William Lamson

Artist Statement
My work addresses issues of masculinity, amateurism, science, play, and the quixotic quest for personal heroism that accompanies these subjects. I explore culturally glorified narratives from the perspective of the amateur, who is motivated by love for the activity and a desire to achieve, but is limited by a lack of physical and technical expertise. In the resulting work, human struggle becomes the central component. These arduous endeavors offer the perpetual hope of transcendence, however flawed the undertaking may be. By enacting these grand, though often self-defeating experiments, my work addresses the universality of human struggle and how we create meaning through it.

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