Collection: JOHN GURBACS

EXPLORING THE DELICATE INTERPLAY BETWEEN NATURE AND HUMAN CREATION, JOHN GURBACS CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF INTERCONNECTEDNESS IN HIS EVOLVING PAINTINGS. FUELED BY A FASCINATION WITH FRACTALS, GURBACS DELVES INTO THE MATHEMATICAL LANGUAGE THAT DEFINES THE FORMS OF EARTH, AIR, FIRE, WATER, AND ETHER. IN HIS PURSUIT, HE DRAWS PARALLELS BETWEEN SEEMINGLY DISPARATE ELEMENTS, FROM THE BRANCHES OF A TREE MIRRORING A LIGHTNING BOLT TO THE RINGS OF SATURN REFLECTING IN A PUDDLE.

WITHIN THE DELICATE BALANCE OF CHAOS AND ORDER, GURBACS FINDS INSPIRATION, ECHOING THE UNIFORM YET UNIQUE PATTERNS IN NATURE—A ZEBRA’S STRIPES OR HUMAN FINGERPRINTS. HIS ARTISTIC PROCESS INVOLVES A METICULOUS COLLAGE OF CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS, TROPICAL FOLIAGE, AND MICROSCOPIC PATTERNS, ULTIMATELY TRANSLATING INTO CANVASES THAT TAKE MONTHS TO COMPLETE. USING OIL PAINT FOR CANVASES AND LATEX PAINT FOR OUTDOOR MURALS, GURBACS SEEKS TO SHOWCASE THE SYNERGY AND CONTRAST BETWEEN NATURAL AND MAN-MADE FORMS.

IN GURBACS'S PAINTINGS, A TAPESTRY OF CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS UNFOLDS, INVITING VIEWERS TO RECOGNIZE THE ONENESS AKIN TO BUDDHIST MANDALA PAINTINGS. ADDRESSING SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND MEDITATIVE THEMES, HIS WORK CAPTURES A CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE BETWEEN SCENES, MERGING AND SHIFTING WHILE PRESERVING INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES. THROUGH THIS EXPLORATION, JOHN GURBACS UNCOVERS NEW INTERPRETATIONS AND WAYS OF SEEING THE WORLD, SEEKING A HARMONIOUS BALANCE BETWEEN OPPOSITES AND REVEALING THE BEAUTY IN THE FLUID DANCE OF EXISTENCE.