Psychic Highway, 1994, gouache on aluminum-coated paper, linen tape [along seams on back], 81" x 78" (destroyed 2002)
Getting the water-based gouache paints to stick on that metallic surface was the challenge of a lifetime. By 2002 so much had cracked off it the piece had to go to the landfill. The drips are all fake--to give the look of zestful spontaneity. A bit Scharfish but without his commitment to creating a fine, permanent object.
It's too bad that technique didn't work. The reflective background suspends everything in mid-air.
Thanks. It worked, it just didn't last.
I stand sit corrected.
It lives on in digi form.
-Clayton
Very very cool. I like this technique a lot, have you thought about revisiting it to see if it could be made to last longer? Maybe you could just paint on aluminum and be done with it...
I was listening to your music when painted this!
The issue wasn't that it didn't last. I knew it wouldn't.
(I thought I might at least get to exhibit it, but...long story.)
The "painted pseudo molecules" series was about 50-75 variations--this was just one. There is one painted in acrylic that looks like this and is still around. The gouache was nicer, though.
That series concluded around '97 and I haven't gone back to painting with paint. There were lots of health reasons but mainly I think the medium is exhausted.
There are a handful of artists still keepin' it fresh, but too many others are recycling formulas or relying on studio "trade secrets" to look "unique."
There are "daring experiments" like this but the market wants the same old thousand year guarantees. Kind of keeps experimentation on a tight leash.
Also, at a certain point I realized all the music I was listening to was electronic, and that I wanted to be an "electronic artist" working in the gallery discourse. This led to a search for viable ways to make objects with the computer.
Tangential, but your comment about "ways to make objects with the computer" reminded me of an article I saw in the WJS recently, linked from this meta-article.
We talked about this subject a bit regarding the "printing" of houses. What I've seen so far in the sculpture context still looks kind of chalky and grey-gooey, and not in a good way.
The early images I saw were pretty yucky, but the idea is fascinating. Images I've seen more recently indicate some advances. Like the stuff at this Slovenian site.
I like the machine parts that look like they're made out of precision Play-doh, but that little dog gets across the yucky surface texture I'm complaining about.
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Psychic Highway, 1994, gouache on aluminum-coated paper, linen tape [along seams on back], 81" x 78" (destroyed 2002)
Getting the water-based gouache paints to stick on that metallic surface was the challenge of a lifetime. By 2002 so much had cracked off it the piece had to go to the landfill. The drips are all fake--to give the look of zestful spontaneity. A bit Scharfish but without his commitment to creating a fine, permanent object.
- tom moody 8-02-2006 2:53 am
It's too bad that technique didn't work. The reflective background suspends everything in mid-air.
- mark 8-02-2006 4:04 am
Thanks. It worked, it just didn't last.
- tom moody 8-02-2006 4:27 am
I
standsit corrected.- mark 8-02-2006 4:30 am
It lives on in digi form.
-Clayton
- anonymous (guest) 8-02-2006 10:27 pm
Very very cool. I like this technique a lot, have you thought about revisiting it to see if it could be made to last longer? Maybe you could just paint on aluminum and be done with it...
- Concho (guest) 8-04-2006 3:19 am
I was listening to your music when painted this!
The issue wasn't that it didn't last. I knew it wouldn't.
(I thought I might at least get to exhibit it, but...long story.)
The "painted pseudo molecules" series was about 50-75 variations--this was just one. There is one painted in acrylic that looks like this and is still around. The gouache was nicer, though.
That series concluded around '97 and I haven't gone back to painting with paint. There were lots of health reasons but mainly I think the medium is exhausted.
There are a handful of artists still keepin' it fresh, but too many others are recycling formulas or relying on studio "trade secrets" to look "unique."
There are "daring experiments" like this but the market wants the same old thousand year guarantees. Kind of keeps experimentation on a tight leash.
Also, at a certain point I realized all the music I was listening to was electronic, and that I wanted to be an "electronic artist" working in the gallery discourse. This led to a search for viable ways to make objects with the computer.
- tom moody 8-05-2006 4:38 am
Tangential, but your comment about "ways to make objects with the computer" reminded me of an article I saw in the WJS recently, linked from this meta-article.
- mark 8-05-2006 5:18 am
We talked about this subject a bit regarding the "printing" of houses. What I've seen so far in the sculpture context still looks kind of chalky and grey-gooey, and not in a good way.
- tom moody 8-05-2006 6:05 am
The early images I saw were pretty yucky, but the idea is fascinating. Images I've seen more recently indicate some advances. Like the stuff at this Slovenian site.
- mark 8-05-2006 10:31 am
I like the machine parts that look like they're made out of precision Play-doh, but that little dog gets across the yucky surface texture I'm complaining about.
- tom moody 8-05-2006 11:06 am