Robert Kernodle Proclaims New Art Form
USA, North Carolina resident, Robert Kernodle has defined a new art form. In the year 2000, Kernodle accidentally dropped a strip of paper on which he was testing colors of two acrylic paints. He watched as the test strip fell freely and hit hard on its edge in his studio apartment kitchen sink. After seeing the two paints collide into one another, Kernodle had a sudden insight.
Reminiscent of a scene from the movie, Pollock, this sequence of events compelled Kernodle to develop a painting style based on fluid dynamics. At first, he called his style, "catastrophism"
"Fluidism", as the dicitionary traditionally defines it, refers to the ancient Greek theory of body humors. Because the ancient Greek theory is outdated, its name has become obscure and obsolete. Kernodle considers this a waste of a good word, consequently leading him to relcaim it with a new meaning. For Kernodle, "fluidism" perfectly describes art based on the dynamics of real fluids. But more than this, "fluidism" describes an evolving worldview that backs up his art. He credits artist/philosopher, Joel Morrison, with perfecting such a worldview. In this way, Kernodle's fludism goes beyond creating art, ... all the way to updating the mindset of a culture who views it.
Quick to clarify, Kernodle says, "I do not claim to be the only fluidism artist. What I claim is credit for recognizing a distinct art category and consciousness that nobody else has named so clearly."
Shunning attempts to associate him with abstract expressionism, Kernodle points out that he is the quintessential realist dealing with reality's fundamental forms. He points to other fluidism artists throughout history (some in the most unlikely places), from priests in ancient China who dropped ink in ponds, to astronauts in the modern day who play with water in outer space.
"Fluidism", Kernodle says, "is focusing on the aesthetics of fluids in different situations, under different conditions, ... observing, causing and possibly capturing fascinating peak events." His own images and their full explanation appear across the internet. Google "artist robert kernodle" or "fluidism".
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