CHUTE is thrilled to share the work of Andy Goodman with sonic accompaniment from Steven Carlson. A meditation in color, light, motion, and music, "Moving Stillness" is an immersive experience not to be missed and not soon to be forgotten.
A Statement from the Artist
I came to art not by training, but through a long process of returning to myself. After years of working as a farmer, truck driver, electrician, and later as a therapist, I left behind every identity I had built or inherited. What remained was a quiet pull toward curiosity, toward the parts of me I had long abandoned. Art found me in that space.
My work currently lives in a place of intuition and play. I often use simple materials like markers, colored pencils, tape, color-changing lights. My use of grids and a six-color system offers boundaries rather than limitations, creating a container to explore freedom, intimacy, and trust. Within that structure, I follow what draws me. I welcome repetition, mistake, and flow.
I’m drawn to patterns (how they form, collapse, and re-emerge) both in my work and within myself. Sometimes following a pattern helps me out of a pattern. My creative process is a kind of meditation: quiet, patient, often slow. It becomes a space where change happens without force, where something new can unfold gently.
My work explores the tension and harmony between opposites. Precision and softness, structure and chaos, color and shadow. When light interacts with my drawn patterns, the image appears to move or breathe— like something living, something becoming. I hope the viewer feels that movement too. A fleeting sense of noticing, of reflection, of being invited to let go and see what emerges in the space that remains.
–Andy Goodman
If you cannot attend the opening...
"Moving Stillness" will run through Sunday, October 12th.
CHUTE is an art gallery located in a reclaimed kitchen laundry chute curated by Brie Cella and Emma Dively in their Webster Groves home.
Do you have an idea for a tiny exhibition? CHUTE is accepting submissions for future shows. We look forward to being a champion of your voice and vision.
Book a private 15-minute viewing of "Moving Stillness."
