or actual

Injustice

I find the hospital image

Almost dead, but not quite.

There is a sense of depth

I see a linear story.

Maybe we are only as crazy

Looks like a car accident

Just like having an acquired disability

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