RAY CABARGA
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| Losandiegopolis 2666 |
"...the exhibit's most fascinating contribution comes from Glendale artist R. R. Cabarga. Along with a collection of brushless paintings he
calls "oozings", Cabarga has a collection of intriguing pieces he calls hedrons. A sometime commercial artist, Cabarga begins his process by
creating a series of small pentagonal and hexagonal paintings . He then glues them together into a three-dimensional geometric shape,
often the 32-faced truncated icosahedron, fastening the sculpture around a precision- built inside scene whose carefully placed mirrors
create the illusion of an endless realm. Calling the pursuit "a kind of obsession," Cabarga noted that it takes up to 250 hours of work to
construct a single hedron over three to four months time. He utilizes fiberglass, (I said "fiber optics" oh well nobody's perfect) marbles and
Slinkies to achieve his miniature worlds' desired effect, also admitting that he's "not afraid of glitter". Through the eye-piece of the
bowling ball-sized, brightly painted shell of "Love & Fear," viewers stare out from an animal's open mouth as a fox's heavy jaws loom, bathed
in eerie, blue light. Each piece is imaginatively unique."
Rachel Heller
calls "oozings", Cabarga has a collection of intriguing pieces he calls hedrons. A sometime commercial artist, Cabarga begins his process by
creating a series of small pentagonal and hexagonal paintings . He then glues them together into a three-dimensional geometric shape,
often the 32-faced truncated icosahedron, fastening the sculpture around a precision- built inside scene whose carefully placed mirrors
create the illusion of an endless realm. Calling the pursuit "a kind of obsession," Cabarga noted that it takes up to 250 hours of work to
construct a single hedron over three to four months time. He utilizes fiberglass, (I said "fiber optics" oh well nobody's perfect) marbles and
Slinkies to achieve his miniature worlds' desired effect, also admitting that he's "not afraid of glitter". Through the eye-piece of the
bowling ball-sized, brightly painted shell of "Love & Fear," viewers stare out from an animal's open mouth as a fox's heavy jaws loom, bathed
in eerie, blue light. Each piece is imaginatively unique."
Rachel Heller
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