Danyle James Bruce
“I look forward to following the career of Danyle David Bruce. Acquiring one of his posters at this time I believe is to invest in the start of a career that will be reveled gracefully.”
— Sandra Botnen, curator
“What I am conveying really has to do with morality. This world I am creating is about living in the moment. I feel like everything I have learned has come from music”
Day 20 shines our attention on Danyle James Bruce, a young film maker whose crafted story boards build a world of visual-art images unto themselves. One of a kind, original postcard and poster size mixed media on paper works are his current artistic output. The compositional ideas of a filmmaker concerned with “framing a shot”, blend with the subject matter of a musician. Bruce’s creative process propels him through multiple acts of translation, one art form to another to arrive at his current series of images.
Proceeds from his artwork are intended to fund his next film project, but his two-dimensional images are already manifesting a world that stands alone and speaks for itself. The narrative quality of each image illustrates both the microcosm of the moment and the macrocosm of the world he build with a lyrical flair.
“It a romantic collage” he says as he stacks the postcards, and hands them to me to look at like a flip book. “What I am conveying really has to do with morality. This world I am creating is about living in the moment. I feel like everything I have learned has come from music,” he says. I flip through the images -black red, white and sometimes blue – they suggest a film-noir influence. “They are inspired by the film maker Jean-Luc Godard and in particular the film Breathless,” he says.
Sparsely woven into many of his images are words prompting philosophical moments for the viewer. She punched me like a dude, reads one of the images. “That is a line form David Bowie,” he adds. Jabbing not approximating reads another. “That it a quote by the pianist Bill Evans,” he says. I am beginning to see his point of view, how music is a morality, and the words of musicians reveal a particular philosophy of being.
My conversation with Danyle James Bruce is enlightening. At only 20 years old he is not claiming any knowledge, or truth, instead he does the work of an artist. New to New York City, the young filmmaker artist steeps in the big questions so that he can shares with his audience how things like love, beauty, nature and music are our tools of contentment. I look forward to following the career of Danyle David Bruce. Acquiring one of his posters at this time I believe is to invest in the start of a career that will be reveled gracefully.
Available Works
All posters are mixed media on paper - $300 USD. Contact sandra@theunionhouse.net
