I hope that the pleasure, fulfillment and the peace I received in the creation of this body of work, will somehow be experienced by those who view it. My works are almost seductive in their appeal, generating a soft clarion call to enter and partake.
Kinetic art is unique….. It engages you, eliciting a response, as it literally comes alive,…. And the man behind the magic is Guy Beckles, the only celebrated kinetic artist in the Caribbean.
He plays the part of an illusionist, but is undeniably a social constructivist. He probes the viewer who is moved to interpret, to critique. His is the artistic path of the “middle-way,” – a mélange of literalism, surrealism and the abstract. It’s an opus of work that moves the aficionado and mesmerizes the uninitiated.
It’s a reflection of arduous patience – long hours of working and reworking – of visiting and revisiting – of assembling and dissembling. It can take hundreds of hours – months to get it right. This is the sin qua non of kinetic art. Its exactitude demands a peculiar personality and insight. It’s an oeuvre that blends the rigors of science with the imagination of a philosopher.
Dr Glenville Ashby.
Syndicated columnist, award-winning author, qigong therapist. New York City
