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of the work I do as an artist is to make "portraits" or compositions
out of paint color charts using the names of the commercial paints as
part of the process. Sometimes when I am having a particularly difficult
time focusing my art, I go to a hardware store and spend some time at
a rack of paint strips reading paint titles and examining colors. I know
that if I allow myself this little space of time I will be rewarded with
some provocative connections. I can't explain why but I get a great mixed
sense of peace and anticipation there. Using pre-existing, manufactured
objects, as the "stuff" out of which I make art is a practice
that for me goes back to graduate school in the 70's. At Claremont University, I worked for two years with light artist, James Turrell. His approach to thinking, contemplation and art making was one of the most influential elements in my formative years as an artist. He encouraged me to push beyond my normal boundaries. In recent years, with an opportunity to study the work of an early 20th century writer, Walter Benjamin, I have begun to understand more clearly where my work fits into a cultural dialogue. "Method of this project: literary montage. I needn't say anything. Merely show. I shall purloin no valuables, appropriate no ingenious formulations. But the rags, the refuse---these I will not inventory but allow, in the only way possible, to come into their own: by making use of them." (N1a, 8) Arcade, Walter Benjamin. His writings have given me insight into the work and method I am describing. |
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