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      • Pictorial History: 1970-73
      • Pictorial History: 1973-77
      • Pictorial History: 1977-79
      • Pictorial History: 1979-82
      • Pictorial History 1982-87
      • Pictorial History: 1987-93
      • Pictorial History: 1993-04
      • Pictorial History: 2005-09
      • Pictorial History: 2010-15
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      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1970-73
      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1973-77
      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1977-79
      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1979-82
      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1983-87
      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1987-91
      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 1992-99
      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É 2000-04
      • CATALOGUE RAISONN​É-Paintings 2005-09
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    • Exhibition History
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  Carl Mehrbach

Artist Statement

For me, Art-Making is truth-seeking research. I strive to produce Art that reflects my personal, philosophical reality.

Reality is filled with abstractions, prospective possibilities. I construct through active exercise of my imagination. I resist standardized intelligence. Imagination is not equivalent to consciousness. Reality is not equivalent to the world that exists outside my mind. Reality is an activity; not dry, not philosophically pure, not static; Art-Making is my passionate search for order and meaning.

My Art is Ontological Biomorphism.

Biomorphism models artistic elements on naturally occurring patterns or shapes; forms are created that are reminiscent of nature and living organisms. Tate Gallery's glossary says biomorphic forms are abstract and "refer to, or evoke, living forms…”

Ontology is the branch of philosophy that studies concepts such as existence, being, becoming, and reality. It investigates by uncovering, then examining, personal entities, those most fundamental to oneself. Ontology is often called the "Science of Being."
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Biomorphic Artists have influenced me: Henry Moore, Arshile Gorky, Joan Miró, Antoni Gaudi and others of the same ilk. Philip Guston was my primary mentor; he said to me, “You enjoy creating life-like abstract forms and figures!” Philip was right!

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