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Sidney Kocib’s
journey to self-expression through abstract art is grounded in the love, and
study, of photography. In 1974 or so,
after years of finding his creative outlet via the lens of a camera, Kocib
realized he’d reached a point at which he needed to move beyond photographs: beyond
the “picture”. This need urged him to begin
conveying his interpretation of the world on canvas. Since then, Kocib has
devoted his life to the exploration of the various aspects: theory, history,
and creation, of abstract art.
Born in the Czech Republic in 1931, Sidney Kocib spent the first third
of his life (until 1968) behind the iron curtain. Understandably, some of his earlier work is
influenced by the political history of a country struggling to exist within the
constraints of communism. Yet the great majority of Kocib’s work is his unique
celebration of the mystery and beauty of both the physical and metaphysical
world we live in.
Within these
last thirty years, Sidney Kocib has turned his eye and brush to a broad range
of themes. His artwork depicts nature,
spiritual and folkloric traditions, human relationships, social and political
events, and man’s understanding, and interpretation, of reality. Continuously
striving to push at, and cross over, his boundaries, Kocib has taken his
creative process down numerous paths. In
the late 90’s, for example, he began experimenting with incorporating
holographic foils into his paintings in a entirely singular and revolutionary
way. The resulting series of Luminograms addresses the existence of a
“fourth dimension” in fine art.
In keeping with
the idea that art should nourish the soul of creator and observer alike, Sidney
Kocib’s creativity is inseparably linked to his passion for life and to a deep
spiritual need for soulful self-expression.
Approaching his own work with utmost reverence, honesty, and serious
intent, he achieves art that is thought-provoking, kinetic, vibrant, spiritual,
and constantly evolving.
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