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Pipe Dreams
Bill Kowalsky
Artistic Statement
Civilization is built upon a vast network of pipes. They go
unnoticed and unappreciated every day, but they literally
surround us. They live underground, above our heads and in our
walls. Through them we receive vital resources such as gas,
water, plumbing, etc. Pipes make up the skeletons of cars and
the frameworks of cities. The shape itself is pervasive. It is a
necessity and a luxury. It is even the foundation of our
entertainment, as we skate in it, play music out of it, and look
through it. Yet the geometry of piping is all but ignored. My body
of work, Pipe Dreams, simply aims at bringing that crucial
element of our lives to the fore. The photographs capture the
elegant simplicity of conduits and tubes; briers and pan flutes,
plumbing and pipelines. Each picture is named after a phrase or
expression about pipes to remind us that even our language is
affected by such a simple concept.
Star Pipe
Copyright © Bill Kowalsky 2006
Halfway Between The Gutter and the Demon Fingers
Copyright © Bill Kowalsky 2006
Wind Pipe
Copyright © Bill Kowalsky 2006
Piping Hot
Copyright © Bill Kowalsky 2006
Down the pipe or pike
Copyright © Bill Kowalsky 2006
This is not a pipe
Copyright © Bill Kowalsky 2006
Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Copyright © Bill Kowalsky 2006
Peter Piper
Copyright © Bill Kowalsky 2006
Pipe Down
Copyright © Bill Kowalsky 2006
Biography
Bill Kowalsky was born in Manhasset, New York in 1989. Raised on
such diverse art forms as comic books and classical art,
Kowalsky came to value artistic diversity and an appreciation of
form and composition in art. His philosophy regarding art is that
the jurisdiction of visual form takes precedence over content or
meaning, especially considering that content can alienate a
viewer, and meaning can be arbitrarily applied to anything.
Kowalsky is a firm believer in objectivity in art; that there is good
art and bad art, and that such a distinction is obvious. While
constantly attempting to improve the artistic elements of his own
art, Kowalsky is interested in certain concepts and ideas as well.
Recurrent throughout Kowalsky’s work is the usage of
repetitive images, disintegrating forms and the human body.