Michael Pfleghaar
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My work has always been about relationships. Whether it is how colors, objects, or shadows relate to each other, these compositional relationships are evident in all the genres of which I work. “Complex Identity” represents the search as an artist to express ideas through symbolism and metaphors. Each work is rooted in personal allegories and depicted with universal tools. Chairs, colors, mountains, snakes, ladders, and male imagery are some of the vocabulary providing the visual language for my artwork. Chairs and furniture have always been familiar subject matter within my work. Recently, I distilled chairs to simple stick forms to illustrate the human element. A chair not only personifies the body with its arms and legs, but can present a sense of movement as well. Even though the chair forms are simple they still become complex metaphors in their environment.
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