Artificial art objects, 2025
Artificial Art Object 2, 2025. 14 x 9 x 4”
house paint, oil, wax, ceramic hand, newspaper, canvas, staples
Artificial Art Objects combines the two-dimensional aspect of painting with the three-dimensional constructs of assemblage art. Constrained by the decision to use materials already in the studio, such as old boxes, plywood, sawdust, used stretcher bars, canvas, found objects and ephemera collected over the years, the work is distinguished by its unconventional approach and largely workaday components. It demonstrates a puckish impulse to question the rules of traditionally siloed artistic disciplines by synthesizing rudimentary painting techniques and visual word play. The artifice of each object is revealed in its modest elements and the aesthetic choices made to draw together and balance the relationships between form, scale, color and texture. Conceptually, these objects’ meaning is rooted in the intuitive process of their making, and even in their (arguably artificial) presentation in a gallery setting.
On view at Made in Astoria Gallery, September 13–October 8, 2025.
Artificial Art Object 5, 2025. 20 x 24 x 1.5”
house paint, acrylic, wax, oil, box, canvas, plywood, staples
Artificial Art Object 8, 2025. 20 x 24”
house paint, oil, matchbox, fabric, canvas, sawdust, staples
Artificial Art Object 3, 2025. 22 x 16 x 8.5”
house paint, oil, wax, crate, newspaper, crate, led light strip, canvas, staples
Artificial Art Object 7, 2025. 37 x 21 x 3”
house paint, oil, wax, box, screen, plastic bag, canvas, staples
Artificial Art Object 12, 2025. 20 x 24 x 1.5
house paint, oil, wax, stretcher bars, canvas, staples, palette knife
Artificial Art Object 4, 2025. 20 x 24”
house paint, oil, wax, canvas, box, flowers, magazine
Artificial Art Object 10, 2025. 20 x 24”
house paint, oil, wax, tissue, magazine, staples canvas
Artificial Art Object 9, 2025. 20 x 24”
house paint, oil, wax, canvas, grommets, staples, chalkline
Artificial Art Object 1, 2025. 13 x 9 x 2”
house paint, wax, graphite, tape, newspaper, canvas, staples
Artificial Art Object 11, 2025. 13 x 20.5 x 7.5
house paint, oil, wax, box, crate, plates, staples, canvas, light
Artificial Art Object 6, 2025. 20 x 24”
oil, wax, screen, newspaper, canvas, staples