I AM YOU ARE
Bobby English Jr.
October 7th-28th 2016
Reception October 7th 7-10pm
Bobby English, Jr. creates empowering, yet self- destructive metal and earth sculptures inspired by world mythologies, ancestry, identity, dreams, and the dualities of nature.
His process is laborious and exhausting, yet meditative and spiritual. While creating sculpture, and even after completion, there is a dialogue happening between the form and English’s body. The dialogue ultimately becomes mystic, almost ritualistic, thought-provoking performances that he feels are channeled from the many mythological archetypes that he understands both from his own life experiences and those of his ancestors. Often times, these performances become uncomfortable, alienating, dangerous, and painful. English wants people to be inspired to connect with the divine nature within themselves, their personal mythologies, and be comfortable in the expression of their divinity; their true selves.
The goal of his art is to create an atmosphere for conversation, understanding, and ultimately compassion for all people.
In I AM YOU ARE Bobby English, Jr. shows us the notes of his journey to find lost knowledge. By connecting past lives, he seeks to find a world where all people have compassion for each other. I AM YOU ARE is about the infinite web of interconnectedness in our lives and how we influence all of being. In I AM YOU ARE, Bobby utilizes ritual and meditation to contemplate history, ancestry, identity, life, love, and the present moment.