Capture #13

FOR CAPTURE #13 GREGORY EUCLIDE EXPLORES THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO. POURING MATERIAL FROM A 55-GALLON DRUM ON THE RIVER BED OF CLEAR CREEK CANYON, EUCLIDE IS ABLE TO “CAPTURE” LOCAL TERRAIN. AS THE SPILL HARDENS ALL OF THE MATERIAL IN THE POOL IS COLLECTED AND THEN EXTRACTED FROM THE LOCATION. ON TOP OF THE CAPTURE EUCLIDE CREATES A DIORAMIC SCENE DEPICTING A PICTURESQUE VIEW OF A RIVER VALLEY.

WHAT THE VIEWER SEES IN THIS PIECE IS MORE THAN ANY ONE CONCEPT, IT IS THE INTERACTION AND INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE ACTUAL LAND, THE CULTURAL IDEALIZATION OF THE LAND (LANDSCAPE) AND THE ART-MAKING PROCESS ITSELF.  THROUGH THIS TENSION, CAPTURE #13 ADDRESSES ISSUES SURROUNDING OUR CULTURAL REPRESENTATION OF NATURE, OUR USE OF LAND AND THE DIFFICULTY OF ESCAPING THE LENS FROM WHICH NATURE IS VIEWED.