Statement

The use of x-ray images and computers are tools for realizing David ARKY's vision as an artist with an interest in Sciences of the natural world.

The drama of x-ray photography and particularly the sense that the viewers are left with the opportunity to allow their imaginations to wander and fill in the voids that color x-ray images seem to complete. The transparent-ness of the x-ray process allowed ARKY to bring in added depth to the images. It also allowed him to add the language of his interest of how one sees sciences and art merge, while keeping some mystery about who we are in a world bound by sciences. 

In his own words: "I came of age in the 1970’s, a time when women were protesting our society’s institutions and norms that were standing in the way of women’s equality and empowerment.  Many women stopped wearing bras, and at some demonstrations, burned their bras to protest male chauvinism and to show solidarity with the women’s liberation movement. I created the image of the bra using an industrial x-ray camera in order to display the garment without referring to a specific body.  I wanted to show how beautiful these objects are on their own, and that they could be a symbol of a woman’s beauty, femininity and strength.  I hope women can feel free to embrace anything that makes them feel good about themselves, without feeling the burden of society’s critical gaze."

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