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Gregory Colbert

www.ashesandsnow.org

 

If you came to me at this moment, if one minute you will be one hour, one

hour of your day will be like the days of your life will be.

- Ashes and snow, 2005

 

 

“In exploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals, I am working towards rediscovering the common ground that once existed when people lived in harmony with animals. The images depict a world that is without beginning or end, here or there, past or present.”

 

 

How 'ashes and snow' unfolds will be decided in large part by my animal

collaborators.

 

I hope to see the world through the eyes of whale, an elephant, a manatee, a meerkat, a cheetah. Being amazed by nature in all its forms is the lifeblood of 'ashes and snow'. I have tried to leave the windows and doors open so that others can enter and feel that same amazement that i felt during each work's creation.

I believe the australian aboriginals were exploring the same enchantments

when they painted animals; they were not interested in merely painting the

contours of their bodies. They focused equally on the animal's interior dream life. the cave paintings of the san from the kalahari desert in africa and the art of other indigenous tribes around the world also demonstrate their ability to look from the inside out. When i stated 'ashes and snow' in 1992. I set out to explore the relationship between man and animals from the inside out.

-Gregory Colbert. describing Ashes and Snow as a shared work