Artwork copyright Andrew Keating. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Weight, 1985

Andrew Keating
American (born 1948)

Location: Pierce College - Fort Steilacoom, Lakewood

About the Artwork

Weight is a surreal, dream-like painting by artist Andrew Keating. He invites the viewer to form their own thoughts and impressions of this piece. He encourages you to question the relationship between the reclining figure and the floating head. Is the figure sleeping or weeping? Whom does the floating head represent? Keating notes, "I believe visual art should seek, allow and encourage poetic interpretation. There is no correct interpretation."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Pierce College District.

About the Artist

New York City-based artist Andrew Keating creates dream-like and emotive drawings, paintings, and animations. His surrealistic compositions are populated with stylized figures and objects. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art from Hobart College in Geneva, New York, in 1970. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the University of Washington in 1974. He made his home in and actively exhibited his artwork in Seattle from that time until the 1990s when he relocated to New York.