Endless Tango
William Hudson Temples
William Hudson Temples works with oils, watercolor, and charcoal, traditional media possessing distinct physical components. He sees tango as a medium where kinetics prove paramount-in blending art with athleticism. All of his artwork is a form of communication. Tango affords the most sensuous expressions of any medium, arranging the human form in a concert of sound and light.. As Ihebecame more adept at dance, he felt compelled to translate my experiences into the two dimensional materials. Through charcoal and oil, he expresses some those transient glimpses of couples moving in an embrace that are displayed here.
Sometimes I think about how unlikely it is that I dance tango and how that cultural artifact from Latin America could be accessible here in North Carolina, a place where agriculture and religion makeup the social fabric. However, I discovered tango in Buenos Aires before the forces of globalization and the information age brought it to me in Charlotte. My exposure to this artform in its cultural context must have affected me because now it inspires and indeed informs most of my work.
As an artist, I regarded the dance as a medium. I am accustomed to working with oils, watercolor, and charcoal, traditional media, eash possessing distinct physical characteristi. The tango is a medium in which where kinetics are paramount, blending art with athleticism. Though all my artwork is a form of communication, tango affords the most sensuous expressions of any medium by arranging the human form in a concert of sound and light.
As a dancer, the creative act becomes tactile, fragrant, laced with endorphins. While as a spectator, I observe the form, the control, and craftsmanship of the dancers, the experience becomes infinitely evocative.
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