Objectified

I've been playing around with my favorite toxic pink stuff and exploring its endless possibilities. Here I have made it into a rope of sorts and covered this pedestal with it. In doing so I have objectified the pedestal by turning that which traditionally holds objects into the object itself. Not a revolutionary idea, I know. Can you tell I've been reading/thinking a lot about Minimalism?

fiberglass insulation
2' x 2' x 4'

a painting in-progress

Have I mentioned I'm taking Painting this semester? For the first time... ever. It's been neat. Frustrating at times, but cool. It's true what they say, that painting opens your eyes to a whole new world of possibilities. It's fun to see how it influences my sculpture by helping me look at materials and texture with a new set of eyes. Below are some images of a work in-progress. I'll be busting my butt all week to finish it!

great stuff (torched) on panel

oil on canvas

contemplating the grid

Robert Irwin

Jarod Charzewski

Dan Flavin

Agnes Martin

Sol Lewitt

applying to grad school

I am currently applying to sculpture MFA programs for next Fall.

Virginia Commonwealth University

University of California, Los Angeles

Tyler School of Art

University of Maryland

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Carnegie Mellon University

Columbia University

I am also currently working my way through this book

"Wake Up, It's Today!"

This weekend I did an installation for Nick Jenkins' "Wake Up It's Today" calendar release party. After seeing some of my other work, Nick came to me and asked me to do something for the event. Our ideas combined were quite dynamic...

I'm excited about working with a new material (the cardboard was Nick's idea) in a way that I think fits in fairly well with the rest of my work. It's great because its easy to manipulate and well, it's free! Steve brought all these used boxes for me from work! I can't believe they get rid of so much cardboard every single day!

This is one of the quickest installations I've ever done. We showed up at the Tin Roof, where the event was held, at 2 PM and worked non-stop until the doors opened at 7:30. Steve was a humongous help! Not only did he procure all the cardboard for me, he was also my extra set of hands during installation.

I definitely recommend that you check out Nick's calendar on his website. And you can hear some of his music there as well! CLICK HERE to hear the live recording from the event last night of his compositional project, 'Thus, My Retort.' Super cool.... see below

they even had matching (cardboard) costumes!!!

These guys from Portland also played last night... HOSANNAS
Catch em live before their tour ends! Atlanta folks, watch out, they'll be at Wonder Root tomorrow!

say AH

magazine cut-outs on panel
12" x 36"

self study

graphite and foam insulation on panel
3' x 3' x 3"

Ingress:Egress

This past Saturday was the big event... Kulture Klash 6. I was happy to participate... it was a great opportunity for a LOT of people to experience a LOT of work in a SHORT amount of time. It was an excuse to make something. I would've liked to do something bigger and with more of a punch, but considering the time limitations, I'm happy with what I came up with. My installation was the first thing you saw upon entering... and people were passing through it all evening. It had a good run. Now it's all rolled up in the back seat of my car. Time to make something new.

made of welded steel wire, saran wrap, and fiberglass insulation

KK6

This coming Saturday I will be participating in Kulture Klash, Charleston's biggest and baddest alternative arts festival. I've been working around the clock in the studio, as I just found out that I was doing something a few days ago... but that won't stop me! Come and see it... it'll be hard to miss.

October 9, 2010

7 pm -2 am
10 Storehouse Row
(at the navy yard in North Charleston)
$15 in advance... $20 at the door

wall drawing

Last week we were setting up the student gallery, and naturally, being the beginning of the semester, there wasn't much work to be seen. My professor Herb had me rework the piece I designed for Redux last winter for the space, but there were still a number of blank walls. He was explaining to my classmate, Catherine (I wish she had a website for me to link because she's doing some really great stuff), that the student gallery should be a place for us to play, to experiment... and of course that got me thinking. It's something I've been wanting to explore for a while now. A new way of working more quickly and more intuitively. I like to think it's the start of something...

The material I used is a polyethylene foam insulation. I had a roll of it hanging around the work pad all summer at Franconia, so I'm excited to finally put it to use. Cheap, clean, and easy to work with. And every bit as yummy and fleshy as the the toxic variety. Gotta love it.

Installation shot... see my Situation Ossification in the background.

the big white guy... re-vamped

Last week I re-worked the piece I made for Redux last winter, Situation Ossification, so that it could fit into the CofC student gallery. This meant shaving off some length and width and re-shaping the contour, which proved to be a rather simple task. I worried about compromising the integrity of a site-based piece... perhaps I still do. But I'm glad it gets to have a longer life. And to reach a new audience.

Vessel

made entirely of steel (found, reclaimed, and purchased)
17' x 31' x 22'
on display at Franconia Sculpture Park for the 2010-2011 season

installation day

So, it finally happened. After much trouble shooting, we were finally able to get this thing into place. I hadn't realized that I'd created such a monster until it came time to move it. I found, on what I thought was installation day, that my sculpture was too heavy and wide to lift as is with the crane. No worries. That just meant I had to cut it into 2 parts, move them separately, and weld them back into place on-site. So after welding on the last few pieces on the very top (scary and fun), grinding a seam that could tastefully fit back together, and driving into Minneapolis and back to pick up a fancy gas-generated welder, you better believe I was ready for action!

Almost there!

We moved the big part first. Here is Artistic Director John Hock hooking her up for some heavy lifting.

And up we go! It lifted without any problems!

Lowering onto the trailer resulted in some bending and warping, but I didn't sweat, because it wasn't anything I couldn't fix on-site.

Just going for a walk to the far side of the park.

Lowering into place. Time for part 2.

By the time both pieces were on on-site the sun had started to set...

But of course that didn't stop me from welding it back together!

getting there and goofing off