Installation view: Nature of Things, Barbara Krakow Gallery, 2005
Vanitas, 2004-5, silkscreen on Plexiglas mirror, five versions,
each panel 17" x 31" installation variable.
This installation: 48 panels, overall dimension 102" x 256"
Nature of Things was a 2005 exhibition of 8 works, each of which explored the concepts of impermanence and the end via distinct formal, material and installation approaches. The aggregate developed a tension between the autonomous works and an installation environment acting as a kind of large-scale nature morte—a masque inviting play and reflection of vanitas across the diverse forms and objects.
The show, at Boston’s Barbara Krakow Gallery, included Gone, a silent, looping projected lo-tech video collage of the abstract horizontal movement of car travel; Vanitas, a wall-sized grid of neon silkscreen-striped acrylic mirrors; Wallcovering, an adhesive vinyl work comprised of a tiled pattern of accumulated numbers; Torso, a body-sized image of a skeletal torso clear-silkscreened on clear Plexiglas; Souvenir, a bronze multiple cast of a dental mold of the artist’s teeth; Fenway Nine, a charcoal drawing of the numeral font used by 1930s sign painters; and The Law of Life, a sculptural field-recorded sound collage. This disparate collection of objects formed a seemingly unending dialogue among them as they discussed the impermanent nature of matter, representation, art, and life.
Vanitas, 2004-5, silkscreen on Plexiglas mirror, five versions,
each panel 17" x 31" installation variable.
This installation: 48 panels, overall dimension 102" x 256"
Left: Partial view of Vanitas, 2004-5, silkscreen on Plexiglas mirror,
each panel 17 x 31 inches. Right: Gone, 2003-2004, digital video projection, 14 minutes.
Left: Painting, 2005, acrylic on Plexiglas, 72 x 72 x 4 inches.
Right: Partial view of Vanitas, 2004-5, silkscreen on Plexiglas mirror, each panel 17 x 31 inches.
Background: Wallcovering, 2005, inkjet on adhesive vinyl, repeat 48" x 48" overall dimensions variable Left: Fenway 9, 2004, charcoal on paper, 12 x 9 inches. Foreground: The Law of Life, 2005, 23 minute stereo sound recording installed with playing device, variable dimensions
2005, Clear silkscreen varnish on clear Plexiglas. 72" x 48" x 5"
Edition of 3. Published by the artist.
Installation view: Nature of Things, Barbara Krakow Gallery, 2005
2005, Acrylic on Plexiglas, 72" x 72" x 4"
Installation view: Nature of Things, Barbara Krakow Gallery, 2005
Acrylic on Plexiglas, 72 x 72 x 4 inches.
Bronze, 2 parts, overall 3" x 3.5" x 4" Edition of 3, Published by the artist
Installation view: Barbara Krakow gallery, 2005
2004, charcoal on paper, 12" x 9"
Installation view: Barbara Krakow gallery, 2005