Left: 6' x 2', Plaster and House Paint on Drywall Right: Primed Drywall and House Paint

 

Primed Drywall and House Paint

Paintbrush

Plaster and House Paint

I Think that i have finally chosen a  "good" book. Its Helen Molesworth's, "Work Ethic". The new work on the blog is in response to this reading and a continuation of some of the ideas that were generated in critique last residency. I'm thinking about labor in contrast to artistic labor, weight, submersion, mark making and staying true to materials that reference not only art history but construction. These are primed panels of drywall that were placed end to end. I tied a paint brush and a wrench to a piece of rope and submerged them in black enamel house paint. I dragged these tools across one panel then placed it on the next. In the white pieces i filled a can with white semi gloss house paint and building materials and poured the mixture onto a panel. I tilted each of them and let gravity take control of the composition.

Studio

Photo's from residency #2