Mario Emes has exhibited his work since the early 1980's in European and American galleries and museums. He lives and works in New York.
This website shall be viewed as an exhibition where the artwork is changed periodically. Click on the button below to view the previous exhibition.
New Work 2006 - A 30 minute video of the studio and new work is available to galleries. Please email to request a copy.
The unpredictability of life and nature dictates my approach towards my work.The unpredictability of paint (color) in correlation to objects and the variety of supporting surfaces guides my creativity. I am not as interested in the end result of my creativity as I am interested in the approach and the process of applying paint (color) to a variety of objects and surfaces (carriers). I avoid in any form or way to have an "idea" or intellectual concept or control over the direction a piece develops. I continue to work on a piece until I am convinced of a complete lack of content as well as the proof of having paint (color) and objects "married" to the surface on their own unpredictable terms. Of course, my not wanting the work to be interpretable should make it even more so interpretable to the trained eye (philosophically, art historically) because of my chosen avoidance of putting "meaning" into my work. I believe the lack of understood underlying content opens the door to meaningful exploration of my work.
