Artwork - Geometry and Territory

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This series of work reflects a turn away from events and histories, places and territories that exist in the world. In place of these subjects that have served as the focus of other works, I have chosen to explore the geometry and territory of the surface of the painting itself devoid of any external narrative. This has created an opportunity to focus strictly on what a painting can be as an autonomous entity through an explicit dialogue with the history of the medium.

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The edge, center, surface, and field of the canvas are the concepts that drive the form of this series. Each is concerned with delimiting borders in a variety of manners and at different stages of the formation of the work. As this occurs, a space begins to form in which earth and sky take place as abstract colors and brush marks. Throughout, an attempt is made to both contain and break free from the limits of the canvas. This tension between elements offers a point of meditation that anchors the purpose of the work.

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023 and 024 represent the first works executed strictly with paint in this catalogue of work – though 017 comes close, ultimately utilizing both plaster and ink. While others were executed both before and after, these exhibit a focus on geometry, territory, field, color, and event that dominate the more sustained focus on works – beginning with 025 in 2020 – created exclusively with paint and more concerned with the history, areas of focus, and future of that medium.

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023 and 024 represent the first works executed strictly with paint in this catalogue of work – though 017 comes close, ultimately utilizing both plaster and ink. While others were executed both before and after, these exhibit a focus on geometry, territory, field, color, and event that dominate the more sustained focus on works – beginning with 025 in 2020 – created exclusively with paint and more concerned with the history, areas of focus, and future of that medium.

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