Here are a few of the new pieces.

Studio

2k12

I had moved my whole operation over to whitecu.be/user/truettdietz but they're currently in legal limbo as Whitecube in London is suing them to take the site down (laaaame). Anyways, I'll try to put some of what I've been working on up here in the coming weeks. New studio, new work, new haircut, whatever.

Here are some low-res shots of new work I started. Most of these aren't finished.

New Studio

I recently moved into a new studio in Atlanta's fabulous West End.

This is a piece I did for the cover of the forthcoming book "Zzzzzzzzzzzz" by J.A. Tyler.

Agnes Scott

Come to this show tomorrow night. It's at Agnes Scott's Dalton Gallery. I got three pieces in the show.

Exit Strategy

This is my installation piece for GSU's BFA exit show. It's titled, "Exit Strategy." The piece continued on the ceiling, but I don't have an image.

Arts Exchange

Here's a small installation I did at Arts Exchange gallery near East Atlanta.

I owe you all an explanation

I don't usually feel the need to explain my work, but several conversations lately have led me write what I feel like is a fairly succinct and accurate explanation and exploration of my work, its progenitors, and primary function.

- Artist Statement -

As a form of expression, for someone who struggles to talk clearly and concisely about ideas and inspiration, art-making serves me well. In America today, we are constantly bombarded with images and information. There is little or no reprieve from the overwhelming stream of data, consumer culture, ever-changing internet celebrities, tweets and status updates, leaked nude photos, and junk mail. This new form of existence seems to have brought about a change in the way that we perceive the world around us. There is a total lack of reverence. The sublime seems to have been lost somewhere in “the cloud.” Individual images no longer carry the weight that they once did. Digital manipulation ensures that no image can be trusted for its authenticity.
Because of this, and despite it, I attempt to make work that comes from, and reacts against the crushing weight of our new digital reality. Solemn and sardonic, my pieces tend towards the hands-on, relying on the physicality of their creation to buoy them out of the muck of their virtual counterparts. Manipulating pre-existing images allows a formality that I could not easily achieve with drawing or painting. The images exist in culture before I use them, and by changing them I simultaneously feed off of their energy, and thumb my nose at their original intent.
I find inspiration in the seemingly random associations that Google image searches produce. This is an idea that I keep coming back to. Gestalt. When disparate images are placed side by side, the brain is forced to make a connection, whether one actually exists or not. I often find myself associating images that many people don’t seem to accept as belonging together. These associations, along with the physical re-assignment of existing images via collage, combine to create a lush range of potential for interesting bodies of work. I tend to view my pieces as single ideas, visual one-liners, that, when combined in an installation, create a conversation as random and fascinating as the internet itself.

Always,

- Truett Dietz

BFA Exit Show

I'm graduating from Georgia State University's Welch School of Art and Design. The exit show opening is this Friday from 5 'til 8. Come out and see my installation.

Show Friday

If you can, try to make it out to the new Arts Exchange gallery. I'm in this show.

Faces

These pieces are a continuation of a series that I've been working on.

New Works

Here are some pieces that I made recently. They were presented as a small installation, reflecting the disparate connections between internet image searches.