Art Talk 5/12

Snarl #3, 1978

Tomorrow I'm part of a Conversation with the Artists, in conjunction with my current exhibition at TAG. I am joining Katherine Kean and Betty Sheinbaum.

Art Spoken Here is a monthly informal event in which featured gallery artists discuss their process, practices, and backgrounds, as well as answer any questions. It is free and open to the public. The conversations are led by Laura Korman, TAG Gallery Director.

For those of you too far away to get to the gallery, you can finally walk my show in a virtual way. Enjoy!

Pattern Recognition II

I just decided yesterday --
I'm exhibiting pattern-themed art in April!

something about seeing these two pieces together cemented the idea

mr chu says: what took you so long to come to your senses?

My last show like this was in 2009.
TAG Gallery,  2525 Michigan Avenue, D-3,
(Bergamot Station), Santa Monica, CA 90404

Stay tuned for developments...

what's going on

I recently decided to join in on a show @ TAG that opens 6/24. That in itself is crazy. And then I got really bad bursitis in my drawing shoulder. Such pain I couldn't lift ANYTHING!

Anyhow, I was revisiting my old work from the 70s -- abstract patterny prints + collages:

(Above is a 19 x 18" detail of a 72 x 56" collage on canvas that is being used on the invite card)

I've found only about 5 of the old smaller pieces (which I'm hoping to find the rest to help, um, fill the wall space) that I'd pulled a couple of years ago... Where are the rest?? Somewhere in my art storage area, blocked by boxes of framed art that I can't move. ARGH!

So rather than dwell on the above issue, I scanned what I have and started experimenting digitally. I took this old lithograph:

and then started doing multi printing passes through the printer. This is similar to the technique that I used to use with the silkscreen as shown below:

(I'm worried that these marks look too much like the Nike swoosh - that branding wasn't pervasive when I created this in 76, but now...)

My limitation with the inkjet is that I don't have the opacity of color that I had before. So I need to plan it out a bit.
Here's 2 bits of what I did yesterday:

Well, it's a start...
Very much fun, I will say that. They need way, way, WAY more layering