palimpsest
The palimpsest artworks parse the role of a reusable writing surface in somewhat modern terms - a blackboard. A blackboard is a surface designed to be erased and reused, just as parchment and vellum were centuries ago. The mutability and layering of thought is depicted through the actions and residue of writing, erasing, and striking out.
Additionally, the artworks emphasize the role of the body in perception by including the artist's hand, arm, and gestures of writing and erasing in the works. As Maurice Merleau-Ponty pointed out in his World of Perception, "man is a mind with a body, a being who can only get to the truth of things because its body is, as it were, embedded in those things."
The palimpsest artworks parse the role of a reusable writing surface in somewhat modern terms - a blackboard. A blackboard is a surface designed to be erased and reused, just as parchment and vellum were centuries ago. The mutability and layering of thought is depicted through the actions and residue of writing, erasing, and striking out.
Additionally, the artworks emphasize the role of the body in perception by including the artist's hand, arm, and gestures of writing and erasing in the works. As Maurice Merleau-Ponty pointed out in his World of Perception, "man is a mind with a body, a being who can only get to the truth of things because its body is, as it were, embedded in those things."
palimpsest, digitally projected images, overhead projector, organza, thread, oil crayon, installed size 96" x 120" x 72", 2023.
Installed at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Installed at Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
palimpest, layered, tulle, wooden panel, paint, chalk, thread, binder clips, acrylic rods, installed 31" x 25" x 6", 2023
Installed at Bry Hall Gallery, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA
Read more about the exhibit here
Installed at Bry Hall Gallery, University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA
Read more about the exhibit here
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palimpsest, two-channel video, 3'56," 2021.
Installation views of palimpsest at condexibility show, Riggs Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2021. |