Welcome to the Totem Art Series showcase.
A meta-realist/meta-conceptual art project by Christian Joore.
A few selected works from the series, accompanied with background information. Enjoy.
Of course, the Totem is not a machine, but it can transport your imagination, which art is meant to do. Looking under the hood, art is like a psychological machine with many moving parts. It exercises...
The number 11 has a special meaning in the Totem Series. It's a blend of its mathematical significance and what it represents visually. The number 11 (strictly in a visual sense) serves as a visual puzzle where...
In Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a mysterious black monolith appears at key points in the story. Although its true nature and purpose are left open to interpretation, it is portrayed as profoundly influencing humanity. In...
Totemality is based on Plato’s ‘analogy of the sun’, where Plato tries to demonstrate ‘higher truth’ using sunlight as an analogy. The sun, light, how we see and know objects, are meant as a pointer...
The Totem visits the Hare, with warm greetings and a warning. All ears, Hare listens well to what the Totem does tell. “The clock is a trap dear friend; time is best left overhead the...
The ‘fourth wall’, known in film & cinema, is the conceptual barrier separating the fictional world from the real world. The fourth wall 'breaks' when an actor looks directly into the camera, drawing attention to...
Art is more than just a visual medium; it is a conduit for ideas to affect emotions. It is also a way to read the world to expand comprehension within human experience. And so artists...
These past few years have proved to be a resurgence of my creativity. To which I attribute it to some time off from work in early 2020. During that time, I was given a pause...
What part of the mountain can you take into your hand and claim it's a mountain? This rock, this snow, this grass, this bird, this insect? Does the morning light reveal the mountain?Does the cloud touch...
I have mistakenly labelled some of my art as surrealist. I don't think it is. In particular, the 'Totem' series touches upon themes of mind and the unconscious (the cornerstone of Surrealism), but by narrative...
A Psychedelic story that you may enjoy: Swiss Psychiatrist Carl Jung was born in 1875, the year of the pig. In 1906, Jung had interacted with a patient that had hallucinations of tubes coming down from the...
It was a comment from Jos that brought this piece into clear view. Jos said, “What is the totem? The 2CV or the load on the top?” His question was not a question, but a realization, a...