Portfolio > Repositories

The Repository works are presented with the premise that they retain vestigial amounts of the energy and intention contained in the paintings themselves. They exist as artifact and evidence. They form an archive consisting of a range of objects, from cross-sections of surfaces upon which paint has splattered, spilled or overflowed to samples of water collected in the dehumidifier in my studio space – literal and metaphysical remainders of the studio process. The Repositories speak to the idea of sustainability, raising questions about what materials should be saved and what should be thrown away. They blur the lines that delineate where one piece ends and another begins. They fuel an awareness of the physical and energetic spaces we inhabit when we make work. The Repositories suggest an expansion away from the primacy of the singular art object. They constitute a decentralization of the art object. The Repositories are modular.

Repository Work No. 001
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
2009
Repository Work No. 0013
Various media on particle board
7 1/2" x 12"
2009
Repostory Work No. 004
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
2009
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
Various media on particle board
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
2009
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
2009
Repository Work No. 002
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
2009
Repository Work No. 007
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
2009
Repository Work No. 010
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
2009
Repository Work No. 011
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
2009
Repository Work No. 012
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4
2009
Repository Work No. 013
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4
2009
Repository Work No. 014
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
2009
Repository Work No. 015
Various media on wood
7 1/2" x 11 1/4"
2009
Saxapahaw H2O
Glass bottles, water from air in studio
5 1/4" x 2 1/2" each
2009
Saxapahaw Red Dirt
Glass jars, earth
3 3/4" x 2 1/2" each
2008