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"Anatomy of Mickey" 32x50 Pen, Black Ink, Acrylics on Wood SOLD
"Zoix #1" 5x5 Acid Free Ink Pen, Prismacolor Pencils, White Glue on Cardboard Box $100. SOLD
"Zoix#2" 7x7 Pen, Black Ink, Acrylics on Wood SOLD
"I'm Anxious" 16x20 Quill Pen, Black Ink, Acrylics on Corrugated Board SOLD
"I Own XYZ" 11x17 #2 Pencil, White Glue on Manila Folder mounted on a Cardboard Box SOLD
"TV Tube" 6x6x24 Quill Pen, Black Ink, Acrylic Paint, White Glue over a Fed-Ex triangular tube. This particular piece was donated in 2006 to contribute in a fundraiser for Fyn, a child stricken by leukemia, we raised about 20k for his family that night and Fyn is doing very well today.
these are few of the pieces that I had at this show, all together I had 63 pieces.
"Flawed" One Man Show at BENT South Pasadena CA
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The idea for this exhibit was to create work that unless dictated by some interior decoration rule could be hanged in its raw state, using recycled and mundane material, but still retaining a certain look-and-feel that allows a particular piece to own that slice of “real estate” it’s hanging on.
-framing
all the framing and canvases are made by the artist and not intended just as a “framing”, but as an extension of the work.
-material
corrugated board, shipping tubes, manila folders, wood, foam core, wood, insulation foam, styrofoam, etc... –hence; a constant remainder of our ever moving world… packing… shipping …opening …receiving …closing …arriving …departing …recycling.
-art
the black line is ink or enamel paint, and the gray tones are the same ink smudged or applied with a rag, in some cases a color pencil is used to apply those few splashes of color that that guide the eye. other colors are gouache, and inks which are at times rubbed off with alcohol to give the background that particular texture.
most of these pieces have writing on them - the writing is transcribed verbatim from passages from; books, songs, manuals, or advertisements. i.e. pieces 57 and 58 contain selected paragraphs from a on-line advertisement of a Punch Clock that promises employers to “reduce tardiness” within their work force.
-finally
all pieces are protected by a glaze or fixative which makes the piece somewhat durable so that it can be dusted without the worry of damaging it - the buyer also has the option to incase the piece in two inch-thick UV coated bullet-proof glass. WTF.
