{"id":697,"date":"2012-03-05T19:06:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T02:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coldcoffeemedia.com\/EOUART\/?p=697"},"modified":"2019-10-08T23:35:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T06:35:59","slug":"alec-schramek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/art\/profile\/alec-schramek\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Schramek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My most recently pursued interests include a series in ceramics and painting, both dealing with gender roles and masculinity involved with young men in American culture.<\/p>\n<p>My paintings are the beginning of a series entitled, \u201cIn the Pursuit of Happiness.\u201d They are selective instances from ordinary life situations. The scene in Spoon is an image of a<br \/>\nyoung couple, content as they lay in bed together. The man is positioned behind the woman, gently grasping her hip. This gesture elicits a sense of caring and comfort, but<br \/>\nalso a sense of possession, and is intended to be the central focus of the painting.<\/p>\n<p>The idea that our partners become possessions explains a false expectation of happiness. This expectation is caused by absorbing ideas about life from a lifestyle saturated with<br \/>\nHollywood movies, television, and corporate advertising. It is related directly to the way our wants and needs are centrally concerned with material objects.<\/p>\n<p>My latest series in ceramics is called \u201cThe Shower Room.\u201d This series is comprised of public shower room and restroom facilities painted on Greek amphora vessels. The<br \/>\nfigures in these spaces are either secluded or exposed to one another. In either case, they describe the presence of personal space in our society, and a difference between the<br \/>\nindividual of our current culture and that of the ancient Greeks.<\/p>\n<p>The problem with personal space is that is in part, manufactured as a byproduct of popular culture pushing sex as a product. Our need for privacy is our own fear of<br \/>\ninadequacy with society\u2019s projection of idealized aesthetic appeal. The contrast of societies generates a reason to question the origins of individuality, and the importance of<br \/>\nour own self-perceptions.<\/p>\n<table id=\"images\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"9\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"208\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/art\/SeniorExhibition0607\/Alec%20Schramek\/SchramekA.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/art\/images\/Choice1_000.jpg\" alt=\"Choice by Schramek\" width=\"236\" height=\"271\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/art\/SeniorExhibition0607\/Alec%20Schramek\/SchramekB.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/art\/images\/TheShowerRoomcanvas.jpg\" alt=\"The Show Room\" width=\"195\" height=\"259\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/art\/SeniorExhibition0607\/Alec%20Schramek\/SchramekC.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/art\/images\/bed3canvas_000.jpg\" alt=\"The  Bed by Schramek\" width=\"189\" height=\"295\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My most recently pursued interests include a series in ceramics and painting, both dealing with gender roles and masculinity involved with young men in American culture. My paintings are the beginning of a series entitled, \u201cIn the Pursuit of Happiness.\u201d They are selective instances from ordinary life situations. 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