Exhibition on Display: October 9-December 12, 2020
Works by Dameon Lester
Visit Frost Gallery
Our perceptions of existence are bound by our humanity. These limitations prevent us
from comprehending the greater resonance of our actions. My art suggests an uneasy
continuum between the known and unknown, as well as the controlled and controlling
elements of the world that surrounds us. My sculptures and drawings abstract the
glacial ice sheets, fragments, and crevasses encapsulating the increasingly ephemeral
quality of nature’s assumed permanence and resilience. The artworks, at once, seem
serene in their simple lines and limited color palette, and yet unnerving because of
their off-centered balance and sharp angular edges. This juxtaposition mirrors my
anxiety of irreversible climate change and our global passivity. I continue to
abstract the original source until there only remains a shard, an inscribed line,
a vestige for contemplation of what is never known and what is lost on us all.
