Nocturne #1, 26 x 20," 2014

(c) Tatiana Klacsmann

Biography 

Tatiana Klacsmann remains steadfast in the belief that painting is not really dead.  Her work consists of drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures which uphold her aesthetic appreciation for beauty and precision over efficiency. She lives and works in Hudson, New York, and has taught at Columbia-Greene Community College, Johnson State College, and Georgia Regents University. She completed a Masters of Fine Art at Johnson State College, Masters of Art History at the University of Glasgow with Christie’s Education, and Bachelor of Arts at Yale University. Her work has been shown both nationally and internationally.
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Artist Statement 


My current work is mixed media collages. I create linocut and polyester plate lithograph prints, then individualize them with ink and color pencil. I make environments from patterned papers I buy, find in books and maps, or make by marbling. The prints become characters in landscapes, and I use color pencil, ink or other media to blend where the creatures and objects come into contact with their environment. My goal is to create scenes that are naturalistic but uncanny as human and non-human elements meet.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Ten Spot Invitational
Lichtenstein Center for the Arts
part of the 10 x 10 Upstreet Arts Festival
Feb 6 - 28 
opening: Thursday, Feb. 12th 5 -7pm
Pittsfield, MA

The Love Show
Gallery 46
Feb 14 - March 29
opening: Feb. 14th 5 - 8pm
Hudson, NY
 

Recent Exhibitions

Art & Politics
Gallery 46 
Dec. 6, 2014 - Feb. 1, 2015
Opening: Dec. 6th 4 - 6 pm
Hudson, NY

En Masse
Thompson Giroux Gallery 
November 22, 2014 - Jan 4, 2015
Chatham, NY

In the "Forest of And, And, And," Gallery 105, North Adams, MA, July 2013

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What am I working on at the moment, you ask?

Tempus Fugit: an art experiment in life improvement through time/space management - artwork at the "Tempus Fugit" tab and updates on the blog


Question:
 Can I manage my time and space to match more closely with my devotion* (to art in my case - no minor dependents here)? 
*Definition of devotion for this experiment - some might say "love" (cough, cough... Levinas :) ), but I like devotion - not only is it slightly less cheesy, but love, to me, on it's own, can be either active or passive, where as devotion is a form of love which necessitates action.  

Hypothesis: 
Happiness derives, in part, from aligning time/space expenditure with the object of  one's devotion. 
(Example, please...) Let's say that I commute an hour to work.  I don't like commuting, but I do it so that I can have a home with a yard for my offspring.  If I plant nice flowers in that yard and enjoy using it with my family, then my time expenditure matches my devotion to my family, and I can be happy with my commute time.  If I think of the yard as one more thing to take care of on the weekend, and no one really uses it anyway because the offspring really prefers video games anyway... then the space/time expenditure doesn't contribute to my devotion, and I'm unhappy.  

Structure:
: 10 phases, each corresponding to an art-life, time/space related principle.   Estimated time commitment - approximately 1 year, 2-6 weeks per phase. Documentation will occur at the outset of each phase, laying out the principle and goal, and at the conclusion, documenting the resulting artwork, evaluating success and/or failure and/or suggested modifications in adhering to the stated principle.

Methodology: 
If the ultimate goal is life-improvement through enactment of my devotion to art,  why is time/space management an appropriate approach?
Time and space management can be measured through quantifiable data whereas devotion is an action based on love, which is not concrete.  Therefore, the dedication of time and space will act as evidence which allowing one to deduce the presence of devotion, which is otherwise undocumentable.   

Goal: To create a new, coherent body of work of at least 20 pieces* which reflect my art-life principles.
*of course there will be more work than that, but, (spoiler) one of the phases will involve editing.