Freshworks response
Mason Eubanks
Oil and gesso on canvas
Mason Eubanks is here experimenting with non-conventional methods combined with conventional materials to express symbolic human nature. He stretches the canvas to bring high relief around the frame by adding depth on four sides. The artist creates almost as two boxes are coming out of the wall.
From a distance they appear as complimentary colors next to each other, condensed and solidified to form two cubes. Feel is very soft like a sponge and a hue of blue between baby blue and marine blue which is balanced next to equally welcoming orange. Size is big enough to imagine a person standing next to you and gives a feel that half of his personality is standing besides. Probably that’s the magic of well-balanced complimentary hues. Both squares are bit modified to differ from geometrical interpretation of a square or cube.
It’s a perception of human nature to me. Everyone is unique and still is a human by form, features and qualities. Here artist seems to create a mysterious object and challenges us to develop a new way of seeing. The mystery almost never solves, just like our ever changing personalities and it attracts everyone to investigate in depth. These cubes give the same experience. At a moment we are convinced as if they are sponges and in the next second they appear as blue-orange limestone. Some might become sure about seashells pasted on canvas. If observed closely we see whirls as lines painted on each one in three hues of base color. The rhythm and pace is expertly maintained throughout the work. Dedication, patience and skills are incredible and are worth appreciation. Incredible part is they do not look like boring repetitions. It’s a community within the cubical society where every component has similar features, individual identity, and energetic personality and together they form a disciplined, uniformed group defining a common culture, inseparable yet preserve their unique identity as an individual and a noble pack.