BUGLER 2016

It looks to me like 'Bugler' by Babak-Matveev has emerged from an intuitive act of image making, maybe digital collage, with all the playful potential of trial, error, and intuition. I can imagine the artist piecing this together and thinking about the interplay between the boy with a trumpet, the real and the fantastical garden, and the pigeons landing and taking off. How the ordinary becomes extraordinary and then flips back again. The artist's hand—or mouse, or stylus—is visible in the slightly awkward way these different elements sit together, which I find strangely compelling. It reminds me that artists are in this ongoing conversation and exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another’s creativity. It’s as if, through this combination of digital technologies and creative strategies, new ways of seeing, thinking, and experiencing the world have emerged. This piece revels in ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple readings.