Arthur Moore

I’m interested in the origins of parietal art as a reection of the human subconscious. I’m also interested in the
beginnings of art, what prompted early man to begin making art. I’m fascinated with the art young children
produce and with the instinctive properties a child has in making marks without instruction.
Patterns in art and nature intrigue me. Artistic recongition is closely related to our propensity for recognizing
pattern and ascribing order in our environment. Our aesthetic preferences are a combination of instinct and
experiences. We put symbolism and meaning on art objects but symbolism is articial. The responsiveness to
patterning is like an emotional echo.
Patterns are a sign of safety. When a hiding lion breaks the pattern of blades of grass, that chaos signals
danger. This is why chaos makes us uncomfortable and watchful. With this body of work, I am challenging our
pattern response skills. It is an ongoing experiment with the space between chaos and order, using
overlapped, fragmented patterns.
I am not dealing with meaning, but pure form. I experiment with the pleasurable feelings that pattern evoke,
with pattern as an adaptive response and with the methaphorical aspects of our adaptive response system.

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