The value of nothing is Everything
The value of nothing Is Everything, is the culmination of my evolving art practice over the last three years. The idea for the exhibition spring boarded from my previous solo exhibition, Riding High on the Hobby Horse. That was the first exhibition in which I had exhibited as an artist and not as a photographer. Many of the issues I am addressing in this exhibition are in reference to the preconceived notions of viewing art, the image and photography.
This exhibition is an installation of art works that are displayed primarily on the gallery floor; aside from the title wall, and anthem, it consists of a collage as well as three found poems that have been stenciled in charcoal on the gallery floor. A key and clues exist throughout. The devil is in the details.
The found poems come from words discovered on the backsides of the collage pieces. They revealed themselves in a sequence that created these mantras or slogans that kept resonating in my head. The scale of the found poems is to mimic an advertisement or billboard, to be informational or possibly subversive to the viewer.
The large scaled art works cover a majority of the gallery floor. The installation leaves very little room for the viewer to comfortably pass through the work. The viewer must engage the artwork by looking down and watching where they step. The gallery walls are white and lit for artwork that is not there. The installation is paper, glue, and charcoal. They are nothing. They are temporary. But they are everything.
The value of nothing Is Everything, is the culmination of my evolving art practice over the last three years. The idea for the exhibition spring boarded from my previous solo exhibition, Riding High on the Hobby Horse. That was the first exhibition in which I had exhibited as an artist and not as a photographer. Many of the issues I am addressing in this exhibition are in reference to the preconceived notions of viewing art, the image and photography.
This exhibition is an installation of art works that are displayed primarily on the gallery floor; aside from the title wall, and anthem, it consists of a collage as well as three found poems that have been stenciled in charcoal on the gallery floor. A key and clues exist throughout. The devil is in the details.
The found poems come from words discovered on the backsides of the collage pieces. They revealed themselves in a sequence that created these mantras or slogans that kept resonating in my head. The scale of the found poems is to mimic an advertisement or billboard, to be informational or possibly subversive to the viewer.
The large scaled art works cover a majority of the gallery floor. The installation leaves very little room for the viewer to comfortably pass through the work. The viewer must engage the artwork by looking down and watching where they step. The gallery walls are white and lit for artwork that is not there. The installation is paper, glue, and charcoal. They are nothing. They are temporary. But they are everything.
