ELANA FELICE STANGER
A.K.A. ST. ANGER ARTIST’S STATEMENT |
| I MAKE ART TO CONVEY A POLITICAL-SPIRITUAL MESSAGE
ON THE LEVEL OF THE SOUL. FACTS AND FIGURES CANNOT WIN AN ARGUMENT THE
WAY ART CAN. ART IS REAL. ART IS IN THE HEART. ART GOES BEYOND REALITY
AS WE KNOW IT AND ENCOURAGES US TO CREATE A REALITY THAT HAS NEVER BEFORE
EXISTED. IT IS CURRENTLY UP TO US TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY INTO A WORLD OF
COOPERATION, PEACE, LOVE, DIVERSITY, AND CREATIVITY. ART INSPIRES OUR
DREAM’S CREATION. |
| I BELIEVE EACH PERSON HAS THE POWER TO EXPRESS
HER OR HIMSELF ARTISTICALLY IN A WAY THAT IS GOOD, AND EACH PERSON MUST
USE THIS ARTISTIC IMPULSE TO FREE HER OR HIMSELF OF THE LIES WE HAVE BEEN
TOLD ABOUT ONE ANOTHER, IN ORDER THAT WE DO NOT REMAIN OPPRESSED PEOPLE
AND WITNESS THE OPPRESSION OF OTHERS IN OUR MIDST. |
MAKING ART IS CONNECTING WITH OUR
PERSONAL CREATIVE SOURCE AND FORCE. ART IS OUR POWER. IT IS WHAT MAKES
US INDIVIDUALLY BEAUTIFUL AND IMPORTANT. ART IS OUR STRENGTH. ART IS
OUR LIFE. |
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AS I STARTED MAKING ART SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I REALIZED THAT MY FAMILY NAME, STANGER, COULD RECEIVE A PERIOD AFTER THE “T” AND BECOME ST. ANGER. I USE THIS NAME ON MY WORK BECAUSE I SEE MY ART AS A HEALING FOR MYSELF AND FOR THE VIEWER AS CATHARSIS. I SEE MY DUTY AS AN ARTIST TO TAKE THE INTENSE EMOTION OF ANGER—SOCIAL ANGER, PERSONAL ANGER—AND MODIFY IT TO CREATE HEALING, STRENGTH, AND CLARITY NEVER BEFORE KNOWN TO THE ONE WHO IS TOUCHED. THE WORK OF ST. ANGER IS TO TAKE GRIEF, FRUSTRATION, DISAPPOINTMENT, AND FEAR, AND RESTORE HOPE, LOVE, HARMONY, AND POWER. AMEN. |