1.
A project by multi-disciplinary artist Henry Avignon.
The Avignon Interiors Project is about artistic expression through visual meditations on the spiritual self, Nature’s glory and mysteries, acts of love, and the power of light. The Avignon Interiors Project is about making of artistic devotion an affordable proposition for every wall in the world that is yearning for thoughtful beauty.
My artistic process is a combination of traditional and non-traditional painterly techniques. In every instance the original state of the work is destroyed by various process steps employed to invigorate a transformative experience for documentation. For this reason large format photographic documentation of each work at the height of its visual intensity is necessitated. The final result here is archival pigment print in rare edition of 10.
I have chosen the size of 24” x 24” for several reasons: with the border the framed work will be almost 30” on the wall, an intimate size that allows adequate space around it in most homes. Secondly, because the works are photographic renderings they present a magnificent relationship between the macro expressiveness of big shape and light-dark relationships from a distance with a profusion of sensual, micro detail when viewing up close. They are meant as meditations and their aesthetic nature demands close proximity to the body and mind of the viewer.
Each work will be from a rare edition of 10.
Each work will be an archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Museum Etch archival paper.
Editions noted at bottom left.
Editions signed and dated bottom right.
Editions titled bottom center.
Certificates of edition ship with works.
Each work is 300$ (plus tax whenever appropriate).
This price includes shipping to anywhere in the US.
Shipping is insured and delivery of works will require recipients signature.
I have shown in galleries in the United States and Europe. I am in private collections on 5 continents. But this project is not about the art world it is about your world and your home. Everyone should be able to afford art. This is my heartfelt dedication to that goal. This is my dedication also to the poets and artists and philosophers throughout history that inspired my art along the way.
Note that the collection here will continue to grow with new works daily and weekly and yearly. I hope that you will return to the collection often to see them as they arrive and consider giving them a loving home.
2.
All of my efforts have been deeply influenced by poets and poetry, philosophers and philosophy, Man and his condition, love, spirituality, and a profound respect for the power of light. I see the primary subject matter of all works as Signatures Of Energy.
Here are a few responses about my works and artistic process from collectors, art enthusiasts, and industry professionals:
“What’s most impressive to me about the talents of Henry Avignon is that his craftsmanship is as compelling and captivating as his art. Both personally and professionally, I am fascinated by what’s possible when creativity, nature, craftsmanship, passion, and intellect converge. Growing up in the wine business, and through my personal interest in woodworking, I’ve learned, first-hand, the elusive yet magical powers of these forces, and the combination of genius and humility it takes to bring them together in a way that evokes greatness. Henry Avignon is someone who possesses these skills in abundance.” − Richard Sands, Chairman of the Board, Constellation Brands, Inc.
”Henry Avignon is a man who risks everything to mine the depths of human experience: the doubts, the fears, the joy, the anger and grief. Each of his works convey a simultaneous explosion of emotion and comprehension that goes far beyond the personal and takes deep root in me. It is an encounter with what matters most, and is least spoken of or understood. Henry is an artist and a poet in the truest sense, but more than that, he is a translator of the deepest realms of our nature.” - Zoe Murdock, Author and Editor
“Henry Avignon’s work is an alchemy of painting, photography and printmaking, representing an alliance of two philosophies: photography’s truth of the moment merged with the eternity of matter, specific to painting and sculpture. He synthesizes the trans-formative power of energy, as it pertains to the creative vitality of life cycles in nature, then presenting his creations as moments documented in time: photosculpted” -Margot Muto, Axom Gallery Director
”I have been looking at Henry Avignon’s works for a while now. As an artist what fascinates me about him is his almost otherworldly dedication to his work. He is so prolific that I feel a tinge of envy. However, this envy makes me happy because I see possibilities in my own work through his experiments in distilling the truth into mysterious forms, colour and composition. Only a passionate and committed person can do as much as Henry does. I feel inspired by this lovely man. His technique is something that art students must study to understand their own work better. I think this gifted man is for the world to share and enjoy. He is an artist who is rarely in his comfort zone. Long story short: he is an artist’s artist.” -Santanu Borah, Artist
”Henry’s work is journalistic, auto biographical, dark, and inescapably compelling. I’m honored to have two huge pieces in my home by this exciting artist!”
-Eric Gilbert, Collector
”His work is fearless!” -Matt Flummerfelt, Poet
”What makes a great work of art great is its ability to withstand fatigue in the eye or ear of the beholder; in Henry Avignon’s works we find a tireless artist standing tests of time.” -Greg Marcy da Gama, Artist and Social philosopher
_”_Immaterialism is a metaphysical doctrine that denies the existence of matter and it might call into question our understanding of art – what are we seeing? Maybe everything is sheer energy, and what we experience are vibrations – a cosmic chord structure with which we resonate? We need a physicist to shake out the distinctions here, or should we just relax and enjoy the art? But hold on – the art gets us to question what we are seeing, and how we feel after what we have seen.. What is the lasting impression? Standing in front of the art at Axom Gallery, we find a suite of prints as a memorial to those whose lives were lost at Newtown, CT a few months ago. This show by the artist Henry Avignon is very eloquent, and has the healing capacity that time and color can bring to those who seek it out.” -Alan Singer, Artist, Educator (RIT)
”Henry Avignon’s work is an occurrence, an event. It breathes and it dies then it is somehow reborn.” – Regina Walker, Artist, Art Collector and Psychotherapist
“Like molten lava spewing a revolution of emotions.” -Black Arts Lab, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Remixer, Label Owner at Black Arts Lab
”Henry puts all the pain of my world into art.” -Edna Williams, Entrepreneur and Art Collector
3.
Perhaps the greatest influence on the work to date was a short essay written by the poet Pablo Neruda in the mid 20th century titled: “Toward An Impure Poetry.” This is in fact how I describe my work…an impure poetry!
Toward An Impure Poetry
By Pablo Neruda
It is good, at certain hours of the day and night, to look
closely at the world of objects at rest. Wheels that have
crossed long, dusty distances with their mineral and vegetable
burdens, sacks from the coal bins, barrels, and baskets,
handles and hafts for the carpenter’s tool chest. From them
flow the contacts of man with the earth, like a text for all
troubled lyricists. The used surfaces of things, the wear that
the hands give to things, the air, tragic at times, pathetic at
others, of such things—-all lend a curious attractiveness to
the reality of the world that should not be under prized.
In them one sees the confused impurity of the human condition,
the massing of things, the use and disuse of substance,
footprints and fingerprints, the abiding presence of the human
engulfing all artifacts, inside and out.
Let that be the poetry we search for: worn with the hand’s
obligations, as by acids, steeped in sweat and in smoke,
smelling of the lilies and urine, spattered diversely by the
trades that we live by, inside the law or beyond it.
A poetry impure as the clothing we wear, or our bodies,
soup-stained, soiled with our shameful behavior, our wrinkles
and vigils and dreams, observations and prophecies,
declarations of loathing and love, idylls and beasts, the
shocks of encounter, political loyalties, denials and doubts,
affirmations and taxes.
The holy canons of madrigal, the mandates of touch, smell,
taste, sight, hearing, the passion for justice, sexual desire,
the sea sounding—-willfully rejecting and accepting nothing:
the deep penetration of things in the transports of love, a
consummate poetry soiled by the pigeon’s claw, ice-marked and
tooth-marked, bitten delicately with our sweat drops and usage,
perhaps. Till the instrument so restlessly played yields us
the comfort of its surfaces, and the woods show the knottiest
suavities shaped by the pride of the tool. Blossom and water
and wheat kernel share one precious consistency: the sumptuous
appeal of the tactile.
Let no one forget them. Melancholy, old mawkishness impure and
unflawed, fruits of a fabulous species lost to the memory, cast
away in a frenzy’s abandonment—-moonlight, the swan in the
gathering darkness, all hackneyed endearments: surely that is
the poet’s concern, essential and absolute.
Those who shun the “bad taste” of things will fall flat on the
ice.
A project by multi-disciplinary artist Henry Avignon.
The Avignon Interiors Project is about artistic expression through visual meditations on the spiritual self, Nature’s glory and mysteries, acts of love, and the power of light. The Avignon Interiors Project is about making of artistic devotion an affordable proposition for every wall in the world that is yearning for thoughtful beauty.
My artistic process is a combination of traditional and non-traditional painterly techniques. In every instance the original state of the work is destroyed by various process steps employed to invigorate a transformative experience for documentation. For this reason large format photographic documentation of each work at the height of its visual intensity is necessitated. The final result here is archival pigment print in rare edition of 10.
I have chosen the size of 24” x 24” for several reasons: with the border the framed work will be almost 30” on the wall, an intimate size that allows adequate space around it in most homes. Secondly, because the works are photographic renderings they present a magnificent relationship between the macro expressiveness of big shape and light-dark relationships from a distance with a profusion of sensual, micro detail when viewing up close. They are meant as meditations and their aesthetic nature demands close proximity to the body and mind of the viewer.
Each work will be from a rare edition of 10.
Each work will be an archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Museum Etch archival paper.
Editions noted at bottom left.
Editions signed and dated bottom right.
Editions titled bottom center.
Certificates of edition ship with works.
Each work is 300$ (plus tax whenever appropriate).
This price includes shipping to anywhere in the US.
Shipping is insured and delivery of works will require recipients signature.
I have shown in galleries in the United States and Europe. I am in private collections on 5 continents. But this project is not about the art world it is about your world and your home. Everyone should be able to afford art. This is my heartfelt dedication to that goal. This is my dedication also to the poets and artists and philosophers throughout history that inspired my art along the way.
Note that the collection here will continue to grow with new works daily and weekly and yearly. I hope that you will return to the collection often to see them as they arrive and consider giving them a loving home.
2.
All of my efforts have been deeply influenced by poets and poetry, philosophers and philosophy, Man and his condition, love, spirituality, and a profound respect for the power of light. I see the primary subject matter of all works as Signatures Of Energy.
Here are a few responses about my works and artistic process from collectors, art enthusiasts, and industry professionals:
“What’s most impressive to me about the talents of Henry Avignon is that his craftsmanship is as compelling and captivating as his art. Both personally and professionally, I am fascinated by what’s possible when creativity, nature, craftsmanship, passion, and intellect converge. Growing up in the wine business, and through my personal interest in woodworking, I’ve learned, first-hand, the elusive yet magical powers of these forces, and the combination of genius and humility it takes to bring them together in a way that evokes greatness. Henry Avignon is someone who possesses these skills in abundance.” − Richard Sands, Chairman of the Board, Constellation Brands, Inc.
”Henry Avignon is a man who risks everything to mine the depths of human experience: the doubts, the fears, the joy, the anger and grief. Each of his works convey a simultaneous explosion of emotion and comprehension that goes far beyond the personal and takes deep root in me. It is an encounter with what matters most, and is least spoken of or understood. Henry is an artist and a poet in the truest sense, but more than that, he is a translator of the deepest realms of our nature.” - Zoe Murdock, Author and Editor
“Henry Avignon’s work is an alchemy of painting, photography and printmaking, representing an alliance of two philosophies: photography’s truth of the moment merged with the eternity of matter, specific to painting and sculpture. He synthesizes the trans-formative power of energy, as it pertains to the creative vitality of life cycles in nature, then presenting his creations as moments documented in time: photosculpted” -Margot Muto, Axom Gallery Director
”I have been looking at Henry Avignon’s works for a while now. As an artist what fascinates me about him is his almost otherworldly dedication to his work. He is so prolific that I feel a tinge of envy. However, this envy makes me happy because I see possibilities in my own work through his experiments in distilling the truth into mysterious forms, colour and composition. Only a passionate and committed person can do as much as Henry does. I feel inspired by this lovely man. His technique is something that art students must study to understand their own work better. I think this gifted man is for the world to share and enjoy. He is an artist who is rarely in his comfort zone. Long story short: he is an artist’s artist.” -Santanu Borah, Artist
”Henry’s work is journalistic, auto biographical, dark, and inescapably compelling. I’m honored to have two huge pieces in my home by this exciting artist!”
-Eric Gilbert, Collector
”His work is fearless!” -Matt Flummerfelt, Poet
”What makes a great work of art great is its ability to withstand fatigue in the eye or ear of the beholder; in Henry Avignon’s works we find a tireless artist standing tests of time.” -Greg Marcy da Gama, Artist and Social philosopher
_”_Immaterialism is a metaphysical doctrine that denies the existence of matter and it might call into question our understanding of art – what are we seeing? Maybe everything is sheer energy, and what we experience are vibrations – a cosmic chord structure with which we resonate? We need a physicist to shake out the distinctions here, or should we just relax and enjoy the art? But hold on – the art gets us to question what we are seeing, and how we feel after what we have seen.. What is the lasting impression? Standing in front of the art at Axom Gallery, we find a suite of prints as a memorial to those whose lives were lost at Newtown, CT a few months ago. This show by the artist Henry Avignon is very eloquent, and has the healing capacity that time and color can bring to those who seek it out.” -Alan Singer, Artist, Educator (RIT)
”Henry Avignon’s work is an occurrence, an event. It breathes and it dies then it is somehow reborn.” – Regina Walker, Artist, Art Collector and Psychotherapist
“Like molten lava spewing a revolution of emotions.” -Black Arts Lab, Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Remixer, Label Owner at Black Arts Lab
”Henry puts all the pain of my world into art.” -Edna Williams, Entrepreneur and Art Collector
3.
Perhaps the greatest influence on the work to date was a short essay written by the poet Pablo Neruda in the mid 20th century titled: “Toward An Impure Poetry.” This is in fact how I describe my work…an impure poetry!
Toward An Impure Poetry
By Pablo Neruda
It is good, at certain hours of the day and night, to look
closely at the world of objects at rest. Wheels that have
crossed long, dusty distances with their mineral and vegetable
burdens, sacks from the coal bins, barrels, and baskets,
handles and hafts for the carpenter’s tool chest. From them
flow the contacts of man with the earth, like a text for all
troubled lyricists. The used surfaces of things, the wear that
the hands give to things, the air, tragic at times, pathetic at
others, of such things—-all lend a curious attractiveness to
the reality of the world that should not be under prized.
In them one sees the confused impurity of the human condition,
the massing of things, the use and disuse of substance,
footprints and fingerprints, the abiding presence of the human
engulfing all artifacts, inside and out.
Let that be the poetry we search for: worn with the hand’s
obligations, as by acids, steeped in sweat and in smoke,
smelling of the lilies and urine, spattered diversely by the
trades that we live by, inside the law or beyond it.
A poetry impure as the clothing we wear, or our bodies,
soup-stained, soiled with our shameful behavior, our wrinkles
and vigils and dreams, observations and prophecies,
declarations of loathing and love, idylls and beasts, the
shocks of encounter, political loyalties, denials and doubts,
affirmations and taxes.
The holy canons of madrigal, the mandates of touch, smell,
taste, sight, hearing, the passion for justice, sexual desire,
the sea sounding—-willfully rejecting and accepting nothing:
the deep penetration of things in the transports of love, a
consummate poetry soiled by the pigeon’s claw, ice-marked and
tooth-marked, bitten delicately with our sweat drops and usage,
perhaps. Till the instrument so restlessly played yields us
the comfort of its surfaces, and the woods show the knottiest
suavities shaped by the pride of the tool. Blossom and water
and wheat kernel share one precious consistency: the sumptuous
appeal of the tactile.
Let no one forget them. Melancholy, old mawkishness impure and
unflawed, fruits of a fabulous species lost to the memory, cast
away in a frenzy’s abandonment—-moonlight, the swan in the
gathering darkness, all hackneyed endearments: surely that is
the poet’s concern, essential and absolute.
Those who shun the “bad taste” of things will fall flat on the
ice.